U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30,
2017.
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For the transition
period from__________to___________ .
Commission File Number 0-8092
GT BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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94-1620407
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
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1825 K Street, Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20006
(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)
100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33602
(Former address of principal executive offices and zip
code)
(800) 304-9888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)
has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has
submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if
any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and
posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit and post such files).
Yes
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No
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mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer”, “smaller reporting company” and "emerging
growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging
growth company
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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.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).Yes
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No
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At
November 14, 2017, the issuer had outstanding the indicated number
of shares of common stock: 49,767,978.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-Q
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
Table of Contents
PART
I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Page
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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1
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 (Unaudited) and December
31, 2016
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)
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2
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30,
2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)
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3
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Condensed
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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4
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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14
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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21
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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21
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PART
II OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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23
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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23
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds
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23
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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24
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Item
4.
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Mine
Safety Disclosures
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24
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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24
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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24
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SIGNATURES
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25
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GT Biopharma, Inc. and Subsidiaries
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as of September 30, 2017 and December 31,
2016
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
2,732,000
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$
19,000
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Prepaid
expenses
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-
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2,000
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Total
Current Assets
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2,732,000
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21,000
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Goodwill
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253,777,000
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-
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Deposits
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9,000
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-
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Fixed
assets, net
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2,000
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4,000
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Total
Other Assets
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253,788,000
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4,000
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$
256,520,000
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$
25,000
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
2,714,000
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$
2,100,000
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Accrued
interest
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-
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3,800,000
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Accrued
expenses
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57,000
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219,000
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Line
of credit
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31,000
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31,000
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Warrant
liability
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-
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417,000
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Settlement
note payable
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-
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691,000
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Demand
notes payable
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-
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452,000
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Convertible
debentures, net of discount of $-0- and $764,000, current
portion
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-
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10,350,000
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Convertible
debentures
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-
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889,000
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Total
Current Liabilities
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2,802,000
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18,949,000
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Total
liabilities
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2,802,000
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18,949,000
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Stockholders’
Equity (Deficit):
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Convertible preferred stock - $0.001 par value; 15,000,000 shares
authorized:
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Series
C - 96,230 and 96,230 shares issued and outstanding at September
30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
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1,000
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1,000
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Series
H – -0- and 25,000 shares issued and outstanding at September
30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
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-
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-
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Series
I – -0- shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017
and December 31, 2016, respectively
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-
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2,000
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Series
J – 1,513,548 shares issued and outstanding at September 30,
2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
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1,000
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-
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Common
stock - $0.001 par value; 750,000,000 shares authorized; and
49,767,978 and 104,218 shares issued and outstanding at September
30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
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50,000
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-
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Additional
paid-in capital
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515,706,000
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105,891,000
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Accumulated
deficit
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(261,870,000
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(124,649,000
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Noncontrolling
interest
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(169,000
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(169,000
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Total
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
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253,718,000
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(18,924,000
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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$
256,520,000
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$
25,000
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
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GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016
(unaudited)
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Three Months
Ended
September
30,
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Nine Months
Ended
September
30,
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Product
revenues
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$
-
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$
-
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$
-
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$
-
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License
revenue
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Total
revenue
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Cost of product
revenue
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Gross
profit
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Operating
expenses
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Research and
development
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526,000
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250,000
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911,000
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725,000
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Selling, general
and administrative expenses
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126,330,000
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2,280,000
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128,768,000
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7,827,000
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Total operating
expenses
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126,856,000
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2,530,000
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129,679,000
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8,552,000
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Loss from
operations
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(126,856,000
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(2,530,000
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(129,679,000
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(8,552,000
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Other income
(expense)
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Change in value of
warrant and derivative liabilities
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(1,451,000
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436,000
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925,000
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37,195,000
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Interest
expense
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(3,769,000
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(1,536,000
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(8,467,000
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(4,781,000
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Total other income
(expense)
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(5,220,000
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(1,100,000
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(7,542,000
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32,414,000
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Income (loss)
before minority interest and
provision for
income taxes
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(132,076,000
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(3,630,000
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(137,221,000
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23,862,000
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Plus: net (income)
loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
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-
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-
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-
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Income (loss)
before provision for income taxes
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(132,076,000
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(3,630,000
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(137,221,000
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23,862,000
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Provision for
income tax
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Net income
(loss)
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(132,076,000
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(3,630,000
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(137,221,000
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23,862,000
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Weighted average
common shares outstanding – basis and diluted
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Basic
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16,027,687
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91,540
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5,628,529
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75,522
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Diluted
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16,027,687
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91,540
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5,628,529
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75,522
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Net income (loss)
per share
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Basic
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$
(8.24
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$
(39.65
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$
(24.38
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$
315.96
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Diluted
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$
(8.24
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$
(39.65
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$
(24.38
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$
315.96
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The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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Net
(loss)/income
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$
(137,221,000
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$
23,862,000
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Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss)/income to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Depreciation
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2,000
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1,000
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Stock
compensation expense for options and warrants issued to
employees and non-employees
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125,905,000
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5,812,000
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Amortization
of debt discounts
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4,791,000
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1,625,000
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Note
allonge
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100,000
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Non-cash
interest expense
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2,197,000
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1,697,000
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Change
in value of warrant and derivative liabilities
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(925,000
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(37,195,000
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Other
assets
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(7,000
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0
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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1,880,000
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2,403,000
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Net
cash used in operating activities
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(3,278,000
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(1,795,000
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CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Proceeds
from notes payable
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5,991,000
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1,902,000
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Repayment
of note payable
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-
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-
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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5,991,000
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1,902,000
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Minority
interest
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-
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-
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NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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2,713,000
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107,000
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CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - Beginning of period
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19,000
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47,000
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CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - End of period
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$
2,732,000
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$
154,000
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Supplemental
disclosures:
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Interest
paid
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$
-
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$
-
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Income
taxes paid
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$
-
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$
-
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Supplemental
disclosures:
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Issuance
of common stock upon conversion of convertible notes
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$
-
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$
1,794,000
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Issuance
of common stock upon conversion of accrued interest
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$
-
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$
346,000
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Acquisition
of intangibles through issuance of common stock
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$
253,777,000
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$
-
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The
accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
1.
The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
In 1965, the corporate predecessor of GT Biopharma, Diagnostic
Data, Inc. was incorporated in the State of California. Diagnostic
Data changed its incorporation to the State of Delaware in 1972;
and changed its name to DDI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1985. In 1994,
DDI Pharmaceuticals merged with International BioClinical, Inc. and
Bioxytech S.A. and changed its name to OXIS International, Inc. In
July 2017, the Company changed its name to GT Biopharma,
Inc.
Going Concern
As
shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the
Company has incurred an accumulated deficit of $261,870,000 through
September 30,
2017
. On a consolidated basis, the Company had
cash and cash equivalents of $2,732,000 at
September 30, 2017
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The Company's plan is to raise additional capital
until such time that the Company generates sufficient revenues to
cover its cash flow needs and/or it achieves profitability.
However, the Company cannot assure that it will accomplish this
task and there are many factors that may prevent the Company from
reaching its goal of profitability.
The
current rate of cash usage raises substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, absent any
sources of significant cash flows. In an effort to
mitigate this near-term concern the Company intends to seek
additional equity or debt financing to obtain sufficient funds to
sustain operations. However, the Company cannot provide
assurance that it will successfully obtain equity or debt or other
financing, if any, sufficient to finance its goals or that the
Company will generate future product related
revenues. The Company’s financial statements do
not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and
classification of recorded assets, or the amounts and
classification of liabilities that might be necessary in the event
that the Company cannot continue in existence.
Use of Estimates
The financial statements and notes are representations of the
Company's management, which is responsible for their integrity and
objectivity. These accounting policies conform to accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and
have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial
statements. The preparation of financial statements requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities revenues and expenses and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Basis of Consolidation and Comprehensive Income
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of GT Biopharma, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The
Company's financial statements are prepared using the accrual
method of accounting.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”)
and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and disclosures
required by U.S. GAAP for complete consolidated financial
statements have been condensed or omitted herein. The interim
condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2016. The unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial information presented herein reflects all
normal adjustments that are, in the opinion of management,
necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results
of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company
is responsible for the unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements included in this report. The results of operations of
any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results
for the full year.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less to be cash
equivalents.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
The Company's cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and
accounts receivable are monitored for exposure to concentrations of
credit risk. The Company maintains substantially all of its cash
balances in a limited number of financial institutions. The
balances are each insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation up to $250,000. The Company has balances in excess of
this limit totaling 2,480,141 at September 30, 2017.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash,
accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable and accrued
expenses approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of
these instruments. The fair value of debt is based upon current
interest rates for debt instruments with comparable maturities and
characteristics and approximates the carrying amount.
Stock Based Compensation to Employees
The
Company accounts for its stock-based compensation for employees in
accordance with Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) 718. The Company recognizes in the
statement of operations the grant-date fair value of stock options
and other equity-based compensation issued to employees and
non-employees over the related vesting period.
The
Company granted no stock options during the nine months ended
September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively
Recent Accounting Pronouncement
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842),
which requires lessees to recognize almost all leases on their
balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a lease liability.
Lessees are required to be classified as either operating or
finance on the income statements based on criteria that are largely
similar to those applied in current lease
accounting.
The guidance
becomes effective on January 1, 2019 and early adoption is
permitted.
The Company is
currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this update
will have on its condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In July
2017, The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting
Standards Update 2017-11 “Earnings per Share (Topic 260),
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), Derivatives and
Hedging (Topic 815)” (“ASU 2017-11”) to address
narrow issues identified as a result of the complexity associated
with applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for
certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities
and equity. Part I of the amendment change the classification
analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or
embedded features) with down round features. The amendments also
clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified
instruments. Part II of the update recharacterize
the indefinite deferral
of
certain provisions of
Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the
Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an
accounting effect. Part I of ASU 2017-11 is effective for public
business entities for fiscal years, and interim period within those
fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early
adoption permitted. The Company had a number of equity linked
financial instruments with down round provisions which were
converted to common stock during the quarter ended September 30,
2017.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Impairment of Long Lived Assets
The Company's long-lived assets currently consist of capitalized
patents. The Company evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. If any of
the Company's long-lived assets are considered to be impaired, the
amount of impairment to be recognized is equal to the excess of the
carrying amount of the assets over the fair value of the
assets.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability
approach, whereby deferred income tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the estimated future tax effects, based on current
enacted tax laws, of temporary differences between financial and
tax reporting for current and prior periods. Deferred tax assets
are reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance if the
corresponding future tax benefits may not be realized.
Net Income (Loss) per Share
Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net
loss for the period by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share
is computed by dividing the net loss for the period by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus
the potential dilutive effect of common shares issuable upon
exercise or conversion of outstanding stock options and warrants
during the period. The weighted average number of potentially
dilutive common shares excluded from the calculation of net income
(loss) per share totaled
in 1,514,905 and 128,034 as of
September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Certain intangible assets were acquired as part of a business
combination, and have been capitalized at their acquisition date
fair value. Acquired definite life intangible assets are amortized
using the straight-line method over their respective estimated
useful lives. The Company evaluates the potential
impairment of intangible assets if events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may
not be fully recoverable or that the useful lives of these assets
are no longer appropriate. Goodwill is not amortized but is
evaluated for impairment within the Company’s single
reporting unit on an annual basis, during the fourth quarter, or
more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that
would more-likely-than-not reduce the fair value of the
Company’s reporting unit below its carrying
amount.
Patents
Acquired patents are capitalized at their acquisition cost or fair
value. The legal costs, patent registration fees and models and
drawings required for filing patent applications are capitalized if
they relate to commercially viable technologies. Commercially
viable technologies are those technologies that are projected to
generate future positive cash flows in the near term. Legal costs
associated with patent applications that are not determined to be
commercially viable are expensed as incurred. All research and
development costs incurred in developing the patentable idea are
expensed as incurred. Legal fees from the costs incurred in
successful defense to the extent of an evident increase in the
value of the patents are capitalized.
Capitalized cost for pending patents are amortized on a
straight-line basis over the remaining twenty year legal life of
each patent after the costs have been incurred. Once each patent is
issued, capitalized costs are amortized on a straight-line basis
over the shorter of the patent's remaining statutory life,
estimated economic life or ten years.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Fixed Assets
Fixed assets are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed on a
straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets,
which are 3 to 10 years for machinery and equipment and the
shorter of the lease term or estimated economic life for leasehold
improvements.
Fair Value
The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for receivables
and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and
are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period
of time between the origination of such instruments and their
expected realization and their current market rate of
interest. The three levels are defined as
follows:
●
Level 1 inputs to
the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active markets. The
Company’s Level 1 assets include cash equivalents, primarily
institutional money market funds, whose carrying value represents
fair value because of their short-term maturities of the
investments held by these funds.
●
Level 2 inputs to
the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets
and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
●
Level 3 inputs to
the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the
fair value measurement.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and
reported as research and development expense. Research and
development costs totaling $911,000 and $725,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016,
respectively.
Revenue Recognition
License Revenue
License
arrangements may consist of non-refundable upfront license fees,
exclusive licensed rights to patented or patent pending technology,
and various performance or sales milestones and future product
royalty payments. Some of these arrangements are multiple element
arrangements.
Non-refundable,
up-front fees that are not contingent on any future performance by
us, and require no consequential continuing involvement on our
part, are recognized as revenue when the license term commences and
the licensed data, technology and/or compound is
delivered. We defer recognition of non-refundable
upfront fees if we have continuing performance obligations without
which the technology, right, product or service conveyed in
conjunction with the non-refundable fee has no utility to the
licensee that is separate and independent of our performance under
the other elements of the arrangement. In addition, if we have
continuing involvement through research and development services
that are required because our know-how and expertise related to the
technology is proprietary to us, or can only be performed by us,
then such up-front fees are deferred and recognized over the period
of continuing involvement.
Payments
related to substantive, performance-based milestones in a research
and development arrangement are recognized as revenue upon the
achievement of the milestones as specified in the underlying
agreements when they represent the culmination of the earnings
process.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Senior secured convertible debentures
On
October 25, 2006, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement (“2006 Purchase Agreement”) with four
accredited investors (the “2006 Purchasers”). In
conjunction with the signing of the 2006 Purchase Agreement, the
Company issued secured convertible debentures (“2006
Debentures”) and Series A, B, C, D, and E common stock
warrants (“2006 Warrants”) to the 2006 Purchasers, and
the parties also entered into a security agreement (the “2006
Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to
grant the 2006 Purchasers, pari passu, a security interest in
substantially all of the Company’s assets.
Pursuant
to the terms of the 2006 Purchase Agreement, the Company issued the
2006 Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $1,694,250 to
the 2006 Purchasers. The 2006 Debentures are subject to an original
issue discount of 20.318% resulting in proceeds to the Company of
$1,350,000 from the transaction. The 2006 Debentures were due on
October 25, 2008. The 2006 Debentures are convertible, at the
option of the 2006 Purchasers, at any time prior to payment in
full, into shares of common stock of the Company. As a result of
the full ratchet anti-dilution provision the current conversion
price is the lesser of $120.00 or 60% of the average of the lowest
three trading prices occurring at any time during the 20 trading
days preceding conversion (the “2006 Conversion
Price”). Beginning on the first of the month beginning
February 1, 2007, the Company was required to amortize the 2006
Debentures in equal installments on a monthly basis resulting in a
complete repayment by the maturity date (the “Monthly
Redemption Amounts”). The Monthly Redemption Amounts could
have been paid in cash or in shares, subject to certain
restrictions. If the Company chose to make any Monthly Redemption
Amount payment in shares of common stock, the price per share would
have been the lesser of the Conversion Price then in effect and 85%
of the weighted average price for the 10-trading days prior to the
due date of the Monthly Redemption Amount. The Company did not make
any of the required monthly redemption payments.
Pursuant
to the provisions of the 2006 Debentures, such non-payment was an
event of default and penalty interest has accrued on the unpaid
redemption balance at an interest rate equal to the lower of 18%
per annum and the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. In
addition, each of the 2006 Purchasers has the right to accelerate
the cash repayment of at least 130% of the outstanding principal
amount of the 2006 Debenture (plus accrued but unpaid liquidated
damages and interest) and to sell substantially all of the
Company’s assets pursuant to the provisions of the 2006
Security Agreement to satisfy any such unpaid balance.
The
Company and Bristol entered into a Forbearance Agreement on
December 3, 2015, pursuant to which Bristol agreed to refrain and
forbear from exercising certain rights and remedies with respect
the 2006 Debentures for three months. In exchange for the
Forbearance Agreement, the Company issued an allonge in the amount
of $350,000 increasing the principal amount of the 2006
Debentures.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 the Company
converted the remaining balance of $889,000 of the 2006 Debentures
into common stock of the Company.
Convertible debentures
From
October 2009 to August 2017, the Company has entered into multiple
convertible debenture arrangements with several accredited
investors (“Convertible Debentures”). Interest on the
Convertible Debentures ranges for 0% to 18% with a default rate of
18%. The Convertible Debentures are either two year or six month
notes.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
The
conversion price of the Convertible Debentures is subject to full
ratchet anti-dilution adjustment in the event that the Company
thereafter issues common stock or common stock equivalents at a
price per share less than the conversion price or the exercise
price, respectively, and to other normal and customary
anti-dilution adjustment upon certain other events. As a result of
the full ratchet anti-dilution provision, the current conversion
price is the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the average of the three
(3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the Common Stock during the
20 Trading Days immediately prior to the date on which the Notice
of Conversion is delivered to the Company and the default
conversion price is 65% of the average of the lowest three trading
prices occurring at any time during the 20 trading days preceding
conversion.
The
holders of the Convertible Debentures have contractually agreed to
restrict their ability to convert their Convertible Debentures and
receive shares of our common stock such that the number of shares
of the Company common stock held by holders and its affiliates
after such conversion or exercise does not exceed 4.9% or 9.9% of
the Company’s then issued and outstanding shares of common
stock.
On
August 31, 2017, the Company converted all Convertible Debentures
into common and Series J preferred stock of the
Company.
|
Balance
at
September 30,
2017
|
Balance at
December 31, 2016
|
|
|
|
2009
Debentures
|
$
-
|
$
305,000
|
June 2011
Debentures
|
-
|
64,000
|
November 2011
Debentures
|
-
|
125,000
|
March 2012
Debentures
|
-
|
140,000
|
May 2012
Debentures
|
-
|
225,000
|
December 2012
Debentures
|
-
|
425,000
|
November 2013
Debentures
|
-
|
172,000
|
July 2014
Debentures
|
-
|
3,140,000
|
October 2014
Debentures
|
-
|
1,250,000
|
March 2015
Debentures
|
-
|
2,175,000
|
July 2015
Debentures
|
-
|
500,000
|
October 2015
Debentures
|
-
|
330,000
|
November 2015
Debentures
|
-
|
190,000
|
December 2015
Debentures
|
-
|
200,000
|
January 2016
Debentures
|
-
|
150,000
|
May 2016
Debentures
|
-
|
1,503,000
|
September 2016
Debentures
|
-
|
250,000
|
January 2017
Debentures
|
-
|
-
|
March 2017
Debentures
|
-
|
-
|
April 2017
Debentures
|
-
|
-
|
July 2017
Debentures
|
-
|
-
|
August 2017
Debentures
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
Total convertible
debentures
|
$
-
|
$
11,144,000
|
Less:
discount
|
-
|
(794,000
)
|
Total convertible
debentures, net of discount
|
$
-
|
$
10,350,000
|
|
|
|
Total short term
convertible debentures, net of discount
|
$
-
|
$
10,350,000
|
Settlement Note Payable
On
August 8, 2012, a Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release
("Agreement") was made by and between GT Biopharma and Bristol
Investment Fund, Ltd., in order to settle certain claims regarding
certain convertible debentures held by Bristol.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Pursuant
to the Agreement, GT Biopharma shall pay Bristol (half of which
payment would redound to Theorem Capital LLC
(“Theorem”)) a total of $1,119,778 as payment in full
for the losses suffered and all costs incurred by Bristol in
connection with the Transaction. Payment of such $1,119,778 shall
be made as follows: GT Biopharma shall issue restricted common
stock to each of Bristol and Theorem, in an amount such that each
Bristol and Theorem shall hold no more than 9.99% of the
outstanding shares of GT Biopharma (including any shares that each
may hold as of the date of issuance). The shares so issued
represent $417,475.65 of the $1,119,778 payment (371 shares at
$1,125.00 per share, of which 122 will be retained by Bristol and
249 will be issued to Theorem). The remaining balance of the
payment shall be made in the form of two convertible promissory
notes in the respective amounts of $422,357.75 for Bristol and
$279,944.60 for Theorem (collectively, the “Notes”)
with a maturity of December 1, 2017 having an 8% annual interest
rate, with interest only accruing until January 1, 2013, and then
level payments of $3,750 each beginning January 1, 2013 until paid
in full on December 1, 2017. In the event a default in the monthly
payments on the Notes has occurred and is continuing each holder of
the Notes shall be permitted to convert the unpaid principal and
interest of the Notes into shares of GT Biopharma at $120.00 cents
per share. In the absence of such continuing default no conversion
of the Notes will be permitted. GT Biopharma will have the right to
repay the Notes in full at any time without penalty.
On August 31,2017 the
Company converted the remaining balance of $691,000 of the
Settlement Note Payable into common stock of the
Company.
Demand Notes
On
February 7, 2011 the Company entered into a convertible demand
promissory note with Bristol pursuant to which Bristol purchased an
aggregate principal amount of $31,375 of convertible demand
promissory notes for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 (the
“February 2011 Bristol Note”). The February 2011
Bristol Note is convertible into shares of common stock of the
Company at a price equal to the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the
average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the
Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the
date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company.
During the
quarter ended March 31, 2017 the Company converted the entire
balance of $31,375 into common stock of the
Company.
On
March 4, 2011 the Company entered into a convertible demand
promissory note with Bristol pursuant to which Bristol purchased an
aggregate principal amount of $31,375 of convertible demand
promissory notes for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 (the
“March 2011 Bristol Note”). The March 2011 Bristol Note
is convertible at the option of the holder at any time into shares
of common stock, at a price equal to the lesser of (i) $15.00 or
(ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices
of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to
the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the
Company.
During the quarter
ended March 31, 2017 the Company converted the entire balance of
$31,375 into common stock of the Company.
On
October 26, 2011 the Company entered into a convertible demand
promissory note with Theorem pursuant to which Theorem purchased an
aggregate principal amount of $200,000 of convertible demand
promissory notes for an aggregate purchase price of $157,217 (the
“October 2011 Theorem Note”). The October 2011 Theorem
Note is convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, at
a price equal to the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the average of
the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the Common Stock
during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the date on which
the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company.
During the quarter
ended March 31, 2017 the Company converted the entire balance of
$200,000 into common stock of the
Company.
In
December, 2013, the Company entered into a convertible demand
promissory note with an initial principal balance of $189,662
convertible at a price equal to the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii)
the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the
Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the
date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company.
On August
31,2017, the Company converted the remaining balance of $189,662 of
this Demand Note Payable into common stock of the
Company.
Financing Agreement
On
November 8, 2010, the Company entered into a financing arrangement
with Gemini Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a product development and
manufacturing partner of the Company, pursuant to which Gemini
Pharmaceuticals made a $250,000 strategic equity investment in the
Company and agreed to make a $750,000 purchase order line of credit
facility available to the Company. The outstanding principal of all
Advances under the Line of Credit will bear interest at the rate of
interest of prime plus 2 percent per annum. There is $31,000 due on
this credit line at September 30, 2017.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Stock Split
In July 2017, the Company approved a one for three hundred reverse
stock split. The Company has reported the effect of the split
retroactively for all periods presented.
Common Shares
In July 2017, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to
change the number of authorized common shares to 750,000,000 shares
of $.001 par value stock.
Common Stock
On September 1, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger whereby it acquired 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Georgetown Translational
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (GTP). GTP is a biotechnology company focused
on acquiring or discovering and patenting late-stage, de-risked,
and close-to-market improved treatments for CNS disease (Neurology
and Pain) and shepherding the products through the FDA approval
process to the NDA. In exchange for the ownership of GTP, the
Company issued a total of 16,927,878 shares of its common stock to
the three prior owners of GTP which represents 33% of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company has
issued a total of 17,706,073 shares of common stock in exchange for
the cancellation of debt in the total amount of $18,320,000 and
interest in the total amount of $5,186,000.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company issued
496,855 shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants on a
cashless basis.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company
converted 25,000 Series H and 1,666,667 Series I shares of
preferred stock into 5,327,734 shares of common stock.
Preferred Stock
On September 1, 2017, the Company authorized 2,000,000 shares of
Series J Preferred Stock.
Shares of Series J Preferred Stock
will have the same voting rights as shares of common stock with
each share of Series J Preferred Stock entitled to one vote at a
meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation. Shares of Series J
Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive any dividends,
unless and until specifically declared by our board of directors.
The holders of the Series J Preferred Stock will participate, on an
as-if-converted-to-common stock basis, in any dividends to the
holders of common stock. Each share of the Series J Preferred Stock
is convertible into one share of our common stock at any time at
the option of the holder.
On September 1, 2017 the Company issued a total of 700,278 shares
of
Series J Preferred Stock
in exchange for the
cancellation of debt in the total amount of
$840,000.
On September 1, 2017 the Company issued 5,046 shares of
Series J Preferred Stock
upon the exercise of
warrants on a cashless basis.
On September 1, 2017 the Company also issued
600,000
shares
of
Series J Preferred
Stock
to one entity as
payment for $720,000 of consulting services provided to the
Company.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
4.
Stock Options and Warrants
Stock Options
Following is a summary of the stock option activity:
|
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
Outstanding as of
December 31, 2016
|
1,246
|
$
1,428.12
|
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2017
|
1,246
|
$
1,428.12
|
Warrants
Following is a summary of the warrant activity:
|
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
Outstanding as of
December 31, 2016
|
15,550
|
$
15.00
|
Granted
|
486,351
|
15.00
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
Exercised
|
(501,901
)
|
15.00
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2017
|
-
|
$
-
|
6.
Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
On September 1, 2017, the Company has entered into a three-year
lease agreement for its office in Washington, D.C. In addition to
minimum rent, certain leases require payment of real estate taxes,
insurance, common area maintenance charges and other executory
costs. These executory costs are not included in the table below.
The Company recognizes rent expense under such arrangements on a
straight-line basis over the effective term of each
lease.
The following table summarizes the Company’s future minimum
lease commitments as of September 30, 2017 (in
thousands):
Year ending
December 31:
|
|
2017
|
$
27,000
|
2018
|
108,000
|
2019
|
108,000
|
2020
|
81,000
|
Total minimum lease
payments
|
$
324,000
|
Rent expense for the nine months ended September 30,
2017 and 2016 was $9,000 and $-0-,
respectively.
GT BIOPHARMA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
Employment Agreements
We entered into employment contracts with our executive officers on
September 1, 2017, with Mr. Cataldo as executive chairman, Dr.
Clarence-Smith as chief executive officer, Dr. Urbanski as chief
medical officer and Mr. Weldon as chief financial
officer.
Mr. Cataldo’s contract is for three years.
Under the terms of his
contract, he
received an up-front
restricted stock award of 5,129,600 common shares and will be paid
an annual salary of $500,000. Dr. Clarence-Smith’s contract
is for three years.
Under the terms of her contract,
she will
receive an annual salary of $500,000 and an up-front restricted
stock award in an amount to be determined by our board. Dr.
Urbanski’s contract is for three years.
Under the terms of his contract,
he
received a restricted
stock award of
1,528,898
common shares that vest
over two years and will be paid an annual salary of $400,000. All
three executives are entitled to participate in any of our
performance business plan. Mr. Weldon’s contract is for three
years pursuant to which he received an up-front restricted stock
award of 2,564,830 common shares and will be paid an annual salary
of $400,000. All three executives are entitled to participate in
any performance business plan established by
us.
If any
of our executive officers’ employment with us is terminated
involuntarily, or any executive resigns with good reason as a
result of a change in control, the executive will receive (i) all
compensation and benefits earned through the date of termination of
employment; (ii) a lump-sum payment equal to the greater of (a) the
bonus paid or payable to the executive for the year immediately
prior to the year in which the change in control occurred and (b)
the target bonus under the performance bonus plan in effect
immediately prior to the year in which the change in control
occurs; (iii) a lump-sum payment equivalent to the remaining base
salary (as it was in effect immediately prior to the change in
control) due to the executive from the date of involuntary
termination to the end of the term of the employment agreement or
one half of the executive’s base salary then in effect,
whichever is the greater; and (iv) reimbursement for the cost
of medical, life, disability insurance coverage at a level
equivalent to that provided by us for a period expiring upon the
earlier of (a) one year or (b) the time the executive begins
alternative employment where said insurance coverage is available
and offered to the executive.
The Company evaluated subsequent events from September 30,
2017 through the date of this filing and concluded that no
subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or
disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
CAUTIONARY NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements in the Form 10-Q are forward-looking
statements about what may happen in the future. Forward-looking
statements include statements regarding our current beliefs, goals,
and expectations about matters such as our expected financial
position and operating results, our business strategy, and our
financing plans. The forward-looking statements in the Form 10-Q
are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect the current
expectations of our management concerning future results and
events. The forward-looking statements generally can be
identified by the use of terms such as “believe,”
“expect,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “plan,” “foresee,”
“likely” or other similar words or phrases. Similarly,
statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals are or may
be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be
different from any future results, performance and achievements
expressed or implied by these statements. We cannot
guarantee that our forward-looking statements will turn out to be
correct or that our beliefs and goals will not change. Our actual
results could be very different from and worse than our
expectations for various reasons. You should review carefully all
information, including the discussion of risk factors under
“Item 1A: Risk Factors” and “Item 7:
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” of the Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2016. Any forward-looking statements
in the Form 10-Q are made only as of the date hereof and, except as
may be required by law, we do not have any obligation to publicly
update any forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q
to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms
“GT Biopharma,” “we,”
“us,” “our,” “the company”
and “our company” refer to GT Biopharma, Inc., a
Delaware corporation formerly known as DDI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Diagnostic Data, Inc and Oxis International, Inc, together with our
subsidiaries.
Overview
We are
an immuno-oncology
company with a close-to-market central nervous system, or CNS,
portfolio of products. Our immuno-oncology portfolio is based off a
robust technology platform consisting of single-chain bi-, tri- and
tetra-specific scFv’s, combined with proprietary
antibody-drug linkers and drug payloads. Constructs include
bispecific and trispecific scFv constructs, , proprietary drug
payloads, bispecific targeted antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, as
well as tri- and tetra-specific antibody-directed cellular
cytotoxicity, or ADCC. Our proprietary tri- and tetra-specific ADCC
platform engages natural killer cells, or NK cells. NK cells are
cytotoxic lymphocytes of the innate immune system capable of immune
surveillance. NK cells mediate ADCC through the highly potent CD16
activating receptor. Upon activation, NK cells deliver a store of
membrane penetrating apoptosis-inducing molecules. Unlike T cells,
NK cells do not require antigen priming.
Our CNS portfolio consists of innovative reformulations and/or
repurposing of existing therapies. These new therapeutic agents
address numerous unmet medical needs that can lead to improved
efficacy while addressing tolerability and safety issues that
tended to limit the usefulness of the original approved drug. These
CNS drug candidates address disease states such as chronic
neuropathic pain, myasthenia gravis and vestibular
disorders.
OXS-1550
OXS-1550 is a bispecific scFv recombinant fusion protein-drug
conjugate composed of the variable regions of the heavy and light
chains of anti-CD19 and anti-CD22 antibodies and a modified form of
diphtheria toxin as its cytotoxic drug payload. CD19 is a
membrane glycoprotein present on the surface of all stages of
B-lymphocyte development, and is also expressed on most B-cell
mature lymphoma cells and leukemia cells. CD22 is a
glycoprotein expressed on B-lineage lymphoid precursors, including
precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and often is co-expressed
with CD19 on mature B-cell malignancies such as
lymphoma.
OXS-1550 targets cancer cells expressing the CD19 receptor or CD22
receptor or both receptors. When OXS-1550 binds to cancer
cells, the cancer cells internalize OXS-1550, and are killed due to
the action of drug’s cytotoxic diphtheria toxin
payload. OXS-1550 has demonstrated encouraging results in a
Phase 1 human clinical trial in patients with relapsed/refractory
B-cell lymphoma or leukemia.
The initial phase 1 study enrolled 25 patients with mature or
precursor B-cell lymphoid malignancies expressing CD19 and/or CD22.
All 25 patients received at least a single course of therapy. The
treatment at the higher doses produced objective tumor responses
with one patient in continuous partial remission and the second in
complete remission. A Phase 1/Phase 2 trial of OXS-1550 is
underway. FDA-allowed clinical trial is being conducted at the
University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center. There are
currently 18 patients enrolled in this clinical trial. Patients in
this trial are given an approved increased dosage and schedule of
OXS-1550.
Oxis began enrolling patients in Phase 2 trial of OXS-1550 during
the first quarter of 2017 at the University of Minnesota’s
Masonic Cancer Center. The first patient began dosing in April
2017.
OXS-3550
OXS-3550 is a single-chain, trispecific scFv recombinant fusion
protein conjugate composed of the variable regions of the heavy and
light chains of anti-CD16 and anti-CD33 antibodies and a modified
form of IL-15. When
the NK stimulating cytokine human IL-15
is used as a crosslinker between the two scFvs, it provides a
self-sustaining signal that activates NK cells and enhances their
ability to kill. We intend to study this anti-CD16-IL-15-anti-CD33
tri-specific killer engager, or TriKE, in CD33 positive leukemias,
a marker expressed on tumor cells in acute myelogenous leukemia, or
AML, myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, and other hematopoietic
malignancies. CD33 is primarily a myeloid differentiation antigen
with endocytic properties broadly expressed on AML blasts and,
possibly, some leukemic stem cells. CD33 or Siglec-3 (sialic acid
binding Ig-like lectin 3, SIGLEC3, SIGLEC3, gp67, p67) is a
transmembrane receptor expressed on cells of myeloid lineage. It is
usually considered myeloid-specific, but it can also be found on
some lymphoid cells. The anti-CD33 antibody fragment that will be
used for these studies was derived from the M195 humanized
anti-CD33 scFV and has been used in multiple human clinical
studies. It has been exploited as target for therapeutic antibodies
for many years. Improved survival seen in many patients when the
antibody-drug conjugate gemtuzumab was added to conventional
chemotherapy validates this approach.
The
TriKE IND (OXS 3550) will focus on AML, the most common form of
adult leukemia with 21,000 new cases expected in 2017 alone
(American Cancer Society). These patients will require frontline
therapy, usually chemotherapy including cytarabine and an
anthracycline, a therapy that has not changed in over 40 years.
Also, about half will have relapses and require alternative
therapies. In addition, about 13,000 new cases of myelodysplastic
syndrome (MDS) are diagnosed each year and there are minimal
treatment options (Siegel et al, 2014). At a minimum, OXS-3550 can
be expected to serve as a relatively safe, inexpensive, and easy to
use therapy for resistant/relapsing AML. From a biologic
standpoint, it could also be combined with chemotherapy as
frontline therapy.
The IND was filed in in the third quarter of 2017, FDA requested
that additional preclinical toxicology be conducted prior to
initiating clinical trials. The FDA also requested clarifications
on the manufacturing. The requested additional toxicology
studies and clarifications will be incorporated by GT
Biopharma in the IND that was recently transferred to the
Company.
OXS-4235, p62/SQSTM1 (Sequestosome-1) Inhibitor Drug Development
Program
In humans, the p62/SQSTM1 protein is encoded by the SQSTM1
gene. The p62/SQSTM1 protein is a multifunctional
protein involved in autophagy, cell signaling and tumorigenesis,
and plays an important role at the crossroad between autophagy and
cancer. Cell-cell interactions between multiple myeloma
cells and bone marrow stromal cells activate signaling pathways
that result in enhanced multiple myeloma cell growth, osteoclast
formation, and inhibition of osteoblast
differentiation.
Multiple myeloma remains an incurable malignancy with systematic
morbidity and a median survival of 3-5 years. Multiple
myeloma is characterized by aberrant proliferation of terminally
differentiated plasma cells and impairment in apoptosis
capacity. Due to the interactions between myeloma cells
and cells of the bone marrow microenvironment, the osteolytic bone
disease associated with myeloma is inextricably linked with tumor
progression. High incidence of bone metastasis in
multiple myeloma patients is frequently associated with severe bone
pain and pathological bone fracture. Activated
osteoclast levels and suppressed osteoblast levels are thought to
play a role in multiple myeloma associated osteolytic bone
disease.
While a diverse spectrum of novel agents has shown therapeutic
potential for the treatment of multiple myeloma including
bortezomib, lenalidomide and arsenic trioxide, high relapse rates
and drug resistance continue to plague these
therapies. Thus, novel targets and new therapeutics for
the treatment of multiple myeloma are of critical importance for
improved patient outcomes.
It has been demonstrated that the ZZ domain of the p62/SQSTM1
protein is responsible for increased multiple myeloma cell growth
and associated osteoclast mediated bone disease. Dr.
Xiang-Qun Xie and colleagues at ID4 Pharma LLC, or ID4, have
developed novel chemical compounds (e.g., OXS-4235) that inhibit
osteoclastic bone destruction in multiple myeloma. Oxis
Biotech has exclusively licensed rights to OXS-4235 and other
compounds for the treatment of multiple myeloma and associated
osteolytic bone disease.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or U.S. PTO, approved and
issued Patent No. 9,580,382 for drug candidate OXIS-4235 for the
treatment of myeloma in July 2017.
OXS-2175, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Drug Development
Program
OXS-2175 is a small molecule therapeutic candidate which has shown
promise in early-stage preclinical
in vitro
and
in vivo
models of triple-negative breast
cancer. GTBP is investigating OXS-2175 formulated as an ADC
therapy for the treatment of triple-negative breast
cancer.
PainBrake
PainBrake
is a new patented formulation of carbamazepine
(Tegretol
®
)
that enables accurate dose fractionation for the treatment of
neuropathic pain, a condition that results from a dysfunction of
nerves involved in the perception of pain and that is typically
chronic and particularly prevalent in elderly patients. An
NIH-supported study published in 2009 estimated that almost 16
million Americans suffer from chronic neuropathic pain (Yawn et
al., 2009) and this number is expected to increase due to the aging
population. Current drugs provide a useful degree of pain relief in
only about half the patients, very few patients achieve complete
relief of pain (Nightingale, 2012). Peak dose-limiting side
effects, mainly sedation, somnolence, dizziness and balance
problems which are poorly tolerated by the elderly (Oomens et al.,
2015) cause patients to be under-dosed, thereby contributing to
inadequate pain relief. This is particularly true for
carbamazepine, a drug that is considered to be the first line
therapy for the treatment of certain forms of neuropathic pain
(Zakrzewska, 2015).
To
overcome dose-limiting side effects, PainBrake tablets employ an
innovative bilayered, deeply scored design patented by AccuBreak.
The top layer contains carbamazepine and is pre-divided by deep
scoring during the manufacturing process to provide exact doses
enabling easy tablet splitting into exact doses. The bottom layer
provides mechanical stability and serves as the break region when
splitting the tablet. We
have
in-licensed against milestones and royalties the worldwide rights
to the use of the AccuBreak technology for the delivery of drugs
that like carbamazepine are voltage-gated sodium channel
blockers. The core patent for the AccuBreak technology
expires in 2025.
GTP-004
GTP-004
is a fixed-dose combination tablet for the treatment of the muscle
weakness associated with myasthenia gravis. GTP-004 combines
pyridostigmine (Mestinon
®
)
with an antagonist of the gastrointestinal, or GI, side effects of
pyridostigmine.
Myasthenia
gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular
junction characterized by muscle weakness. The disease occurs in
all ethnic groups and both genders. The prevalence of the disease
in the United States is estimated at 14 to 20 per 100,000
population, approximately 36,000 to 60,000 cases in the U.S.
(Howard, 2015). Myasthenia gravis most commonly affects adult women
(under 40) and older men (over 60), but it can occur at any age
(Myasthenia Gravis Fact Sheet; National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, 2016).
Cholinesterase
inhibitors, or ChEIs, that do not get into the brain (do not cross
the blood-brain barrier), such as Mestinon
®
(pyridostigmine) or
Prostigmine
®
(neostigmine)
are used to treat
the muscular weakness associated with myasthenia gravis. However,
AChEIs also act at cholinergic synapses in the gut to cause GI side
effects such as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, which are
dose-limiting. The GI side effects associated with
Mestinon
®
are an important source of discomfort for the patient, may be the
source of non-compliance, or may result in the need to decrease the
dose of Mestinon
®
to mitigate these side effects when these become dose-limiting. As
a consequence, efficacy may be reduced. Mitigating the GI side
effects of Mestinon
®
with a drug that prevents diarrhea, nausea and vomiting should lead
to greater patient comfort, safety, and compliance as well as to
improved efficacy.
Since
GTP-004 is a combination tablet of two approved drugs, we
anticipate that the new drug application, or NDA, will be a 505(B)2
NDA. This is an abbreviated and more streamlined form of NDA than a
full application, which would generally require information about
the safety and effectiveness of the drug to come from studies
conducted by or for the applicant. This can result in a faster and
less costly approval process.
Provisional
patent applications protecting the combination of
Mestinon
®
or Prostigmine
®
with a number of antiemetic drugs were filed by GTP in early
2017.
GTP-011
GTP-011
is a 72-hour patch patented by GTP for the prevention of motion
sickness, a well-known syndrome that typically involves nausea and
vomiting in otherwise healthy people and that occurs upon exposure
to certain types of motion.
Currently, the scopolamine patch (Transderm Scop
®
from Novartis) is viewed as a
first-line medication for prevention of motion sickness (Gil et
al., 2012; Brainard and Gresham, 2014). However, side effects can
be of particular concern and include sedation (Spinks et al.,
2004), reduced memory for new information, impaired attention, and
lowered feelings of alertness (Parrott, 1989). Mental confusion or
delirium can occur after application of scopolamine patch (Seo et
al., 2009). Elderly people as well as people with undetected
incipient dementia or mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, may be
particularly prone to develop mental confusion after applying the
scopolamine patch (Seo et al., 2009).
GTP-011
like scopolamine, is a patch that contains a muscarinic receptor
antagonist. Unlike scopolamine, however, it has been reported not
to affect memory and cognition and has a low incidence of sedation
(Kay et al., 2012)
. GTP-011 may
thus be a safer alternative to the scopolamine patch for the
treatment of motion sickness.
Since
GTP-011 is a new patch of an approved drug, we anticipate that the
NDA will be a 505(b)2 NDA.
Recent Developments
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On September 1, 2017, the Registrant, GT Biopharma, Inc.
(hereinafter the “Company”) entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger whereby it acquired 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Georgetown Translational
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (GTP). GTP is a biotechnology company focused
on acquiring or discovering and patenting late-stage, de-risked,
and close-to-market improved treatments for CNS disease (Neurology
and Pain) and shepherding the products through the FDA approval
process to the NDA. GTP products currently include treatment for
neuropathic pain, refractory epilepsies, the symptoms of myasthenia
gravis, and motion sickness. In exchange for the ownership of GTP,
the Company issued a total of 16,927,878 shares of its common stock
to the three prior owners of GTP which represents 33% of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company on a fully diluted
basis.
Upon the consummation of the acquisition, Anthony J. Cataldo
resigned as the Company’s CEO and was simultaneously elected
as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kathleen
Clarence-Smith, MD, PhD, the founder of GTP, was then elected CEO
of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors.
As prerequisites to the Acquisition: (i) the Company raised
$4,540,000 upon the sale of debentures which were subsequently
converted into 3,575,109 shares of restricted common stock and
208,224 shares of Series J Preferred Stock to a total of nine
persons or entities; (ii) cancelled debt in the amount $17,295,352
upon the issuance of 13,712,516 shares of common stock and 700,278
shares of Series J Preferred Stock to a total of 26 persons or
entities; (iii) issued 494,911 shares of common stock and 5,046
shares of Series J Preferred Stock upon the cashless exercise of
warrants to a total of 22 persons or entities; and (iv) converted
25,000 Series H and 1,666,667 Series I shares of preferred stock
into 5,327,734 shares of common stock to a total of three persons
or entities. All stock issuances were exempt from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the same Act since the issuances of Shares did not
involve any public offering.
Employment Contracts
In connection with the acquisition, the Company entered into
employment contracts on September 1, 2017, with Mr. Cataldo as
Executive Chairman, Dr. Clarence-Smith as CEO, Dr. Raymond Urbanski
as CMO and the Company’s CFO, Steven
Weldon.
Copies
of the employment contracts are listed as exhibits to this form
10-Q.
License Agreements
Accu-Break Pharmaceuticals Inc License
Agreement.
GTP
has in-licensed the rights to use the AccuBreak patents with drugs
that like carbamazepine are voltage-gated sodium channel blockers
in North America. The license field includes Sodium-voltage gated
channels inhibitors and blockers for the treatment of epilepsy,
neuropathic pain, and bipolar disorder.
Under
the agreement, AccuBreak received an upfront license fee of
$35,000, royalty fees ranging from 2.5 to 5%, minimum annual
royalty payments and 20% of net sublicensing revenues.
GT
Biopharma shall pay the following cash amounts to
Accu-Break Pharmaceuticals Inc
upon the attainment of the following milestones:
●
$50,000 shall be
due six (6) months after the first approval of the first indication
by the FDA;
●
$50,000 shall be
due nine (9) months after the first approval of the first
indication by the FDA;
●
$100,000 shall be
due twelve (12) months after the first approval of the first
indication by the FDA;
●
$25,000 shall be
due upon achievement of $25,000,000 of cumulative Net Sales in the
Territory;
●
$50,000 shall be
due upon achievement of $50,000,000 of cumulative Net Sales in the
Territory;
●
$100,000 shall be
due upon achievement of $100,000,000 of cumulative Net Sales in the
Territory.
TriKE Agreements
In March 2017, we entered a new one-year Sponsored Research
Agreement with the University of Minnesota. The purpose of this
agreement is to determine toxicities and in vivo behavior in
our
Trispecific Killer
Engager (TriKE) technology licensed by GT Biopharma from the
University of Minnesota.
In June
2017,
we entered into a
co-development partnership agreement with Altor BioScience Corp. in
which the companies will collaborate exclusively in the clinical
development of a novel 161533 TriKE fusion protein for cancer
therapies using GT Biopharma's trispecific killer engager (TriKE)
technology.
Financing
In July
2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with
three accredited investors to sell 10% convertible debentures with
and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the
average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the
Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the
date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company,
with an initial principal balance of $650,000 and warrants to
acquire up to 43,333 shares of the Company's common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00 per share.
In
August 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with three accredited investors to sell 10% convertible
debentures with and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00
or (ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading
prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately
prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to
the Company, with an initial principal balance of $3,890,000 and
warrants to acquire up to 259,333 shares of the Company's common
stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 and
2016
Research and Development Expenses
During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we
incurred $526,000 and $250,000 of research and development
expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we
incurred $126,323,000 and $2,280,000 of selling, general and
administrative expenses. The increase in selling,
general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an
increase stock compensation.
Change in value of warrant and derivative liabilities
During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded a
loss as a result of an increase in the fair market value of
outstanding warrants and beneficial conversion features of
$1,451,000 compared to income of $436,000 during the three
months ended September 31, 2016. We recorded a loss as a result of
the conversion to common or preferred stock of all outstanding debt
and equity securities accounted for as derivative
liabilities.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $3,769,000 and $1,536,000 for the three months
ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively. The
increase is primarily due to an increase in the non-cash
amortization of the debt issuance costs associated with the
convertible debentures and demand notes payable.
Comparison of the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2017 and
2016
Research and Development Expenses
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we
incurred $911,000 and $725,000 of research and development
expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we
incurred $128,768,000 and $7,827,000 of selling, general and
administrative expenses. The increase in selling, general and
administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase
stock compensation.
Change in value of warrant and derivative liabilities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded a gain
as a result of a decrease in the fair market value of outstanding
warrants and beneficial conversion features of
$925,000, compared to a gain of $37,195,000 during the nine
months ended September 30, 2016. We recorded a gain as a result of
the conversion to common or preferred stock of all outstanding debt
and equity securities accounted for as derivative
liabilities.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $8,467,000 and $4,781,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 respectively. The
increase is primarily due to an increase in the non-cash
amortization of the debt issuance costs associated with the
convertible debentures and demand notes payable.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As of
September 30, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of $2,732,000.
This cash and cash equivalents is in part the result of the
proceeds from borrowings in 2017. On the same day we had total
current assets of $2,732,000, and a working capital deficit of
$70,000. B
ased upon the cash
position, it is necessary to raise additional capital by the end of
the next quarter in order to continue to fund current operations.
The Company is pursuing several alternatives to address this
situation, including the raising of additional funding through
equity or debt financings. In order to finance existing operations
and pay current liabilities over the next twelve months, the
Company will need to raise approximately $4-5 million of
capital.
During the nine months ending September 30, 2017, the Company
entered into convertible debentures totaling $5,991,000. These
convertible debentures were all converted to Common Stock or Series
J Preferred Stock in August 2017.
Critical Accounting Policies
We consider the following accounting policies to be critical given
they involve estimates and judgments made by management and are
important for our investors’ understanding of our operating
results and financial condition.
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements contained in this report
include the accounts of GT Biopharma, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated.
Revenue Recognition
Product Revenue
The Company manufactures, or has manufactured on a contract basis,
fine chemicals and nutraceutical products, which are its primary
products to be sold to customers. Revenue from the sale of its
products, including shipping fees, will be recognized when title to
the products is transferred to the customer which usually occurs
upon shipment or delivery, depending upon the terms of the sales
order and when collectability is reasonably assured. Revenue from
sales to distributors of its products will be recognized, net of
allowances, upon delivery of product to the distributors. According
to the terms of individual distributor contracts, a distributor may
return product up to a maximum amount and under certain conditions
contained in its contract. Allowances are calculated based upon
historical data, current economic conditions and the underlying
contractual terms.
License Revenue
License arrangements may consist of non-refundable upfront license
fees and various performance or sales milestones and future product
royalty payments. Some of these arrangements are
multiple element arrangements. Non-refundable, up-front
fees that are not contingent on any future performance by us, and
require no consequential continuing involvement on our part, are
recognized as revenue when the license term commences and the
licensed data, technology and/or compound is
delivered. We defer recognition of non-refundable
upfront fees if we have continuing performance obligations without
which the technology, right, product or service conveyed in
conjunction with the non-refundable fee has no utility to the
licensee that is separate and independent of our performance under
the other elements of the arrangement. In addition, if
we have continuing involvement through research and development
services that are required because our know-how and expertise
related to the technology is proprietary to us, or can only be
performed by us, then such up-front fees are deferred and
recognized over the period of continuing involvement.
Long-Lived Assets
Our long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment,
capitalized costs of filing patent applications and goodwill and
other assets. We evaluate our long-lived assets for
impairment in accordance with ASC 360, whenever events or changes
in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets
may not be recoverable. Estimates of future cash flows
and timing of events for evaluating long-lived assets for
impairment are based upon management’s
judgment. If any of our intangible or long-lived assets
are considered to be impaired, the amount of impairment to be
recognized is the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over
its fair value.
Applicable long-lived assets are amortized or depreciated over the
shorter of their estimated useful lives, the estimated period that
the assets will generate revenue, or the statutory or contractual
term in the case of patents. Estimates of useful lives
and periods of expected revenue generation are reviewed
periodically for appropriateness and are based upon
management’s judgment. Goodwill and other assets
are not amortized.
Certain Expenses and Liabilities
On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates related to
certain expenses and accrued liabilities. We base our
estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions
that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the
results of which form the basis for making judgments about the
carrying values of liabilities that are not readily apparent from
other sources. Actual results may differ materially from
these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions.
Derivative Financial Instruments
During the normal course of business, from time to time, we issue
warrants as part of a debt or equity financing. We do not enter
into any derivative contracts for speculative purposes. We
recognize all derivatives as assets or liabilities measured at fair
value with changes in fair value of derivatives reflected as
current period income or loss unless the derivatives qualify for
hedge accounting and are accounted for as such. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we issued warrants to
purchase 370,061 and 11,584 shares of common stock, respectively,
in connection with equity transactions. In accordance with ASC
Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in
Entity’s Own Stock” (“ASC 815-40”), the
value of these warrants is required to be recorded as a liability,
as the holders have an option to put the warrants back to us in
certain events, as defined. On August 31, 2017, all warrants were
converted to the Company’s common stock on a cashless
basis.
Inflation
We believe that inflation has not had a material adverse impact on
our business or operating results during the periods
presented.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30,
2017.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk
This company qualifies as a smaller reporting company, as defined
in 17 C.F.R. §229.10(f) (1) and is not required to provide
information by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer
evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended), as of September 30, 2017. Based on that
evaluation we have concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective as of September 30,
2017.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting. Internal
control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or
15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, a
company’s principal executive and principal financial
officers and effected by a company’s board of directors,
management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
includes those policies and procedures that:
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to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets
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reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company;
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reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
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All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have
inherent limitations and can provide only reasonable, not absolute,
assurance that the objectives of the control system are
met. Further, the design of a control system must
reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all
control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute
assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any,
within our company have been detected. Therefore, even
those systems determined to be effective can provide only
reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement
preparation and presentation.
As of September 30, 2017, management of the company conducted an
assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal
control over financial reporting. In making this
assessment, it used the criteria set forth by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in
Internal Control—Integrated Framework. In the
course of the assessment, material weaknesses were identified in
the company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented
or detected on a timely basis.
Management determined that fundamental elements of an effective
control environment were missing or inadequate as of September 30,
2017. The most significant issues identified were: 1)
lack of segregation of duties due to very small staff and
significant reliance on outside consultants, and 2) risks of
executive override also due to lack of established policies, and
small employee staff. Based on the material weaknesses
identified above, management has concluded that internal control
over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30,
2017. As the company’s operations increase, the
company intends to hire additional employees in its accounting
department.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than as described above, no changes in our internal control
over financial reporting were made during our most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
On June 23, 2016, the Company was served with a complaint filed in
the Circuit Court of the 13
th
Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough
County, FL, Case No. 16-CA-004791. Suit was brought against the
Company by Lippert/Heilshorn and Associates, Inc. who is alleging
they are owed compensation for consulting services provided to the
company. They are seeking payment of $73,898. The Company has
engaged legal counsel to answer the complaint.
On or immediately before February 15, 2017, MultiCell
Immunotherapeutics filed an arbitration proceeding against the
Company with the American Health Lawyers Association, Claim
#3821. In its statement of claim, MultiCell is seeking
$207,783 plus interest and costs of arbitration pursuant to alleged
contract rights against the Company under a research agreement
between the parties. Following a hearing held September 1,
2017, the arbitrator awarded MultiCell the payment amount of
$207,783 plus interest in the amount of $34,699. We are having
legal counsel review to determine the extent to which the
arbitrator’s award is legally binding on the
Company.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
This company qualifies as a “smaller reporting company”
as defined in 17 C.F.R. §229.10(f)(1), and is not required to
provide information by this Item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of
Proceeds
In
January 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with eight accredited investors to sell 10% convertible
debentures with and an exercise price
of the lesser of (i)
$15.00 or (ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day
trading prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days
immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is
delivered to the Company,
with an initial principal balance
of $633,593 and warrants to acquire up to 42,240 shares of the
Company's common stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per
share.
In
March 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with two accredited investors to sell 10% convertible
debentures with and an exercise price
of the lesser of (i)
$15.00 or (ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day
trading prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days
immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is
delivered to the Company,
with an initial principal balance
of $232,313 and warrants to acquire up to 15,487 shares of the
Company's common stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per
share.
In
April 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with two accredited investors to sell 10% convertible
debentures with and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00
or (ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading
prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately
prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to
the Company, with an initial principal balance of $70,000 and
warrants to acquire up to 46,666 shares of the Company's common
stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share.
In May
2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with
two accredited investors to sell 10% convertible debentures with
and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the
average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the
Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the
date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company,
with an initial principal balance of $125,000 and warrants to
acquire up to 8,333 shares of the Company's common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00 per share.
In July
2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with
one accredited investors to sell 10% convertible debentures with
and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00 or (ii) the
average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading prices of the
Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the
date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company,
with an initial principal balance of $650,000 and warrants to
acquire up to 43,333 shares of the Company's common stock at an
exercise price of $15.00 per share.
In
August 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with three accredited investors to sell 10% convertible
debentures with and an exercise price of the lesser of (i) $15.00
or (ii) the average of the three (3) lowest intra-day trading
prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Days immediately
prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to
the Company, with an initial principal balance of $3,890,000 and
warrants to acquire up to 259,333 shares of the Company's common
stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share.
These convertible debentures were also exempt from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) of
the Act since the shares were also issued to persons closely
associated with the Company and there was no public offering of the
shares.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit Number
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Description of Exhibit
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Agreement and Plan
of Merger
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Certificate of
Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series J
Convertible Preferred Stock of GT Biopharma,
Inc
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Employment Agreement with Anthony Cataldo
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Employment Agreement with Dr. Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
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Employment Agreement with Steven Weldon
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Employment Agreement with Dr. Raymond Urbanski
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Note Conversion Agreement
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Warrant Conversion Agreement
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Preferred Conversion Agreement
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Amended Note Conversion Agreement
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Amended Warrant Conversion Agreement
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Amended Preferred Conversion Agreement
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Certification of
Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d
14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
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Certification of
Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d
14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive
Officer).
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial
Officer).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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GT Biopharma, Inc.
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Dated:
November 14, 2017
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By:
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/s/ Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
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Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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Position
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Date
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/s/
Anthony J. Cataldo
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Executive
Chairman of the Board, and President of Oxis Biotech
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November
14, 2017
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Anthony
J. Cataldo
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/s/
Kathleen Clarence-Smith
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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November
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Dr.
Kathleen Clarence-Smith
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/s/
Steven Weldon
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Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), President and
Director
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November
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Steven
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Exhibit
2.1
EXECUTION
COPY
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
(“Agreement”), is entered into effective as of the 1st
day of September, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“GT Biopharma”), GT Biopharma Merger, Co.,
a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of GT
Biopharma (the “GT Biopharma Subsidiary”) and
Georgetown Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Kathleen
Clarence-Smith, Mark J. Silverman, and Richard P. Dulik who are the
holders of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company (the “Shareholders”).
WHEREAS
, GT Biopharma, through the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary, desires to acquire all of the shares of
capital stock of the Company (the “Company Shares”)
owned by the Shareholders on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement;
WHEREAS
, the parties intend to
effectuate the aforementioned acquisition of Company Shares by
merging the GT Biopharma Subsidiary with and into the Company (the
“Merger”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement with the Company being the surviving
corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) in the
Merger; and
WHEREAS
, the Company and the
Shareholders deem it advisable and in their best interests to
effect the Merger contemplated by this Agreement.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, GT
Biopharma, GT Biopharma Subsidiary, the Company and the
Shareholders hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1 TERMS OF THE MERGER
1.1
Merger
.
At the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), upon the terms
and
subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, the GT Biopharma Subsidiary shall
merge with and into the Company in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the “Delaware Law”). At the
Effective Time, the separate existence of the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary shall cease and the Company shall be the surviving
corporation in the Merger. The parties shall execute a Certificate
of Merger, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(“Certificate of Merger”) and such other documents
necessary to comply in all respects with the requirements of the
Delaware Law and with the provisions of this
Agreement.
1.2
Effective
Time
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware Law or at
such later time as may be specified in the Certificate of Merger.
The time when the Merger shall become effective is herein referred
to as the “Effective Time,” and the date on which the
Effective Time occurs is herein referred to as the “Closing
Date.” The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”)
and the filing of the Certificate of Merger shall occur as soon as
practicable after:
1.2.1
Execution
of this Agreement;
1.2.2
Satisfaction
of all conditions to closing set forth in Article 4,
“Conditions Precedent to Obligations of GT Biopharma and GT
Biopharma Subsidiary,” and Article 5, “Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company and the
Shareholders”; and
1.2.3
Receipt
by GT Biopharma of any required approvals under the Delaware Law
and any other applicable corporate law and any other required
regulatory approvals.
1.3
Closing
. The
Closing Date shall be the date of this Agreement. Any extension of
the Closing Date may be made only with the written consent of GT
Biopharma, the Company and the Shareholders.
1.4
Merger
Consideration; Conversion of Shares
. The total consideration
to be paid to the Shareholders in connection with the Merger (the
“Total Merger Consideration”) shall be the issuance of
33% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of GT
Biopharma, on a fully diluted basis after giving effect to the
consummation of the Merger, the Financing and the exchange or
conversion of GT Biopharma Convertible Securities into GT Biopharma
shares of common stock (the “GT Biopharma Shares”), to
the Shareholders on the Closing Date.
1.5
Exchange of
Convertible Securities
. Prior to the Closing, each
outstanding note, debenture or other security convertible into or
exercisable for GT Biopharma shares of common stock (the “GT
Biopharma Convertible Securities”) shall be exchanged for or
converted into GT Biopharma shares of common stock.
1.6
Shareholder’s
Rights upon Merger
. Upon consummation of the Merger, the
Shareholders shall cease to have any rights with respect to the
certificates which theretofore represented shares of Company Shares
(the “Certificates”), and, subject to applicable law
and this Agreement, shall only have the right to receive their pro
rata share of the Total Merger Consideration, based on the
Shareholders’ relative ownership of the Company
Shares.
1.7
Surrender and
Exchange of Shares; Payment of Merger Consideration
. In
connection with the Closing, upon receipt of notice from the
Company and GT Biopharma of the Effective Time, the Shareholders
shall surrender and deliver the Certificates to GT Biopharma duly
endorsed in blank. As soon as reasonably practicable following the
later to occur of the Effective Time or such surrender and
delivery, GT Biopharma will deliver to the Shareholders
certificates representing their GT Biopharma Shares. Until so
surrendered and exchanged, each outstanding Certificate after the
Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence only
the right to receive the Total Merger Consideration set forth
herein.
1.8
Certificate of
Incorporation
. At and after the Effective Time, the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.9
Bylaws
. At
and after the Effective Time, the Bylaws of the Company shall be
the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (subject to any amendment
specified in the Plan of Merger and any subsequent
amendment).
1.10
Name
.
At and after the Effective Time, the name of GT Biopharma shall be
GT Biopharma, Inc.
1.11
Board
of Directors; Appointment of Kathleen Clarence-Smith
.
Effective as of and after the Effective Time, the board of
directors of GT Biopharma shall consist of Anthony Cataldo, Steven
Weldon, and Kathleen Clarence-Smith.
1.12
Other
Effects of Merger
. The Merger shall have all further effects
as specified in the applicable provisions of the Delaware
Law.
1.13
Split
of GT Biopharma Shares
. Prior to the Closing Date, GT
Biopharma will reverse split its issued and outstanding shares on a
one for three hundred basis (the “GT Biopharma Stock
Split”) so that GT Biopharma shares issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall equal 33,857,206
calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis. For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Fully Diluted Basis” shall include
all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of GT Biopharma
and all shares of capital stock issuable upon conversion of all GT
Biopharma Convertible Securities.
1.14
Additional
Actions
. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds,
bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or
things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of
record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation its right, title
or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets
of the Company or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be
authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of
Company, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances
and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of the Company, all
such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to
vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in,
to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving
Corporation or otherwise to carry out this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
1.15
Tax-Free
Reorganization
. The parties intend that the Merger qualify
as a tax- free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(A) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder (the “Code”).
1.16
Financial
Statements and Income Tax Returns
. The parties contemplate
that the Surviving Corporation, as a subsidiary of GT
Biopharma’s consolidated group, will include its financial
results in GT Biopharma’s consolidated financial statements
covering the periods after joining GT Biopharma’s
consolidated group.
ARTICLE
2
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS
Except
as disclosed on the schedules to be delivered by the Company and
the Shareholders to GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary on
the Closing Date, attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Company
Disclosure Schedule”), which Company Disclosure Schedule is
incorporated into and should be considered an integral part of this
Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to GT Biopharma and
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary as follows as to all Sections in this
Article 2, except for Sections 2.1 (Validity of Agreement), 2.3
(Title), 2.4 (Exclusive Dealing), 2.15 (Intellectual Property),
2.16 (No Default), 2.17 (Litigation), 2.18 (Finders), 2.25
(Insurance Coverage), 2.29 (Indebtedness) and 2.31 (Investment
Intent), which Sections are representations and warranties of the
Shareholders and/or the Company, as the case may be. Any
representation and warranty made by any Shareholder in this Article
2 shall be made solely with respect to such Shareholder and not
with respect to the Company or any other Shareholder.
2.1
Validity of
Agreement
. This Agreement is valid and binding upon each
Shareholder and the Company and neither the execution nor delivery
of this Agreement by such parties nor the performance by such
parties of any of their covenants or obligations hereunder will
constitute a material default under any contract, agreement or
obligation to which any of them is a party or by which they or any
of their respective properties are bound. This Agreement is
enforceable severally against the Company and each Shareholder in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, receivership or
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally.
2.2
Organization and
Good Standing
. The Company is a corporation duly organized
and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Company has full corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease and
operate the properties and assets now owned or leased and operated
by it. The Company is duly qualified to transact business in the
District of Columbia and in all states and jurisdictions in which
the business or ownership of its property makes it necessary so to
qualify, except for jurisdictions in which the nature of the
property owned or business conducted, when considered in relation
to the absence of serious penalties, renders qualification as a
foreign corporation unnecessary as a practical matter.
2.3
Title
. Each
Shareholder has full right and title to the Company Shares that
such Shareholder owns and to be exchanged, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, pledge, restrictions and claims of every kind
(“Encumbrances”) and such Company Shares constitute all
the Company Shares which such Shareholder, directly or indirectly,
own or have any right to acquire. Each Shareholder has the legal
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and will
have the right to sell, assign, transfer and convey the Company
Shares owned by such Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement and
deliver to GT Biopharma valid title to such Company Shares pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement, free and clear of all
Encumbrances. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights,
calls, commitments,
conversion rights,
rights of exchange, plans or other agreements of any character
providing for the purchase or sale of any Company Shares owned by
such Shareholder.
2.4
Exclusive
Dealing
. No Shareholder is engaged in any discussions or
negotiations for the purchase or sale of any Company Shares owned
by such Shareholder, except for those discussions with GT Biopharma
which are embodied in this Agreement.
2.5
Capitalization
.
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 5,000
shares of common stock, of which 1,015 shares are issued and
outstanding. The Company Shares constitute the only outstanding
shares of the capital stock of the Company of any nature
whatsoever, voting and non-voting. The Company Shares are validly
issued, fully paid and non- assessable and are subject to no
restrictions on transfer, except those imposed by the applicable
federal and state securities laws. All Company Shares are
certificated, and the Company has not executed and delivered
certificates for Company Shares in excess of the number of Company
Shares set forth in this Section 2.5. Except as set forth in the
Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, rights, calls, commitments, conversion rights, plans or
other agreements of any character providing for the purchase,
issuance or sale of, or any securities convertible into, capital
stock of the Company, whether issued, unissued or held in its
treasury. There are no treasury shares.
2.6
Subsidiaries
.
The Company does not have any subsidiaries. The Company does not
own five percent (5%) or more of the securities having voting power
of any corporation (or would own such securities in such amount
upon the closing of any existing purchase obligations for
securities).
2.7
Ownership and
Authority
. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company has been duly authorized by its Board of
Directors and all other required corporate approvals have been
obtained. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Company will not result in the violation or breach of any
term or provision of charter instruments applicable to the Company
or constitute a material default under any material indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or other contract or agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties
is bound and will not cause the creation of an Encumbrance on any
properties owned by or leased to or by the Company.
2.8
Liabilities and
Obligations
. The Company has no liabilities or obligations
of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise)
secured by an Encumbrance on any of its assets.
2.9
Monthly Expenditure
Statements
. The monthly expenditures for the Company for the
years ending December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and June 30,
2017, attached to Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(collectively the “Company Monthly Expenditure
Statements”) fairly present the monthly expenditures of the
Company as of the dates thereof and for the periods indicated.
There has not been any change between June 30, 2017 and the date of
this Agreement which has had a material adverse effect on the
financial position or
results
of operations of the Company. Except as set forth in Section 2.9 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no liabilities or
obligations, contingent or otherwise.
2.10
[Reserved]
.
2.11
Taxes
.
The Company has filed all federal, state, local or foreign tax
returns, tax reports or forms that the Company was required to file
since its inception. No taxes are due to any federal, state, local
or foreign tax authority. The Company is not obligated to make any
payments, and is not a party to any agreement that under any
circumstances could obligate it to make any payments that will not
be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. The Company has
disclosed on its federal income tax returns all positions taken
therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of
federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing
agreement. The Company
(i)
has not been a
member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income
tax return,
(ii)
is
not and has not ever been a partner in a partnership or an owner of
an interest in an entity treated as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes, and (iii) has no liability for the Taxes of
any person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or
otherwise.
2.12
Title
to Properties and Assets
. The Company presently owns or
leases real property from which it conducts its business and owns
or leases certain personal property. The Company has good and
marketable title to all real and personal property reflected on its
books and records as owned by it or otherwise required or used in
the operation of its business, free and clear of all security
interests or Encumbrance of any nature, except as set forth in
Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Also set forth in
Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a list of
property leased by the Company. Any security interests or
Encumbrance shall be discharged in full on or before the Closing
Date and evidenced by UCC Releases delivered by the Company on the
Closing Date. Such improved real property or tangible personal
property is in good operating condition and repair, and suitable
for the purpose for which it is being used, subject in each case to
consumption in the ordinary course, ordinary wear and tear and
ordinary repair, maintenance and periodic replacement.
2.13
Accounts
Receivable/Payable
. Except as set forth in Section 2.13 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2016, the
Company has no accounts receivable, accounts payable, unbilled
invoices and other debts. Except as set forth in
Section
2.13
of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, there have been no material
adverse changes since December 31, 2016, in any accounts receivable
or other debts due the Company or the allowances with respect
thereto or accounts payable of the Company.
2.14
Material
Documents
. Set forth in Section 2.14 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule is a complete list of all material documents to
which the Company is a party. All such documents listed in Section
2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are valid and enforceable
and copies of such material documents (or, with the consent of GT
Biopharma, forms thereof) as have been requested by GT Biopharma
have been provided to GT Biopharma. Except as
disclosed in
Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor any of the other parties thereto, is or will be, merely
with the passage of time, in default under any such material
document nor is there any requirement for any of such material
documents to be novated or to have the consent of the other
contracting party in order for such material documents to be valid,
effective and enforceable by the Company after the Closing Date as
it was immediately prior thereto.
2.15
Intellectual
Property
. Except as set forth in Section 2.15 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no interest in and owns no
domestic and foreign letters patent, patents, patent applications,
patent licenses, software licenses and know-how licenses, trade
names, trademarks, copyrights, unpatented inventions, service mark
registrations and applications and copyright registrations and
applications owned or used by the Company in the operation of its
business (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”).
No Intellectual Property, other than as set forth on Section 2.15
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is required or used in the
operation of the business of the Company. There are no pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company and the Shareholders, threatened
claims of infringement upon the rights to the Intellectual Property
or any intellectual property rights of others.
2.16
No
Default
. Neither the Company nor any Shareholder is in
material default under any provision of any contract, commitment,
or agreement respecting the Company or its assets to which the
Company or such Shareholder is or are parties or by which they are
bound.
2.17
Litigation
.
There are no lawsuits, arbitration actions or other proceedings
(equitable, legal, administrative or otherwise) pending or,
threatened, and there are no investigations pending or threatened
against the Company which relate to and could have a material
adverse effect on the properties, business, assets or financial
condition of the Company or which could adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the obligation or
ability of such Shareholder or the Company to perform their
respective obligations under this Agreement or to carry out the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise affecting
the Shares.
2.18
Finders
.
Neither the Company nor any Shareholder owes any fees or
commissions, or other compensation or payments to any broker,
finder, financial consultant, or similar person claiming to have
been employed or retained by or on behalf of the Company or such
Shareholder in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
2.19
Employees
.
Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name
and current monthly salary and any accrued benefit for each
employee of the Company. Except as set forth in Section 2.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no written employment
agreements with any of its employees and it does not currently use
the services of nor has it at any time engaged any independent
contractor.
2.20
Absence
of Pension Liability
. The Company has no liability of any
nature to any person or entity for pension or retirement
obligations, vested or unvested, to or for the benefit of any of
its existing or former employees. The consummation of the
transactions
contemplated by
this Agreement will not entitle any employee of the Company to
severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement, including the
Exhibits, or accelerate the time of payment or increase the amount
of compensation due to any such employee. Except as described in
Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does
not presently have nor has it ever had any employee benefit plans
and has no announced plan or legally binding commitment to create
any employee benefit plans.
2.21
Compliance
With Laws
. The Company has conducted and is continuing to
conduct its business in compliance with, and is in compliance with,
all applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations promulgated
by governmental authorities relating in any respect to its
operations, conduct of business or use of properties, except where
noncompliance with any such statutes, orders, rules or regulations
would not have an adverse effect on the Company or its results of
operations. Such statutes, orders, rules or regulations include,
but are not limited to, any applicable statute, order, rule or
regulation relating to (i) wages, hours, hiring, nondiscrimination,
retirement, benefits, pensions, working conditions, and worker
safety and health; (ii) air, water, toxic substances, noise, or
solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, handling, storage,
disposal or transportation; (iii) zoning and building codes; (iv)
the production, storage, processing, advertising, sale,
distribution, transportation, disposal, use and warranty of
products; or (v) trade and antitrust regulations. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not, separately or jointly, violate, contravene
or constitute a default under any applicable statutes, orders,
rules and regulations promulgated by governmental authorities or
cause an Encumbrance on any property used, owned or leased by the
Company to be created thereunder. To the knowledge of the Company,
there are no proposed changes in any applicable statutes, orders,
rules and regulations promulgated by governmental authorities that
would cause any representation or warranty contained in this
Section 2.21 to be untrue or have an adverse effect on its
operations, conduct of business or use of properties.
2.22
Filings
.
The Company has made all filings and reports required under all
local, state and federal laws with respect to its business and of
any predecessor entity or partnership, except filings and reports
in those jurisdictions in which the nature of the property owned or
business conducted, when considered in relation to the absence of
serious penalties, renders the required filings or reports
unnecessary as a practical matter.
2.23
Certain
Activities
. The Company has not, directly or indirectly,
engaged in or been a party to any of the following
activities:
2.23.1
Bribes,
kickbacks or gratuities to any person or entity, including domestic
or foreign government officials or any other payments to any such
persons or entity, whether legal or not legal, to obtain or retain
business or to receive favorable treatment of any nature with
regard to business (excluding commissions or gratuities paid or
given in full compliance with applicable law and constituting
ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on its
business in the ordinary course);
2.23.2
Contributions
(including gifts), whether legal or not legal, made to any domestic
or foreign political party, political candidate or holder of
political office;
2.23.3
Holding
of or participation in bank accounts, funds or pools of funds
created or maintained in the United States or any foreign country,
without being reflected on the corporate books of account, or as to
which receipts or disbursements therefrom have not been reflected
on such books, the purpose of which is to obtain or retain business
or to receive favorable treatment with regard to
business;
2.23.4
Receiving
or disbursing monies, the actual nature of which has been
improperly disguised or intentionally misrecorded on or improperly
omitted from the corporate books of account;
2.23.5
Paying
fees to domestic or foreign consultants or commercial agents which
exceed the reasonable value of the ordinary and customary
consulting and agency services purported to have been
rendered;
2.23.6
Paying
or reimbursing (including gifts) personnel of the Company for the
purpose of enabling them to expend time or to make contributions or
payments of the kind or for the purposes referred to in
Subparagraphs 2.23.1 through 2.23.5 above;
2.23.7
Participating
in any manner in any activity which is illegal under the
international boycott provisions of the Export Administration Act,
as amended, or the international boycott provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code, or guidelines or regulations thereunder;
and
2.23.8
Making
or permitting unlawful charges, mischarges or defective or
fraudulent pricing under any contract or subcontract under a
contract with any department, agency or subdivision thereof, of the
United States government, state or municipal government or foreign
government.
2.24
Employment
Relations
. The Company is in compliance with all federal,
state or other applicable laws, domestic or foreign, respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, and has not and is not engaged in
any unfair labor practice; no unfair labor practice complaint
against the Company is pending before the National Labor Relations
Board; there is no labor strike, dispute, slow down or stoppage
actually pending or threatened against or involving the Company; no
labor representation question exists respecting the employees of
the Company; no grievance which might have an adverse effect upon
the Company or the conduct of its business exists; no arbitration
proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining
agreement is currently being negotiated by the Company; and the
Company has not experienced any material labor difficulty during
the last three (3) years.
2.25
Insurance
Coverage
. The Company has heretofore delivered copies of the
policies of fire, liability, workers' compensation or other forms
of insurance of the Company.
The
Company has complied with the terms and provisions of such policies
including, without limitation, all riders and amendments thereto.
The Company has met required collateral and premium for coverages
in force. In the reasonable judgment of the Company and each
Shareholder, such insurance is adequate and the Company will keep
all current insurance policies in effect through the
Closing.
2.26
Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
. The Company has heretofore
delivered to GT Biopharma true, accurate and complete copies of the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, together
with all amendments to each of the same as of the date
hereof.
2.27
Corporate
Minutes
. The minute books of the Company provided to GT
Biopharma at the Closing are the correct and only such minute books
and do and will contain, in all material respects, complete and
accurate records of any and all proceedings and actions at all
meetings, including written consents executed in lieu of meetings
of its shareholders, Board of Directors and committees thereof
through the Closing Date. The stock records of the Company
delivered to GT Biopharma at the Closing are the correct and only
such stock records and accurately reflects all issues and transfers
of record of the capital stock of the Company. The Company does not
have any of its records or information recorded, stored, maintained
or held off the premises of the Company.
2.28
Default
on Indebtedness
. The Company is not in default under any
evidence of indebtedness for borrowed money.
2.29
Indebtedness
.
Neither any Shareholder nor any corporation or entity with which
such Shareholder affiliated are indebted to the Company, and the
Company has no indebtedness or liability to such Shareholder or any
corporation or entity with which such Shareholder is
affiliated.
2.30
Governmental
Approvals
. Except for filing of the Certificate of Merger
with the Delaware Secretary of State and as set forth in Section
2.30 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval or
authorization of, or notification to or registration with, any
governmental authority, either federal, state or local, is required
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by any Shareholder or the Company.
2.31
Investment
Intent
. Each Shareholder is taking the GT Biopharma Shares
for such Shareholder’s own account and for investment, with
no present intention of dividing such Shareholder’s interest
with others or of reselling or otherwise disposing of all or any
portion of the GT Biopharma Shares to be issued to such Shareholder
other than pursuant to available exemptions under applicable
securities laws. Each Shareholder does not intend to sell the GT
Biopharma Shares to be issued to such Shareholder, either currently
or after the passage of a fixed or determinable period of time or
upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any predetermined event or
circumstance. Each Shareholder has no present or contemplated
agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation, indebtedness or
commitment providing for, or which is likely to compel, a
disposition of the GT Biopharma Shares to be issued to
such
Shareholder. Each
Shareholder is not aware of any circumstances presently in
existence which are likely in the future to prompt a disposition of
the GT Biopharma Shares to be issued to such Shareholder. Each
Shareholder possesses the experience in business in which GT
Biopharma is involved necessary to make an informed decision to
acquire the GT Biopharma Shares and such Shareholder has the
financial means to bear the economic risk of the investment in the
GT Biopharma Shares as of the Closing Date. Each Shareholder has
had the opportunity to be represented by legal counsel and to
consult with financial advisors to the extent such Shareholder
deemed necessary. Each Shareholder has received and read the
Disclosure Statement of GT Biopharma including its financial
statements, SEC Reports, as defined in Section 3.6,
“Securities Filings; Financial Statements,” and any
additional information such Shareholder has requested. Each
Shareholder has had the opportunity to ask questions of the
directors and officers of GT Biopharma concerning GT
Biopharma.
2.32
Licenses,
Permits and Required Consents
. The Company has all required
franchises, tariffs, licenses, ordinances, certifications,
approvals, authorizations and permits
(“Authorizations”) materially necessary to the conduct
of its business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted.
A list of such Authorizations is set forth in Section 2.32 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, true, correct and
complete copies of which have previously been delivered to GT
Biopharma. All Authorizations relating to the business of the
Company are in full force and effect, no violations have been made
in respect thereof, and no proceeding is pending or threatened
which could have the effect of revoking or limiting any such
Authorizations and the same will not cease to remain in full force
and effect by reason of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.33
Completeness
of Representations and Schedules; Delivery Via Upload to
Dataroom
. The Company Disclosure Schedule and Exhibits
hereto completely and correctly present in all material respects
the information required by this Agreement. The Company’s
obligation to deliver or make available any agreement or document
to GT Biopharma under this Agreement shall have been satisfied if
such agreement or document has been uploaded in an electronic data
room to which GT Biopharma has access.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GT BIOPHARMA AND THE GT BIOPHARMA
SUBSIDIARY
Except
as disclosed in the schedules to be delivered by GT Biopharma and
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary on the Closing Date, attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the “GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule”),
which GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule is incorporated into and
should be considered an integral part of this Agreement, GT
Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary represent and warrant to
the Company and the Shareholders as set forth in this Article
3.
3.1
Organization and
Good Standing
.
3.1.1
GT
Biopharma is a corporation duly organized and existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. GT Biopharma has
full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted. GT Biopharma is duly qualified to transact business in
the State of Delaware and in all states and jurisdictions in which
the business or ownership of the GT Biopharma Subsidiary’s
properties or assets makes it necessary so to qualify (other than
in jurisdictions in which the nature of the property owned or
business conducted, when considered in relation to the absence of
serious penalties, renders qualification as a foreign corporation
unnecessary as a practical matter).
3.1.2
The
GT Biopharma Subsidiary is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The GT Biopharma Subsidiary has full corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted. GT Biopharma
Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business in the State of
Delaware and in all states and jurisdictions in which the business
or ownership of the GT Biopharma Subsidiary’s properties or
assets makes it necessary so to qualify (other than in
jurisdictions in which the nature of the property owned or business
conducted, when considered in relation to the absence of serious
penalties, renders qualification as a foreign corporation
unnecessary as a practical matter).
3.2
Finders
. No
agent, broker, person or firm acting on behalf of GT Biopharma or
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary is, or will be, entitled to any
commission or broker’s or finder’s fees from any of the
parties to this Agreement, or from any person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with any of the parties to
this Agreement, in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement.
3.3
Authority and
Consent
. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary have been
duly authorized by their respective Board of Directors. This
Agreement is valid and binding upon GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary, and is enforceable against GT Biopharma and
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, subject
to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally. GT Biopharma and the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary have read and understand this Agreement,
have consulted legal and accounting representatives to the extent
deemed necessary and have the capacity to enter into this Agreement
and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby without the
consent of any third party, except shareholder
approval.
3.4
Validity of
Agreement
. Neither the execution nor the delivery of this
Agreement by GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary, nor the
performance by GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary of any
of the covenants or obligations to be performed by GT Biopharma and
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary hereunder, will result in any violation
of any order, decree or judgment of any court or other governmental
body, or statute or law applicable to GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary, or in any breach of any terms or provisions
of the Certificates of Incorporation or the Bylaws of GT Biopharma
or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary, respectively, or constitute a
default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust
or
other
contract to which GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary is a
party or by which GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary is
bound.
3.5
Government
Approvals
. No consent, approval or authorization of, or
notification to or registration with, any governmental authority,
either federal, state or local, is required in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by GT
Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary other than appropriate
disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the filing
of a Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Office of the
Secretary of State.
3.6
Securities Filings;
Financial Statements
. GT Biopharma is obligated to file
reports pursuant the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) and is current in the filing of
all required reports (the "SEC Reports"). As of their respective
dates, or as of the date of the last amendment thereof, if amended
after filing, none of the SEC Reports (including all schedules
thereto and disclosure documents incorporated by reference
therein), contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted 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. Each of the SEC Reports as of
the time of filing or as of the date of the last amendment thereof,
if amended after filing, complied in all material respects with the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), as applicable. The consolidated financial
statements of GT Biopharma included in the SEC Reports fairly
present in conformity in all material respects with GAAP applied on
a consistent basis the consolidated financial position of GT
Biopharma as of the dates thereof and their consolidated results of
operations and changes in financial position for the periods then
ended.
3.7
Capitalization
.
3.7.1
The
authorized capital stock of GT Biopharma consists of 750,000,000
shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share. After the
completion of all merger contingencies including the GT Biopharma
Stock Split, conversion of GT Biopharma Convertible Securities, the
Financing and warrant exercise, the issued and outstanding capital
stock of GT Biopharma is 32,343,658 shares of common stock and
1,513,548 shares of Series J Preferred Stock. Shares of Series J
Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of common stock of GT
Biopharma on a share for share basis, resulting in 33,857,206
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of GT Biopharma on a
Fully Diluted Basis. All issued and outstanding shares of common
stock and preferred stock of GT Biopharma are hereinafter referred
to as “Outstanding GT Biopharma Shares”. The
Outstanding GT Biopharma Shares constitute the only outstanding
shares of capital stock of GT Biopharma of any nature whatsoever.
The Outstanding GT Biopharma Shares are validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and are subject to no restrictions on transfer
other than the transfer restrictions of Rule 144. There are no
outstanding options, warrants, rights, calls, commitments,
conversion rights, plans or other agreements of any character
providing for the purchase, issuance or sale of, or any securities
convertible into capital stock of GT Biopharma, whether issued,
unissued or held in its treasury. There are no treasury shares. At
Closing, the GT Biopharma Shares to be issued to the Shareholders
total 16,927,878 shares of common stock, which will represent 33%
of the issued and outstanding shares of
common
stock of GT Biopharma, on a fully diluted basis after giving effect
to the consummation of the Merger.
3.7.2
The
authorized capital stock of the GT Biopharma Subsidiary consists of
1,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100 of
which are issued and outstanding and entirely owned by GT Biopharma
(“Outstanding GT Biopharma Subsidiary Shares”). The
Outstanding GT Biopharma Subsidiary Shares constitute the only
outstanding shares of the capital stock of the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary of any nature whatsoever, voting and non-voting. The
Outstanding GT Biopharma Subsidiary Shares are validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and are subject to no restrictions on
transfer. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights,
calls, commitments, conversion rights, plans or other agreements of
any character providing for the purchase, issuance or sale of, or
any securities convertible into, capital stock of the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary, whether issued, unissued or held in its treasury. There
are no treasury shares.
3.8
Subsidiaries
.
Except for Oxis Biotech, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary, neither GT Biopharma nor the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary has any subsidiaries. Neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary owns five percent (5%) or more of the
securities having voting power of any corporation other than Oxis
Biotech, Inc., (or would own such securities in such amount upon
the closing of any existing purchase obligations for securities).
All references to GT Biopharma in this Agreement shall include an
inherent reference to Oxis Biotech, Inc. even though it is not
explicitly stated.
3.9
[Reserved]
.
3.10
Transferability
of GT Biopharma Shares
. The GT Biopharma Shares are
qualified for trading on the OTCQB tier of the OTC Market under the
symbol OXIS. The GT Biopharma Shares are restricted securities as
defined in Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act and may
be traded pursuant to the restrictions of Rule 144, provided GT
Biopharma timely files reports with the SEC as required by the
Exchange Act and posts certain files on it corporate
website.
3.11
Title
to Properties and Assets
. GT Biopharma does not presently
own or lease real property other than its corporate headquarters.
GT Biopharma has good and marketable title to all property
reflected on its books and records as owned by it or otherwise
required or used in the operation of its business, free and clear
of all security interests or Encumbrances of any nature. Set forth
in Section 3.11 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule is a list
of property leased by GT Biopharma. Such improved real property or
tangible personal property is in good operating condition and
repair, and suitable for the purpose for which it is being used,
subject in each case to consumption in the ordinary course,
ordinary wear and tear and ordinary repair, maintenance and
periodic replacement.
3.12
Material
Documents
. Set forth in Section 3.12 of the GT Biopharma
Disclosure Schedule is a complete list of all material documents to
which GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary is a party. All
such documents listed in Section 3.12 of the GT
Biopharma
Disclosure Schedule are valid and enforceable and copies of such
material documents (or, with the consent of the Company, forms
thereof) have been provided to the Company. Except as disclosed in
Section 3.12 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, neither GT
Biopharma, the GT Biopharma Subsidiary nor any of the other parties
thereto, is or will be, merely with the passage of time, in default
under any such material document nor is there any requirement for
any of such material documents to be novated or to have the consent
of the other contracting party in order for such material documents
to be valid, effective and enforceable by GT Biopharma or the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary, as the case may be, after the Closing Date as
it was immediately prior thereto.
3.13
Intellectual
Property
. Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of the GT
Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary has any interest in and owns any domestic and
foreign letters patent, patents, patent applications, patent
licenses, software licenses and know-how licenses, trade names,
trademarks, copyrights, unpatented inventions, service mark
registrations and applications and copyright registrations and
applications owned or used by GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary in the operation of its business (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”). There are no pending or
threatened claims of infringement upon the GT Biopharma
Intellectual Property or upon the rights to any intellectual
property of others.
3.14
No
Default
. Except as set forth in Section 3.14 of the GT
Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary is in default under any provision of any
contract, commitment, or agreement respecting GT Biopharma, the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary or any of their respective assets to which GT
Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary is or are parties or by
which they are bound.
3.15
Litigation
.
Except as set forth in Section 3.15 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure
Schedule, there are no lawsuits, arbitration actions or other
proceedings (equitable, legal, administrative or otherwise) pending
or, threatened, and there are no investigations pending or
threatened against GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary
which relate to and could have a material adverse effect on the
properties, business, assets or financial condition of GT Biopharma
or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary or which could adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the obligation or
ability of GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary to perform
their respective obligations under this Agreement or to carry out
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.16
Absence
of Pension Liability
. Neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary has any liability of any nature to any person
or entity for pension or retirement obligations, vested or
unvested, to or for the benefit of any of its existing or former
employees. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not entitle any employee of GT Biopharma or the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary to severance pay, unemployment compensation
or any other payment, except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, including the Exhibits, or accelerate the time of
payment or increase the amount of compensation due to any such
employee. Neither GT Biopharma nor the GT Biopharma Subsidiary have
presently
nor
have they ever had any employee benefit plans and have no announced
plan or legally binding commitment to create any employee benefit
plans.
3.17
Compliance
with Laws
. GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary have
conducted and are continuing to conduct their respective businesses
in compliance with, and are in compliance with, all applicable
statutes, orders, rules and regulations promulgated by governmental
authorities relating in any respect to its operations, conduct of
business or use of properties, except where noncompliance with any
such statutes, orders, rules or regulations would not have an
adverse effect on either GT Biopharma, the GT Biopharma Subsidiary
or their respective results of operations. Such statutes, orders,
rules or regulations include, but are not limited to, any
applicable statute, order, rule or regulation relating to (i)
wages, hours, hiring, nondiscrimination, retirement, benefits,
pensions, working conditions, and worker safety and health; (ii)
air, water, toxic substances, noise, or solid, gaseous or liquid
waste generation, handling, storage, disposal or transportation;
(iii) zoning and building codes; (iv) the production, storage,
processing, advertising, sale, distribution, transportation,
disposal, use and warranty of products; or (v) trade and antitrust
regulations. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary and the
consummation by GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, separately or
jointly, violate, contravene or constitute a default under any
applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations promulgated by
governmental authorities or cause an Encumbrance on any property
used, owned or leased by GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary to be created thereunder. There are no proposed changes
in any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations
promulgated by governmental authorities that would cause any
representation or warranty contained in this Section 3.17 to be
untrue or have an adverse effect on its operations, conduct of
business or use of properties.
3.18
Filings
.
GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary have made all filings
and reports required under all local, state and federal laws with
respect to its business and of any predecessor entity or
partnership, except filings and reports in those jurisdictions in
which the nature of the property owned or business conducted, when
considered in relation to the absence of serious penalties, renders
the required filings or reports unnecessary as a practical
matter.
3.19
Certain
Activities
. Neither GT Biopharma nor the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary has, directly or indirectly, engaged in or been a party
to any of the following activities:
3.19.1
Bribes,
kickbacks or gratuities to any person or entity, including domestic
or foreign government officials or any other payments to any such
persons or entity, whether legal or not legal, to obtain or retain
business or to receive favorable treatment of any nature with
regard to business (excluding commissions or gratuities paid or
given in full compliance with applicable law and constituting
ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on its
business in the ordinary course);
3.19.2
Contributions
(including gifts), whether legal or not legal, made to any domestic
or foreign political party, political candidate or holder of
political office;
3.19.3
Holding
of or participation in bank accounts, funds or pools of funds
created or maintained in the United States or any foreign country,
without being reflected on the corporate books of account, or as to
which receipts or disbursements therefrom have not been reflected
on such books, the purpose of which is to obtain or retain business
or to receive favorable treatment with regard to
business;
3.19.4
Receiving
or disbursing monies, the actual nature of which has been
improperly disguised or intentionally misrecorded on or improperly
omitted from the corporate books of account;
3.19.5
Paying
fees to domestic or foreign consultants or commercial agents which
exceed the reasonable value of the ordinary and customary
consulting and agency services purported to have been
rendered;
3.19.6
Paying
or reimbursing (including gifts) personnel of GT Biopharma or the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary for the purpose of enabling them to expend
time or to make contributions or payments of the kind or for the
purposes referred to in Subparagraphs 2.23.1 through 2.23.5
above;
3.19.7
Participating
in any manner in any activity which is illegal under the
international boycott provisions of the Export Administration Act,
as amended, or the international boycott provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code, or guidelines or regulations thereunder;
and
3.19.8
Making
or permitting unlawful charges, mischarges or defective or
fraudulent pricing under any contract or subcontract under a
contract with any department, agency or subdivision thereof, of the
United States government, state or municipal government or foreign
government.
3.20
Employment
Relations
. GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary are
in compliance with all Federal, state or other applicable laws,
domestic or foreign, respecting employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours,
and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice; no
unfair labor practice complaint against either GT Biopharma or the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary is pending before the National Labor
Relations Board; there is no labor strike, dispute, slow down or
stoppage actually pending or threatened against or involving either
GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary; no labor
representation question exists respecting the employees of either
GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary; no grievance which
might have an adverse effect upon either GT Biopharma or the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary or the conduct of its business exists; no
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is currently being negotiated by either GT
Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary; and either GT Biopharma
or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary has not experienced any material
labor difficulty during the last three (3) years.
3.21
Insurance
Coverage
. The policies of fire, liability, workers'
compensation or other forms of insurance of GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary are described in Section 3.23 of the GT
Biopharma Disclosure Schedule.
3.22
Certificates
of Incorporation and Bylaws
. Each of GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary has heretofore delivered to the Company true,
accurate and complete copies of their respective Certificates of
Incorporation and Bylaws, together with all amendments to each of
the same as of the date hereof.
3.23
Corporate
Minutes
. The minute books of each of GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary provided to the Company at the Closing are the
only such minute books and do and will contain, in all material
respects, accurate records of any and all proceedings and actions
at all meetings, including written consents executed in lieu of
meetings of their respective shareholders, Board of Directors
through the Closing Date that are material to the operations and
good standing of GT Biopharma. The stock records of each of GT
Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary delivered to the Company
and the Shareholders at the Closing are the correct and only such
stock records and accurately reflects all issues and transfers of
record of the capital stock of each of GT Biopharma and the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary.
3.24
Default
on Indebtedness
. Except as set forth in Section 3.24 of the
GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary is in default under any evidence of
indebtedness for borrowed money.
3.25
Agreements,
Judgment and Decrees
. Neither GT Biopharma nor the GT
Biopharma Subsidiary is subject to any agreement, judgment or
decree adversely affecting its or their ability to enter into this
Agreement, to consummate the transactions contemplated
herein.
3.26
Governmental
Approvals
. Except for filing of the Certificate of Merger
with the Delaware Secretary of State and as set forth in Section
3.26 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, no consent, approval
or authorization of, or notification to or registration with, any
governmental authority, either federal, state or local, is required
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary.
3.27
Licenses,
Permits and Required Consents
. Each of GT Biopharma and the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary has all required franchises, tariffs,
licenses, ordinances, certifications, approvals, authorizations and
permits (“Authorizations”) materially necessary to the
conduct of its business as currently conducted or proposed to be
conducted. A list of such Authorizations is set forth in Section
3.27 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule attached hereto, true,
correct and complete copies of which have previously been delivered
to the Company. All Authorizations relating to the business of GT
Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary are in full force and
effect, no violations have been made in respect thereof, and no
proceeding is pending or threatened which could have the effect of
revoking or limiting any such Authorizations and the same will not
cease to remain in full force and effect by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.28
Employment
and Consulting Agreements
. Except as set forth in Section
3.28 of the GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule, neither GT Biopharma
nor the GT Biopharma Subsidiary has any outstanding employment or
consulting agreement, written or oral, with any employee or third
party.
3.29
Completeness
of Representations and Schedules; ; Delivery Via Upload to
Dataroom
. The GT Biopharma Disclosure Schedule and Exhibits
hereto completely and correctly present in all material respects
the information required by this Agreement. GT Biopharma’s
obligation to deliver or make available any agreement or document
to the Company under this Agreement shall have been satisfied if
such agreement or document has been uploaded in an electronic data
room to which the Company has access.
ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS
OF GT BIOPHARMA AND THE GT BIOPHARMA SUBSIDIARY
The
obligations of GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary
pursuant to this Agreement are, at the option of GT Biopharma and
the GT Biopharma Subsidiary, subject to the fulfillment to GT
Biopharma’s and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary’s
reasonable satisfaction on or before the Closing Date of each of
the following conditions:
4.1
Execution of this
Agreement
. The Company and the Shareholders have duly
executed and delivered this Agreement to GT Biopharma, and all
corporate action required to consummate the Merger and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly and validly
taken.
4.2
Representations and
Warranties Accurate
. All representations and warranties of
the Shareholders and the Company contained in Article 2 of this
Agreement shall have been true in all material respects as of the
Closing Date.
4.3
Performance of the
Company and Shareholders
. The Company and the Shareholders
shall have performed and complied with all agreements, terms and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by them.
4.4
Tender of Company
Shares
. The Shareholders shall deliver to GT Biopharma all
Company Shares free and clear of any Encumbrance, by surrendering
and delivering the Certificates to GT Biopharma duly endorsed in
blank.
4.5
Title
. On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to GT
Biopharma evidence that no Encumbrance has been recorded against
any of the Company’s properties or assets other than has been
disclosed in this Agreement or its schedules or disclosure
statements.
4.6
Intellectual
Property
. All trademarks, trade names, service marks,
licenses or other rights that the Company uses in connection with
its business shall be free and clear of any encumbrances,
controversies, infringement or other claims or obligations on the
Closing Date.
4.7
Consent of Material
Customers
. Prior to Closing, the Company shall have obtained
all approvals in connection with the transfer of the Company Shares
by the Shareholders to GT Biopharma as may be required by any
material contracts between the Company and any of its principal
customers, and such approvals shall have been issued in written
form and substance satisfactory to GT Biopharma and its counsel or
GT Biopharma shall have waived such requirements.
4.8
Obligations to
Third Parties
. There shall be no loans or obligations
outstanding from the Company to any third party, except those
incurred in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise
disclosed to GT Biopharma.
4.9
Outstanding
Obligations to Employees
. There shall be no outstanding
claims, loans or obligations of the Company owed to any of their
employees or officers, provided that GT Biopharma shall give notice
to the Shareholders and the Company of its approval or withholding
of approval of any claims, loans or obligations then known to GT
Biopharma or before the Closing Date.
4.10
Approval
of Plan of Merger
. The Merger and the Certificate of Merger
shall have been duly approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company and the Shareholders pursuant to the Delaware
Law.
4.11
Financial
and Other Conditions
. The Company shall have no material
contingent or other liabilities connected with its business, except
as disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule or which otherwise
have been incurred in the ordinary course of business and have
otherwise been disclosed to GT Biopharma.
4.12
Legal
Prohibition; Regulatory Consents
. On the Closing Date, there
shall exist no injunction or final judgment, law or regulation
prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Any required governmental or regulatory consents
shall have been obtained.
4.13
[Reserved]
.
4.14
No
Adverse Change
. There shall not have occurred any material
adverse change in the assets, business, condition or prospects of
the Company.
4.15
Employment
and Consulting Agreements
. The Company shall have executed
employment agreements, substantially in the forms attached hereto
as Exhibits D-1, D-2 and D-3 (each, an “Employment
Agreement”) with Anthony Cataldo as Executive Chairman,
Steven Weldon as CFO and Kathleen Clarence-Smith as CEO. GT
Biopharma and the Company shall have executed a consulting
agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-4
(the “Consulting Agreement”) with Mark J.
Silverman.
ARTICLE
5
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND THE
SHAREHOLDERS
The
obligations of the Company and the Shareholders under this
Agreement are, at the option of the Company or the Shareholders,
subject to the fulfillment to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Company and the Shareholders on or before the Closing Date of each
of the following conditions:
5.1
Execution and
Approval of Agreement
. GT Biopharma and the GT Biopharma
Subsidiary shall have duly executed and delivered this Agreement to
the Company and the Shareholders and all corporate action required
to consummate the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby
shall have been duly and validly taken.
5.2
GT Biopharma
Shares
. The GT Biopharma Shares received by the Shareholders
shall be free and clear of any Encumbrance, except as may be
imposed pursuant to the Securities Act.
5.3
Employment and
Consulting Agreements
. GT Biopharma shall have executed each
Employment Agreement and the Consulting Agreement.
5.4
Election to
Board
. Kathleen Clarence-Smith shall have been elected to
the GT Biopharma’s Board of Directors.
5.5
Representations and
Warranties
. The representations and warranties of GT
Biopharma and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary in Article 3 of this
Agreement or in any document, statement, list or certificate
furnished pursuant hereto shall be true and correct as of the
Closing Date.
5.6
No Material
Liabilities
. GT Biopharma shall have no material contingent
or other liabilities connected with its business, except as
disclosed in its financial statements or which otherwise have been
disclosed or incurred in the ordinary course of
business.
5.7
Approval of Plan of
Merger
. The Merger and the Certificate of Merger shall have
been duly approved by GT Biopharma as the sole shareholder of the
GT Biopharma Subsidiary and by the Board of Directors of GT
Biopharma pursuant to Delaware Law.
5.8
Securities
Filings
. GT Biopharma shall have filed all required periodic
reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Exchange Act”) and shall have made all other such
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and state
securities regulators as may be required by applicable state and
federal law.
5.9
Governmental
Proceedings
. No action or proceeding before any court or
other governmental body shall be instituted which prohibits or
invalidate the transaction, or threatens to prohibit or invalidate
the transaction, or which may affect the right of the Shareholders
to own
the
Company Shares or to operate or control GT Biopharma or the
Surviving Company after the Closing Date.
5.10
Financing
.
GT Biopharma shall have consummated an equity financing with net
cash proceeds to GT Biopharma of $3,000,000 or more (the
“Financing”).
5.11
Legal
Prohibition; Regulatory Consents
. On the Closing Date, there
shall exist no injunction or final judgment, law or regulation
prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Any required governmental or regulatory consents
shall have been obtained.
5.12
Conversion
of GT Biopharma Convertible Securities
. All of the GT
Biopharma Convertible Securities shall have been exchanged or
converted into GT Biopharma shares of common stock.
5.13
Evidence
of Ownership of GT Biopharma Shares
. GT Biopharma shall have
delivered evidence, in form reasonably acceptable to the
Shareholders, of the Shareholders’ ownership of the GT
Biopharma Shares, as of the Closing.
5.15
GT
Biopharma Stock Split
. GT Biopharma shall have delivered
evidence that it has taken all necessary corporate action to
effectuate the GT Biopharma Stock Split and that the GT Biopharma
Stock Split has occurred.
5.16
Officer’s
Certificate
. GT Biopharma shall have delivered an
officer’s certificate attesting to the genuineness and
completeness of the documents evidencing the conditions precedent
contained in Section 5.10, Section 5.12, and Section 5.15 of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
6 SURVIVAL AND OTHER ITEMS
6.1
Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants
.
The
representations and
warranties made by the parties in this Agreement and all of the
covenants of the parties in this Agreement (except for the
covenants set forth in Annex A, which shall survive in accordance
with Section 1.14 thereof) shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Closing Date and shall expire on the
twelve month anniversary of the Closing Date. Any claim for
indemnification shall be effective only if notice of such claim is
given by the party claiming indemnification or other relief on or
before the twelve month anniversary of the Closing
Date.
6.2
[Reserved]
.
6.3
Attorney
Fees
. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions hereof, in
the event of litigation with respect to the interpretation or
enforcement of this Agreement or any provisions hereof, the
prevailing party in any such matter shall be entitled to recover
from the other party their or its reasonable costs and expense,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in
such
litigation. For
purposes of this Agreement, a party shall be deemed to be the
prevailing party only if such party (A)(i) receives an award or
judgment in such arbitration and/or litigation for more than 50% of
the disputed amount involved in such matter, or (ii) is ordered to
pay the other party less than 50% of the disputed amount involved
in such matter or (B)(i) succeeds in having imposed a material
equitable remedy on the other party (such as an injunction or order
compelling specific performance), or (ii) succeeds in defeating the
other party’s request for such an equitable
remedy.
ARTICLE 7
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
7.1
D&O
Insurance
. GT Biopharma shall maintain in effect, from a
financially sound and reputable insurer, Directors and Officers
liability insurance (the “D&O Insurance”) in an
amount, with a carrier and upon other terms and conditions approved
by Kathleen Clarence- Smith. The D&O Insurance shall not be
cancelable by GT Biopharma without prior approval by its board of
directors, including an affirmative vote of Kathleen
Clarence-Smith. GT Biopharma shall annually, within ninety (90)
days after the end of each fiscal year, deliver to each of its
directors a certification that the D&O Insurance remains in
effect.
7.2
Expenses and
Fees
. GT Biopharma shall be solely responsible for all costs
and expenses (including legal expenses, accounting expenses and
brokers or finders fees and expenses) incurred by all parties to
this Agreement, and the costs and expenses of its affiliates, in
connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No other party shall have any obligation for paying such
expenses or costs of any other party.
7.3
Public
Announcements
. The parties agree that no public release,
announcement or any other disclosure concerning any of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be made or issued by any
party without the prior written consent of GT Biopharma and the
Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), except to the extent such release, announcement or
disclosure may be required by applicable laws, in which case the
person required to make the release, announcement or disclosure
shall allow GT Biopharma or the Company, as applicable, reasonable
time to comment on such release, announcement or disclosure in
advance of such issuance or disclosure; provided, however, that no
notice is required if the disclosure is determined by the GT
Biopharma’s legal counsel to be required under federal or
state securities laws or exchange regulation applicable to GT
Biopharma.
7.4
Operations Pending
Closing
. Each of the Company, on one hand, and GT Biopharma
and the GT Biopharma Subsidiary, on the other hand, covenants that
from the date hereof through the Closing Date, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement; or with the prior written consent of
the other parties, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed, shall:
7.4.1
not
undertake any transactions or enter into any contracts, commitments
or arrangements other than in the ordinary course of business, use
its good faith efforts to preserve the present business and
organization of such party, and to preserve the goodwill of others
having business relationships with such party;
7.4.2
not
enter into, renew, extend, modify, terminate, waive or diminish any
right under any material lease, contract or other instrument,
except in the ordinary course of business;
7.4.3
not
allow any of such parties’ assets or properties to become
subject to any Encumbrance that does not exist as of the date of
this Agreement, except in the ordinary course of
business;
7.4.4
maintain
such party’s existing insurance coverages, subject to
variations in amounts in the ordinary course of
business;
7.4.5
not
declare or make any dividends or distributions; and
7.4.6
not
amend the organizational documents of such party.
7.5
[Reserved]
.
7.6
Further
Assurances
. Each of the parties hereto shall, at any time,
and from time to time, either before or after the Closing Date,
upon the request of the appropriate party, do, execute, acknowledge
and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and
delivered, all such further acts, assignments, transfers,
conveyances and assurances as may be reasonably required to
complete the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. After the
Closing Date, each party shall use its good faith efforts to assure
that any necessary third party shall execute such documents and do
such acts and things as the other party may reasonably require for
the purpose of giving each party the full benefit of all the
provisions of this Agreement and as may be reasonably required to
complete the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement.
7.7
Actions of the
Parties
.
7.7.1
No
Actions Constituting a Breach. From the date hereof through the
Closing Date, neither the Company will take or knowingly permit to
be done any action in the conduct of the business of the Company,
nor will GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary take any
action, which would be in breach of its obligations herein, and
each of the parties hereto shall cause the deliveries for which
such party is responsible at the Closing to be duly and timely
made.
7.7.2
Notification
of Breaches. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, each
party will promptly notify the other parties in writing if any such
Party becomes aware of any fact or condition that causes or
constitutes a breach of any of its representations and warranties
as of the date of this Agreement. During the same period, each
party will promptly
notify
the other parties of the occurrence of any breach of any covenant
of such party in this Article VIII.
7.8
Compliance With
Conditions
. Each party hereto agrees to cooperate fully with
each other party and shall use its good faith efforts to cause the
conditions precedent for which such Party is responsible to be
fulfilled. Each party hereto further agrees to use its good faith
efforts to consummate this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement as promptly as
possible.
7.9
Risk of
Loss
. The risk of loss or destruction of all or any part of
the Company’s properties or assets prior to the Closing Date
from any cause (including, without limitation, fire, theft, acts of
God or public enemy) shall be upon the Company. Such risk shall be
upon GT Biopharma if such loss occurs after the Closing
Date.
7.10
No
Solicitation
. The parties recognize that the parties will
expend considerable money, resources and time performing their
respective due diligence reviews. Accordingly, none of the Company,
the Shareholders and GT Biopharma shall, and each shall cause their
respective affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or
encourage the initiation or submission of interest, offers, fund
raising term sheets, inquiries or proposals (or consider or
entertain any of the foregoing) from any person or entity
(including, without limitation, by way of providing any non-public
information concerning any entity or otherwise), initiate or
participate in any negotiations or discussions, or enter into,
accept or authorize any agreement or agreement in principle, or
announce any intention to do any of the foregoing, with respect to
any expression of interest, offer, proposal to fund or acquire,
license, or lease (i) all or any portion of any entity’s
business or assets (including, without limitation its intellectual
property), or (ii) all or any portion of any entity’s capital
stock, membership interest or other securities, in each case
whether by stock purchase, merger, consolidation, combination,
reorganization, recapitalization, purchase of assets, purchase of
shares or membership interest, lease, license or otherwise (any of
the foregoing, a “Competing Transaction”). Each of the
Company, the Shareholders and GT Biopharma shall, and shall cause
their respective affiliates to, immediately discontinue any ongoing
discussions or negotiations (other than any ongoing discussions in
connection with this Agreement) relating to a possible Competing
Transaction, and shall promptly provide the other parties with an
oral and a written notice of any expression of interest, proposal
or offer relating to a possible Competing Transaction that is
received by the Company, the Shareholders, GT Biopharma or by any
of the Company Representatives or the GT Biopharma Representatives,
as applicable, from any person, which notice shall contain the
identity of such person or entity and the nature of the proposal.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Financing
shall not be considered a Competing Transaction.
ARTICLE
8 REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Registration rights
granted to each Shareholder by GT Biopharma with respect to the GT
Biopharma Shares are set forth in Annex A attached hereto, which is
incorporated herein by reference and made part of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1
Termination
.
9.1.1
General.
This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby may be
terminated prior to the Closing: (i) by the mutual written consent
of the parties; or (ii) by written notice from either party in the
event of a material breach of this Agreement by the other party;
provided that the party wishing to terminate this Agreement has
notified the other parties in writing of such breach and such
breach has continued without cure for a period of thirty (30)
calendar days after the notice of breach, subject to the provisions
of Section 1.3, "Closing," of this Agreement.
9.1.2
Effect
of Termination. If any party terminates this Agreement pursuant to
this Article 8, all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder
shall terminate without any liability of any party to the others
except for such damages arising out of, related to, or in
connection with, breaches of representations, warranties,
covenants, or agreements which shall have occurred prior to such
termination. Except, as set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence, this Section shall not be deemed to release any party
from any liability for any breach by such party of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements which shall
have occurred prior to such termination.
9.2
Binding
Agreement
. The parties covenant and agree that this
Agreement, when executed and delivered by the parties, will
constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement between the parties
and will be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
9.3
Assignment
.
This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their legal
representatives, successors. This Agreement cannot be assigned
without the consent of the Company.
9.4
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement and its exhibits and schedules
constitute the entire contract among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior
communications and discussions and no party hereto shall be bound
by any communication on the subject matter hereof unless such is in
writing signed by any necessary party thereto and bears a date
subsequent to the date hereof. The exhibits and schedules shall be
construed with and deemed as an integral part of this Agreement to
the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.
Information set forth in any exhibit, schedule or provision of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be set forth in every other exhibit,
schedule or provision of this Agreement and therefore shall be
deemed to be disclosed for all purposes of this
Agreement.
9.5
Modification
.
This Agreement may be waived, changed, amended, discharged or
terminated only by an agreement in writing signed by the party
against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, amendment,
discharge or termination is sought.
9.6
Notices
. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed
to have been duly given three (3) days after postmark of deposit in
the United States mail, if mailed, certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid:
If to
the Company or the Shareholders:
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
c/o KM
Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC Suite 520
1825 K
Street NW Washington, DC 20006
E-mail:
kcs@gt-pharmaceuticals.com
Mark
Silverman 224 22nd St.
Santa
Monica, CA 90402
E-mail:
Mark@carecast.com
Richard
Dulik
10507
Cambridge Ct. Great Falls, VA 22066
E-mail:
rickpd@attglobal.net With copy to:
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman LLP 1650 Tysons Blvd, Suite 1400
McLean,
VA 22102
Attention: Steven
L. Meltzer Facsimile No.: (703) 770-7901
Telephone No.:
(703) 770-7900
E-mail:
steven.meltzer@pillsburylaw.com
If to
GT Biopharma or the GT Biopharma Subsidiary:
GT
Biopharma, Inc.
100
South Ashley Drive, Suite 600
Tampa,
FL 33602 Attention: Steven Weldon
With a
copy to:
Gary R.
Henrie
P.O.
Box 107
315
Kimball’s Garden Circle Nauvoo, IL 62354
or to
such other address as any party shall designate to the other in
writing. The parties shall promptly advise each other of changes in
addresses for such notices.
9.7
Choice of Law and
Jurisdiction
. This Agreement shall be governed by,
construed, interpreted and enforced according to the laws of the
State of Delaware. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably
agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any agreements or transactions
contemplated hereby may be brought in the courts of the State of
Delaware or of the United States of America for the District of
Delaware and hereby expressly submits to the personal jurisdiction
and venue of such courts for the purposes thereof and expressly
waives any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts
are an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably consents
to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in
any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies
thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
address set forth in Paragraph 8.6, “Notices,” such
service to become effective ten (10) days after such
mailing.
9.8
Severability
.
If any portion of this Agreement shall be finally determined by any
court or governmental agency of competent jurisdiction to violate
applicable law or otherwise not to conform to requirements of law
and, therefore, to be invalid, the parties will cooperate to remedy
or avoid the invalidity, but, in any event, will not upset the
general balance of relationships created or intended to be created
between them as manifested by this Agreement and the instruments
referred to herein. Except insofar as it would be an abuse of the
foregoing principle, the remaining provisions hereof shall remain
in full force and effect.
9.9
Other
Documents
. The parties shall upon reasonable request of the
other, execute such documents as may be necessary or appropriate to
carry out the intent of this Agreement.
9.10
Headings
and the Use of Pronouns
. The section headings hereof are
intended solely for convenience of reference and shall not be
construed to explain any of the provisions of
this
Agreement. All pronouns and any variations thereof and other words,
as applicable, shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine,
neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or matter
may require.
9.11
Time
is of the Essence
. Time is of the essence of this
Agreement.
9.12
No
Waiver and Remedies
. No failure or delay on a party’s
part to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by a party
of a right or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise. No remedy or election hereunder shall be deemed exclusive
but it shall, wherever possible, be cumulative with all other
remedies in law or equity.
9.13
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
9.14
Further
Assurances
. Each of the parties hereto shall use
commercially practicable efforts to fulfill all of the conditions
set forth in this Agreement over which it has control or influence
(including obtaining any consents necessary for the performance of
such party’s obligations hereunder) and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, and shall execute and deliver
such further instruments and provide such documents as are
necessary to effect this Agreement.
9.15
Rules
of Construction
. The normal rules of construction which
require the terms of an agreement to be construed most strictly
against the drafter of such agreement are hereby waived since each
party have been represented by counsel in the drafting and
negotiation of this Agreement.
9.16
Third
Party Beneficiaries
. Each party hereto intends this
Agreement shall not benefit or create any right or cause of action
in or on behalf of any person other than the parties
hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
COMPANY:
GEORGETOWN TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
,
a
Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
Its:
CEO
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GT
BIOPHARMA:
GT BIOPHARMA, INC.
,
a
Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Anthony
Cataldo
Anthony
Cataldo
Its:
CEO
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SHAREHOLDERS:
/s/
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
/s/Mark J.
Silverman
Mark J.
Silverman
/s/Richard P.
Dulik
Richard
P. Dulik
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GT
BIOPHARMA SUBSIDIARY:
GT BIOPHARMA MERGER, CO.
, a Delaware
corporation
By:
/s/ Steven
Weldon
Steven
Weldon
Its:
President
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ANNEX A
Shareholders’ Registration Rights
1.1
Registration of GT
Biopharma Shares
.
At
the election of the Shareholders,
which
shall not be made prior to the six (6)-month anniversary of the
Closing Date, GT Biopharma shall file a registration statement
under the Securities Act, necessary to register and facilitate the
sale of the GT Biopharma Shares, for sale by any and all
Shareholders in full compliance with the Securities
Act.
1.2
Piggyback
Registration.
(a)
If GT Biopharma
shall determine to register any of its securities either for its
own account or the account of a security holder or holders
exercising their respective demand registration rights, other than
a registration pursuant to Section 1.1 or 1.3 of this Annex A, a
registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, a
registration relating to the offer and sale of debt securities, or
a registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction, GT
Biopharma shall:
(i)
promptly give to
each Shareholder written notice thereof; and
(ii)
use
commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration
(and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other
compliance), except as set forth in Section 1.2(b) of this Annex A,
and in any underwriting involved therein, all the GT Biopharma
Shares specified in a written request or requests, made by any
Shareholder and received by GT Biopharma within ten (10) days after
the written notice from GT Biopharma described in clause (i) above
is given by GT Biopharma. Such written request may specify all or a
part of a Shareholder’s GT Biopharma Shares.
(b)
If the registration
of which GT Biopharma gives notice is for a registered public
offering involving an underwriting, GT Biopharma shall so advise
the Shareholders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to
Section 1.2(a)(i) of this Annex A. In such event, the right of any
Shareholder to include GT Biopharma Shares in such registration
pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall be conditioned upon such
Shareholder’s participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Shareholder’s GT Biopharma Shares in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Shareholders
proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting
shall (together with GT Biopharma Shares and any other stockholders
of GT Biopharma distributing their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters
selected by GT Biopharma.
(c)
Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 1.2, if the representative of the
underwriters advises GT Biopharma that marketing factors require a
limitation on the number of securities sold other than by GT
Biopharma, the representative may (subject to the limitations set
forth below) exclude all GT Biopharma Shares from, or limit the
number of GT Biopharma Shares to be included in, the registration
and underwriting. GT Biopharma may limit, to the extent so advised
by the underwriters, the amount of securities to be
included in the
registration by GT Biopharma’s stockholders (including the
Shareholders);
provided
,
however
, that the number GT
Biopharma Shares to be included in such registration by GT
Biopharma’s stockholders (including the Shareholders) may not
be so reduced to less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
number of all securities included in such registration. GT
Biopharma shall so advise all holders of securities requesting
registration, and the number of securities that are entitled to be
included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated
first to GT Biopharma for securities being sold for its own account
and thereafter as set forth in Section 1.11 of this Annex A. If any
person does not agree to the terms of any such underwriting, such
person shall be excluded therefrom by written notice from GT
Biopharma or the underwriter. Any securities excluded or withdrawn
from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.
If securities are so withdrawn from the registration and if the
number of securities to be included in such registration was
previously reduced as a result of marketing factors, GT Biopharma
shall then offer to all persons who have retained the right to
include securities in the registration the right to include
additional securities in the registration in an aggregate amount
equal to the number of securities so withdrawn, with such
securities to be allocated among the persons requesting additional
inclusion in accordance with Section 1.11 of this Annex A. To
facilitate the allocation of securities in accordance with the
above provisions, GT Biopharma or the underwriter(s) may round the
number of securities allocated to any Shareholder to the nearest
100 shares.
(d)
Right to Terminate
Registration
. GT Biopharma shall have the right to terminate
or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 1.2
prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any
Shareholder has elected to include securities in such
registration.
1.3
Registration
on Form S-3.
(a)
After GT Biopharma
has qualified for the use of Form S-3, in addition to the rights
contained in the foregoing provisions of this Annex A, each
Shareholder shall have the right to request registrations on Form
S-3 (such requests shall be in writing and shall state the number
of GT Biopharma Shares to be disposed of and the intended methods
of disposition of such securities by such Shareholder);
provided
,
however
, that GT
Biopharma shall not be obligated to effect any such
registration:
(i)
if such
Shareholder, together with the holders of any other securities of
GT Biopharma entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to
sell GT Biopharma Shares and such other securities (if any) on Form
S-3 at an aggregate price to the public of less than $250,000;
or
(ii)
in
a given twelve (12) month period, after GT Biopharma has effected
one (1) such registration in any such period.
(b)
If a request
complying with the requirements of Section 1.3(a) of this Annex A
is delivered to GT Biopharma, GT Biopharma shall (i) within ten
(10) days of receipt thereof, give written notice of the proposed
registration to all other Shareholders; and (ii) as soon as
practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of receipt of
such request, file a registration statement covering such GT
Biopharma Shares of the initiating Shareholder as are
specified in such
request, together with the GT Biopharma Shares of other any other
Shareholders joining in such request as are specified in a written
request received by GT Biopharma within ten (10) days after such
written notice from GT Biopharma is given, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to effect such registration.
1.4
Expenses of
Registration
. All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance
pursuant to Sections 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 of this Annex A shall be borne
by GT Biopharma;
provided
,
however
, that GT Biopharma
shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration
proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Annex A if the
registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of
the Shareholders of a majority of the GT Biopharma Shares to be
registered or because a sufficient number of Shareholders shall
have withdrawn so that the minimum offering conditions set forth in
Section 1.3 of this Annex A are no longer satisfied (in which case
all participating Shareholders shall bear such expenses pro rata
among such Shareholders based on the number of GT Biopharma Shares
requested to be so registered), unless the Shareholders of a
majority of the GT Biopharma Shares agree to forfeit their right to
a demand registration pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Annex A;
provided
,
further
, however,
that if such withdrawal occurs prior to the date the registration
statement shall have become effective and is based upon material
adverse information relating to GT Biopharma that is different from
the information known to the Shareholders requesting registration
at the time of their request for registration under Section 1.3 of
this Annex A, such registration shall not be treated as a counted
registration for purposes of Section 1.3 of this Annex A, even
though the Shareholders do not bear the Registration Expenses for
such registration. All Selling Expenses relating to securities so
registered shall be borne by the holders of such securities pro
rata on the basis of the number of securities so registered on
their behalf.
1.5
Registration
Procedures
. In the case of each registration effected by GT
Biopharma pursuant to Section 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 of this Annex A, GT
Biopharma will keep each Shareholder advised in writing as to the
initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof.
At its expense, GT Biopharma shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to:
(a)
Keep such
registration effective for a period of one hundred
twenty
(120)
days or until the Shareholder or Shareholders have completed the
distribution described in the registration statement relating
thereto, whichever first occurs;
provided
,
however
, that
(i)
such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a
period of time equal to the period the Shareholder refrains from
selling any securities included in such registration at the request
of an underwriter of common stock (or other securities) of GT
Biopharma; and (ii) in the case of any registration of GT Biopharma
Shares on Form S-3 which are intended to be offered on a continuous
or delayed basis, subject to compliance with rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such one hundred twenty (120)
day period shall be extended for up to sixty (60) days, if
necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all
such GT Biopharma Shares are sold;
(b)
Prepare and file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used
in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary
to comply with the provisions
of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such registration statement;
(c)
Furnish such number
of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and
any Free Writing Prospectus, including any amendments or
supplements thereto, and other documents incident thereto, as a
Shareholder from time to time may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the distribution of such Shareholder’s GT
Biopharma Shares;
(d)
Notify each seller
of GT Biopharma Shares covered by such registration statement at
any time when a prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus (to the
extent prepared by or on behalf of GT Biopharma) relating thereto
is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the
happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included
in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the
circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such seller,
prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of
a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus or Free Writing
Prospectus (to the extent prepared by or on behalf of GT Biopharma)
as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such shares, such prospectus shall not include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or incomplete in the light of the
circumstances then existing;
(e)
Cause all such GT
Biopharma Shares registered hereunder to be listed on each
securities exchange on which similar securities issued by GT
Biopharma are then listed;
(f)
Provide a transfer
agent and registrar for all GT Biopharma Shares registered pursuant
to such registration statement and a CUSIP number for all such GT
Biopharma Shares, in each case not later than the effective date of
such registration;
(g)
In connection with
any underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement
filed pursuant to this Annex A, GT Biopharma will enter into an
underwriting agreement reasonably necessary to effect the offer and
sale of its common stock, provided such underwriting agreement
contains customary underwriting provisions and provided further
that if the underwriter so requests the underwriting agreement will
contain customary contribution provisions;
(h)
Furnish, at the
request of any Shareholder requesting registration of GT Biopharma
Shares pursuant to this Annex A, on the date that such GT Biopharma
Shares are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection
with a registration pursuant to this Annex A, if such securities
are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not
being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration
statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an
opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing GT Biopharma
for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is
customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the
Shareholders requesting registration of GT Biopharma Shares and
(ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified
public accountants of GT Biopharma, in form and substance as is
customarily given by independent certified public accountants to
underwriters in an underwritten
public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the
Shareholders requesting registration of GT Biopharma Shares;
and
(i)
Register and
qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under
such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
shall be reasonably requested by the Shareholders, provided that GT
Biopharma shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general
consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions.
1.6
Indemnification
.
GT Biopharma will indemnify each Shareholder and each of his or her
legal counsel, and accountants against all expenses, claims,
losses, damages, and liabilities (or actions, proceedings, or
settlements in respect thereof) arising out of or based on (i) any
untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact
contained in any prospectus, offering circular, or other document
(including any related registration statement, notification, or the
like) incident to any such registration, qualification, or
compliance, (ii) any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any
violation (or alleged violation) by GT Biopharma of the Securities
Act, any state or other securities laws or any rule or regulation
thereunder applicable to GT Biopharma and relating to action or
inaction required of GT Biopharma in connection with any such
registration, qualification, or compliance, and will reimburse each
such Shareholder and each of his or her legal counsel, and
accountants for any legal and any other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling
any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action; provided that
GT Biopharma will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or expense arises out of
or is based on any untrue statement or omission based upon written
information furnished to GT Biopharma by such Shareholder or
underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein. It is
agreed that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section
1.6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is
effected without the consent of GT Biopharma (which consent has not
been unreasonably withheld).
1.7
Information by
Shareholders
. Each Shareholder of GT Biopharma Shares shall
furnish to GT Biopharma such information regarding such Shareholder
and the distribution proposed by such Shareholder as GT Biopharma
may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably
required in connection with any registration, qualification, or
compliance referred to in this Annex A.
1.8
Limitations on
Subsequent Registration Rights
. After the date of this
Agreement, GT Biopharma shall not, without the prior written
consent of Shareholders of a majority of the GT Biopharma Shares,
enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of
any securities of GT Biopharma giving such holder or prospective
holder any registration rights the terms of which are more
favorable than or on parity with the registration rights granted to
the Shareholders hereunder, unless, under the terms of such
agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such
securities in any such registration only to the extent that the
inclusion of such securities would not reduce the number of GT
Biopharma
Shares
included by the Shareholders.
1.9
Rule 144
Reporting
. With a view to making available the benefits of
certain
rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission that may
permit the sale of the GT Biopharma Shares to the public without
registration, GT Biopharma agrees to use commercially reasonable
efforts to:
(a)
Make and keep
public information regarding GT Biopharma available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at
all times from and after ninety (90) days following the effective
date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by GT
Biopharma for an offering of its securities to the general
public;
(b)
File with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner all reports
and other documents required of GT Biopharma under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to
such reporting requirements; and
(c)
So long as a
Shareholder owns any GT Biopharma Shares, furnish to the
Shareholder forthwith upon written request a written statement by
GT Biopharma as to its compliance with the reporting requirements
of Rule 144 (at any time from and after ninety
(90)
days following the effective date of the first registration
statement filed by GT Biopharma for an offering of its securities
to the general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting
requirements), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report
of GT Biopharma, and such other reports and documents so filed as a
Shareholder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule
or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission allowing a
Shareholder to sell any such securities without
registration.
1.10
Transfer
or Assignment of Registration Rights
. The rights to cause GT
Biopharma to register securities granted to a Shareholder by GT
Biopharma under this Annex A may be transferred or assigned by a
Shareholder only to (a) a transferee or assignee of GT Biopharma
Shares previously held by such Shareholder; or (b) a Family Member
of such Shareholder or a trust for the benefit of such Shareholder
or Family Member; provided, however, that in each such case GT
Biopharma is given written notice at the time of or within a
reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name
and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being
transferred or assigned.
1.11
Allocation
of Registration Opportunities
. Except as otherwise provided
in this Annex A, in any circumstance in which all of the GT
Biopharma Shares requested to be included in a registration on
behalf of the Shareholders cannot be so included as a result of
limitations in the aggregate number of GT Biopharma Shares that may
be so included, the number of GT Biopharma Shares shall be excluded
by excluding GT Biopharma Shares, pro rata on the basis of the
number of GT Biopharma Shares held by such Shareholders, until the
aggregate number of GT Biopharma Shares may be included in such
registration. If any Shareholder does not request inclusion of the
maximum number of GT Biopharma Shares allocated to such person
pursuant to the above described formula, the remaining portion of
such person’s allocation shall be reallocated among those
requesting Shareholders whose allocations did not satisfy their
requests, pro rata on the same basis as described above, and this
procedure shall be repeated until all of the
GT
Biopharma Shares that may be included in such registration on
behalf of the Shareholders have been so allocated.
1.12
“Market
Stand-Off” Agreement
.
(a)
Each Shareholder
agrees that such Shareholder shall not sell or otherwise transfer,
dispose of, make any short sale of, grant any option for the
purchase of, or enter into any hedging of similar transaction with
the same economic effect as a sale of, any common stock (or other
securities) of GT Biopharma held by such Shareholder (other than
those included in the registration) during the one hundred eighty
(180) day period following the effective date of the initial
registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities
Act (or such longer period as the underwriters or GT Biopharma
shall request in order to facilitate compliance with FINRA Rule
2711 or NYSE Member Rule 472 or any successor or similar rule or
regulation). The foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12 shall
not apply to the sale of any securities to an underwriter pursuant
to an underwriting agreement and shall only be applicable to the
Shareholders if all then current officers and directors and greater
than one percent (1%) stockholders of GT Biopharma enter into
similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with any public
offering subject to the provisions of this Section 1.12 are
intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 1.12 and shall
have the right to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were
a party hereto. Any discretionary waiver or termination of the
restrictions of any or all of such agreements by GT Biopharma or
the underwriters shall apply to all Shareholders subject to such
agreements pro rata based on the number of securities subject to
such agreements, unless waived by the Shareholders of a majority of
the GT Biopharma Shares.
(b)
The obligations
described in this Section 1.12 shall not apply to a registration
relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8
or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a
registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4
or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. GT
Biopharma may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the
securities subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of
the applicable periods. Each Shareholder agrees to execute a market
standoff agreement with the underwriters in customary form
consistent with the provisions of this Section 1.12.
1.13
Delay
of Registration
. No Shareholder shall have any right to take
any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration
as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to
the interpretation or implementation of this Annex A.
1.14
Survival
.
This Annex A shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Closing Date and shall remain in full force and
effect so long as any Shareholder and/or his or her permitted
assigns hold any GT Biopharma Shares.
1.15
Definitions
.
For purposes of this Annex A:
(a)
“Family
Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent,
stepparent, grandparent, spouse, domestic partner, sibling,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive
relationships.
(b)
“Free Writing
Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as
defined
in Rule
405 under the Securities Act.
(c)
“Registration
Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred in effecting any
registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees,
printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel
for GT Biopharma, blue sky fees and expenses, and expenses of any
regular or special audits incident to or required by any such
registration, and fees and disbursements of one special counsel for
the Shareholders (not to exceed $50,000), but shall not include
Selling Expenses and the compensation of regular employees of GT
Biopharma, which shall be paid in any event by GT
Biopharma.
(d)
“Rule
145” shall mean Rule 145 as promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may
be promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Other
capitalized terms used but not defined in this Annex A shall have
the meaning given to them in the Agreement.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
[attached.]
STATE
OF DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF
GT
BIOPHARMA MERGER, CO. WITH AND INTO
GEORGETOWN
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Pursuant to Title
8, Section 251(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
“DGCL”), the undersigned corporation executed the
following Certificate of Merger:
FIRST:
The name of the surviving corporation is Georgetown Translational
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the name of the
corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is GT
Biopharma Merger, Co., a Delaware corporation.
SECOND:
The Agreement and Plan of Merger has been approved, adopted,
certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent
corporations in accordance with the DGCL.
THIRD:
The name of the surviving corporation is Georgetown Translational
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
FOURTH:
The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall
be its Certificate of Incorporation.
FIFTH:
The merger is to become effective upon filing of this Certificate
of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
SIXTH:
The Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at 1825 K Street NW,
Suite 510, Washington, DC 20006, the place of business of the
surviving corporation.
SEVENTH: A copy of
the executed Agreement and Plan of Merger will be furnished by the
corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of the
constituent corporations.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, said surviving corporation has caused this
Certificate of Merger to be executed by its duly authorized
officer, this first day of September, 2017.
GEORGETOWN
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
/s/ Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
Name:
Kathleen Clarence-Smith
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
S
IGNATURE
P
AGE TO
C
ERTIFICATE OF
M
ERGER
Exhibit 4.1
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF
PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITAITONS OF
SERIES J PREFERRED STOCK OF
GT BIOPHARMA, INC.
GT
BIOPHARMA, INC. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that, pursuant to authority conferred
upon the Board of Directors by the Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, and pursuant to the
provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, the Board of Directors, by resolutions adopted
to be effective on September 1, 2017, duly determined that
2,000,000 of the authorized shares of Preferred Stock, $.001 par
value per share, of the Corporation shall be designated "Series J
Preferred Stock," and duly adopted a resolution providing for the
voting powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions, of the Series J Preferred Stock,
which resolution is as follows:
"RESOLVED,
that the Board of Directors, pursuant to the authority vested in it
by the provisions of the Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, hereby authorizes the
issuance of 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.001 par value,
of the Corporation, which shall be designated as "Series J
Preferred Stock" (the "Series J Preferred Stock") and shall have
the following designations, powers, preferences and relative,
participating, optional and other special rights, and the
qualifications, limitations and restrictions:
1.
Definitions
.
As used
herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a)
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
(b)
"Common Stock" shall mean the Corporation's common stock, par value
$.001 per share.
(c)
"Issuance Date" shall mean the date on which the first share of
Series J Preferred Stock is issued.
(d)
"Liquidation" shall mean any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
(e)
"Preferred Stock" shall mean the Corporation's preferred stock, par
value $.001 per share.
(f)
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
2.
Rank
. The Series J
Preferred Stock will rank on parity to any class or series of our
capital stock hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms
on parity with the Series J Preferred Stock.
3.
Dividends
. Shares
of Series J Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive any
dividends, unless and until specifically declared by our board of
directors. The holders of the Series J Preferred Stock will
participate, on an as-if-converted-to-common stock basis, in any
dividends to the holders of common stock.
4.
Voting Rights
.
Shares of Series J Preferred Stock will have the same voting rights
as shares of common stock with each share of Series J Preferred
Stock entitled to one vote at a meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation.
5.
Liquidation
Preference
. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, holders of the Series J Preferred Stock will be on
parity with the holders of our common stock and will participate,
on an as-if-converted-to-common stock basis, in any distributions
to the holders of common stock.
6.
Conversion Rights
.
The holders of shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall have the
following conversion rights:
A.
Conversion Rate
. Each share
of the Series J Preferred Stock is convertible into one share of
our common stock at any time at the option of the holder (the
"Conversion Rate").
B.
Upon Extraordinary Common Stock
Event
. Upon the happening of an Extraordinary Common Stock
Event, shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall be impacted in the
same way our shares of common stock were impacted by the
Extraordinary Common Stock Event. An "Extraordinary Common Stock
Event" shall mean: (i) the issuance of additional shares of Common
Stock as a dividend or other distribution on the outstanding shares
of Common Stock, (ii) the subdivision of outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, or
(iii) the combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, in each case other
than pursuant to a transaction provided for in Section 6C or
6D.
C.
Capital Reorganization or
Reclassification
. If the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of Series J Preferred Stock shall be changed into
the same or a different number of shares of any class or classes of
stock, whether by reorganization, reclassification or otherwise
(other than a subdivision or combination of shares or stock
dividend provided for in Section 6B, or a reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale of assets provided for in Section 6D), then
and in each such event, the holders of shares of Series J Preferred
Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such shares into
the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon such reorganization, reclassification or
other change by the holders of the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such shares of Series J Preferred Stock were convertible
immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification or other
change, all subject to further adjustment as provided
herein.
D.
Reorganization, Merger or
Consolidation
. If at any time or from time to time there
shall be a reorganization, reclassification or recapitalization of
the capital stock (other than a subdivision, combination,
reorganization, reclassification or exchange of shares provided for
elsewhere in this Section 6) (a "Reorganization"), then as a part
of such Reorganization, provision shall be made so that each holder
of Series J Preferred Stock shall thereafter be entitled to receive
upon conversion of such shares of Series J Preferred Stock, the
number of shares of stock or other securities or property to which
a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such
holder's shares of Series J Preferred Stock were convertible
immediately prior to such Reorganization would have been entitled
upon consummation of such Reorganization. In any such case,
appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the
provisions of this Section 6 with respect to the rights of the
holders of Series J Preferred Stock after the Reorganization to the
end that the provisions of this Section 6 (including adjustment of
the Conversion Value then in effect, and the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J Preferred
Stock) shall be applicable after that event in as nearly equivalent
a manner as may be practicable.
E.
Exercise of Conversion
Privilege
. To exercise the conversion right set forth in
Section 6A, a holder of shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall
surrender the certificates representing the shares being converted
to the Corporation at its principal office, and shall give written
notice to the Corporation at that office that such holder elects to
convert such shares. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address or addresses) in which the certificates for shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be issued. The
certificates for shares of Series J Preferred Stock surrendered for
conversion shall be accompanied by proper assignment thereof to the
Corporation or in blank. The date when such written notice is
received by the Corporation, together with the certificates
representing the shares of Series J Preferred Stock being
converted, shall be deemed the "Conversion Date." As promptly as
practicable after the Conversion Date, the Corporation shall issue
and deliver certificates to each holder of shares of Series J
Preferred Stock so converted, or on its written order, such
certificates as it may request, for the number of whole shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares of Series
J Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6, and cash as provided in Section 6K, in respect of any fraction
of a share of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion. Such
conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior
to the close of business on the Conversion Date, and at such time
the rights of the holder as holder of the converted shares of
Series J Preferred Stock shall cease and the person or persons in
whose name or names any certificates for shares of Common Stock
shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have
become the holder or holders of record of the shares of Common
Stock represented thereby.
G.
Cash in Lieu of Fractional
Shares
. No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon any conversion
of shares of Series J Preferred Stock. Instead of any fractional
shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon
conversion of shares of Series J Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall pay to the holder of shares of Series J Preferred Stock which
were converted a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional
shares in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Market Price
per share of the Common Stock at the close of business on the
Conversion Date. The determination as to whether or not any
fractional shares are issuable shall be based upon the total number
of shares of Series J Preferred Stock so converted at any one time
by any holder thereof, and not upon each share of Series J
Preferred Stock so converted.
H.
Partial Conversion
. In the
event some but not all of the shares of Series J Preferred Stock
represented by a certificate surrendered by a holder are converted,
the Corporation shall execute and deliver to or on the order of the
holder, at the expense of the Corporation, a new certificate
representing the number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock which
were not converted.
I.
Reservation of Common
Stock
. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of shares
of Series J Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock
as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion
of all outstanding shares of Series J Preferred Stock, and if at
any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then
outstanding shares of Series J Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number
of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.
J.
No Reissuance of Series J
Preferred Stock
. Shares of Series J Preferred Stock which
are converted into shares of Common Stock as provided herein shall
not be reissued.
K.
Issue Tax
. The issuance of
certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of any
shares of Series J Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to
the holders thereof for any issuance tax in respect thereof;
provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax
which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that
of the holder of the shares of Series J Preferred Stock which are
being converted.
L.
Closing of Books
. The
Corporation will at no time close its transfer books against the
transfer of any shares of Series J Preferred Stock or of any shares
of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of any
shares of Series J Preferred Stock in any manner which interferes
with the timely conversion of such shares of Series J Preferred
Stock, except as may otherwise be required to comply with
applicable securities laws.
M.
Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Corporation shall not effect
any conversion of the Series J Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall
not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock,
to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth
on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with
such Holder's Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group
together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates (such
Persons, "Attribution Parties")) would beneficially own in excess
of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and
Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J Preferred Stock with
respect to which such determination is being made, but shall
exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable
upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of
Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its
Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities
of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including,
without limitation, the Preferred Stock or the Warrants)
beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or
Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence,
for purposes of this Section 6M, beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent
that the limitation contained in this Section 6M applies, the
determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in
relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any
Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of
Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of
such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be
deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether the shares of
Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities
owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution
Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are
convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder
will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each time it
delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has
not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the
Corporation shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the
accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to
any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section
6M, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the
Corporation's most recent periodic or annual report filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public
announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written
notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or
oral request (which may be via email) of a Holder, the Corporation
shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In
any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by
such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date
as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported. The "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall be 9.99% of
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of Series J Preferred Stock held by the
applicable Holder. A Holder, upon notice to the Corporation, may
increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions
of this Section 6M applicable to its Preferred Stock provided that
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of this Series J Preferred Stock held by the Holder and
the provisions of this Section 6M shall continue to apply. Any such
increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be
effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the
Corporation and shall only apply to such Holder and no other
Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with
the terms of this Section 6M to correct this paragraph (or any
portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the
intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to
make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give
effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this
paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Preferred
Stock.
7.
Miscellaneous
.
(a) The
Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issued upon conversions of shares of Series J Preferred Stock will
upon issuance be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any
preemptive rights.
(b) No
share or shares of Series J Preferred Stock acquired by the
Corporation by reason of redemption, purchase, conversion or
otherwise, shall be reissued, and all such shares shall be
cancelled, retired and eliminated from the shares which the
Corporation shall be authorized to issue.
The
number of shares of Series J Preferred Stock is 2,000,000, none of
which have been issued.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation has been signed by
an authorized officer of the Corporation as of the date first
written above.
By:
/s/
Steven Weldon
Name:
Steven Weldon
Title:
CFO
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This
Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into by and among GT Biopharma, Inc. (the "Parent"),
Georgetown Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
“Subsidiary” and together with the Parent, the
“Companies” and each, a “Company”) and
Kathleen Clarence-Smith ("Executive") as of September 1, 2017 (the
"Effective Date").
WHEREAS
, each Company is desirous of
employing Executive, and Executive wishes to be employed by each
Company in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND PROMISES
AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Position and Duties
: Executive shall be
employed by each Company as its Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")
reporting to the Board of Directors of each Company. CEO agrees to
devote the necessary business time, energy and skill to her duties
at each Company, and will be permitted engage in outside consulting
and/or employment provided said services do not materially
interfere with Executive’s obligations to each Company under
the terms of this Agreement. Executive agrees to advise the Board
of Directors of the Parent of any outside services, and such
Board’s approval of Executive’s participation in any
such outside services shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. If such Board does not affirmatively approve of any such
outside engagements within thirty (30) days after Executive informs
the Board, the Board’s approval shall be deemed to have been
given. The duties of Executive under this Agreement shall include
all those duties customarily performed by a CEO as well as
providing advice and consultation on general corporate matters,
particularly related to shareholder and investor relations,
assisting the Parent with respect to raising equity and other
financing for the Companies, and other projects as may be assigned
by either Company’s Board of Directors on an as needed basis.
During the term of Executive's employment, Executive shall have the
right to serve on boards of directors of other for-profit or
not-for-profit entities provided such service does not materially
adversely affect the performance of Executive's duties to each
Company under this Agreement, and are not in conflict with the
interests of each Company. For the avoidance of doubt, without any
approval, Executive shall have the right to serve on boards of
directors of, and otherwise provide services to, the entities as
described on
Exhibit
A
.
In
addition to Executive’s appointment as Chief Executive
Officer of each Company, Executive shall be nominated to stand for
election to the Board of Directors of each Company at each of its
scheduled shareholders meeting so long as Executive remains as CEO
of either Company. As a member of each Company's Board, Executive
shall continue to be subject to the provisions of each Company's
bylaws and all applicable general corporation laws relative to her
position on the Board. In addition to each Company's bylaws, as a
member of the Board, Executive shall also
be
subject to the statement of powers, both specific and general, set
forth in each Company's Articles of Incorporation.
2.
Term of Employment
: This Agreement shall
remain in effect for a period of three years from the Effective
Date, and thereafter will automatically renew for successive one
year periods unless either party provides ninety days' prior
written notice of termination. In the event either Company elects
to terminate the Agreement, such termination shall be considered to
be an Involuntary Termination, and Executive shall be provided
benefits as provided in this Agreement. Upon the termination of
Executive's employment for any reason, neither Executive nor the
Companies shall have any further obligation or liability under this
Agreement to the other, except as set forth below.
3.
Compensation
: Executive shall be
compensated by the Parent for her services to the Companies as
follows:
(a)
Base Salary
: CEO, Executive shall be
paid a monthly Base Salary of $500,000.00 per year. The monthly
cash payment will be subject to applicable withholding, in
accordance with
the
Parent’s normal payroll procedures. Executive's salary shall
be reviewed on at least an annual basis and may be adjusted as
appropriate, but in no event shall it be reduced to an amount below
Executive’s salary then in effect. In the event of such an
adjustment, that amount shall become Executive's Base Salary.
Furthermore, during the term of this Agreement, in no event shall
Executive's compensation be less than any other officer or employee
of either Company or any subsidiary.
(b)
Benefits
: Executive shall have the
right, on the same basis as other senior executives of either
Company, to participate in and to receive benefits under any of
either Company's employee benefit plans, medical insurance, as such
plans may be modified from time to time, and provided that in no
event shall Executive receive less than (4) four weeks paid
vacation per annum, (6) six paid sick days per annum, and (5) five
paid personal days per annum.
(c)
Performance Bonus
: Executive shall have
the opportunity to earn a performance bonus in accordance with the
Parent's Performance Bonus Plan if in effect (“Target
Bonus”); if the Parent does not have a Bonus Plan in effect
at any given time during the term of this Agreement, then the
Parent’s Compensation Committee or Board of Directors shall
have discretion as to determining bonus compensation for
Executive.
(d)
Stock and Options
: Within thirty (30)
days after the Effective Date, the Parent shall award Executive
restricted stock and/or options for such stock in an amount and
subject to a vesting schedule (not to exceed four (4) years in
total) that is reasonably satisfactory to Executive. Any such
restricted stock and/or options shall fully accelerate on a Change
in Control.
(e)
Expenses
: Parent shall reimburse
Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment and meal
expenses incurred in connection the performance of services within
this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to fly Business Class
on any flight longer than four (4) hours and receive full
reimbursement for such flight from the Parent.
(f)
Travel
: Executive shall travel as
necessary from time to time to satisfy her performance and
responsibilities under this Agreement.
4.
Effect of Termination of
Employment
:
(a)
Voluntary Termination
: In the event of
Executive's voluntary termination from employment with the
Companies, other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d) or
5(e), Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits
from the Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through
the date of her termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of her termination. In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of her death or disability,
Executive shall be entitled to a pro- rata share of the
performance-based bonus for which Executive is then-eligible
pursuant to Section 3(c) (presuming performance meeting, but not
exceeding, target performance goals) in addition to all
compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date
of termination.
(b)
Termination for Cause
: If Executive's
employment is terminated by the Companies for Cause, Executive
shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits from the Companies
other than those earned under Section 3 through the date of her
termination and, in the case of each stock option, restricted stock
award or other Company stock-based award granted to Executive, the
extent to which such awards are vested through the date of her
termination. In the event that the Companies terminate Executive's
employment for Cause, the Companies shall provide written notice to
Executive of that fact prior to, or concurrently with, the
termination of employment. Failure to provide written notice that
the Companies contend that the termination is for Cause shall
constitute a waiver of any contention that the termination was for
Cause, and the termination shall be irrebuttably presumed to be an
Involuntary Termination.
(c)
Involuntary Termination During Change in
Control Period
: If Executive's employment with the Companies
terminates as a result of a Change in Control Period Involuntary
Termination, then, in addition to any other benefits described in
this Agreement, Executive shall receive the following:
(i)
all compensation
and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date of Executive's
termination of employment;
(ii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid or
payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year in
which the Change in Control occurred
and (b)
the Target Bonus under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect
immediately prior to the year in which the Change in Control
occurs;
(iii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it was
in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due Executive
from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of the term of
this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base Salary then in
effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement
for the cost of medical, life, disability insurance coverage at a
level equivalent to that provided by the Companies for a period
expiring upon the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the time
Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive at the time of Involuntary
Termination, the amount payable to Executive under subsections (i)
through (iii), above, shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum
within thirty (30) days following Executive's termination of
employment. The amounts payable under subsection (iv) shall be paid
monthly during the reimbursement period.
(d)
Termination Without Cause in the Absence of
Change in Control
: In the event that Executive's employment
terminates as a result of a Non Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then Executive shall receive the following
benefits:
(i)
all compensation
and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date of the
Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid or
payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year in
which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus under
the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it was
in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due Executive
to the end of the term of this Agreement or one-half of
Executive’s Base Salary then in effect, whichever is the
greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement
for the cost of medical, life and disability insurance coverage at
a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies for a period
of the earlier of: (a) one year; or
(b)
the time Executive
begins alternative employment wherein said insurance coverage is
available and offered to Executive. It shall be the obligation of
Executive to inform the Parent that new employment has been
obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days
following
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(e)
Resignation with Good Reason During Change in
Control Period
: If Executive resigns her employment with the
Companies as a result of a Change in Control Period Good Reason,
then, in addition to any other benefits described in this
Agreement, Executive shall receive the following.
(i)
all compensation
and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date of the
Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid or
payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year in
which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus under
the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it was
in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due Executive
from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of the term of
this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base Salary then in
effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement
for the cost of medical, life and disability insurance coverage at
a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies for a period
of the earlier of: (a) one year; or
(b)
the time Executive
begins alternative employment wherein said insurance coverage is
available and offered to Executive. It shall be the obligation of
Executive to inform the Parent that new employment has been
obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(f)
Resignation with Good Reason in the Absence of
Change in Control
: If Executive resigns her employment with
the Companies as a result of a Non Change in Control Period Good
Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits described in this
Agreement, Executive shall receive the following.
(i)
all compensation
and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date of the
Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid or
payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year in
which the Change in Control occurred
and (b)
the Target Bonus under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect
immediately prior to the year in which the Change in Control
occurs;
(iii)
a
lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it was
in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due Executive
from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of the term of
this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base Salary then in
effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement
for the cost of medical, life and disability insurance coverage at
a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies for a period
of the earlier of: (a) one year; or
(b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(g)
Resignation from Positions
:
In the event that Executive's employment with the Companies is
terminated for any reason, on the effective date of the termination
Executive shall simultaneously resign from each position she holds
on the Board and/or the Board of Directors of any of the
Companies’ affiliated entities and any position Executive
holds as an officer of the Companies or any of the Companies’
affiliated entities.
5.
Certain Definitions
: For the purpose of
this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(a)
"Cause" shall mean
any of the following occurring on or after the date of this
Agreement :
(i)
Executive's theft,
dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or
falsification of any employment or Company record;
(ii)
Executive's
willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than
traffic violations, misdemeanors or similar offenses) or final
cease-and-desist order, in each case that involves moral
turpitude;
(iii)
any
material breach by Executive of either Company's Code of
Professional Conduct, which breach shall be deemed "material" if it
results from an intentional act by Executive and has a material
detrimental effect on either Company's reputation or business;
or
(iv)
any
material breach by Executive of this Agreement, which breach, if
curable, is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice of such breach from the applicable Company.
(b)
"Change in Control"
shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i)
the Parent is party
to a merger or consolidation which results in the holders of the
voting securities of the Parent outstanding immediately prior
thereto failing to retain immediately after such merger or
consolidation direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
of the Parent or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after
such merger of consolidation.
(ii)
a
change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Parent
occurring within a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months,
as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors;
(iii)
effectiveness
of an agreement for the sale, lease or disposition by the Parent of
all or substantially all of the Parent’s assets;
or
(iv)
a liquidation or
dissolution of the Parent.
(c)
"Change in Control
Period" shall mean the period commencing on the date sixty (60)
days prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control
and
ending one hundred eighty (180) days following consummation of the
Change of Control.
(d)
"Change in Control
Period Good Reason" shall mean Executive's resignation for any of
the following conditions, first occurring during a Change in
Control Period and occurring without Executive's written
consent:
(i)
a decrease in
Executive's Base Salary, a decrease in Executive's Target Bonus (as
a multiple of Executive's Base Salary) under the Performance Bonus
Plan, or a decrease in employee benefits, in each case other than
as part of any across-the-board reduction applying to all senior
executives of either Company which does not have adverse effect on
the Executive disproportionate to similarly situated executives of
an acquirer;
(ii)
a
material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities, as measured against Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change.
(iii)
a
change in the Executive's ability to maintain her principal
workplace in Washington, D.C.;
(iv)
any
material breach by either Company of any provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(v)
any failure of the
Parent to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by any of the
Parent’s successors or assigns by purchase, merger,
consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise.
(vi)
any
purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(e)
"Non Change in
Control Period Good Reason" shall mean the Executive's resignation
within six months of any of the following conditions first
occurring outside of a Change in Control Period and occurring
without Executive's written consent:
(i)
a decrease in
Executive's total cash compensation opportunity (adding Base Salary
and Target Bonus) of greater than ten percent (10%);
(ii)
a
material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties, as measured against Executive's title,
authority, responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change;
(iii)
any
material breach by either Company of a provision of this Agreement,
which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice of such breach from Executive;
(iv)
a
change in the Executive's ability to maintain her principal
workplace in Washington, D.C.;
(v)
any purported
termination of Executive's employment for "material breach of
contract" which is purportedly effected without providing the
"cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Non Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(f)
"Incumbent
Directors" shall mean members of the Board who either (a) are
members of the Board as of the date hereof, or (b) are elected, or
nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative vote of
at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such
election or nomination (but shall not include an individual whose
election or nomination is in connection with an actual or
threatened proxy contest relating to the election of members of the
Board).
(g)
"Change in Control
Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean during a Change in
Control Period the termination by the Companies of Executive's
employment with the Companies for any reason, including termination
as a result of death or disability of Executive, but excluding
termination for Cause. The effective date of any Change in Control
Period
Involuntary
Termination shall be the date of notification to the Executive of
the termination of employment by the Companies; or
(h)
"Non Change in
Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean outside a Change
in Control Period the termination by the Companies of Executive's
employment with the Companies for any reason, including termination
by as a result of death or disability of Executive, but excluding
termination for Cause. The effective date of any Non Change in
Control Period Involuntary Termination shall be the date of
notification to the Executive of the termination of employment by
the Companies.
6.
Dispute Resolution
: In the event of any
dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this Agreement
(including, but not limited to, any claims of breach of contract,
wrongful termination or age, sex, race or other discrimination),
Executive and the Companies agree that all such disputes shall be
fully addressed and finally resolved by binding arbitration
conducted by the American Arbitration Association in New York City,
in the State of New York in accordance with its National Employment
Dispute Resolution rules. In connection with any such arbitration,
the Parent shall bear all costs not otherwise borne by a plaintiff
in a court proceeding. Each Company agrees that any decisions of
the Arbitration Panel will be binding and enforceable in any state
that either Company conducts the operation of its
business.
7.
Attorneys' Fees
: The prevailing party
shall be entitled to recover from the losing party its attorneys'
fees and costs incurred in any action brought to enforce any right
arising out of this Agreement.
8.
Restrictive Covenants
:
(a)
Nondisclosure
. During the term of this
Agreement and following termination of the Executive's employment
with the Companies, Executive shall not divulge, communicate, use
to the detriment of the Companies or for the benefit of any other
person or persons, or misuse in any way, any Confidential
Information (as hereinafter defined) pertaining to the business of
the Companies. Any Confidential Information or data now or
hereafter acquired by the Executive with respect to the business of
the Companies (which shall include, but not be limited to,
confidential information concerning each Company's financial
condition, prospects, technology, customers, suppliers, methods of
doing business and promotion of each Company's products and
services) shall be deemed a valuable, special and unique asset of
each Company that is received by the Executive in confidence and as
a fiduciary. For purposes of this Agreement "Confidential
Information" means information disclosed to the Executive or known
by the Executive as a consequence of or through her employment by
each Company (including information conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by the Executive) prior to or after the
date hereof and not generally known or in the public domain, about
each Company or its business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none
of the following information shall be treated as Confidential
Information: (i) information which is known to the public at the
time of disclosure to Executive, (ii) information
which
becomes known to the public by publication or otherwise after
disclosure to Executive,
(iii)
information which Executive can show by written records was in her
possession at the time of disclosure to Executive, (iv) information
which was rightfully received by Executive from a third party
without violating any non-disclosure obligation owed to or in favor
of the Companies, or (v) information which was developed by or on
behalf of Executive independently of any disclosure hereunder as
shown by written records. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
restrict the Executive from disclosing Confidential Information to
the extent required by law or by any court.
(b)
Non-Competition
. The Executive shall
not, while employed by either Company and for a period of one year
following the date of termination for Cause, or resignation other
than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d) or 5(e), engage or
participate, directly or indirectly (whether as an officer,
director, employee, partner, consultant, or otherwise), in any
business that manufactures, markets or sells products that directly
compete with any product of either Company that is significant to
such Company's business based on sales and/or profitability of any
such product as of the date of termination of Executive's
employment with such Company. Nothing herein shall prohibit
Executive from being a passive owner of less than 5% stock of any
entity directly engaged in a competing business.
(c)
Property Rights; Assignment of
Inventions
. Except as set forth below, with respect to
information, inventions and discoveries or any interest in any
copyright and/or other property right developed, made or conceived
of by Executive, either alone or with others, during her employment
by each Company arising out of such employment and pertinent to any
field of business or research in which, during such employment,
each Company is engaged or (if such is known to or ascertainable by
Executive) is considering engaging, Executive hereby
agrees:
(i)
that all such
information, inventions and discoveries or any interest in any
copyright and/or other property right, whether or not patented or
patentable, shall be and remain the exclusive property of the
Companies;
(ii)
to
disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Parent all
such information, inventions and discoveries or any copyright
and/or other property right and all information in Executive's
possession as to possible applications and uses
thereof;
(iii)
not
to file any patent application relating to any such invention or
discovery except with the prior written consent of an authorized
officer of the Parent (other than Executive);
(iv)
that
Executive hereby waives and releases any and all rights Executive
may have in and to such information, inventions and discoveries,
and hereby assigns to Executive and/or its nominees all of
Executive's right, title and interest in them, and all Executive's
right, title and interest in any patent, patent application,
copyright or other property right based thereon. Executive hereby
irrevocably designates and appoints the Parent and each of its duly
authorized officers and agents as her agent and attorney-in-fact to
act for her and on her behalf and in her
stead
to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully
permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance and enforcement
of any such patent, patent application, copyright or other property
right with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered
by Executive; and
(v)
at the request of
the Parent, and without expense to Executive, to execute such
documents and perform such other acts as the Parent deems necessary
or appropriate, for the Companies to obtain patents on such
inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by the
Parent, and to assign to the Companies or their respective
designees such inventions and any and all patent applications and
patents relating thereto.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any information, inventions, or discoveries (whether
patentable or not), or interest in any copyright and/or other
property right, developed, made or conceived of by Executive,
either alone or with others and irrespective of whether developed,
made or
conceived during
Executive’s employment with either Company, for the benefit
of one of the entities set forth on
Exhibit A
and relating to a
disease that such entity targets, shall be and remain the exclusive
property of such entity and not of the Companies.
(a)
Successors and Assigns
: The provisions
of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Companies, Executive and each and all of their respective
heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The duties,
responsibilities and obligations of Executive under this Agreement
shall be personal and not assignable or delegable by Executive in
any manner whatsoever to any person, corporation, partnership,
firm, company, joint venture or other entity. Executive may not
assign, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge or in any other manner
encumber the compensation or other benefits to be received by her
or any rights which she may have pursuant to the terms and
provisions of this Agreement.
(b)
Amendments; Waivers
: No provision of
this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged unless the
modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and
signed by Executive and by an authorized officer of the Parent
(other than Executive). No waiver by either party of any breach of,
or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement
by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other
condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at
another time.
(c)
Notices
: Any notices to be given
pursuant to this Agreement by either party may be effected by
personal delivery or by overnight delivery with receipt requested.
Mailed notices shall be addressed to the parties at the addresses
stated below, but each party may change its or his/her address by
written notice to the other in accordance with this subsection
(c).Mailed notices to Executive shall be addressed as
follows:
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith Suite 520
1825 K
Street NW Washington, DC 20006
E-mail:
kcs@gt-pharmaceuticals.com
Mailed
notices to the Companies shall be addressed as follows: GT
Biopharma, Inc.
Georgetown
Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Attention: Anthony J. Cataldo,
Executive Chairman 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 600
Tampa,
FL 33602
(d)
Entire Agreement
: This Agreement
constitutes the entire employment agreement among Executive and the
Companies regarding the terms and conditions of her employment,
with the exception of (a) the agreement described in Section 7 and
(b) any stock option, restricted stock or other Company stock-based
award agreements among Executive and the Companies to the extent
not modified by this Agreement. This Agreement (including the other
documents referenced in the previous sentence) supersedes all prior
negotiations, representations or agreements among Executive and the
Companies, whether written or oral, concerning Executive's
employment by the Companies.
(e)
Withholding Taxes
: All payments made
under this Agreement shall be subject to reduction to reflect taxes
required to be withheld by law.
(f)
Counterparts
: This Agreement may be
executed by the Companies and Executive in counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and which together shall
constitute one instrument.
(g)
Headings
: Each and all of the headings
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not in any manner whatsoever affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement or be deemed a part of this
Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.
(h)
Savings Provision
: To the extent that
any provision of this Agreement or any paragraph, term, provision,
sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Agreement shall be found
to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such paragraph,
term, provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word shall be modified
or deleted in such a manner as to make this Agreement, as so
modified, legal and enforceable under applicable laws. The
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect.
(i)
Construction
: The language of this
Agreement and of each and every paragraph, term and provision of
this Agreement shall, in all cases, for any and all purposes, and
in any and all circumstances whatsoever be construed as a whole,
according to its fair meaning, not strictly for
or
against Executive or the Companies, and with no regard whatsoever
to the identity or status of any person or persons who drafted all
or any portion of this Agreement.
(j)
Further
Assurances:
From time to time,
at the Companies' request and without further consideration,
Executive shall execute and deliver such additional documents and
take all such further action as reasonably requested by the
Companies to be necessary or desirable to make effective, in the
most expeditious manner possible, the terms of this Agreement and
to provide adequate assurance of Executive's due performance
hereunder.
(k)
Governing
Law:
Executive and the
Companies agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(1)
Board Approval:
Each Company warrants to Executive
that the Board of Directors of such Company has ratified and
approved this Agreement, and that the Parent will cause the
appropriate disclosure filing to be made with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in a timely manner.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year written below.
EXECUTIVE:
Date:
September 1,
2017
____________________________
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
GT BIOPHARMA, INC.
Date:
____________________________
Anthony
Cataldo, Executive Chairman
GEORGETOWN TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date:
____________________________
Anthony
Cataldo, Executive Chairman
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This
Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into by and among GT Biopharma, Inc. (the "Parent"),
Georgetown Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
“Subsidiary” and together with the Parent, the
“Companies” and each, a “Company”) and
Anthony Cataldo ("Executive") as of September 1, 2017 (the
"Effective Date").
WHEREAS
, each Company is desirous of employing Executive,
and Executive wishes to be employed by each Company in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND PROMISES
AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Position and Duties
: Executive shall be
employed by each Company as its Executive Chairman ("Chairman")
reporting to the Board of Directors of each Company. Chairman
agrees to devote the necessary business time, energy and skill to
his duties at each Company, and will be permitted engage in outside
consulting and/or employment provided said services do not
materially interfere with Executive’s obligations to each
Company under the terms of this Agreement. Executive agrees to
advise the Board of Directors of the Parent of any outside
services, and such Board’s approval of Executive’s
participation in any such outside services shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. If such Board does not
affirmatively approve of any such outside engagements within thirty
(30) days after Executive informs the Board, the Board’s
approval shall be deemed to have been given. These duties of
Executive under this Agreement shall include all those duties
customarily performed by a Chairman as well as providing advice and
consultation on general corporate matters and other projects as may
be assigned by the Company’s Board of Directors on an as
needed basis. During the term of Executive's employment, Executive
shall be permitted to serve on boards of directors of for-profit or
not-for-profit entities provided such service does not adversely
affect the performance of Executive's duties to the Company under
this Agreement, and are not in conflict with the interests of the
Company.
Executive shall be
nominated to stand for election to the Board of Directors of each
Company of its scheduled shareholders meeting so long as Executive
remains as Chairman of either Company. As a member of each
Company's Board, Executive shall continue to be subject to the
provisions of each Company's bylaws and all applicable general
corporation laws relative to her position on the Board. In addition
to each Company's bylaws, as a member of the Board, Executive shall
also be subject to the statement of powers, both specific and
general, set forth in each Company's Articles of
Incorporation.
2.
Term of Employment
: This
Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of three years from
the Effective Date, and thereafter will automatically renew for
successive one year periods unless either party provides ninety
days' prior written notice of termination. In the event either
Company elects to terminate the Agreement, such termination shall
be considered to be an Involuntary Termination, and Executive shall
be provided benefits as provided in this Agreement. Upon the
termination of Executive's employment for any reason, neither
Executive nor the Companies shall have any further obligation or
liability under this Agreement to the other, except as set forth
below.
3.
Compensation
: Executive
shall be compensated by the Parent for his services to the
Companies as follows:
(a)
Base Salary
: Executive shall
be paid a monthly Base Salary of $500,000.00 per year. The monthly
cash payment will be subject to applicable withholding, in
accordance with the Parent’s normal payroll procedures.
Executive's salary shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis
and may be adjusted as appropriate, but in no event shall it be
reduced to an amount below Executive’s salary then in effect.
In the event of such an adjustment, that amount shall become
Executive's Base Salary. Furthermore, during the term of this
Agreement, in no event shall Executive's compensation be less than
any other officer or employee of either Company or any
subsidiary.
(b)
Benefits
: Executive shall
have the right, on the same basis as other senior executives of
either Company, to participate in and to receive benefits under any
of either Company's employee benefit plans, medical insurance, as
such plans may be modified from time to time, and provided that in
no event shall Executive receive less than (4) four weeks paid
vacation per annum, (6) six paid sick days per annum, and (5) five
paid personal days per annum.
(c)
Performance Bonus
: Executive
shall have the opportunity to earn a performance bonus in
accordance with the Parent's Performance Bonus Plan if in effect
(“Target Bonus”); if the Parent does not have a Bonus
Plan in effect at any given time during the term of this Agreement,
then the Parent’s Compensation Committee or Board of
Directors shall have discretion as to determining bonus
compensation for Executive.
(d)
General Grant
: Executive (or
an entity controlled by Executive) shall be granted 5,129,660
shares of common stock in the Company (the “Stock
Grant”), valued at the trading price as of the Effective
Date, as consideration for entering into this Agreement and
remaining an executive for the entire Term. Such stock shall vest
and be delivered to Executive within thirty (30) days following the
Effective Date.
(e)
Expenses
: Parent shall
reimburse Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment
and meal expenses incurred in connection the performance of
services within this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to fly
Business Class on any flight longer than four (4) hours and receive
full reimbursement for such flight from the Parent.
(f)
Travel
: Executive shall
travel as necessary from time to time to satisfy his performance
and responsibilities under this Agreement.
4.
Effect of Termination of
Employment
:
(a)
Voluntary Termination
: In
the event of Executive's voluntary termination from employment with
the Companies, other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d)
or 5(e), Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits
from the Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through
the date of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of his termination. In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of his death or disability,
Executive shall be entitled to a pro-rata share of the
performance-based bonus for which Executive is then-eligible
pursuant to Section 3(c) (presuming performance meeting, but not
exceeding, target performance goals) in addition to all
compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date
of termination.
(b)
Termination for Cause
: If
Executive's employment is terminated by the Companies for Cause,
Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits from the
Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through the date
of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of his termination. In the event that the Companies
terminate Executive's employment for Cause, the Companies shall
provide written notice to Executive of that fact prior to, or
concurrently with, the termination of employment. Failure to
provide written notice that the Companies contend that the
termination is for Cause shall constitute a waiver of any
contention that the termination was for Cause, and the termination
shall be irrebuttably presumed to be an Involuntary
Termination.
(c)
Involuntary Termination During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive's employment with the
Companies terminates as a result of a Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life, disability insurance
coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies
for a period expiring upon the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive at the time of Involuntary
Termination, the amount payable to Executive under subsections (i)
through (iii), above, shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum
within thirty (30) days following Executive's termination of
employment. The amounts payable under subsection (iv) shall be paid
monthly during the reimbursement period.
(d)
Termination Without Cause in the
Absence of Change in Control
: In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of a Non Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then Executive shall receive the following
benefits:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive to the end of the term of this Agreement or one-half of
Executive’s Base Salary then in effect, whichever is the
greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
Executive's termination of employment. The amounts payable under
subsection (iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(e)
Resignation with Good Reason During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Change in Control
Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(f)
Resignation with Good Reason in the
Absence of Change in Control
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Non Change in
Control Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(g)
Resignation from Positions
:
In the event that Executive's employment with the Companies is
terminated for any reason, on the effective date of the termination
Executive shall simultaneously resign from each position he holds
on the Board and/or the Board of Directors of any of the
Companies’ affiliated entities and any position Executive
holds as an officer of the Companies or any of the Companies’
affiliated entities.
5.
Certain Definitions
: For the
purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
(a)
"Cause" shall mean any of the following occurring on or after the
date of this Agreement :
(i)
Executive's theft, dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty for
personal profit, or falsification of any employment or Company
record;
(ii)
Executive's willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation
(other than traffic violations, misdemeanors or similar offenses)
or final cease-and-desist order, in each case that involves moral
turpitude;
(iii)
any material breach by Executive of either Company's Code of
Professional Conduct, which breach shall be deemed "material" if it
results from an intentional act by Executive and has a material
detrimental effect on either Company's reputation or business;
or
(iv)
any material breach by Executive of this Agreement, which breach,
if curable, is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice of such breach from the applicable Company.
(b)
"Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(i)
the Parent is party to a merger or consolidation which results in
the holders of the voting securities of the Parent outstanding
immediately prior thereto failing to retain immediately after such
merger or consolidation direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of
the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the Parent or the surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger of consolidation.
(ii)
a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Parent
occurring within a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months,
as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors;
(iii)
effectiveness of an agreement for the sale, lease or disposition by
the Parent of all or substantially all of the Parent’s
assets; or
(iv)
a liquidation or dissolution of the Parent.
(c)
"Change in Control Period" shall mean the period commencing on
the
date
sixty (60) days prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control
and
ending one hundred eighty (180) days following consummation of the
Change of Control.
(d)
"Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean Executive's
resignation for any of the following conditions, first occurring
during a Change in Control Period and occurring without Executive's
written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's Base Salary, a decrease in Executive's
Target Bonus (as a multiple of Executive's Base Salary) under the
Performance Bonus Plan, or a decrease in employee benefits, in each
case other than as part of any across-the-board reduction applying
to all senior executives of either Company which does not have
adverse effect on the Executive disproportionate to similarly
situated executives of an acquirer;
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities, as measured against Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change.
(iii)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Beverly Hills, CA;
(iv)
any material breach by either Company of any provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(v)
any failure of the Parent to obtain the assumption of this
Agreement by any of the Parent’s successors or assigns by
purchase, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or
otherwise.
(vi)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(e)
"Non Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean the
Executive's resignation within six months of any of the following
conditions first occurring outside of a Change in Control Period
and occurring without Executive's written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's total cash compensation opportunity
(adding Base Salary and Target Bonus) of greater than ten percent
(10%);
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties, as measured against Executive's title,
authority, responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change;
(iii)
any material breach by either Company of a provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(iv)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Beverly Hills, CA;
(v)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Non Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(f)
"Incumbent Directors" shall mean members of the Board who either
(a) are members of the Board as of the date hereof, or (b) are
elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors
at the time of such election or nomination (but shall not include
an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an
actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of
members of the Board).
(g)
"Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
during a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall be
the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies; or
(h)
"Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
outside a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination by as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall
be the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies.
6.
Dispute Resolution
: In the
event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this
Agreement (including, but not limited to, any claims of breach of
contract, wrongful termination or age, sex, race or other
discrimination), Executive and the Companies agree that all such
disputes shall be fully addressed and finally resolved by binding
arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association in
New York City, in the State of New York in accordance with its
National Employment Dispute Resolution rules. In connection with
any such arbitration, the Parent shall bear all costs not otherwise
borne by a plaintiff in a court proceeding. Each Company agrees
that any decisions of the Arbitration Panel will be binding and
enforceable in any state that either Company conducts the operation
of its business.
7.
Attorneys' Fees
: The
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party
its attorneys' fees and costs incurred in any action brought to
enforce any right arising out of this Agreement.
8.
Restrictive
Covenants
:
(a)
Nondisclosure
. During the
term of this Agreement and following termination of the Executive's
employment with the Companies, Executive shall not divulge,
communicate, use to the detriment of the Companies or for the
benefit of any other person or persons, or misuse in any way, any
Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) pertaining to the
business of the Companies. Any Confidential Information or data now
or hereafter acquired by the Executive with respect to the business
of the Companies (which shall include, but not be limited to,
confidential information concerning each Company's financial
condition, prospects, technology, customers, suppliers, methods of
doing business and promotion of each Company's products and
services) shall be deemed a valuable, special and unique asset of
each Company that is received by the Executive in confidence and as
a fiduciary. For purposes of this Agreement "Confidential
Information" means information disclosed to the Executive or known
by the Executive as a consequence of or through his employment by
each Company (including information conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by the Executive) prior to or after the
date hereof and not generally known or in the public domain, about
each Company or its business. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothingnone of the
following information shall be treated as
Confidential
Information: (i)
information which is known to the public at the time of disclosure
to Executive,
(ii) information
which becomes known to the public by publication or otherwise after
disclosure to Executive, (iii) information which Executive can show
by written records was in his possession at the time of disclosure
to Executive, (iv) information which was rightfully received by
Executive from a third party without violating any non-disclosure
obligation owed to or in favor of the Companies, or (v) information
which was developed by or on behalf of Executive independently of
any disclosure hereunder as shown by written records.
Nothing
herein shall be deemed to restrict
the Executive from disclosing Confidential Information to the
extent required by law or by any court.
(b)
Non-Competition
. The
Executive shall not, while employed by either Company and for a
period of one year following the date of termination for Cause, or
resignation other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d) or
5(e), engage or participate, directly or indirectly (whether as an
officer, director, employee, partner, consultant, or otherwise), in
any business that manufactures, markets or sells products that
directly compete with any product of either Company that is
significant to such Company's business based on sales and/or
profitability of any such product as of the date of termination of
Executive's employment with such Company. Nothing herein shall
prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of less than 5% stock
of any entity directly engaged in a competing
business.
(c)
Property Rights; Assignment of
Inventions
. With respect to information, inventions and
discoveries or any interest in any copyright and/or other property
right developed, made or conceived of by Executive, either alone or
with others, during his employment by each Company arising out of
such employment and pertinent to any field of business or research
in which, during such employment, each Company is engaged or (if
such is known to or ascertainable by Executive) is considering
engaging, Executive hereby agrees:
(i)
that all such information, inventions and discoveries or any
interest in any copyright and/or other property right, whether or
not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the exclusive
property of the Companies;
(ii)
to disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Parent
all such information, inventions and discoveries or any copyright
and/or other property right and all information in Executive's
possession as to possible applications and uses
thereof;
(iii)
not to file any patent application relating to any such invention
or discovery except with the prior written consent of an authorized
officer of the Parent (other than Executive);
(iv)
that Executive hereby waives and releases any and all rights
Executive may have in and to such information, inventions and
discoveries, and hereby assigns to Executive and/or its nominees
all of Executive's right, title and interest in them, and all
Executive's right, title and interest in any patent, patent
application, copyright or other property right based thereon.
Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Parent and
each of its duly authorized officers and agents as his agent and
attorney-in-fact to act for his and on his behalf and in his stead
to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully
permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance and enforcement
of any such patent, patent application, copyright or other property
right with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered
by Executive; and
(v)
at the request of the Parent, and without expense to Executive, to
execute such documents and perform such other acts as the Parent
deems necessary or appropriate, for the Companies to obtain patents
on such inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by
the Parent, and to assign to the Companies or their respective
designees such inventions and any and all patent applications and
patents relating thereto.
9.
General
:
(a)
Successors and Assigns
: The
provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Companies, Executive and each and all of their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The duties, responsibilities and obligations of Executive under
this Agreement shall be personal and not assignable or delegable by
Executive in any manner whatsoever to any person, corporation,
partnership, firm, company, joint venture or other entity.
Executive may not assign, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge or in
any other manner encumber the compensation or other benefits to be
received by his or any rights which he may have pursuant to the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b)
Amendments; Waivers
: No
provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged
unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by Executive and by an authorized officer of the
Parent (other than Executive). No waiver by either party of any
breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of
this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of
any other condition or provision or of the same condition or
provision at another time.
(c)
Notices
: Any notices to be
given pursuant to this Agreement by either party may be effected by
personal delivery or by overnight delivery with receipt requested.
Mailed notices shall be addressed to the parties at the addresses
stated below, but each party may change its or his/her address by
written notice to the other in accordance with this subsection (c).
Mailed notices to Executive shall be addressed as
follows:
Anthony
Cataldo
100
South Ashley Street, Suite 100
Tampa,
FL 33302
E-mail:
cataldo14@aol.com
Mailed
notices to the Companies shall be addressed as
follows:
Georgetown
Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attention: Steven
Weldon, CFO
100 South Ashley
Street, Suite 100
Tampa,
FL 33302
(d)
Entire Agreement
: This
Agreement constitutes the entire employment agreement among
Executive and the Companies regarding the terms and conditions of
his employment, with the exception of (a) the agreement described
in Section 7 and (b) any stock option, restricted stock or other
Company stock-based award agreements among Executive and the
Companies to the extent not modified by this Agreement. This
Agreement (including the other documents referenced in the previous
sentence) supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or
agreements among Executive and the Companies, whether written or
oral, concerning Executive's employment by the
Companies.
(e)
Withholding Taxes
: All
payments made under this Agreement shall be subject to reduction to
reflect taxes required to be withheld by law.
(f)
Counterparts
: This Agreement
may be executed by the Companies and Executive in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and which together shall
constitute one instrument.
(g)
Headings
: Each and all of
the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not in any manner whatsoever affect the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement or be deemed a part of this
Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.
(h)
Savings Provision
: To the
extent that any provision of this Agreement or any paragraph, term,
provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Agreement shall
be found to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such
paragraph, term, provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word shall
be modified or deleted in such a manner as to make this Agreement,
as so modified, legal and enforceable under applicable laws. The
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect.
(i)
Construction
: The language
of this Agreement and of each and every paragraph, term and
provision of this Agreement shall, in all cases, for any and all
purposes, and in any and all circumstances whatsoever be construed
as a whole, according to its fair meaning, not strictly for or
against Executive or the Companies, and with no regard whatsoever
to the identity or status of any person or persons who drafted all
or any portion of this Agreement.
(j)
Further Assurances
: From
time to time, at the Companies' request and without further
consideration, Executive shall execute and deliver such additional
documents and take all such further action as reasonably requested
by the Companies to be necessary or desirable to make effective, in
the most expeditious manner possible, the terms of this Agreement
and to provide adequate assurance of Executive's due performance
hereunder.
(k)
Governing Law
: Executive and
the Companies agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(l)
Board Approval
: Each Company
warrants to Executive that the Board of Directors of such Company
has ratified and approved this Agreement, and that the Parent will
cause the appropriate disclosure filing to be made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year written below.
EXECUTIVE:
Date:
September 1, 2017
______________________________
Anthony
Cataldo
GT
BIOPHARMA, INC.
Date:
September 1, 2017
_______________________________
Steven Weldon, CFO
GEORGETOWN
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date:
September 1, 2017
_______________________________
Steven Weldon, CFO
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This
Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into by and among GT Biopharma, Inc. (the "Parent"),
Georgetown Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
“Subsidiary” and together with the Parent, the
“Companies” and each, a “Company”) and
Steven Weldon ("Executive") as of September 1, 2017 (the "Effective
Date").
WHEREAS
, each Company is desirous of employing Executive,
and Executive wishes to be employed by each Company in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND PROMISES
AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Position and Duties
:
Executive shall be employed by the Company as it’s Chief
Financial Officer ("CFO") reporting to the Company's Board of
Directors. CFO agrees to devote the necessary business time, energy
and skill to his duties at each Company, and will be permitted
engage in outside consulting and/or employment provided said
services do not materially interfere with Executive’s
obligations to each Company under the terms of this Agreement.
Executive agrees to advise the Board of Directors of the Parent of
any outside services, and such Board’s approval of
Executive’s participation in any such outside services shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If such Board does not
affirmatively approve of any such outside engagements within thirty
(30) days after Executive informs the Board, the Board’s
approval shall be deemed to have been given. These duties of
Executive under this Agreement shall include all those duties
customarily performed by a CFO as well as providing advice and
consultation on general corporate matters and other projects as may
be assigned by the Company’s Board of Directors on an as
needed basis. During the term of Executive's employment, Executive
shall be permitted to serve on boards of directors of for-profit or
not-for-profit entities provided such service does not adversely
affect the performance of Executive's duties to the Company under
this Agreement, and are not in conflict with the interests of the
Company.
2.
Term of Employment
: This
Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of three years from
the Effective Date, and thereafter will automatically renew for
successive one year periods unless either party provides ninety
days' prior written notice of termination. In the event either
Company elects to terminate the Agreement, such termination shall
be considered to be an Involuntary Termination, and Executive shall
be provided benefits as provided in this Agreement. Upon the
termination of Executive's employment for any reason, neither
Executive nor the Companies shall have any further obligation or
liability under this Agreement to the other, except as set forth
below.
3.
Compensation
: Executive
shall be compensated by the Parent for his services to the
Companies as follows:
(a)
Base Salary
: Executive shall
be paid a monthly Base Salary of $400,000.00 per year. The monthly
cash payment will be subject to applicable withholding, in
accordance with the Parent’s normal payroll procedures.
Executive's salary shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis
and may be adjusted as appropriate, but in no event shall it be
reduced to an amount below Executive’s salary then in effect.
In the event of such an adjustment, that amount shall become
Executive's Base Salary. Furthermore, during the term of this
Agreement, in no event shall Executive's compensation be less than
any other officer or employee of either Company or any
subsidiary.
(b)
Benefits
: Executive shall
have the right, on the same basis as other senior executives of
either Company, to participate in and to receive benefits under any
of either Company's employee benefit plans, medical insurance, as
such plans may be modified from time to time, and provided that in
no event shall Executive receive less than (4) four weeks paid
vacation per annum, (6) six paid sick days per annum, and (5) five
paid personal days per annum.
(c)
Performance Bonus
: Executive
shall have the opportunity to earn a performance bonus in
accordance with the Parent's Performance Bonus Plan if in effect
(“Target Bonus”); if the Parent does not have a Bonus
Plan in effect at any given time during the term of this Agreement,
then the Parent’s Compensation Committee or Board of
Directors shall have discretion as to determining bonus
compensation for Executive.
(d)
General Grant
: Executive (or
an entity controlled by Executive) shall be granted 2,564,830
shares of common stock in the Company (the “Stock
Grant”), valued at the trading price as of the Effective
Date, as consideration for entering into this Agreement and
remaining an executive for the entire Term. Such stock shall vest
and be delivered to Executive within thirty (30) days following the
Effective Date.
(e)
Expenses
: Parent shall
reimburse Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment
and meal expenses incurred in connection the performance of
services within this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to fly
Business Class on any flight longer than four (4) hours and receive
full reimbursement for such flight from the Parent.
(f)
Travel
: Executive shall
travel as necessary from time to time to satisfy his performance
and responsibilities under this Agreement.
4.
Effect of Termination of
Employment
:
(a)
Voluntary Termination
: In
the event of Executive's voluntary termination from employment with
the Companies, other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d)
or 5(e), Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits
from the Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through
the date of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of his termination. In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of his death or disability,
Executive shall be entitled to a pro-rata share of the
performance-based bonus for which Executive is then-eligible
pursuant to Section 3(c) (presuming performance meeting, but not
exceeding, target performance goals) in addition to all
compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date
of termination.
(b)
Termination for Cause
: If
Executive's employment is terminated by the Companies for Cause,
Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits from the
Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through the date
of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of his termination. In the event that the Companies
terminate Executive's employment for Cause, the Companies shall
provide written notice to Executive of that fact prior to, or
concurrently with, the termination of employment. Failure to
provide written notice that the Companies contend that the
termination is for Cause shall constitute a waiver of any
contention that the termination was for Cause, and the termination
shall be irrebuttably presumed to be an Involuntary
Termination.
(c)
Involuntary Termination During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive's employment with the
Companies terminates as a result of a Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life, disability insurance
coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies
for a period expiring upon the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive at the time of Involuntary
Termination, the amount payable to Executive under subsections (i)
through (iii), above, shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum
within thirty (30) days following Executive's termination of
employment. The amounts payable under subsection (iv) shall be paid
monthly during the reimbursement period.
(d)
Termination Without Cause in the
Absence of Change in Control
: In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of a Non Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then Executive shall receive the following
benefits:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive to the end of the term of this Agreement or one-half of
Executive’s Base Salary then in effect, whichever is the
greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
Executive's termination of employment. The amounts payable under
subsection (iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(e)
Resignation with Good Reason During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Change in Control
Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(f)
Resignation with Good Reason in the
Absence of Change in Control
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Non Change in
Control Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(g)
Resignation from Positions
:
In the event that Executive's employment with the Companies is
terminated for any reason, on the effective date of the termination
Executive shall simultaneously resign from each position he holds
on the Board and/or the Board of Directors of any of the
Companies’ affiliated entities and any position Executive
holds as an officer of the Companies or any of the Companies’
affiliated entities.
5.
Certain Definitions
: For the
purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
(a)
"Cause" shall mean any of the following occurring on or after the
date of this Agreement :
(i)
Executive's theft, dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty for
personal profit, or falsification of any employment or Company
record;
(ii)
Executive's willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation
(other than traffic violations, misdemeanors or similar offenses)
or final cease-and-desist order, in each case that involves moral
turpitude;
(iii)
any material breach by Executive of either Company's Code of
Professional Conduct, which breach shall be deemed "material" if it
results from an intentional act by Executive and has a material
detrimental effect on either Company's reputation or business;
or
(iv)
any material breach by Executive of this Agreement, which breach,
if curable, is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice of such breach from the applicable Company.
(b)
"Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(i)
the Parent is party to a merger or consolidation which results in
the holders of the voting securities of the Parent outstanding
immediately prior thereto failing to retain immediately after such
merger or consolidation direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of
the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the Parent or the surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger of consolidation.
(ii)
a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Parent
occurring within a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months,
as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors;
(iii)
effectiveness of an agreement for the sale, lease or disposition by
the Parent of all or substantially all of the Parent’s
assets; or
(iv)
a liquidation or dissolution of the Parent.
(c)
"Change in Control Period" shall mean the period commencing on
the
date
sixty (60) days prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control
and
ending one hundred eighty (180) days following consummation of the
Change of Control.
(d)
"Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean Executive's
resignation for any of the following conditions, first occurring
during a Change in Control Period and occurring without Executive's
written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's Base Salary, a decrease in Executive's
Target Bonus (as a multiple of Executive's Base Salary) under the
Performance Bonus Plan, or a decrease in employee benefits, in each
case other than as part of any across-the-board reduction applying
to all senior executives of either Company which does not have
adverse effect on the Executive disproportionate to similarly
situated executives of an acquirer;
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities, as measured against Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change.
(iii)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Tampa, FL;
(iv)
any material breach by either Company of any provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(v)
any failure of the Parent to obtain the assumption of this
Agreement by any of the Parent’s successors or assigns by
purchase, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or
otherwise.
(vi)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(e)
"Non Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean the
Executive's resignation within six months of any of the following
conditions first occurring outside of a Change in Control Period
and occurring without Executive's written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's total cash compensation opportunity
(adding Base Salary and Target Bonus) of greater than ten percent
(10%);
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties, as measured against Executive's title,
authority, responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change;
(iii)
any material breach by either Company of a provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(iv)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Tampa, FL;
(v)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Non Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(f)
"Incumbent Directors" shall mean members of the Board who either
(a) are members of the Board as of the date hereof, or (b) are
elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors
at the time of such election or nomination (but shall not include
an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an
actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of
members of the Board).
(g)
"Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
during a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall be
the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies; or
(h)
"Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
outside a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination by as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall
be the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies.
6.
Dispute Resolution
: In the
event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this
Agreement (including, but not limited to, any claims of breach of
contract, wrongful termination or age, sex, race or other
discrimination), Executive and the Companies agree that all such
disputes shall be fully addressed and finally resolved by binding
arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association in
New York City, in the State of New York in accordance with its
National Employment Dispute Resolution rules. In connection with
any such arbitration, the Parent shall bear all costs not otherwise
borne by a plaintiff in a court proceeding. Each Company agrees
that any decisions of the Arbitration Panel will be binding and
enforceable in any state that either Company conducts the operation
of its business.
7.
Attorneys' Fees
: The
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party
its attorneys' fees and costs incurred in any action brought to
enforce any right arising out of this Agreement.
8.
Restrictive
Covenants
:
(a)
Nondisclosure
. During the
term of this Agreement and following termination of the Executive's
employment with the Companies, Executive shall not divulge,
communicate, use to the detriment of the Companies or for the
benefit of any other person or persons, or misuse in any way, any
Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) pertaining to the
business of the Companies. Any Confidential Information or data now
or hereafter acquired by the Executive with respect to the business
of the Companies (which shall include, but not be limited to,
confidential information concerning each Company's financial
condition, prospects, technology, customers, suppliers, methods of
doing business and promotion of each Company's products and
services) shall be deemed a valuable, special and unique asset of
each Company that is received by the Executive in confidence and as
a fiduciary. For purposes of this Agreement "Confidential
Information" means information disclosed to the Executive or known
by the Executive as a consequence of or through his employment by
each Company (including information conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by the Executive) prior to or after the
date hereof and not generally known or in the public domain, about
each Company or its business. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothingnone of the
following information shall be treated as Confidential Information:
(i) information which is known to the public at the time of
disclosure to Executive, (ii) information which becomes known to
the public by publication or otherwise after disclosure to
Executive, (iii) information which Executive can show by written
records was in his possession at the time of disclosure to
Executive, (iv) information which was rightfully received by
Executive from a third party without violating any non-disclosure
obligation owed to or in favor of the Companies, or (v) information
which was developed by or on behalf of Executive independently of
any disclosure hereunder as shown by written records.
Nothing
herein
shall be deemed to restrict the Executive from disclosing
Confidential Information to the extent required by law or by any
court.
(b)
Non-Competition
. The
Executive shall not, while employed by either Company and for a
period of one year following the date of termination for Cause, or
resignation other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d) or
5(e), engage or participate, directly or indirectly (whether as an
officer, director, employee, partner, consultant, or otherwise), in
any business that manufactures, markets or sells products that
directly compete with any product of either Company that is
significant to such Company's business based on sales and/or
profitability of any such product as of the date of termination of
Executive's employment with such Company. Nothing herein shall
prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of less than 5% stock
of any entity directly engaged in a competing
business.
(c)
Property Rights; Assignment of
Inventions
. With respect to information, inventions and
discoveries or any interest in any copyright and/or other property
right developed, made or conceived of by Executive, either alone or
with others, during his employment by each Company arising out of
such employment and pertinent to any field of business or research
in which, during such employment, each Company is engaged or (if
such is known to or ascertainable by Executive) is considering
engaging, Executive hereby agrees:
(i)
that all such information, inventions and discoveries or any
interest in any copyright and/or other property right, whether or
not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the exclusive
property of the Companies;
(ii)
to disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Parent
all such information, inventions and discoveries or any copyright
and/or other property right and all information in Executive's
possession as to possible applications and uses
thereof;
(iii)
not to file any patent application relating to any such invention
or discovery except with the prior written consent of an authorized
officer of the Parent (other than Executive);
(iv)
that Executive hereby waives and releases any and all rights
Executive may have in and to such information, inventions and
discoveries, and hereby assigns to Executive and/or its nominees
all of Executive's right, title and interest in them, and all
Executive's right, title and interest in any patent, patent
application, copyright or other property right based thereon.
Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Parent and
each of its duly authorized officers and agents as his agent and
attorney-in-fact to act for his and on his behalf and in his stead
to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully
permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance and enforcement
of any such patent, patent application, copyright or other property
right with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered
by Executive; and
(v)
at the request of the Parent, and without expense to Executive, to
execute such documents and perform such other acts as the Parent
deems necessary or appropriate, for the Companies to obtain patents
on such inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by
the Parent, and to assign to the Companies or their respective
designees such inventions and any and all patent applications and
patents relating thereto.
9.
General
:
(a)
Successors and Assigns
: The
provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Companies, Executive and each and all of their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The duties, responsibilities and obligations of Executive under
this Agreement shall be personal and not assignable or delegable by
Executive in any manner whatsoever to any person, corporation,
partnership, firm, company, joint venture or other entity.
Executive may not assign, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge or in
any other manner encumber the compensation or other benefits to be
received by his or any rights which he may have pursuant to the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b)
Amendments; Waivers
: No
provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged
unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by Executive and by an authorized officer of the
Parent (other than Executive). No waiver by either party of any
breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of
this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of
any other condition or provision or of the same condition or
provision at another time.
(c)
Notices
: Any notices to be
given pursuant to this Agreement by either party may be effected by
personal delivery or by overnight delivery with receipt requested.
Mailed notices shall be addressed to the parties at the addresses
stated below, but each party may change its or his/her address by
written notice to the other in accordance with this subsection (c).
Mailed notices to Executive shall be addressed as
follows:
Steven
Weldon
100
South Ashley Street, Suite 100
Tampa,
FL 33302
Steven.weldon@oxis.com
E-mail:
Raymond_urbanski@yahoo.com
Mailed
notices to the Companies shall be addressed as
follows:
Georgetown
Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attention: Anthony
J. Cataldo, Executive Chairman
100 South Ashley
Street, Suite 100
Tampa,
FL 33302
(d)
Entire Agreement
: This
Agreement constitutes the entire employment agreement among
Executive and the Companies regarding the terms and conditions of
his employment, with the exception of (a) the agreement described
in Section 7 and (b) any stock option, restricted stock or other
Company stock-based award agreements among Executive and the
Companies to the extent not modified by this Agreement. This
Agreement (including the other documents referenced in the previous
sentence) supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or
agreements among Executive and the Companies, whether written or
oral, concerning Executive's employment by the
Companies.
(e)
Withholding Taxes
: All
payments made under this Agreement shall be subject to reduction to
reflect taxes required to be withheld by law.
(f)
Counterparts
: This Agreement
may be executed by the Companies and Executive in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and which together shall
constitute one instrument.
(g)
Headings
: Each and all of
the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not in any manner whatsoever affect the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement or be deemed a part of this
Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.
(h)
Savings Provision
: To the
extent that any provision of this Agreement or any paragraph, term,
provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Agreement shall
be found to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such
paragraph, term, provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word shall
be modified or deleted in such a manner as to make this Agreement,
as so modified, legal and enforceable under applicable laws. The
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect.
(i)
Construction
: The language
of this Agreement and of each and every paragraph, term and
provision of this Agreement shall, in all cases, for any and all
purposes, and in any and all circumstances whatsoever be construed
as a whole, according to its fair meaning, not strictly for or
against Executive or the Companies, and with no regard whatsoever
to the identity or status of any person or persons who drafted all
or any portion of this Agreement.
(j)
Further Assurances
: From
time to time, at the Companies' request and without further
consideration, Executive shall execute and deliver such additional
documents and take all such further action as reasonably requested
by the Companies to be necessary or desirable to make effective, in
the most expeditious manner possible, the terms of this Agreement
and to provide adequate assurance of Executive's due performance
hereunder.
(k)
Governing Law
: Executive and
the Companies agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(l)
Board Approval
: Each Company
warrants to Executive that the Board of Directors of such Company
has ratified and approved this Agreement, and that the Parent will
cause the appropriate disclosure filing to be made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year written below.
EXECUTIVE:
Date:
______________________________
Steven
Weldon
GT
BIOPHARMA, INC.
Date:
_______________________________
Anthony Cataldo, Executive Chairman
GEORGETOWN
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date:
_______________________________
Anthony Cataldo, Executive Chairman
Exhibit 10.4
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
This
Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into by and among GT Biopharma, Inc. (the "Parent"),
Georgetown Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
“Subsidiary” and together with the Parent, the
“Companies” and each, a “Company”) and
Raymond Urbanski ("Executive") as of ______________(the "Effective
Date").
WHEREAS
, each Company is desirous of employing Executive,
and Executive wishes to be employed by each Company in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND PROMISES
AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Position and Duties
:
Executive shall be employed by the
Company in the position of Chief Medical Officer. Executive shall
have the duties and responsibilities consistent with the position
of Chief Medical Officer and such other duties and responsibilities
assigned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Executive
shall perform faithfully and diligently such duties as are
reasonable and customary for Executive’s position, as well as
such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer shall reasonably
assign from time to time. Executive shall provide his services
hereunder from the Company’s offices in Washington, D.C., or
from his home, as the Chief Executive Officer may hereafter direct
or approve. Executive understands and agrees that Executive will
faithfully devote Executive’s best efforts and substantially
all of his time during normal business hours to advance the
interests of the Company. Executive will abide by all policies duly
adopted by the Company, as well as all applicable federal, state
and local laws, regulations or ordinances. Executive will act in a
manner that Executive reasonably believes to be in the best
interest of the Company at all times. Executive further understands
and agrees that Executive has a fiduciary duty of loyalty to the
Company to the extent provided by applicable law and that Executive
will take no action which materially harms the business, business
interests, or reputation of the Company.
2.
Term of Employment
: This
Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of three years from
the Effective Date, and thereafter will automatically renew for
successive one year periods unless either party provides ninety
days' prior written notice of termination. In the event either
Company elects to terminate the Agreement, such termination shall
be considered to be an Involuntary Termination, and Executive shall
be provided benefits as provided in this Agreement. Upon the
termination of Executive's employment for any reason, neither
Executive nor the Companies shall have any further obligation or
liability under this Agreement to the other, except as set forth
below.
3.
Compensation
: Executive
shall be compensated by the Parent for his services to the
Companies as follows:
(a)
Base Salary
: Executive shall
be paid a monthly Base Salary of $400,000.00. The monthly cash
payment will be subject to applicable withholding, in accordance
with the Parent’s normal payroll procedures. Executive's
salary shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis and may be
adjusted as appropriate, but in no event shall it be reduced to an
amount below Executive’s salary then in effect. In the event
of such an adjustment, that amount shall become Executive's Base
Salary. Furthermore, during the term of this Agreement, in no event
shall Executive's compensation be less than any other officer or
employee of either Company or any subsidiary.
(b)
Benefits
: Executive shall
have the right, on the same basis as other senior executives of
either Company, to participate in and to receive benefits under any
of either Company's employee benefit plans, medical insurance, as
such plans may be modified from time to time, and provided that in
no event shall Executive receive less than (4) four weeks paid
vacation per annum, (6) six paid sick days per annum, and (5) five
paid personal days per annum.
(c)
Performance Bonus
: Executive
shall have the opportunity to earn a performance bonus in
accordance with the Parent's Performance Bonus Plan if in effect
(“Target Bonus”); if the Parent does not have a Bonus
Plan in effect at any given time during the term of this Agreement,
then the Parent’s Compensation Committee or Board of
Directors shall have discretion as to determining bonus
compensation for Executive.
(d)
General Grant
: Executive (or
an entity controlled by Executive) shall be granted 1,538,898
shares of common stock in the Company (the “Stock
Grant”), valued at the trading price as of the Effective
Date, as consideration for entering into this Agreement and
remaining an executive for the entire Term. Such stock shall vest
and be delivered to Executive on the following schedule, at his
direction, but no earlier than the initial one-third (1/3) vesting
and deliverable within thirty (30) days following the Effective
Date; the second one-third (1/3) vesting and deliverable within
thirty (30) days following the one-year anniversary of the
Effective Date, and the final one-third (1/3) vesting and
deliverable within thirty (30) days following the two-year
anniversary of the Effective Date.
(e)
Expenses
: Parent shall
reimburse Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, entertainment
and meal expenses incurred in connection the performance of
services within this Agreement. Executive shall be entitled to fly
Business Class on any flight longer than four (4) hours and receive
full reimbursement for such flight from the Parent.
(f)
Travel
: Executive shall
travel as necessary from time to time to satisfy his performance
and responsibilities under this Agreement.
4.
Effect of Termination of
Employment
:
(a)
Voluntary Termination
: In
the event of Executive's voluntary termination from employment with
the Companies, other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d)
or 5(e), Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits
from the Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through
the date of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of hir termination. In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of his death or disability,
Executive shall be entitled to a pro-rata share of the
performance-based bonus for which Executive is then-eligible
pursuant to Section 3(c) (presuming performance meeting, but not
exceeding, target performance goals) in addition to all
compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the date
of termination.
(b)
Termination for Cause
: If
Executive's employment is terminated by the Companies for Cause,
Executive shall be entitled to no compensation or benefits from the
Companies other than those earned under Section 3 through the date
of his termination and, in the case of each stock option,
restricted stock award or other Company stock-based award granted
to Executive, the extent to which such awards are vested through
the date of his termination. In the event that the Companies
terminate Executive's employment for Cause, the Companies shall
provide written notice to Executive of that fact prior to, or
concurrently with, the termination of employment. Failure to
provide written notice that the Companies contend that the
termination is for Cause shall constitute a waiver of any
contention that the termination was for Cause, and the termination
shall be irrebuttably presumed to be an Involuntary
Termination.
(c)
Involuntary Termination During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive's employment with the
Companies terminates as a result of a Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life, disability insurance
coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the Companies
for a period expiring upon the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive at the time of Involuntary
Termination, the amount payable to Executive under subsections (i)
through (iii), above, shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum
within thirty (30) days following Executive's termination of
employment. The amounts payable under subsection (iv) shall be paid
monthly during the reimbursement period.
(d)
Termination Without Cause in the
Absence of Change in Control
: In the event that Executive's
employment terminates as a result of a Non Change in Control Period
Involuntary Termination, then Executive shall receive the following
benefits:
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive to the end of the term of this Agreement or one-half of
Executive’s Base Salary then in effect, whichever is the
greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
Executive's termination of employment. The amounts payable under
subsection (iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(e)
Resignation with Good Reason During
Change in Control Period
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Change in Control
Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(f)
Resignation with Good Reason in the
Absence of Change in Control
: If Executive resigns his
employment with the Companies as a result of a Non Change in
Control Period Good Reason, then, in addition to any other benefits
described in this Agreement, Executive shall receive the
following.
(i)
all compensation and benefits earned under Section 3 through the
date of the Executive's termination of employment;
(ii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the greater of (a) the bonus paid
or payable to Executive for the year immediately prior to the year
in which the Change in Control occurred and (b) the Target Bonus
under the Performance Bonus Plan in effect immediately prior to the
year in which the Change in Control occurs;
(iii)
a lump sum payment equivalent to the remaining Base Salary (as it
was in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) due
Executive from the date of Involuntary Termination to the end of
the term of this Agreement or one-half of Executive’s Base
Salary then in effect, whichever is the greater; and
(iv)
reimbursement for the cost of medical, life and disability
insurance coverage at a level equivalent to that provided by the
Companies for a period of the earlier of: (a) one year; or (b) the
time Executive begins alternative employment wherein said insurance
coverage is available and offered to Executive. It shall be the
obligation of Executive to inform the Parent that new employment
has been obtained.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by Executive, the amount payable to Executive
under subsections (i) through (iii) above shall be paid to
Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following
the
Executive's
termination of employment. The amounts payable under subsection
(iv) shall be paid monthly during the reimbursement
period.
(g)
Resignation from Positions
:
In the event that Executive's employment with the Companies is
terminated for any reason, on the effective date of the termination
Executive shall simultaneously resign from each position he holds
on any of the Companies’ affiliated entities and any position
Executive holds as an officer of the Companies or any of the
Companies’ affiliated entities.
5.
Certain Definitions
: For the
purpose of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
(a)
"Cause" shall mean any of the following occurring on or after the
date of this Agreement:
(i)
Executive's theft, dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty for
personal profit, or falsification of any employment or Company
record;
(ii)
Executive's willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation
(other than traffic violations, misdemeanors or similar offenses)
or final cease-and-desist order, in each case that involves moral
turpitude;
(iii)
any material breach by Executive of either Company's Code of
Professional Conduct, which breach shall be deemed "material" if it
results from an intentional act by Executive and has a material
detrimental effect on either Company's reputation or business;
or
(iv)
any material breach by Executive of this Agreement, which breach,
if curable, is not cured within thirty (30) days following written
notice of such breach from the applicable Company.
(b)
"Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(i)
the Parent is party to a merger or consolidation which results in
the holders of the voting securities of the Parent outstanding
immediately prior thereto failing to retain immediately after such
merger or consolidation direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of
the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the Parent or the surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger of consolidation.
(ii)
a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Parent
occurring within a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months,
as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors;
(iii)
effectiveness of an agreement for the sale, lease or disposition by
the Parent of all or substantially all of the Parent’s
assets; or
(iv)
a liquidation or dissolution of the Parent.
(c)
"Change in Control Period" shall mean the period commencing on
the
date
sixty (60) days prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control
and
ending one hundred eighty (180) days following consummation of the
Change of Control.
(d)
"Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean Executive's
resignation for any of the following conditions, first occurring
during a Change in Control Period and occurring without Executive's
written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's Base Salary, a decrease in Executive's
Target Bonus (as a multiple of Executive's Base Salary) under the
Performance Bonus Plan, or a decrease in employee benefits, in each
case other than as part of any across-the-board reduction applying
to all senior executives of either Company which does not have
adverse effect on the Executive disproportionate to similarly
situated executives of an acquirer;
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities, as measured against Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change.
(iii)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Los Angeles County, CA.;
(iv)
any material breach by either Company of any provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(v)
any failure of the Parent to obtain the assumption of this
Agreement by any of the Parent’s successors or assigns by
purchase, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or
otherwise.
(vi)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(e)
"Non Change in Control Period Good Reason" shall mean the
Executive's resignation within six months of any of the following
conditions first occurring outside of a Change in Control Period
and occurring without Executive's written consent:
(i)
a decrease in Executive's total cash compensation opportunity
(adding Base Salary and Target Bonus) of greater than ten percent
(10%);
(ii)
a material, adverse change in Executive's title, authority,
responsibilities or duties, as measured against Executive's title,
authority, responsibilities or duties immediately prior to such
change;
(iii)
any material breach by either Company of a provision of this
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days
following written notice of such breach from
Executive;
(iv)
a change in the Executive's ability to maintain his principal
workplace in Los Angeles County, CA.;
(v)
any purported termination of Executive's employment for "material
breach of contract" which is purportedly effected without providing
the "cure" period, if applicable, described in Section 5(iv),
above.
The
effective date of any resignation from employment by the Executive
for Non Change in Control Period Good Reason shall be the date of
notification to the Parent of such resignation from employment by
the Executive.
(f)
"Incumbent Directors" shall mean members of the Board who either
(a) are members of the Board as of the date hereof, or (b) are
elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors
at the time of such election or nomination (but shall not include
an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an
actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of
members of the Board).
(g)
"Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
during a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall be
the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies; or
(h)
"Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination" shall mean
outside a Change in Control Period the termination by the Companies
of Executive's employment with the Companies for any reason,
including termination by as a result of death or disability of
Executive, but excluding termination for Cause. The effective date
of any Non Change in Control Period Involuntary Termination shall
be the date of notification to the Executive of the termination of
employment by the Companies.
6.
Dispute Resolution
: In the
event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of this
Agreement (including, but not limited to, any claims of breach of
contract, wrongful termination or age, sex, race or other
discrimination), Executive and the Companies agree that all such
disputes shall be fully addressed and finally resolved by binding
arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association in
New York City, in the State of New York in accordance with its
National Employment Dispute Resolution rules. In connection with
any such arbitration, the Parent shall bear all costs not otherwise
borne by a plaintiff in a court proceeding. Each Company agrees
that any decisions of the Arbitration Panel will be binding and
enforceable in any state that either Company conducts the operation
of its business.
7.
Attorneys' Fees
: The
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party
its attorneys' fees and costs incurred in any action brought to
enforce any right arising out of this Agreement.
8.
Restrictive
Covenants
:
(a)
Nondisclosure
. During the
term of this Agreement and following termination of the Executive's
employment with the Companies, Executive shall not divulge,
communicate, use to the detriment of the Companies or for the
benefit of any other person or persons, or misuse in any way, any
Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) pertaining to the
business of the Companies. Any Confidential Information or data now
or hereafter acquired by the Executive with respect to the business
of the Companies (which shall include, but not be limited to,
confidential information concerning each Company's financial
condition, prospects, technology, customers, suppliers, methods of
doing business and promotion of each Company's products and
services) shall be deemed a valuable, special and unique asset of
each Company that is received by the Executive in confidence and as
a fiduciary. For purposes of this Agreement "Confidential
Information" means information disclosed to the Executive or known
by the Executive as a consequence of or through his employment by
each Company (including information conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by the Executive) prior to or after the
date hereof and not generally known or in the public domain, about
each Company or its business. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothingnone of the
following information shall be treated as
Confidential
Information:
(i) information which is known to the public at the time of
disclosure to Executive,
(ii)
information which becomes known to the public by publication or
otherwise after disclosure to Executive, (iii) information which
Executive can show by written records was in his possession at the
time of disclosure to Executive, (iv) information which was
rightfully received by Executive from a third party without
violating any non-disclosure obligation owed to or in favor of the
Companies, or (v) information which was developed by or on behalf
of Executive independently of any disclosure hereunder as shown by
written records. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to restrict
the Executive from disclosing Confidential Information to the
extent required by law or by any court.
(b)
Non-Competition
. The
Executive shall not, while employed by either Company and for a
period of one year following the date of termination for Cause, or
resignation other than for Good Reason pursuant to Sections 5(d) or
5(e), engage or participate, directly or indirectly (whether as an
officer, director, employee, partner, consultant, or otherwise), in
any business that manufactures, markets or sells products that
directly compete with any product of either Company that is
significant to such Company's business based on sales and/or
profitability of any such product as of the date of termination of
Executive's employment with such Company. Nothing herein shall
prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of less than 5% stock
of any entity directly engaged in a competing
business.
(c)
Property Rights; Assignment of
Inventions
. With respect to information, inventions and
discoveries or any interest in any copyright and/or other property
right developed, made or conceived of by Executive, either alone or
with others, during his employment by each Company arising out of
such employment and pertinent to any field of business or research
in which, during such employment, each Company is engaged or (if
such is known to or ascertainable by Executive) is considering
engaging, Executive hereby agrees:
(i)
that all such information, inventions and discoveries or any
interest in any copyright and/or other property right, whether or
not patented or patentable, shall be and remain the exclusive
property of the Companies;
(ii)
to disclose promptly to an authorized representative of the Parent
all such information, inventions and discoveries or any copyright
and/or other property right and all information in Executive's
possession as to possible applications and uses
thereof;
(iii)
not to file any patent application relating to any such invention
or discovery except with the prior written consent of an authorized
officer of the Parent (other than Executive);
(iv)
that Executive hereby waives and releases any and all rights
Executive may have in and to such information, inventions and
discoveries, and hereby assigns to Executive and/or its nominees
all of Executive's right, title and interest in them, and all
Executive's right, title and interest in any patent, patent
application, copyright or other property right based thereon.
Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Parent and
each of its duly authorized officers and agents as his agent and
attorney-in-fact to act for his and on his behalf and in his stead
to execute and file any document and to do all other lawfully
permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance and enforcement
of any such patent, patent application, copyright or other property
right with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered
by Executive; and
(v)
at the request of the Parent, and without expense to Executive, to
execute such documents and perform such other acts as the Parent
deems necessary or appropriate, for the Companies to obtain patents
on such inventions in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions designated by
the Parent, and to assign to the Companies or their respective
designees such inventions and any and all patent applications and
patents relating thereto.
9.
General
:
(a)
Successors and Assigns
: The
provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Companies, Executive and each and all of their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The duties, responsibilities and obligations of Executive under
this Agreement shall be personal and not assignable or delegable by
Executive in any manner whatsoever to any person, corporation,
partnership, firm, company, joint venture or other entity.
Executive may not assign, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge or in
any other manner encumber the compensation or other benefits to be
received by his or any rights which he may have pursuant to the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(b)
Amendments; Waivers
: No
provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged
unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by Executive and by an authorized officer of the
Parent (other than Executive). No waiver by either party of any
breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of
this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of
any other condition or provision or of the same condition or
provision at another time.
(c)
Notices
: Any notices to be
given pursuant to this Agreement by either party may be effected by
personal delivery or by overnight delivery with receipt requested.
Mailed notices shall be addressed to the parties at the addresses
stated below, but each party may change its or his/her address by
written notice to the other in accordance with this subsection (c).
Mailed notices to Executive shall be addressed as
follows:
Raymond
Urbanski
E-mail:
Raymond_urbanski@yahoo.com
Mailed
notices to the Companies shall be addressed as
follows:
Georgetown
Translational Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attention: Anthony
J. Cataldo, Executive Chairman
100 South Ashley
Street, Suite 100
Tampa,
FL 33302
(d)
Entire Agreement
: This
Agreement constitutes the entire employment agreement among
Executive and the Companies regarding the terms and conditions of
his employment, with the exception of (a) the agreement described
in Section 7 and (b) any stock option, restricted stock or other
Company stock-based award agreements among Executive and the
Companies to the extent not modified by this Agreement. This
Agreement (including the other documents referenced in the previous
sentence) supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or
agreements among Executive and the Companies, whether written or
oral, concerning Executive's employment by the
Companies.
(e)
Withholding Taxes
: All
payments made under this Agreement shall be subject to reduction to
reflect taxes required to be withheld by law.
(f)
Counterparts
: This Agreement
may be executed by the Companies and Executive in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and which together shall
constitute one instrument.
(g)
Headings
: Each and all of
the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not in any manner whatsoever affect the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement or be deemed a part of this
Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.
(h)
Savings Provision
: To the
extent that any provision of this Agreement or any paragraph, term,
provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Agreement shall
be found to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such
paragraph, term, provision, sentence, phrase, clause or word shall
be modified or deleted in such a manner as to make this Agreement,
as so modified, legal and enforceable under applicable laws. The
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect.
(i)
Construction
: The language
of this Agreement and of each and every paragraph, term and
provision of this Agreement shall, in all cases, for any and all
purposes, and in any and all circumstances whatsoever be construed
as a whole, according to its fair meaning, not strictly for or
against Executive or the Companies, and with no regard whatsoever
to the identity or status of any person or persons who drafted all
or any portion of this Agreement.
(j)
Further Assurances
: From
time to time, at the Companies' request and without further
consideration, Executive shall execute and deliver such additional
documents and take all such further action as reasonably requested
by the Companies to be necessary or desirable to make effective, in
the most expeditious manner possible, the terms of this Agreement
and to provide adequate assurance of Executive's due performance
hereunder.
(k)
Governing Law
: Executive and
the Companies agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(l)
Board Approval
: Each Company
warrants to Executive that the Board of Directors of such Company
has ratified and approved this Agreement, and that the Parent will
cause the appropriate disclosure filing to be made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year written below.
EXECUTIVE:
Date:
______________________________
Raymond
Urbanski
GT
BIOPHARMA, INC.
Date:
_______________________________
Anthony Cataldo, Executive Chairman
GEORGETOWN
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date:
_______________________________
Anthony Cataldo, Executive Chairman
NOTE CONVERSION AGREEMENT
This Note Conversion Agreement (this
“
Agreement
”) is entered into as of August 29, 2017, by
and among GT Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“
Company
”), and the parties listed
on
Schedule
A
hereto.
WHEREAS,
the Company and Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.
(“Bristol”) are party to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement dated October 25, 2006, as amended from time to
time (the “2006 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued 0% Convertible Debentures (the “2006
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
the Company and Theorem Group LLC (“Theorem”) are party
to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 1,
2009, as amended from time to time (the “2009 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 0%
Convertible Debentures (the “2009
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
Farhad Rostamian, Leslie Canter (“Canter”), (the
foregoing individuals and entities, collectively, the “June
2011 Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 7, 2011, as amended from
time to time (the “June 2011 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued 12% Convertible Debentures
(the “June 2011 Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha Capital Anstalt (“Alpha”), Adam Cohen,
Canter (the foregoing individuals and entities, collectively, the
“November 2011 Investors”) and the Company are party to
that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 13, 2011,
as amended from time to time (the “November 2011 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 8%
Convertible Debentures (the “November
2011Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Ho’okipa Capital, Howard Knee, (the foregoing
individuals and entities, collectively, the (“March 2012
Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 1, 2012, as amended from
time to time (the “March 2012 Purchase Agreement”) and
Transaction Documents (as defined in the 2012 Purchase Agreement),
pursuant to which the Company issued 8% Convertible Debentures (the
“March 2012 Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha, Bristol (the foregoing individuals and entities,
collectively, the (“May 2012 Investors”) and the
Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated May 22, 2012, as amended from time to time (the “May
2012 Purchase Agreement”) and Transaction Documents (as
defined in the 2012 Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the
Company issued 8% Convertible Debentures (the “May 2012
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha, SV Booth Investment III (the “SV Booth”)
(the foregoing individuals and entities, collectively, the
“December 2012 Note Holders”) and the Company are party
to that certain Note Purchase Agreements dated December 3, 2012, as
amended from time to time (the “December 2012 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued Demand
Promissory Notes (the “December 2012
Notes”);
WHEREAS,
each of SV Booth, Theorem, (the foregoing individuals and entities,
collectively, the “10% Two-Year Senior Secured Convertible
Debenture Holders”) and the Company are party to that certain
Note Purchase Agreements dated between October 2013 and April 2014,
as amended from time to time (the “10% Two-Year Senior
Secured Convertible Debenture Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued Demand Promissory Notes (the “10% Two-Year
Senior Secured Convertible Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
the Company and Theorem are party to that certain Convertible
Demand Promissory Note dated December 31, 2013, as amended from
time to time (the “December 2013 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued a Convertible Demand
Promissory Note (the “December 2013
Note”);
WHEREAS,
each of Adam Kasower (“Kasower”), SV Booth, Bristol,
Munt Trust, Greg McPherson, (the foregoing individuals and
entities, collectively, the “July 2014 Investors”) and
the Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated July 24, 2014, as amended from time to time (the “July
2014 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “July 2014
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of William Heavener (“Heavener”), Gianna Simone
Baxter (“S. Baxter”), Anthony Baxter
(“Baxter”), Scott Williams (“Williams”),
Red Mango Ltd. (“Red Mango”), Kasower (the foregoing
individuals and entities, collectively, the “October 2014
Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 14, 2014, as amended
from time to time (the “October 2014 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “October 2014
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Theorem, Kasower, Heavener, S. Baxter, Baxter, Red Mango,
Bristol, Williams, (the foregoing individuals and entities,
collectively, the “March 2015 Investors”) and the
Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated March 12, 2015, as amended from time to time (the
“March 2015 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “March 2015
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, Kasower, S. Baxter, Williams, Baxter (the
foregoing individuals collectively, the “July 2015
Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 8, 2015, as amended from
time to time (the “July 2015 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures
(the “July 2015 Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, S. Baxter, Baxter, Private Resources, Ltd, (the
foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the “October
2015 Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 5, 2015, as amended
from time to time (the “October 2015 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “October 2015
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, S. Baxter, Baxter, Alpha, Bristol, Williams, (the
foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the
“December 2015 Investors”) and the Company are party to
that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 5, 2015,
as amended from time to time (the “December 2015 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “December 2015
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, S. Baxter, Baxter, Alpha, Bristol, Kasower,
Theorem, Red Mango, SV Booth, Bristol Capital LLC, East Ventures,
LLC (“East Ventures”), Randy Berinhout, Piter Korompis,
Private Resources, Ltd, Barry Wolfe, Williams, Net Capital LLC,
(the foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the
“May 2016 Investors”) and the Company are party to that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 4, 2016, as amended
from time to time (the “May 2016 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures
(the “May 2016 Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
H.C. Wainwright and Company, LLC (“Wainwright”) (the
foregoing entity known as, the “August 2016 Investor”)
and the Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated August 6, 2015, as amended from time to time (the
“August 2016 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “August
2016 Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, S. Baxter, Baxter, Alpha, Bristol, Kasower,
Bristol Capital LLC, Williams, Private Resources Ltd, Wainwright
(the foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the
“January 2017 Investors”) and the Company are party to
that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 9, 2017,
as amended from time to time (the “January 2017 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “January 2017
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha, Kasower, (the foregoing individuals and entities
collectively, the “March 2017 Investors”) and the
Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated March 16, 2017, as amended from time to time (the
“March 2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “March 2017
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha, Craig Osborne, (the foregoing individuals and
entities collectively, the “April 2017 Investors”) and
the Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated April 13, 2017, as amended from time to time (the
“April 2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “April 2017
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Kasower, Red Mango, Bristol, (the foregoing individuals and
entities collectively, the “July 2017 Investors”) and
the Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated July 19, 2017, as amended from time to time (the “July
2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “July 2017
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Heavener, S. Baxter, Alpha, Bristol, Kasower, Craig
Osborne, Williams, Randy Berinhout, Red Mango, (the foregoing
individuals and entities collectively, the “August 2017
Investors”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 16, 2017, as amended
from time to time (the “August 2017 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “August 2017
Debentures”);
WHEREAS,
each of Theorem, Bristol and the Company are party to that certain
Settlement Agreement dated August 8, 2012 (the “2012
Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued
Convertible Notes to Theorem and Bristol in order to settle certain
claims regarding certain convertible debentures held by Bristol
(pursuant to the terms and schedules of the 2012 Settlement
Agreement);
WHEREAS,
each of Bristol Capital LLC, Bristol and the Company are party to
that certain Settlement Agreement dated August 14, 2015 (the
“August 2015 Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued allonges to Alpha, Bristol Capital LLC and
Bristol, increasing the principal amounts of July 2014 Debentures
held by each entity (pursuant to the terms and schedules of the
August 2015 Settlement Agreement);
WHEREAS,
each of East Ventures, SV Booth and the Company are party to that
certain Settlement Agreement dated October 7, 2015 (the
“October 2015 Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued allonges to East Ventures and SV Booth,
increasing the principal amounts of July 2014 Debentures held by
each entity (pursuant to the terms and schedules of the October
2015 Settlement Agreement);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha, Bristol Capital LLC, Bristol, East Ventures, SV
Booth and the Company are party to that certain Second Settlement
Agreement dated November 5, 2015 (the “November 2015
Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued
allonges to Alpha, Bristol Capital LLC and Bristol, increasing the
principal amounts of July 2014 Debentures held by each entity
(pursuant to the terms and schedules of the November 2015
Settlement Agreement);
WHEREAS,
Bristol, Theorem and the Company are party to that certain
Settlement Agreements dated December 7, 2015 (the “December
2015 Settlement Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
issued allonges to Bristol and Theorem, increasing the principal
amounts of 2006 Debentures and 2009 Debentures held by each entity
(pursuant to the terms and schedules of the December 2015
Settlement Agreement);
WHEREAS,
Alpha and the Company are party to that certain Settlement
Agreement dated April 5, 2017 (the “April 2017 Settlement
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued an allonge
to Alpha, increasing the principal amounts of their March 2017
Debenture (pursuant to the terms and schedules of the April 2017
Settlement Agreement);
WHEREAS,
Bristol, Theorem, June 2011 Investors, November 2011 Investors,
March 2012 Investors, May 2012 Investors, December 2012 Note
Holders, 10% Two-Year Senior Secured Convertible Debenture Holders,
July 2014 Investors, October 2014 Investors, March 2015 Investors,
July 2015 Investors, October 2015 Investors, December 2015
Investors, May 2016 Investors, August 2016 Investors, January 2017
Investors, March 2017 Investors, April 2017 Investors, July 2017
Investors, and August 2017 Investors, Alpha, Bristol Capital LLC,
East Ventures and SV Booth are herein referred to as, each, a
“Note Holder” and, collectively, the “Note
Holders”;
WHEREAS,
the 2006 Debentures, 2009 Debentures, June 2011 Debentures,
November 2011 Debentures, March 2012 Debentures, May 2012
Debentures, December 2012 Notes, 10% Two-Year Senior Secured
Convertible Debentures, December 2013 Note, July 2014 Debentures,
October 2014 Debentures, March 2015 Debentures, July 2015
Debentures, October 2015 Debentures, December 2015 Debentures, May
2016 Debentures, August 2016 Debentures, January 2017 Debentures,
March 2017 Debentures, April 2017 Debentures, July 2017 Debentures,
and August 2017 Debentures are herein collectively referred to as
the “Notes”;
WHEREAS,
the 2006 Purchase Agreement, 2009 Purchase Agreement, June 2011
Purchase Agreement, November 2011 Purchase Agreement, March 2012
Purchase Agreement, May 2012 Purchase Agreement, 10% Two-Year
Senior Secured Convertible Debenture Agreement, December 2012
Purchase Agreement, December 2013 Purchase Agreement, July 2014
Purchase Agreement, October 2014 Purchase Agreement, March 2015
Purchase Agreement, July 2015 Purchase Agreement, October 2015
Purchase Agreement, December 2015 Purchase Agreement, May 2016
Purchase Agreement, August 2016 Purchase Agreement, January 2017
Purchase Agreement, March 2017 Purchase Agreement, April 2017
Purchase Agreement, July 2017 Purchase Agreement, August 2017
Purchase Agreement, 2012 Settlement Agreement, August 2015
Settlement Agreement, October 2015 Settlement Agreement, November
2015 Settlement Agreement, December 2015 Settlement Agreement, and
April 2017 Settlement Agreement are herein collectively referred to
as the “Prior Subscription Agreements”;
WHEREAS,
the Prior Subscription Agreements and the Notes are herein
collectively referred to as the “Prior Transaction
Documents”;
WHEREAS, each Note Holder hereby agrees to convert
and cancel all indebtedness of the Company to such Note Holder,
including any accrued and unpaid interest or penalties under the
Notes, and the Company agrees to issue to each Note Holder in
exchange for the cancellation of all indebtedness of the Company to
such Note Holder, including any accrued and unpaid interest or
penalties under the Notes, and for no additional consideration, the
number of shares of Common Stock described
in
Section
1
(collectively, the
“
Note
Conversion
Shares
”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the rights and benefits that they
will each receive in connection with this Agreement, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.
Cancellation
of Notes; Issuance of Note Conversion Shares
. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, in exchange for the cancellation of all
indebtedness of the Company to such Note Holder under the Notes
held by such Note Holder, including any accrued and unpaid interest
or penalties under such Notes and for no additional consideration,
such number of Note Conversion Shares set forth beside such Note
Holder’s name on
Schedule
B
attached hereto (the
“
Note
Conversion
”). Thereafter, the Notes
converted shall solely represent the right to receive the Note
Conversion Shares hereunder, and no amounts shall remain
outstanding under such Notes and such Notes shall otherwise be of
no further force or effect. In the event a Note Conversion will
result in a Note Holder owning more than 9.99% of the total issued
and outstanding common shares of the Company, the Note Holder will
be issued common stock in connection with the Note Conversion until
the Note Holder owns 9.99% of the issued and outstanding stock of
the Company. The balance of the Note Conversion will be completed
by the Company issuing the Note Holder shares of Series J Preferred
Stock. A copy of the Certificate of Designation with respect to
such Series J Preferred Stock is annexed hereto as
Exhibit
C
.
2.
Closing
.
(a)
Closing
. With
respect to all Notes, the Note Holders shall deliver their physical
Notes (or if such Notes are lost, mutilated or destroyed, a lost
note affidavit and indemnity agreement in substantially the form
attached hereto as
Exhibit
A
(each, an
“
Affidavit
”))
to the Company for cancellation.
(b)
Delivery of
Shares
. Within five
(5) business days from the receipt of the physical Notes (or
Affidavit, as applicable) from any Note Holder, the Company shall
deliver the applicable Note Conversion Shares to such Note Holder
pursuant to a legal opinion acceptable to the transfer agent and
the Holders to be issued by Company counsel and paid for by the
Company, electronically through the Depository Trust Company or
another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions.
3.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to each Note Holder as of the date hereof as
follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing under,
and by virtue of, the laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good
standing under such laws. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. The Company is duly qualified and authorized
to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify
would have a material adverse effect on its business, properties or
financial condition.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Company
has all requisite legal and corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to sell and issue the Note
Conversion Shares hereunder, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers,
directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Note Conversion
Shares and the performance of all of the Company’s
obligations hereunder have been taken or will be taken prior to the
applicable Closing. This Agreement has been duly
executed by the Company and constitutes valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the laws of
general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the
relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d)
Valid Issuance of
Stock
. The Note
Conversion Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in compliance
with the provisions of this Agreement, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and issued in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws. Such Note
Conversion Shares will also be free and clear of any liens or
encumbrances; provided, however, that the Note Conversion Shares
shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement and
restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities
laws. The Note Conversion Shares are not subject to any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or restrictions on
transfer.
(e)
Offering
. Subject
in part to the accuracy of the Note Holder’s representations
in
Sections
4
and
5
(if
applicable) hereof, the offer, sale and issuance of the Note
Conversion Shares in conformity with the terms of this Agreement
constitute transactions exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities
Act
”) and from all
applicable state securities laws.
(f)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Shares, or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby, except (i) such filings as have
been made prior to the date hereof and (ii) such additional
post-closing filings as may be required to comply with applicable
federal and state securities laws (including but not limited to any
Form D or Form 8-K filings), and with applicable general
corporation laws of the various states, each of which will be filed
with the proper authority by the Company in a timely
manner.
4.
Representations
and Warranties of all Note Holders
. Each Note Holder, for itself and for
no other person, hereby represents and warrants as of the date
hereof to the Company as follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The Note
Holder is either an individual or an entity duly organized, validly
existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or formation, and is in good standing under such
laws.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Note
Holder has all right, corporate, partnership, limited liability
company or similar power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to effect the Note Conversion hereunder, and to carry
out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar
action, as applicable on the part of such Note Holder, necessary
for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Note Conversion and the performance of all of such
Note Holder’s obligations hereunder have been taken or will
be taken prior to the applicable Closing. This Agreement
has been duly executed by the Note Holder and constitutes valid and
legally binding obligations of such Note Holder, enforceable
against such Note Holder in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to the laws of general application relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies.
(d)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Note Conversion Shares, or the consummation
of any transaction contemplated hereby, except such filings as have
been made prior to the date hereof.
(e)
Own
Account
. Such Note
Holder understands that the Note Conversion Shares are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law in
reliance upon exemptions from regulation for non-public offerings
and is acquiring the Note Conversion Shares as principal for its
own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Note Conversion Shares or any part thereof in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no
present intention of distributing any such Note Conversion Shares
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or
understandings with any other persons to distribute
or regarding the distribution of such Note Conversion
Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law. Such Note Holder agrees that the Note
Conversion Shares or any interest therein will not be sold or
otherwise disposed of by such Note Holder unless the shares are
subsequently registered under the Securities Act and under
appropriate state securities laws or unless the Company receives an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to it (including the opinion
delivered by the Company at Closing) that an exception from
registration is available.
(f)
Note Holder
Status
. The Note
Holder is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under
the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act. Such Note Holder is not required to be registered
as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange
Act
”).
(g)
Experience of Note
Holder
. Such Note
Holder, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial
matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Note Conversion Shares, and has
so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment.
(h)
Ability to Bear
Risk
. Such Note
Holder understands and acknowledges that investment in the Company
is highly speculative and involves substantial
risks. Such Note Holder is able to bear the economic
risk of an investment in the Note Conversion Shares and is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(i)
General
Solicitation
. Such
Note Holder is not accepting the Note Conversion Shares as a result
of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication
regarding the Note Conversion Shares published in any newspaper,
magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or
general advertisement.
(j)
Disclosure of
Information
. Such
Note Holder has had the opportunity to receive all additional
information related to the Company requested by it and to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, the Company regarding the
Company, including the Company’s business management and
financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of this offering of
the Note Conversion Shares. Such questions were answered
to such Note Holder’s satisfaction. Such Note
Holder has also had access to copies of the Company’s filings
with the Securities Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
and Exchange Act. The Note Holder believes that it has
received all the information such Note Holder considers necessary
or appropriate for deciding whether to consummate the Note
Conversion. The Note Holder understands that such
discussions, as well as any information issued by the Company, were
intended to describe certain aspects of the Company’s
business and prospects, but were not necessarily a thorough or
exhaustive description. The Note Holder acknowledges
that any business plans prepared by the Company have been, and
continue to be, subject to change and that any projections included
in such business plans or otherwise are necessarily speculative in
nature and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions
underlying the projections will not materialize or will vary
significantly from actual results.
(k)
Residency
. The
residency of the Note Holder (or in the case of a partnership or
corporation, such entity’s principal place of business) is
correctly set forth on
Schedule
A
attached
hereto.
(l)
Security
Holdings
. The Notes
(including the aggregate and principal amounts outstanding), held
by each Note Holder, as applicable, as of the date hereof are
correctly described on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto. The Note Holder does not hold any other
securities or equity interests in the Company other than what is
set forth opposite such Note Holder’s name
on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto,
Schedule
B
to the Warrant Exercise
Agreement, dated August 23, 2017 and
Schedule
B
to the Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreement, dated August 23, 2017, each of which is
incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth herein
and made a part of this Agreement.
(m)
Tax
Matters
. The Note
Holder has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. The Note
Holder understands that it (and not the Company) shall be
responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of
this investment and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(n)
Restrictions
on Transferability: No Endorsement. The Note Holder has been
informed of and understand the following:
i.
there
are restrictions on the transferability of the Note Conversion
Shares; or
ii.
no
federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to
the fairness for public investment, nor any recommendation nor
endorsement of the Note Conversion Shares.
(o)
No Other
Representation by the Company
. None of the following information has
ever been represented, guaranteed or warranted to the Note Holder,
expressly or by implication by any broker, the Company, or agent or
employee of the foregoing, or by any other
Person:
i. the
approximate or exact length of time that the Note Holder will be
required to remain a holder of the Note Conversion
Shares;
ii. the
amount of consideration, profit or loss to be realized, if any, as
a result of an investment in the Company; or
iii. that
the past performance or experience of the Company, its officers,
directors, associates, agents, affiliates or employees or any other
person will in any way indicate or predict economic results in
connection with the plan of operations of the Company or the return
on investment.
5.
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of Non-US Note Holders
. Each Note Holder who is a Non-U.S.
Person (as defined herein) hereby represents and warrants to the
Company as follows (provided however a Note Holder may not make the
representation in this Section 5 if it so indicates on such Note
Holder’s signature page):
(a)
Certain
Definitions
. As used
herein, the term “United States” means and includes the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, any
state of the United States and the District of Columbia, and the
term “Non-U.S. person” means any person who is not a
U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S) or is deemed not to be a
U.S. person under Rule 902(k)(2) of the Securities
Act.
(b)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. This Agreement is made by the Company
with such Note Holder who is a Non-U.S. person
(“
Non-U.S.
Note Holder
”) in reliance
upon such Non-U.S. Note Holder’s representations and
warranties made herein.
(c)
Regulation
S
. Such Non-U.S.
Note Holder has been advised and acknowledges
that:
i. the
Note Conversion Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act, the securities laws of any state of the United
States or the securities laws of any other country;
ii. in
issuing and selling the Note Conversion Shares to such Non-U.S.
Note Holder pursuant hereto, the Company is relying upon the
“safe harbor” provided by Regulation S and/or on
Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act;
iii. it is a condition to the
availability of the Regulation S “safe harbor” that the
Note Conversion Shares not be offered or sold in the United States
or to a U.S. person until the expiration of a period of one year
following the applicable Closing Date; notwithstanding the
foregoing, prior to the expiration of one year after the applicable
Closing (the “
Restricted
Period
”), the Note
Conversion Shares may be offered and sold by the holder thereof
only if such offer and sale is made in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement and either: (A) if the offer or sale is within the
United States or to or for the account of a U.S. person, the
securities are offered and sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities
Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements of
the Securities Act, or (B) the offer and sale is outside the United
States and to other than a U.S. person.
(d)
Certain Restrictions
on Note Conversion Shares
. Such Non-U.S. Note Holder agrees that
with respect to the Note Conversion Shares until the expiration of
the Restricted Period:
i. such
Non-U.S. Note Holder, its agents or its representatives have not
and will not solicit offers to buy, offer for sale or sell any of
the Note Conversion Shares or any beneficial interest therein in
the United States or to or for the account of a U.S. person during
the Restricted Period; notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, the Note Conversion Shares may
be offered and sold by the holder thereof only if such offer and
sale is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and
either: (A) if the offer or sale is within the United States or to
or for the account of a U.S. person, the securities are offered and
sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from
registration requirements of the Securities Act; or (B) the offer
and sale is outside the United States and to a person other than a
U.S. person; and
ii. such
Non-U.S. Note Holder shall not engage in hedging transactions with
regards to the Note Conversion Shares unless in compliance with the
Securities Act.
The foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees
of the Note Conversion Shares, except for transferees pursuant to
an effective registration statement. Such Non-U.S. Note
Holder agrees that after the Restricted Period, the Note Conversion
Shares may be offered or sold within the United States or to or for
the account of a U.S. person only pursuant to applicable securities
laws.
(e)
Directed
Selling
. Such
Non-U.S. Note Holder has not engaged, nor is it aware that any
party has engaged, and such Non-U.S. Note Holder will not engage or
cause any third party to engage, in any directed selling efforts
(as such term is defined in Regulation S) in the United States with
respect to the Note Conversion Shares.
(f)
Location of Non-U.S.
Note Holder
. Such Non-U.S. Note
Holder: (i) is domiciled and has its principal place of business or
registered office outside the United States; (ii) certifies it is
not a U.S. person and is not acquiring the Note Conversion Shares
for the account or benefit of any U.S. person; and (iii) at the
time of the applicable Closing, the Non-U.S. Note Holder or persons
acting on the Non-U.S. Note Holder’s behalf in connection
therewith are located outside the United
States.
(g)
Distributor;
Dealer
. Such
Non-U.S. Note Holder is not a “distributor” (as defined
in Regulation S) or a “dealer” (as defined in the
Securities Act).
(h)
Notation of
Restrictions
. Such
Non-U.S. Note Holder acknowledges that the Company shall make a
notation in its stock books regarding the restrictions on transfer
set forth in this section and shall transfer such shares on the
books of the Company only to the extent consistent
therewith.
(i)
Compliance with
Laws
. Such Non-U.S. Note Holder
is satisfied as to the full observance of the laws of such Non-U.S.
Note Holder’s jurisdiction in connection with the Note
Conversion, including (i) the legal requirements within such
Non-U.S. Note Holder’s jurisdiction for the Note Conversion,
(ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such Note
Conversion, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need
to be obtained and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences,
if any, that may be relevant to the exchange, holding, redemption,
sale or transfer of such securities. Such Non-U.S. Note
Holder’s participation in the Note Conversion and such
Non-U.S. Note Holder’s continued beneficial ownership of the
Note Conversion Shares will not violate any applicable securities
or other laws of such Non-U.S. Note Holder’s
jurisdiction.
6.
Waiver
and Release
. Effective immediately upon the Note
Conversion with respect to the Notes held by each Note
Holder:
(a) Such
Note Holder expressly forfeits and waives any and all anti-dilution
and piggyback registration rights under any and all Prior
Transaction Documents or otherwise applicable to the Notes,
including any anti-dilution rights such Note Holder may have with
respect to the issuances of any capital stock or other securities
of the Company pursuant to previous transactions and pursuant to
this Agreement.
(b)
Such
Note Holder unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases
and discharges the Company,
and any parent and subsidiary
corporations, divisions and affiliated corporations, partnerships
or other entities of the Company, past and present, as well as the
Company’s past and present employees, officers, directors,
agents, principals, shareholders, successors and assigns from all
claims, losses, demands, interests, causes of action, suits, debts,
controversies, liabilities, costs, expenses and damages related to
the waiver of anti-dilution and piggyback registration rights
above, any security interest pursuant to any Prior Transaction
Documents or otherwise over any collateral of the Company, or
related in any way to any rights such Note Holder may have to
equity or debt securities of the Company, other than as provided
under this Agreement, any other agreement entered into
contemporaneously herewith or set forth on the schedules hereto and
thereto. This release includes, but is not limited to,
any tort, contract, common law, constitution or other statutory
claims (including but not limited to any claims for
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses).
(c) Such
Note Holders and the Company expressly waives such Note
Holder’s or Company’s (as applicable) right to recovery
of any type, including damages or reinstatement, in any
administrative court or action, whether state or federal, and
whether brought by such Note Holder or Company or on such Note
Holder’s or Company’s (as applicable) behalf, related
in any way to the matters released herein.
(d) Such
Note Holder and the Company declares and represents that it intends
this Agreement to be complete and not subject to any claim of
mistake, and that the release of the claims described herein
expresses a full and complete release and it intends the release of
such claims to be final and complete.
(e) The parties acknowledge that this release
is not intended to bar any claims that, by statute, may not be
waived
and
shall not waive any indemnification rights previously granted in
Prior Transaction Documents.
(f)
The
Company unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases and
discharges such Note Holder, and any parent and subsidiary
corporations, divisions and affiliated corporations, partnerships
or other entities of such Note Holder, past and present, as well as
the such Note Holder’s past and present employees, officers,
directors, agents, principals, shareholders, successors and assigns
from all claims, losses, demands, interests, causes of action,
suits, debts, controversies, liabilities, costs, expenses and
damages related to any Prior Transaction Documents or otherwise
over any collateral of the Company, or related in any way to any
obligations such Note Holder may have to the Company, other than as
provided under this Agreement or set forth on the schedules
hereto. This release includes, but is not limited to, any
tort, contract, common law, constitution or other statutory claims
(including but not limited to any claims for attorneys’ fees,
costs and expenses).
7.
Covenants
.
(a)
On
or about the date of this Agreement, the Company is entering into
Note Conversion Agreements, Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements,
and Warrant Exercise Agreements with the debenture holders, the
preferred stock holders and the warrant holders of the Company.
Pursuant to these agreements, common stock and sometimes Series J
Preferred Stock will be issued upon the conversion of debentures,
conversion of old preferred stock and the exercise of warrants
(collectively the “Newly Issued Capital Stock”). The
Note Holder’s “New Stock” is the common stock
received pursuant to this Agreement, any Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreement and any Warrant Exercise Agreement of even date herewith,
together with the number of common shares into which the Note
Holder’s Series J Preferred Stock received by virtue of the
same agreements, is convertible. The “Note Holder’s
Percentage” is the percentage of the Note Holder’s New
Stock compared to the total of the Newly Issued Capital Stock.
At all times during the one-year
period immediately following the Closing in which the Note Holder
participates (“Restricted Period”), beginning on the
Closing Date, such Note Holder hereby agrees with the Company that
such Note Holder shall not sell on any one day, any shares of the
Company’s capital stock in excess of the Note Holder’s
Percentage of the Company’s trading volume on that day. The
foregoing restriction was requested by the Company of each Note
Holder and was not requested by any Note Holder. Each Note Holder
shall make its own determination of when to sell and when not to
sell independently of any other Note Holder and not as a part of
any group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set
forth in this
Section
7(a)
will terminate with
respect to any Note Conversion Shares when the Company has any
registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes and agrees to notify
each Note Holder in writing (which may be via e-mail to with a
‘read receipt requested’) of the effective date on the
same day that the Company receives notice of such effective
date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that,
except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company is under no
obligation to register any of the Note Conversion Shares. The Note
Holder’s Percentage is listed on
Schedule
A
.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, during the Restricted Period, the
Holder may, directly or indirectly, sell or transfer all, or any
part, of the Shares or the Warrant Shares (the “Restricted
Securities”) to any Person (an “Assignee”) in a
transaction which does not need to be reported on the Nasdaq
consolidated tape, without complying with (or otherwise limited by)
the restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a); provided, that as
a condition to any such sale or transfer an authorized signatory of
the Company and such Assignee duly execute and deliver a leak-out
agreement in the form of this Section 7(a) (an “Assignee
Agreement”, and each such transfer a “Permitted
Transfer”) and, subsequent to a Permitted Transfer, sales of
the Note Holder and all Assignees (other than any such sales that
constitute Permitted Transfers) shall be aggregated for all
purposes of this Section 7(a) and all Assignee
Agreements.
(b)
The
Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
covenants and agrees from and after the date hereof that none of
the terms offered to any Note Holder with respect to the terms
hereunder and the Note Conversion Shares is or will be more
favorable to any other Note Holder than those offered under this
Agreement (including by way of any written or verbal side or
separate agreements). If, and whenever on or after the date hereof,
the Company offers different terms to another Note Holder, then (i)
the Company shall provide notice thereof to all Note Holders
promptly following the occurrence thereof and (ii) the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall be, without any further action
by the Holder or the Company, automatically and retroactively
amended and modified in an economically and legally equivalent
manner such that all Note Holders shall receive the benefit of the
more favorable terms and/or conditions (as the case may be) granted
to such other Note Holder, provided that upon written notice to the
Company at any time a Note Holder may elect not to accept the
benefit of any such amended or modified term or condition, in which
event the term or condition contained in this Agreement shall apply
to the Note Holder as it was in effect immediately prior to such
amendment or modification as if such amendment or modification
never occurred with respect to the Note Holder.
(c)
This
Agreement shall be effective with respect to Holders who accept
this offer only if Holders possessing not less than 100% of the
outstanding Note principal and interest accept this offer and
execute and deliver a copy of this Agreement to the Company on or
before September 1, 2017. If this Agreement becomes effective and
the transaction documents are executed on or before 8:30 a.m. on
August September 5, 2017, then on or before 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
on September 5, 2017, the Company shall file a Current Report on
Form 8-K with the Commission. From and after such filing, the
Company represents to the Note Holders that it shall have publicly
disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to it by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents.
(d)
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company covenants
and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf, will provide any Note Holder or its agents or counsel with
any information that the Company believes constitutes material
non-public information, unless prior thereto such Note Holder shall
have entered into a written agreement with the Company regarding
the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company
understands and confirms that each Note Holder shall be relying on
the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of
the Company.
8.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Restriction
Notations
. The provisions of
this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection 8(d) below, apply to all common
shares received by any Note Holder pursuant to a Note Conversion
Agreement, a Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement, or a Warrant
Exercise Agreement and shares of common stock into which Series J
Preferred Stock is converted, which shares of Series J Preferred
Stock are received pursuant to the same agreements. Collectively
these shares are referred to in this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection
8(d) as the “Shares”.
i. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Company shall not make any notations on its records
or give any instructions to the registrar and transfer agent of the
Company (along with any successor transfer agent of the Company,
the “
Transfer
Agent
”) implementing any
restrictions on transfer.
ii. Company and Transfer Agent records
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any restriction notation
(including any restriction notation under this Section 8(a)): (i)
while a registration statement covering the resale of such security
is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of
such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares are eligible
for sale under Rule 144 or (iv) if such restriction notation is not
required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by
the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Company
shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer
Agent promptly if required by the Transfer Agent or requested by a
Note Holder to effect the removal of the restriction notation
hereunder. If all or any Series J Preferred Stock is converted at a
time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the
resale of the Note Conversion Shares, Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series J Preferred Stock
(“
Series J
Conversion Shares
”) or if
the Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such restriction
notation is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of
the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such
Shares and Series J Conversion Shares shall be issued free of all
restriction notations. The Company agrees that following such time
as such restriction notation is no longer required under this
Section 8(a), it will, no later than three business days following
the request by a Note Holder to the Company that the restriction on
the Note Holder’s shares be removed (such third business day,
the “
Restriction
Notation Removal Date
”),
cause the Transfer Agent to transfer the Shares upon the request of
the Note Holder by crediting the account of the Note Holder's prime
broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Note Holder. The Company may not make any notation on its records
or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 8. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to the volume
limitations of Section 7(a), provided a Note Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company and the Company is current in its
reporting obligations, the Note Conversion Shares and Series J
Conversion Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without restriction
and the Company will provide the required legal opinions in
connection with such sales.
iii. In addition to the Note Holder's other
available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Note Holder, in
cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each
$1,000 of Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock of the
Company on the date a request for restriction notation removal is
submitted to the Transfer Agent) to which a removal of a
restriction notation was requested and subject to Section 8(a)(ii),
$10 per business day (increasing to $20 per business day five (5)
business days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each
business day after the Restriction Notation Removal Date until such
stock is delivered without a restriction notation. Nothing herein
shall limit such Note Holder's right to pursue actual damages for
the Company's failure to transfer Shares or Series J Conversion
Shares as required by this Agreement, and such Note Holder shall
have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief. For the purposes of this
section, "
VWAP
"
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the
following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by Pink OTC
Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Note Holders
of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company. For the purposes of this
section, “
Trading
Market
” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board,
or any market of the OTC Markets, Inc. (or any successors to any of
the foregoing).
In
addition to such Note Holder’s other available remedies, in
the event that the Shares are delivered more than 5 Trading Days
following the date hereof (or if issued pursuant to the Series J
Preferred, following conversion) or a legal opinion required above
is not delivered to the Transfer Agent prior to the expiration of
its effectiveness (“Required Delivery Date”), Company
shall pay to a Note Holder, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on
the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are
required to be delivered), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20
per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun
to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Required Delivery Date
until such Shares
or Series J
Conversion Shares
are delivered without a legend and (ii) if
the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to a Note Holder by the Required Delivery Date, Shares
or Series J Conversion Shares
without legends that is free from all restrictive and other legends
and (b) if after the Required Delivery Date such Note Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Note
Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common
Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all
or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such
Note Holder anticipated receiving from the Company without any
restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such
Note Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the
“
Buy-In
Price
”) over the product of (A) such number of that
the Company was required to deliver to such Note Holder by the
Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale
price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period
commencing on the date of the delivery by such Note Holder to the
Company of the applicable Shares
or
Series J Conversion Shares
(as the case may be) and ending
on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause
(iii).
(b)
Transfers
. Subject
to
Section
7
above, the Company
hereby confirms that it will not require a legal opinion or
“no action” letter from any Note Holder who desires to
transfer the Note Conversion Shares or Series J Conversion Shares
in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
(“
Rule
144
”).
(c)
Registration
Rights
. Holders of Note
Conversion Shares will have the registration rights described
in
Exhibit B
hereto.
(d)
Furnishing
of Information
. Until the
earliest of the time that no Note Holder owns Notes or Shares, the
Company covenants to maintain the registration of its Common Stock
under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. During
the period that the Note Holders own Notes or Shares, the Company
shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file
within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, even if the
Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act.
(e)
Tacking
. Each
party hereto acknowledges that the holding period for the Note
Conversion Shares and Series J Conversion Shares may be tacked back
to the date the Note cancelled and exchanged therefor was initially
issued and the Company shall take no position contrary to this
position.
(f)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. Each Note Holder acknowledges that
the representations and warranties contained herein are made by it
with the intention that such representations and warranties may be
relied upon by the Company and its legal counsel in determining the
Note Holder’s eligibility to purchase the Note Conversion
Shares under applicable securities legislation, or (if applicable)
the eligibility of others on whose behalf it is contracting
hereunder to purchase the Note Conversion Shares under applicable
securities legislation. The Note Holder further agrees that the
representations and warranties made by the Note Holder will survive
the Note Conversion and will continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding any subsequent disposition of the Note Holder of
such Note Conversion Shares.
(g)
Fees and
Expenses
. Each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisors, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the preparation, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(h)
Entire
Agreement
. This
Agreement, together with the schedules attached hereto, contain the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written with respect to such
matters.
(i)
Notices
. All
notices, demands requests, consents, approvals, and other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally
served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable
air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by
hand delivery, addressed as set forth below or to such other
address as such party shall have specified most recently by written
notice. The addresses for such communications shall be:
(i) if to the Company, to: GT Biopharma, Inc., Attn: Chief
Financial Officer, 4100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 600, Tampa, FL
33602, and (ii) if to the Note Holders, to the addresses as
indicated on the signature pages attached
hereto.
(j)
Amendments;
Waivers
. No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an
amendment, by the Company and the Note Holders holding at least a
majority in interest of the Note Conversion Shares then outstanding
or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement
of any such waived provision is sought; provided, that all waivers,
modifications, supplements or amendments effected by less than all
Note Holders impact all Note Holders in the same
fashion. No waiver with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of
any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right.
(k)
Headings
. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of
the provisions hereof.
(l)
Successors and
Assigns
. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and permitted
assigns.
(m)
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
. This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit
of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(n)
Governing
Law
. All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the principals of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents)
shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of New York
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or the transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in
any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not venue for
such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof.
In
addition to any other rights or remedies hereunder, any
indemnification provisions granted to a Note Holder shall continue
to survive and apply to such Note Holder as if such rights were
granted hereunder.
(o)
Survival
. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
Closings for the applicable statute of
limitations.
(p)
Execution
. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which
when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement,
it being understood that the parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission or by email delivery of a
“.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a
valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect
as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature was an
original thereof.
(q)
Severability
. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ, an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be
the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without
including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable.
(r)
Independent Nature of
Obligations and Rights
. The obligations of each Note Holder
and hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any
other Note Holder, and no Note Holder shall be responsible in any
way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of
any other Note Holder hereunder. Nothing contained
herein and no action taken by any Note Holder hereto shall be
deemed to constitute the Note Holders as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create
a presumption that the Note Holders are in any way acting in
concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
The Company and each Note
Holder confirms that such Note Holder has independently
participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated
hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Note
Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its
rights under this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any
other Note Holder to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
(s)
No Third Party
Beneficiaries
. Nothing in this Agreement shall
provide any benefit to any third party nor entitle any third party
to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it
being the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall
not otherwise be construed as a third party beneficiary
contract.
(t)
Construction
. The
parties hereto agree that each of them and/or their respective
counsel have reviewed and have had an opportunity to revise this
Agreement and the schedules attached hereto. This
Agreement shall be construed according to its fair meaning and not
strictly for or against any party. The word
“including” shall be construed to include the words
“without limitation.” In this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires, references to the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa.
(u)
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
. IN ANY ACTION,
SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST
ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY ANDINTENTIONALLY, TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY,
UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRAIL BY
JURY.
Signature page to
Note Conversion Agreement
(Company)
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Note Conversion
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year
first written above.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Note Conversion
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year
first written above.
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Schedule A
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Percentage
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Bristol
Investment Fund*
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21.515%
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Theorem
Group*
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14.507%
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James
W. Heavener*
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11.175%
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Adam
Kasower*
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10.515%
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Canyons
Trust
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10.407%
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Red
Mango*
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9.096%
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Alpha
Capital *
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7.374%
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Scott
Booth Investments III*
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5.551%
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Bristol
Capital*
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2.954%
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East
Ventures Inc*
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2.136%
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HC
Wainwright*
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1.065%
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Raymond
Pribadi (Private Resources) *
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0.653%
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Scott
Williams*
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0.554%
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Randy
Berinhout*
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0.398%
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Craig
Osborne*
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0.393%
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Adam
Cohen*
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0.321%
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Les
Cantor*
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0.319%
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Munt
Trust*
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0.245%
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Gianna
Simone Baxter*
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0.183%
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Farhad
Rastanian*
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0.132%
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Howard
Knee*
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0.121%
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Ho'okipa
Capital Partners Inc*
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0.120%
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Anthony
Baxter*
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0.085%
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Piter
Korompis*
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0.057%
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Greg
McPherson*
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0.049%
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Net
Capital*
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0.039%
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Barry
Wolfe*
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0.025%
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John
Brady
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0.009%
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Brannon
Family Office LLLP
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*Party to this agreement
Schedule B
Note Conversion Shares
(see attached)
EXHIBIT A
LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
[_______________] (the “
Note
Holder
”), by and through
its duly authorized person, hereby certifies:
1. This
Lost Note Affidavit and Indemnity Agreement (the
“
Agreement
”),
entered into effective as of [_____________ __, 20__], relates to
(1) the Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“
Purchase
Document
”) dated as of
[______________ __, 20__] by and among OXIS International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”)
and the Note Holder, and (2) the [__% Convertible Debentures] (the
“
Note
”)
dated as of [______________ __, 20__]
,
made by Company payable to Note Holder in
the original principal amount of ___________________
(______________).
2. Note
Holder hereby represents, warrants, and agrees as
follows:
a. After
having conducted a diligent investigation of its records and files,
Note Holder has been unable to find the Note and believes that such
Note has been lost, misfiled, misplaced, or destroyed.
b. Note
Holder has not assigned, encumbered, endorsed, pledged, or
hypothecated the Note, or otherwise transferred to another
individual or entity any right, title, interest, or claim in, to,
or under the Note.
c. Note
Holder agrees that if it ever finds the Note, it will promptly
notify Company of the existence of the Note, mark the Note as
canceled, and forward the Note to Company or the Company’s
designee.
d. Note
Holder shall indemnify Company for, and hold Company harmless from
and against, any damages, liabilities, losses, claims (including
any claim by any individual or entity for the collection of any
sums due under or with respect to such Note), or expenses arising
out of, or resulting from, (i) Note Holder’s inability to
find and deliver the Note to Company, or (ii) any inaccuracy or
misstatement of fact in, or breach of any representation, warranty,
agreement, or duty in or under, this Agreement.
3. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
identical and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
4. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of Delaware
(without regard to any conflicts of laws
provisions thereof).
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The
parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
date first written above.
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DWAC Instructions:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
ACCEPTED AND AGREED
“
COMPANY
”
OXIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
a Delaware corporation
By:
Printed Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT B
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
1.1
Company
Registration
. If the
Company shall determine to register any of its securities either
for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders,
other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit
plans, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or
other Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any registration
form that does not permit secondary sales, the Company
will:
(a) promptly
give written notice of the proposed registration to all Note
Holders; and
(b) use its commercially reasonable efforts
to include in such registration (and any related qualification
under blue sky laws or other compliance), except as set forth in
Section 1.2 of this
Exhibit
B
below, and in any
underwriting involved therein, all of such Registrable Securities
as are specified in a written request or requests made by any Note
Holder or Note Holders received by the Company within 10 days after
such written notice from the Company is mailed or
delivered. Such written request may specify all or a
part of a Note Holder’s Registrable
Securities.
1.2
Underwriting
. If
the registration of which the Company gives notice is for a
registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company
shall so advise the Note Holders as a part of the written notice
given pursuant to Section 1.1(a) of
this
Exhibit
B
. In such event,
the right of any Note Holder to registration pursuant to this
Section 1.2 shall be conditioned upon such Note Holder’s
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Note
Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the
extent provided herein. All Note Holders proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting shall
(together with the Company, the Other Selling Stockholders and
other holders of securities of the Company with registration rights
to participate therein distributing their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters
selected by the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 1.2, if the underwriters advise the Company in writing
that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares
to be underwritten, the underwriters may (subject to the
limitations set forth below) limit the number of Registrable
Securities to be included in, the registration and
underwriting. The Company shall so advise all holders of
securities requesting registration, and the number of shares of
securities that are entitled to be included in the registration and
underwriting shall be allocated, as follows: (i) first, to the
Company for securities being sold for its own account, and
(ii) second, to the Note Holders and Other Selling
Stockholders requesting to include Registrable Securities and Other
Shares in such registration statement based on
the
pro rata
percentage of Registrable Securities and
Other Shares held by such Note Holders and Other Selling
Stockholders, assuming conversion and (iii) third, to the Other
Selling Stockholders requesting to include Other Shares in such
registration statement based on the pro rata percentage of Other
Shares held by such Other Selling Stockholders, assuming
conversion.
If
a person who has requested inclusion in such registration as
provided above does not agree to the terms of any such
underwriting, such person shall also be excluded therefrom by
written notice from the Company or the underwriter. The
Registrable Securities or other securities so excluded shall also
be withdrawn from such registration. Any Registrable
Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such
underwriting shall be withdrawn from such
registration.
1.3
Right to
Terminate Registration
.
The
Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any
registration initiated by it under this
Exhibit
B
prior to the
effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Note Holder
has elected to include securities in such
registration.
1.4
Definitions
. The
following definitions shall apply for the purposes of
this
Exhibit
B
:
(a) “
Other
Selling
Stockholders
”
shall mean persons other than Note Holders who, by virtue of
agreements with the Company, are entitled to include their Other
Shares in certain registrations hereunder.
(b) “
Other
Shares
” shall mean shares
of Common Stock, other than Registrable Securities (as defined
below), with respect to which registration rights have been
granted.
(c) “
Registrable
Securities
” shall mean
(i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the
conversion of the Notes and (ii) any Common Stock issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for
or in replacement of the shares referenced in (i) above; provided,
however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any shares
of Common Stock described in clause (i) or (ii) above which have
previously been registered or which have been sold to the public
either pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144, or
which have been sold in a private transaction in which the
transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not validly
assigned in accordance with this Agreement.
Exhibit 10.6
WARRANT EXERCISE AGREEMENT
This Warrant Exercise Agreement (this
“
Agreement
”)
is entered into as of August 29, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”),
and the parties listed on
Schedule
A
hereto (the
“
Warrant
Holders
” or
Holders
”).
WHEREAS,
each of James Heavener, Gianna Simone Baxter, Anthony Baxter, Alpha
Capital Anstalt, Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd, Adam Kasower,
Theorem Group, LLC, Red Mango Ltd, SV Booth Investments III,
Bristol Capital LLC, East Ventures, LLC, Randy Berinhout, Piter
Korompis, Private Resources, Ltd, Barry Wolfe, Scott Williams, Net
Capital LLC, Canyons Trust, Brannon Family Office LLLP, John Brady
(the foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the
“May 2016 Warrant Holders”) and the Company are party
to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 4, 2016, as
amended from time to time (the “May 2016 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “May 2016
Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
H.C. Wainwright and Company, LLC (the foregoing entity known as,
the “August 2016 Warrant Holders”) and the Company are
party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 6,
2015, as amended from time to time (the “August 2016 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “August 2016
Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
each of James Heavener, Gianna Simone Baxter, Alpha Capital
Anstalt, Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd, Adam Kasower, Bristol
Capital LLC, Scott Williams, Private Resources Ltd, H.C. Wainwright
and Company LLC (the foregoing individuals and entities
collectively, the “January 2017 Warrant Holders”) and
the Company are party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated January 9, 2017, as amended from time to time (the
“January 2017 Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which
the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures (the “January
2017 Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha Capital Anstalt, Adam Kasower, (the foregoing
individuals and entities collectively, the “March 2017
Warrant Holders”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 16, 2017, as amended from
time to time (the “March 2017 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures
(the “March 2017 Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
each of Alpha Capital Anstalt, Craig Osborne, (the foregoing
individuals and entities collectively, the “April 2017
Warrant Holders”) and the Company are party to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated April 13, 2017, as amended from
time to time (the “April 2017 Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company issued 10% Convertible Debentures
(the “April 2017 Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
each of Adam Kasower, Red Mango Ltd, Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd,
(the foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the
“July 2017 Warrant Holders”) and the Company are party
to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated July 19, 2017,
as amended from time to time (the “July 2017 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “July 2017
Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
each of James Heavener, Gianna Simone Baxter, Anthony Baxter, Alpha
Capital Anstalt, Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd, Adam Kasower, Craig
Osborne, Scott Williams, Randy Berinhout, Red Mango Ltd, (the
foregoing individuals and entities collectively, the “August
2017 Warrant Holders”) and the Company are party to that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 16, 2017, as
amended from time to time (the “August 2017 Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued 10%
Convertible Debentures (the “August 2017
Warrants”);
WHEREAS,
May 2016 Warrants, August 2016 Warrants, January 2017 Warrants,
March 2017 Warrants, April 2017 Warrants, July 2017 Warrants, and
August 2017 Warrants are herein collectively referred to as the
“Warrants”;
WHEREAS,
May 2016 Warrant Holders, August 2016 Warrant Holders, January 2017
Warrant Holders, March 2017 Warrant Holders, April 2017 Warrant
Holders, July 2017 Warrant Holders, and August 2017 Warrant Holders
are herein collectively referred to as the “Warrant
Holders”;
WHEREAS,
the May 2016 Purchase Agreement, August 2016 Purchase Agreement,
January 2017 Purchase Agreement, March 2017 Purchase Agreement,
April 2017 Purchase Agreement, July 2017 Purchase Agreement, and
August 2017 Purchase Agreement are herein collectively referred to
as the “Prior Subscription Agreements”;
WHEREAS,
the Prior Subscription Agreements and the Warrants are herein
collectively referred to as the “Prior Transaction
Documents”;
WHEREAS, each Warrant Holder hereby agrees to
exercise all Warrants held by such Warrant Holder, and the Company
agrees to issue to each Warrant Holder upon exercise of such
Warrants, which exercise shall be cashless and for no additional
consideration, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Warrant Holder’s name
on
Schedule
B
hereto (the
“
Warrant
Shares
”);
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the rights and benefits that they
will each receive in connection with this Agreement, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.
Exercise
of Warrants; Issuance of Warrant Shares
. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined herein) the Company
shall issue to each Warrant Holder, pursuant to the cashless
exercise of the Warrants then held by such Warrant Holder, based on
a VWAP of $8.20 and an exercise price of $7.20, for such number of
Warrant Shares set forth beside such Warrant Holder’s name
on
Schedule
B
attached hereto (the
“
Warrant
Exercise
”). From and after the Closing,
the Warrants shall solely represent the right to receive the
Warrant Shares hereunder. In the event a Warrant Exercise will
result in a Warrant Holder owning more than 9.99% of the total
issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, the Warrant
Holder will be issued common stock in connection with the Warrant
Exercise until the Warrant Holder owns 9.99% of the issued and
outstanding stock of the Company. The balance of the Warrant
Exercise will be completed by the Company issuing the Warrant
Holder shares of Series J Preferred Stock. A copy of the
Certificate of Designation with respect to such Series J Preferred
Stock is annexed hereto as Exhibit C.
2.
Closing
.
(a)
Closing
. With
respect to all Warrants, the Warrant Holders shall deliver their
physical Warrants (or if such Warrants are lost, mutilated or
destroyed, a lost note affidavit and indemnity agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
A
(each, an
“
Affidavit
”))
to the Company for cancellation.
(b)
Delivery of
Shares
. Within five
(5) business days from the receipt of the physical Warrants (or
Affidavit, as applicable) from any Warrant Holder, the Company
shall deliver the Warrant Shares to the Warrant Holders pursuant to
a legal opinion acceptable to the transfer agent and the Holders to
be issued by Company counsel and paid for by the Company,
electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another
established clearing corporation performing similar
functions.
3.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to each Warrant Holder as of the date hereof as
follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing under,
and by virtue of, the laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good
standing under such laws. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. The Company is duly qualified and authorized
to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify
would have a material adverse effect on its business, properties or
financial condition.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Company
has all requisite legal and corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to issue the Warrant Shares
hereunder, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the
terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers,
directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Warrant Shares
and the performance of all of the Company’s obligations
hereunder have been taken or will be taken prior to the applicable
Closing. This Agreement has been duly executed by the
Company and constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to the laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and
rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies.
(d)
Valid Issuance of
Stock
. The Warrant
Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in compliance with the
provisions of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and issued in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws. Such
Warrant Shares will also be free and clear of any liens or
encumbrances; provided, however, that the Warrant Shares shall be
subject to the provisions of this Agreement and restrictions on
transfer under state and/or federal securities laws. The
Warrant Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or restrictions on transfer.
(e)
Offering
. Subject
in part to the accuracy of the Warrant Holder’s
representations in
Sections
4
and
5
(if
applicable) hereof, the offer, sale and issuance of the Warrant
Shares in conformity with the terms of this Agreement constitute
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “
Securities
Act
”) and from all
applicable state securities laws.
(f)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Shares, or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby, except (i) such filings as have
been made prior to the date hereof and (ii) such additional
post-closing filings as may be required to comply with applicable
federal and state securities laws (including but not limited to any
Form D or Form 8-K filings), and with applicable general
corporation laws of the various states, each of which will be filed
with the proper authority by the Company in a timely
manner.
4.
Representations
and Warranties of all Warrant Holders
. Each Warrant Holder, for itself and
for no other person, hereby represents and warrants as of the date
hereof to the Company as follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The
Warrant Holder is either an individual or an entity duly organized,
validly existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, and is in good
standing under such laws.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Warrant
Holder has all right, corporate, partnership, limited liability
company or similar power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to effect the Warrant Exercise hereunder, and to carry
out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar
action, as applicable on the part of such Warrant Holder, necessary
for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Warrant Exercise and the performance of all of such
Warrant Holder’s obligations hereunder have been taken or
will be taken prior to the applicable Closing. This
Agreement has been duly executed by the Warrant Holder and
constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of such Warrant
Holder, enforceable against such Warrant Holder in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to the laws of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and
rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies.
(d)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Warrant Shares, or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby, except such filings as have been
made prior to the date hereof.
(e)
Own
Account
. Such
Warrant Holder understands that the Warrant Shares are
“restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law in
reliance upon exemptions from regulation for non-public offerings
and is acquiring the Warrant Shares as principal for its own
account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no
present intention of distributing any such Warrant Shares in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings
with any other persons to distribute or regarding the
distribution of such Warrant Shares in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law. Such Warrant
Holder agrees that the Warrant Shares or any interest therein will
not be sold or otherwise disposed of by such Warrant Holder unless
the shares are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and
under appropriate state securities laws or unless the Company
receives an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it (including the
opinion delivered by the Company at Closing) that an exception from
registration is available.
(f)
Warrant Holder
Status
. The Warrant
Holder is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under
the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act. Such Warrant Holder is not required to be
registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange
Act
”).
(g)
Experience of Warrant
Holder
. Such Warrant
Holder, either alone or together with its representatives, has such
knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial
matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the prospective investment in the Warrant Shares, and has so
evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment.
(h)
Ability to Bear
Risk
. Such Warrant
Holder understands and acknowledges that investment in the Company
is highly speculative and involves substantial
risks. Such Warrant Holder is able to bear the economic
risk of an investment in the Warrant Shares and is able to afford a
complete loss of such investment.
(i)
General
Solicitation
. Such
Warrant Holder is not accepting the Warrant Shares as a result of
any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding
the Warrant Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar
media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any
seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(j)
Disclosure of
Information
. Such
Warrant Holder has had the opportunity to receive all additional
information related the Company requested by it and to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, the Company regarding the
Company, including the Company’s business management and
financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of this offering of
the Warrant Shares. Such questions were answered to such
Warrant Holder’s satisfaction. Such Warrant Holder
has also had access to copies of the Company’s filings with
the Securities Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and
Exchange Act. The Warrant Holder believes that it has
received all the information such Warrant Holder considers
necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to consummate the
Warrant Exercise. The Warrant Holder understands that
such discussions, as well as any information issued by the Company,
were intended to describe certain aspects of the Company’s
business and prospects, but were not necessarily a through or
exhaustive description. The Warrant Holder acknowledges
that any business plans prepared by the Company have been, and
continue to be, subject to change and that any projections included
in such business plans or otherwise are necessarily speculative in
nature and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions
underlying the projections will not materialize or will vary
significantly from actual results.
(k)
Residency
. The
residency of the Warrant Holder (or in the case of a partnership or
corporation, such entity’s principal place of business) is
correctly set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto.
(l)
Security
Holdings
. The
Warrants held by each Warrant Holder, as applicable, as of the date
hereof are correctly described on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto. The Warrant Holder does not hold any other
securities or equity interests in the Company other than what is
set forth opposite such Warrant Holder’s name
on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto, and
Schedule
B
to the Note Conversion
Agreement, dated August 23, 2017, which is incorporated herein by
reference as though fully set forth herein and made a part of this
Agreement.
(m)
Tax
Matters
. The Warrant
Holder has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. The
Warrant Holder understands that it (and not the Company) shall be
responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of
this investment and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(n)
Restrictions on
Transferability; No Endorsement
. The Warrant Holder has been informed
of and understand the following:
i. there
are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Warrant
Shares; or
ii. no
federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to
the fairness for public investment, nor any recommendation nor
endorsement of the Warrant Shares.
(o)
No Other
Representation by the Company
. None of the following information has
ever been represented, guaranteed or warranted to the Warrant
Holder, expressly or by implication by any broker, the Company, or
agent or employee of the foregoing, or by any other
Person:
i. the
approximate or exact length of time that the Warrant Holder will be
required to remain a holder of the Warrant Shares;
ii. the
amount of consideration, profit or loss to be realized, if any, as
a result of an investment in the Company; or
iii. that
the past performance or experience of the Company, its officers,
directors, associates, agents, affiliates or employees or any other
person will in any way indicate or predict economic results in
connection with the plan of operations of the Company or the return
on investment.
5.
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of Non-US Warrant
Holders
. Each
Warrant Holder who is a Non-U.S. Person (as defined herein) hereby
represents and warrants to the Company as follows (provided however
a Warrant Holder may not make the representation in this Section 5
if it so indicates on such Warrant Holder’s signature
page):
(a)
Certain
Definitions
. As used
herein, the term “United States” means and includes the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, any
state of the United States and the District of Columbia, and the
term “Non-U.S. person” means any person who is not a
U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S) or is deemed not to be a
U.S. person under Rule 902(k)(2) of the Securities
Act.
(b)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. This Agreement is made by the Company
with such Warrant Holder who is a Non-U.S. person
(“
Non-U.S.
Warrant Holder
”) in
reliance upon such Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s representations
and warranties made herein.
(c)
Regulation
S
. Such Non-U.S.
Warrant Holder has been advised and acknowledges
that:
i. the
Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act,
the securities laws of any state of the United States or the
securities laws of any other country;
ii. in
issuing and selling the Warrant Shares to such Non-U.S. Warrant
Holder pursuant to hereto, the Company is relying upon the
“safe harbor” provided by Regulation S and/or on
Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act;
iii. it is a condition to the availability of
the Regulation S “safe harbor” that the Warrant Shares
not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. person
until the expiration of a period of one year following the Closing
Date; notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the expiration of one
year after the Closing (the “
Restricted
Period
”), the Warrant
Shares may be offered and sold by the holder thereof only if such
offer and sale is made in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement and either: (A) if the offer or sale is within the United
States or to or for the account of a U.S. person, the securities
are offered and sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements of the
Securities Act, or (B) the offer and sale is outside the United
States and to other than a U.S. person.
(d)
Certain Restrictions
on Warrant Shares
. Such Non-U.S. Warrant Holder agrees
that with respect to the Shares until the expiration of the
Restricted Period:
i. such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder, its agents or its representatives have not
and will not solicit offers to buy, offer for sale or sell any of
the Shares or any beneficial interest therein in the United States
or to or for the account of a U.S. person during the Restricted
Period; notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, the Warrant Shares may be offered and sold
by the holder thereof only if such offer and sale is made in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement and either: (A) if the
offer or sale is within the United States or to or for the account
of a U.S. person, the securities are offered and sold pursuant to
an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration
requirements of the Securities Act; or (B) the offer and sale is
outside the United States and to a person other than a U.S. person;
and
ii. such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder shall not engage in hedging transactions
with regards to the Warrant Shares unless in compliance with the
Securities Act.
The
foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees of
the Warrant Shares, except for transferees pursuant to an effective
registration statement. Such Non-U.S. Warrant Holder
agrees that after the Restricted Period, the Warrant Shares may be
offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account
of a U.S. person only pursuant to applicable securities
laws.
(e)
Directed
Selling
. Such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder has not engaged, nor is it aware that any
party has engaged, and such Non-U.S. Warrant Holder will not engage
or cause any third party to engage, in any directed selling efforts
(as such term is defined in Regulation S) in the United States with
respect to the Shares.
(f)
Location of Non-U.S.
Warrant Holder
. Such Non-U.S.
Warrant Holder: (i) is domiciled and has its principal place of
business or registered office outside the United States; (ii)
certifies it is not a U.S. person and is not acquiring the Warrant
Shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. person; and (iii) at
the time of Closing, the Non-U.S. Warrant Holder or persons acting
on the Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s behalf in connection
therewith are located outside the United
states.
(g)
Distributor;
Dealer
. Such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder is not a “distributor” (as
defined in Regulation S) or a “dealer” (as defined in
the Securities Act).
(h)
Notation of
Restrictions
. Such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder acknowledges that the Company shall make a
notation in its stock books regarding the restrictions on transfer
set forth in this section and shall transfer such shares on the
books of the Company only to the extent consistent
therewith.
(i)
Compliance with
Laws
. Such Non-U.S. Warrant
Holder is satisfied as to the full observance of the laws of such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s jurisdiction in connection with the
Warrant Exercise, including (i) the legal requirements within such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s jurisdiction for the Warrant
Exercise, (ii) any foreign Warrant Exercise restrictions applicable
to such Warrant Exercise, (iii) any governmental or other consents
that may need to be obtained and (iv) the income tax and other tax
consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the Warrant Exercise,
holding, redemption, sale or transfer of such
securities. Such Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s
participation in the Warrant Exercise, and such Non-U.S. Warrant
Holder’s continued beneficial ownership of the Warrant Shares
will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of such
Non-U.S. Warrant Holder’s jurisdiction.
6.
Waiver
and Release
. Effective
immediately upon the Warrant Exercise with respect to the Warrants
held by each Warrant Holder:
(a)
Such Warrant Holder expressly forfeits and waives any and all
anti-dilution and piggyback registration rights under any and all
Prior Transaction Documents or otherwise applicable to the
Warrants, including any anti-dilution rights such Warrant Holder
may have with respect to the issuances of any capital stock or
other securities of the Company pursuant to previous transactions
and pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Such
Warrant Holder unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases
and discharges the Company, and any parent and subsidiary
corporations, divisions and affiliated corporations, partnerships
or other entities of the Company, past and present, as well as the
Company’s past and present employees, officers, directors,
agents, principals, shareholders, successors and assigns from all
claims, losses, demands, interests, causes of action, suits, debts,
controversies, liabilities, costs, expenses and damages related to
the waiver of anti-dilution and piggyback registration rights
above, any security interest pursuant to any Prior Transaction
Documents or otherwise over any collateral of the Company, or
related in any way to any rights such Warrant Holder may have to
equity or debt securities of the Company, other than as set forth
on the schedules hereto. This release includes, but is
not limited to, any tort, contract, common law, constitution or
other statutory claims (including but not limited to any claims for
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses).
(c) Such
Warrant Holders and the Company expressly waives such Warrant
Holder’s or Company’s (as applicable) right to recovery
of any type, including damages or reinstatement, in any
administrative court or action, whether state or federal, and
whether brought by such Warrant Holder or Company or on such
Warrant Holder’s or Company’s (as applicable) behalf,
related in any way to the matters released herein.
(d) Such
Warrant Holders and the Company declares and represents that it
intends this Agreement to be complete and not subject to any claim
of mistake, and that the release of the claims described herein
expresses a full and complete release and it intends the release of
such claims to be final and complete.
(e) The
parties acknowledge that this release is not intended to bar any
claims that, by statute, may not be waived and shall not waive any
indemnification rights previously granted in Prior Transaction
Documents.
(f)
The
Company unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases and
discharges such Warrant Holder, and any parent and subsidiary
corporations, divisions and affiliated corporations, partnerships
or other entities of such Warrant Holder, past and present, as well
as the such Warrant Holder’s past and present employees,
officers, directors, agents, principals, shareholders, successors
and assigns from all claims, losses, demands, interests, causes of
action, suits, debts, controversies, liabilities, costs, expenses
and damages related to any Prior Transaction Documents or otherwise
over any collateral of the Company, or related in any way to any
obligations such Warrant Holder may have to the Company, other than
as provided under this Agreement or set forth on the schedules
hereto. This release includes, but is not limited to, any tort,
contract, common law, constitution or other statutory claims
(including but not limited to any claims for attorneys’ fees,
costs and expenses).
7.
Covenants
.
(a)
On
or about the date of this Agreement, the Company is entering into
Note Conversion Agreements, Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements,
and Warrant Exercise Agreements with the debenture holders, the
preferred stock holders and the warrant holders of the Company.
Pursuant to these agreements, common stock and sometimes Series J
Preferred Stock will be issued upon the conversion of debentures,
conversion of old preferred stock and the exercise of warrants
(collectively the “Newly Issued Capital Stock”). The
Note Holder’s “New Stock” is the common stock
received pursuant to this Agreement, any Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreement and any Warrant Exercise Agreement of even date herewith,
together with the number of common shares into which the Note
Holder’s Series J Preferred Stock received by virtue of the
same agreements, is convertible. The “Note Holder’s
Percentage” is the percentage of the Note Holder’s New
Stock compared to the total of the Newly Issued Capital Stock.
At all times during the one-year
period immediately following the Closing in which the Note Holder
participates (“Restricted Period”), beginning on the
Closing Date, such Note Holder hereby agrees with the Company that
such Note Holder shall not sell on any one day, any shares of the
Company’s capital stock in excess of the Note Holder’s
Percentage of the Company’s trading volume on that day. The
foregoing restriction was requested by the Company of each Note
Holder and was not requested by any Note Holder. Each Note Holder
shall make its own determination of when to sell and when not to
sell independently of any other Note Holder and not as a part of
any group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set
forth in this
Section
7(a)
will terminate with
respect to any Note Conversion Shares when the Company has any
registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes and agrees to notify
each Note Holder in writing (which may be via e-mail to with a
‘read receipt requested’) of the effective date on the
same day that the Company receives notice of such effective
date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that,
except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company is under no
obligation to register any of the Note Conversion Shares. The Note
Holder’s Percentage is listed on
Schedule
A
.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, during the Restricted Period, the
Holder may, directly or indirectly, sell or transfer all, or any
part, of the Shares or the Warrant Shares (the “Restricted
Securities”) to any Person (an “Assignee”) in a
transaction which does not need to be reported on the Nasdaq
consolidated tape, without complying with (or otherwise limited by)
the restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a); provided, that as
a condition to any such sale or transfer an authorized signatory of
the Company and such Assignee duly execute and deliver a leak-out
agreement in the form of this Section 7(a) (an “Assignee
Agreement”, and each such transfer a “Permitted
Transfer”) and, subsequent to a Permitted Transfer, sales of
the Note Holder and all Assignees (other than any such sales that
constitute Permitted Transfers) shall be aggregated for all
purposes of this Section 7(a) and all Assignee
Agreements.
(b)
The
Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
covenants and agrees from and after the date hereof that none of
the terms offered to any Warrant Holder with respect to the terms
hereunder and the Warrant Shares is or will be more favorable to
any other Warrant Holder than those offered under this Agreement
(including by way of any written or verbal side or separate
agreements). If, and whenever on or after the date hereof, the
Company offers different terms to another Warrant Holder, then (i)
the Company shall provide notice thereof to all Warrant Holders
promptly following the occurrence thereof and (ii) the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall be, without any further action
by the Holder or the Company, automatically and retroactively
amended and modified in an economically and legally equivalent
manner such that all Warrant Holders shall receive the benefit of
the more favorable terms and/or conditions (as the case may be)
granted to such other Warrant Holder, provided that upon written
notice to the Company at any time a Warrant Holder may elect not to
accept the benefit of any such amended or modified term or
condition, in which event the term or condition contained in this
Agreement shall apply to the Warrant Holder as it was in effect
immediately prior to such amendment or modification as if such
amendment or modification never occurred with respect to the
Warrant Holder.
(c)
This Agreement shall be effective with
respect to Holders who accept this offer only if Holders possessing
not less than 100% of the outstanding Warrants accept this offer
and execute and deliver a copy of this Agreement to the Company on
or before September 1, 2017. If this Agreement becomes effective
and the transaction documents are executed on or before 8:30 a.m.
on September 5, 2017, then on or before 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
September 5, 2017, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form
8-K with the Commission. From and after such filing, the Company
represents to the Warrant Holders that it shall have publicly
disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to it by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents.
(d)
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company covenants
and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf, will provide any Warrant Holder or its agents or counsel
with any information that the Company believes constitutes material
non-public information, unless prior thereto such Warrant Holder
shall have entered into a written agreement with the Company
regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The
Company understands and confirms that each Warrant Holder shall be
relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in
securities of the Company.
8.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Restriction
Notations.
The provisions of
this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection 8(d) below, apply to all common
shares received by any Note Holder pursuant to a Note Conversion
Agreement, a Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement, or a Warrant
Exercise Agreement and shares of common stock into which Series J
Preferred Stock is converted, which shares of Series J Preferred
Stock are received pursuant to the same agreements. Collectively
these shares are referred to in this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection
8(d) as the “Shares”.
i. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement,the Company shall not make
any notations on its records or give any instructions to the
registrar and transfer agent of the Company (along with any
successor transfer agent of the Company, the “Transfer
Agent”) implementing any restrictions on
transfer.
ii.
Company and Transfer Agent records evidencing the Shares shall not
contain any restriction notation (including any restriction
notation under this Section 8(a)): (i) while a registration
statement covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant
to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144 or (iv) if such restriction notation is not required under
applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission). The Company shall cause its
counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly if
required by the Transfer Agent or requested by a Warrant Holder to
effect the removal of the restriction notation hereunder. If all or
any Series J Preferred Stock is converted at a time when there is
an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Shares, Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J
Preferred Stock (“Series J Conversion Shares”) or if
the Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such restriction
notation is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of
the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such
Warrant Shares and Series J Conversion Shares shall be issued free
of all restriction notations. The Company agrees that following
such time as such restriction notation is no longer required under
this Section 8(a), it will, no later than three business days
following the request by a Warrant Holder to the Company that the
restriction on the Warrant Holder’s shares be removed (such
third business day, the “Restriction Notation Removal
Date”), cause the Transfer Agent to transfer the Shares upon
the request of the Warrant Holder by crediting the account of the
Warrant Holder's prime broker with the Depository Trust Company
System as directed by such Warrant Holder. The Company may not make
any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer
Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 8. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and
subject to the volume limitations of Section 7(a), provided a Note
Holder is not an affiliate of the Company and the Company is
current in its reporting obligations, the Note Conversion Shares
and Series J Conversion Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without
restriction and the Company will provide the required legal
opinions in connection with such sales.
iii.
In addition to the Warrant Holder's other available remedies, the
Company shall pay to a Warrant Holder, in cash, as partial
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares
(based on the VWAP of the Common Stock of the Company on the date a
request for restriction notation removal is submitted to the
Transfer Agent) to which a removal of a restriction notation was
requested and subject to Section 8(a)(ii), $10 per business day
(increasing to $20 per business day five (5) business days after
such damages have begun to accrue) for each business day after the
Restriction Notation Removal Date until such stock is delivered
without a restriction notation. Nothing herein shall limit such
Warrant Holder's right to pursue actual damages for the Company's
failure to transfer Shares or Series J Conversion Shares as
required by this Agreement, and such Warrant Holder shall have the
right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity
including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief. For the purposes of this section, "VWAP"
means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the
following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common
Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by Pink OTC
Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to
its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Warrant
Holders of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company. For the purposes of
this section, “Trading Market” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board,
or any market of the OTC Markets, Inc. (or any successors to any of
the foregoing).
In
addition to such Warrant Holder’s other available remedies,
in the event that the Shares are delivered more than 5 Trading Days
following the date hereof (or if issued pursuant to the Series J
Preferred, following conversion) or a legal opinion required above
is not delivered to the Transfer Agent prior to the expiration of
its effectiveness (“Required Delivery Date”), Company
shall pay to a Warrant Holder, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on
the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are
required to be delivered), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20
per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun
to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Required Delivery Date
until such Shares or Series J Conversion Shares are delivered
without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and
deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Warrant Holder by the
Required Delivery Date Shares or Series J Conversion Shares without
legends that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b)
if after the Required Delivery Date such Warrant Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock
to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Warrant Holder of all
or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale
of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion
of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Warrant Holder
anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive
legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Warrant
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the
“Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of
that the Company was required to deliver to such Warrant Holder by
the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing
sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period
commencing on the date of the delivery by such Warrant Holder to
the Company of the applicable Shares or Series J Conversion Shares
(as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and
payment under this clause (iii).
(b)
Transfers
. Subject
to Section 7 above, the Company hereby confirms that it will not
require a legal opinion or “no action” letter from any
Warrant Holder who desires to transfer the Warrant Shares or Series
J Conversion Shares in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144”).
(c)
Registration
Rights
. Holders of Warrant
Shares will have the registration rights described in Exhibit B
hereto
(d)
Furnishing of
Information
. Until
the earliest of the time that no Warrant Holder owns Warrants or
Shares, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of its
Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
During the period that the Warrant Holders own Warrants or Shares,
the Company shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect
thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act,
even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act.
(e)
Tacking
.
Each party hereto acknowledges that the holding period for the
Warrant Shares and the Series J Conversion Shares may be tacked
back to the date the Warrants were initially issued and the Company
shall take no position contrary to this
position.
(f)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. Each Warrant Holder acknowledges that
the representations and warranties contained herein are made by it
with the intention that such representations and warranties may be
relied upon by the Company and its legal counsel in determining the
Warrant Holder’s eligibility to purchase the Warrant Shares
under applicable securities legislation, or (if applicable) the
eligibility of others on whose behalf it is contracting hereunder
to purchase the Warrant Shares under applicable securities
legislation. The Warrant Holder further agrees that the
representations and warranties made by the Warrant Holder will
survive the Warrant Exercise and will continue in full force and
effect notwithstanding any subsequent disposition of the Warrant
Holder of such Warrant Shares.
(g)
Fees and
Expenses
. Each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisors, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the preparation, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(h)
Entire
Agreement
. This
Agreement, together with the schedules attached hereto, contain the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written with respect to such
matters.
(i)
Notices
. All
notices, demands requests, consents, approvals, and other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally
served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable
air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by
hand delivery, addressed as set forth below or to such other
address as such party shall have specified most recently by written
notice. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to
the Company, to: GT Biopharma, Inc., Attn: Chief Financial Officer,
4100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 600, Tampa, FL 33602, and (ii) if to
the Warrant Holders, to the addresses as indicated on the signature
pages attached hereto.
(j)
Amendments;
Waivers
. No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an
amendment, by the Company and the Warrant Holders holding at least
a majority in interest of the Warrant Shares then outstanding or,
in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of
any such waived provision is sought;
provided
,
that all waivers, modifications, supplements or amendments effected
by less than all Warrant Holders impact all Warrant Holders in the
same fashion. No waiver with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of
any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the
exercise of any such right.
(k)
Headings
. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of
the provisions hereof.
(l)
Successors and
Assigns
. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and permitted
assigns.
(m)
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
. This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit
of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(n)
Governing
Law
. All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the principals of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members,
employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state
and federal courts of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts of New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or
in connection herewith or the transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to
assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. In addition to any other rights or remedies hereunder, any
indemnification provisions granted to a Warrant Holder shall
continue to survive and apply to such Warrant Holder as if such
rights were granted hereunder.
(o)
Survival
. The
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
Closing for the applicable statute of
limitations.
(p)
Execution
. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which
when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement,
it being understood that the parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission or by email delivery of a
“.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a
valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose
behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect
as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature was an
original thereof.
(q)
Severability
. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ, an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be
the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without
including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable.
(r)
Independent Nature of
Obligations and Rights
. The obligations of each Warrant
Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of
any other Warrant Holder, and no Warrant Holder shall be
responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of
the obligations of any other Warrant Holder hereunder. Nothing
contained herein and no action taken by any Warrant Holder hereto
shall be deemed to constitute the Warrant Holders as a partnership,
an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Warrant Holders are in any way acting
in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each Warrant
Holder confirms that such Warrant Holder has independently
participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated
hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each
Warrant Holder shall be entitled to independently protect and
enforce its rights under this Agreement and it shall not be
necessary for any other Warrant Holder to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.
(s)
No Third Party
Beneficiaries
. Nothing in this Agreement shall
provide any benefit to any third party nor entitle any third party
to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it
being the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall
not otherwise be construed as a third party beneficiary
contract.
(t)
Construction
. The
parties hereto agree that each of them and/or their respective
counsel have reviewed and have had an opportunity to revise this
Agreement and the schedules attached hereto. This
Agreement shall be construed according to its fair meaning and not
strictly for or against any party. The word
“including” shall be construed to include the words
“without limitation.” In this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires, references to the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa.
(u)
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
. IN ANY ACTION,
SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST
ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY ANDINTENTIONALLY, TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY,
UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRAIL BY
JURY.
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Warrant Exercise Agreement
(Company)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant Exercise
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year
first written above.
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Warrant Exercise Agreement
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant Exercise
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year
first written above.
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Schedule A
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Percentage
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Bristol
Investment Fund*
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21.515%
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Theorem
Group*
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14.507%
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James
W. Heavener*
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11.175%
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Adam
Kasower*
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10.515%
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Canyons
Trust*
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10.407%
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Red
Mango*
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9.096%
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Alpha
Capital *
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7.374%
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Scott
Booth Investments III*
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5.551%
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Bristol
Capital*
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2.954%
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East
Ventures Inc*
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2.136%
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HC
Wainwright*
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1.065%
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Raymond
Pribadi (Private Resources) *
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0.653%
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Scott
Williams*
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0.554%
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Randy
Berinhout*
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0.398%
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Craig
Osborne*
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0.393%
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Adam
Cohen
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0.321%
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Les
Cantor
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0.319%
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Munt
Trust
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0.245%
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Gianna
Simone Baxter*
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0.183%
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Farhad
Rastanian
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0.132%
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Howard
Knee
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0.121%
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Ho'okipa
Capital Partners Inc
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0.120%
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Anthony
Baxter*
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0.085%
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Piter
Korompis*
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0.057%
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Greg
McPherson
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0.049%
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Net
Capital*
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0.039%
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Barry
Wolfe*
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0.025%
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John
Brady*
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0.009%
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Brannon
Family Office *LLLP
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0.002%
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Total
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100.000%
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*Party to this agreement
Schedule B
Warrant Shares
Warrant Holder
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Warrants
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Common Stock
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Series J Preferred
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Adam
Kasower
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62,360
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63,575
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Alpha
Capital
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91,703
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92,865
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-
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Anthony
Baxter
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211
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226
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Barry
Wolfe
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374
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421
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Brannon
Family Office LLLP
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561
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561
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Bristol
Capital
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4,485
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-
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5,046
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Bristol
Investment Fund
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111,291
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114,119
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Canyons
Trust
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1,121
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1,121
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Craig
Osborne
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8,162
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8,162
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East
Ventures Inc
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4,934
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5,551
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Gianna
Simone Baxter
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1,944
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1,959
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HC
Wainwright
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19,321
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19,321
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James
W. Heavener
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72,185
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73,635
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John
Brady
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2,068
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2,068
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Net
Capital
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3,707
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3,754
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Piter
Korompis
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852
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959
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Randy
Berinhout
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3,333
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3,750
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Raymond
Pribadi
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748
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841
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Red
Mango
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77,476
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78,410
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Scott
Booth Investments III
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7,521
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8,461
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Scott
Williams
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4,451
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4,513
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Theorem
Group
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9,458
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10,640
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Total
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488,266
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494,911
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5,046
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EXHIBIT A
LOST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
[_______________] (the “
Warrant
Holder
”), by and through
its duly authorized person, hereby certifies:
1. This
Lost Warrant Affidavit and Indemnity Agreement (the
“
Agreement
”),
entered into effective as of [_____________ __, 20__], relates to
(1) the Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“
Purchase
Document
”) dated as of
[______________ __, 20__] by and among OXIS International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”)
and the Warrant Holder, and (2) the [Series __ Warrants to Purchase
Series ___ Common Stock] (the “
Warrant
”)
dated as of [______________ __, 20__], issued by the Company to
Warrant Holder.
2. Warrant
Holder hereby represents, warrants, and agrees as
follows:
a. After
having conducted a diligent investigation of its records and files,
Warrant Holder has been unable to find the Warrant and believes
that such Warrant has been lost, misfiled, misplaced, or
destroyed.
b. Warrant
Holder has not assigned, encumbered, endorsed, pledged, or
hypothecated the Warrant, or otherwise transferred to another
individual or entity any right, title, interest, or claim in, to,
or under the Warrant.
c. Warrant
Holder agrees that if it ever finds the Warrant, it will promptly
notify Company of the existence of the Warrant, mark the Warrant as
canceled, and forward the Warrant to Company or the Company’s
designee.
d. Warrant
Holder shall indemnify Company for, and hold Company harmless from
and against, any damages, liabilities, losses, claims (including
any claim by any individual or entity for the collection of any
sums due under or with respect to such Warrant), or expenses
arising out of, or resulting from, (i) Warrant Holder’s
inability to find and deliver the Warrant to Company, or (ii) any
inaccuracy or misstatement of fact in, or breach of any
representation, warranty, agreement, or duty in or under, this
Agreement.
3. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
identical and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
4. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of Delaware
(without regard to any conflicts of laws
provisions thereof).
The
parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
date first written above.
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED
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COMPANY
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GT Biopharma, Inc.
a Delaware corporation
By:
Printed Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT B
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
1.1
Company
Registration
. If the
Company shall determine to register any of its securities either
for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders,
other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit
plans, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or
other Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any registration
form that does not permit secondary sales, the Company
will:
(a) promptly
give written notice of the proposed registration to all Warrant
Holders; and
(b) use its commercially reasonable efforts
to include in such registration (and any related qualification
under blue sky laws or other compliance), except as set forth in
Section 1.2(b) of this
Exhibit
B
below, and in any
underwriting involved therein, all of such Registrable Securities
as are specified in a written request or requests made by any
Warrant Holder or Warrant Holders received by the Company within 10
days after such written notice from the Company is mailed or
delivered. Such written request may specify all or a
part of a Warrant Holder’s Registrable
Securities.
1.2
Underwriting
. If
the registration of which the Company gives notice is for a
registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company
shall so advise the Warrant Holders as a part of the written notice
given pursuant to Section 1.2(a)(i) of
this
Exhibit
B
. In such event,
the right of any Warrant Holder to registration pursuant to this
Section 1.2 shall be conditioned upon such Warrant
Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion
of such Warrant Holder’s Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Warrant
Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting shall (together with the Company, the Other Selling
Stockholders and other holders of securities of the Company with
registration rights to participate therein distributing their
securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the representative of the
underwriter or underwriters selected by the
Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 1.2, if the underwriters advise the Company in writing
that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares
to be underwritten, the underwriters may (subject to the
limitations set forth below) limit the number of Registrable
Securities to be included in, the registration and
underwriting. The Company shall so advise all holders of
securities requesting registration, and the number of shares of
securities that are entitled to be included in the registration and
underwriting shall be allocated, as follows: (i) first, to the
Company for securities being sold for its own account, and
(ii) second, to the Warrant Holders and Other Selling
Stockholders requesting to include Registrable Securities and Other
Shares in such registration statement based on
the
pro rata
percentage of Registrable Securities and
Other Shares held by such Warrant Holders and Other Selling
Stockholders, assuming exercise and (iii) third, to the Other
Selling Stockholders requesting to include Other Shares in such
registration statement based on the pro rata percentage of Other
Shares held by such Other Selling Stockholders, assuming
exercise.
If
a person who has requested inclusion in such registration as
provided above does not agree to the terms of any such
underwriting, such person shall also be excluded therefrom by
written notice from the Company or the underwriter. The
Registrable Securities or other securities so excluded shall also
be withdrawn from such registration. Any Registrable
Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such
underwriting shall be withdrawn from such
registration.
1.3
Right to
Terminate Registration
.
The
Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any
registration initiated by it under this
Exhibit
B
prior to the
effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Warrant
Holder has elected to include securities in such
registration.
1.4
Definitions
. The
following definitions shall apply for the purposes of
this
Exhibit
B
:
(a) “
Other
Selling
Stockholders
”
shall mean persons other than Warrant Holders who, by virtue of
agreements with the Company, are entitled to include their Other
Shares in certain registrations hereunder.
(b) “
Other
Shares
” shall mean shares
of Common Stock, other than Registrable Securities (as defined
below), with respect to which registration rights have been
granted.
(c) “
Registrable
Securities
” shall mean
(i) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the
exercise of the Warrants and (ii) any Common Stock issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for
or in replacement of the shares referenced in (i)
above;
provided
,
however
, that Registrable Securities shall not include
any shares of Common Stock described in clause (i) or (ii) above
which have previously been registered or which have been sold to
the public either pursuant to a registration statement or
Rule 144, or which have been sold in a private transaction in
which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not
validly assigned in accordance with this
Agreement.
Exhibit 10.7
PREFERRED STOCK EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement (this
“
Agreement
”)
is entered into as of August 29, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”),
and the parties listed on
Schedule
A
hereto.
WHEREAS, Theorem Group LLC and Canyons Trust
(together, the “
Series H
Stockholders
”) currently
hold shares of Series H Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company
(the “
Series H
Preferred Stock
”)
pursuant to the Series H Preferred Stock Agreement, dated February
10, 2010 (the “
Series H
Preferred SPA
”);
WHEREAS, Adam Kasower (the
“
Series I
Stockholder
”) currently
hold shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company
(the “
Series I
Preferred Stock
”)
pursuant to the Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
November 8, 2010 (the “
Series I
Preferred SPA
”);
WHEREAS, Series H Preferred Stock, and Series I
Preferred Stock are herein collectively referred to as the
“
Preferred
Stock
”;
WHEREAS, Series H Stockholders and Series I
Stockholders are herein collectively referred to as the
“
Investors
”
or “
Preferred
Stockholders
”;
WHEREAS, the Series H Preferred SPA and Series I
Preferred SPA are herein collectively referred to as the
“
Prior
Subscription Agreements
”
or “
Prior
Transaction Documents
”;
WHEREAS, each Preferred Stockholder hereby agrees
to exchange all shares of Preferred Stock held by such Preferred
Stockholder, and the Company agrees to issue to each Preferred
Stockholder in exchange for such shares, and for no additional
consideration, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Preferred Stockholder’s name
on
Schedule
B
hereto (the
“
Exchange
Shares
”);
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the rights and benefits that they
will each receive in connection with this Agreement, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.
Exchange
of Preferred Stock; Issuance of Exchange Shares
. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, in exchange for the Preferred Stock and for no
additional consideration, such number of Exchange Shares set forth
beside such Preferred Stockholder’s name on Schedule B
attached hereto (the “
Stock
Conversion
”). Thereafter,
the Preferred Stock converted shall solely represent the right to
receive the Exchange Shares hereunder, and Preferred Stock shall
remain issued and outstanding. In the event a Stock Conversion will
result in a Preferred Stockholder owning more than 9.99% of the
total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, the
Preferred Stockholder will be issued common stock in connection
with the Stock Conversion until the Preferred Stockholder owns
9.99% of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company. The
balance of the Stock Conversion will be completed by the Company
issuing the Preferred Stockholder shares of Series J Preferred
Stock. A copy of the Certificate of Designation with respect to
such Series J Preferred Stock is annexed hereto as Exhibit
C.
2.
Closing
.
(a)
Closing
. With
respect to all shares of Preferred Stock, the Preferred
Stockholders shall deliver their certificates representing the
Preferred Stock (or if such certificates are lost, mutilated or
destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and indemnity agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, an
“Affidavit”)) to the Company for
cancellation.
(b)
Delivery of
Shares
. Within five (5)
business days from the receipt of the certificates (or Affidavit,
as applicable) from any Preferred Stockholder, the Company shall
deliver the applicable Exchange Shares to such Preferred
Stockholder pursuant to a legal opinion acceptable to the transfer
agent and the Preferred Stockholders to be issued by Company
counsel and paid for by the Company, electronically through the
Depository Trust Company or another established clearing
corporation performing similar functions.
3.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to each Investor as of the date hereof as
follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing under,
and by virtue of, the laws of the State of Delaware, and is in good
standing under such laws. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and
assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. The Company is duly qualified and authorized
to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify
would have a material adverse effect on its business, properties or
financial condition.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Company
has all requisite legal and corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to sell and issue the Exchange
Shares hereunder, and to carry out and perform its obligations
under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers,
directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Exchange Shares
and the performance of all of the Company’s obligations
hereunder, other than the Charter Amendment, have been taken or
will be taken prior to the Closing. This Agreement has
been duly executed by the Company and constitutes valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the laws of
general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the
relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d)
Valid Issuance of
Stock
. The Exchange
Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in compliance with the
provisions of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and issued in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws. Such
Exchange Shares will also be free and clear of any liens or
encumbrances; provided, however, that the Exchange Shares shall be
subject to the provisions of this Agreement and restrictions on
transfer under state and/or federal securities laws. The
Exchange Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or restrictions on transfer.
(e)
Offering
. Subject
in part on the accuracy of the Investor’s representations
in
Sections
4
and
5
(if
applicable) hereof, the offer, sale and issuance of the Exchange
Shares in conformity with the terms of this Agreement constitute
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “
Securities
Act
”) and from all
applicable state securities laws.
(f)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Shares, or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby, except (i) such filings as have
been made prior to the date hereof, (ii) the Charter Amendment and
(iii) such additional post-closing filings as may be required to
comply with applicable federal and state securities laws (including
but not limited to any Form D or Form 8-K filings), and with
applicable general corporation laws of the various states, each of
which will be filed with the proper authority by the Company in a
timely manner.
4.
Representations
and Warranties of all Investors
. Each Investor, for itself and for no
other person, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof
to the Company as follows:
(a)
Organization and
Standing
. The
Investor is either an individual or an entity duly organized,
validly existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, and is in good
standing under such laws.
(b)
Corporate
Power
. The Investor
has all right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement,
to effect the Exchange hereunder, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(c)
Authorization
. All
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar
action, as applicable on the part of such Investor, necessary for
the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Exchange and the performance of all of such
Investor’s obligations hereunder have been taken or will be
taken prior to the Closing. This Agreement has been duly
executed by the Investor and constitutes valid and legally binding
obligations of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the laws of
general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the
relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.
(d)
Governmental
Consents
. No
consent, approval, qualification or authority of, or registration
or filing with, any local, state or federal governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or the offer,
sale or issuance of the Exchange Shares, or the consummation of any
transaction contemplated hereby, except such filings as have been
made prior to the date hereof.
(e)
Own
Account
. Such
Investor understands that the Exchange Shares are “restricted
securities” and have not been registered under the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law in reliance upon
exemptions from regulation for non-public offerings and is
acquiring the Exchange Shares as principal for its own account and
not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Exchange
Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or
any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any such Exchange Shares in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no
direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other
persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of
such Exchange Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law. Such Investor agrees
that the Exchange Shares or any interest therein will not be sold
or otherwise disposed of by such Investor unless the shares are
subsequently registered under the Securities Act and under
appropriate state securities laws or unless the Company receives an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that an exception from
registration is available.
(f)
Investor
Status
. The Investor
is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the
Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act. Such Investor is not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “
Exchange
Act
”).
(g)
Experience of
Investor
. Such
Investor, either alone or together with its representatives, has
such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Exchange Shares, and has
so evaluated the merits and risks of such
investment.
(h)
Ability to Bear
Risk
. Such Investor
understands and acknowledges that in investment in the Company is
highly speculative and involves substantial risks. Such
Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the
Exchange Shares and is able to afford a complete loss of such
investment.
(i)
General
Solicitation
. Such
Investor is not accepting the Exchange Shares as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the
Exchange Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar
media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any
seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(j)
Disclosure of
Information
. Such
Investor has had the opportunity to receive all additional
information related the Company requested by it and to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, the Company regarding the
Company, including the Company’s business management and
financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of this offering of
the Exchange Shares. Such questions were answered to
such Investor’s satisfaction. Such Investor has
also had access to copies of the Company’s filings with the
Securities Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and
Exchange Act. The Investor believes that it has received
all the information such Investor considers necessary or
appropriate for deciding whether to consummate the
Exchange. The Investor understands that such
discussions, as well as any information issued by the Company, were
intended to describe certain aspects of the Company’s
business and prospects, but were not necessarily a through or
exhaustive description. The Investor acknowledges that
any business plans prepared by the Company have been, and continue
to be, subject to change and that any projections included in such
business plans or otherwise are necessarily speculative in nature
and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions
underlying the projections will not materialize or will vary
significantly from actual results.
(k)
Residency
. The
residency of the Investor (or in the case of a partnership or
corporation, such entity’s principal place of business) is
correctly set forth on signature pages attached
hereto.
(l)
Security
Holdings
. The shares
of Preferred Stock held by each Investor, as applicable, as of the
date hereof are correctly described on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto. The Investor does not hold any other securities
or equity interests in the Company other than what is set forth
opposite such Investor’s name on
Schedule
B
attached
hereto,
Schedule
B
to the Note Conversion
Agreement, dated August 25, 2017, and
Schedule
B
to the Warrant Exercise
Agreement, dated August 25, 2017, each of which is incorporated
herein by reference as though fully set forth herein and made a
part of this Agreement.
(m)
Tax
Matters
. The
Investor has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal,
state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and
the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. The
Investor understands that it (and not the Company) shall be
responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of
this investment and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(n)
Restrictions on
Transferability; No Endorsement
. The Investor has been informed of and
understand the following:
i. there
are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Exchange
Shares; or
ii. no
federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to
the fairness for public investment, nor any recommendation nor
endorsement of the Exchange Shares.
(o)
No Other
Representation by the Company
. None of the following information has
ever been represented, guaranteed or warranted to the Investor,
expressly or by implication by any broker, the Company, or agent or
employee of the foregoing, or by any other
Person:
i. the
approximate or exact length of time that the Investor will be
required to remain a holder of the Exchange Shares;
ii. the
amount of consideration, profit or loss to be realized, if any, as
a result of an investment in the Company; or
iii. that
the past performance or experience of the Company, its officers,
directors, associates, agents, affiliates or employees or any other
person will in any way indicate or predict economic results in
connection with the plan of operations of the Company or the return
on investment.
5.
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of Non-US Investors
. Each Investor who is a Non-U.S.
Person (as defined herein) hereby represents and warrants to the
Company as follows:
(a)
Certain
Definitions
. As used
herein, the term “United States” means and includes the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, any
state of the United States and the District of Columbia, and the
term “Non-U.S. person” means any person who is not a
U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S) or is deemed not to be a
U.S. person under Rule 902(k)(2) of the Securities
Act.
(b)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. This Agreement is made by the Company
with such Investor who is a Non-U.S. person
(“
Non-U.S.
Investor
”) in reliance
upon such Non-U.S. Investor’s representations and warranties
made herein.
(c)
Regulation
S
. Such Non-U.S.
Investor has been advised and acknowledges
that:
i. the
Exchange Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act,
the securities laws of any state of the United States or the
securities laws of any other country;
ii. in
issuing and selling the Exchange Shares to such Non-U.S. Investor
pursuant to hereto, the Company is relying upon the “safe
harbor” provided by Regulation S and/or on Section 4(a)(2)
under the Securities Act;
iii. it is a condition to the availability of
the Regulation S “safe harbor” that the Exchange Shares
not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. person
until the expiation of a period of one year following the Closing
Date; notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the expiration of one
year after the Closing (the “
Restricted
Period
”), the Exchange
Shares may be offered and sold by the holder thereof only if such
offer and sale is made in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement and either: (A) if the offer or sale is within the United
States or to or for the account of a U.S. person, the securities
are offered and sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement of the Securities Act, or (B) the offer and sale is
outside the United States and to other than a U.S.
person.
(d)
Certain Restrictions
on Exchange Shares
. Such Non-U.S. Investor agrees that
with respect to the Shares until the expiration of the Restricted
Period:
i. such
Non-U.S. Investor, its agents or its representatives have not and
will not solicit offers to buy, offer for sale or sell any of the
Shares or any beneficial interest therein in the United States or
to or for the account of a U.S. person during the Restricted
Period; notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, the Exchange Shares may be offered and sold
by the holder thereof only if such offer and sale is made in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement and either: (A) if the
offer or sale is within the United States or to or for the account
of a U.S. person, the securities are offered and sold pursuant to
an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration
requirements of the Securities Act; or (B) the offer and sale is
outside the United States and to a person other than a U.S. person;
and
ii. such
Non-U.S. Investor shall not engage in hedging transactions with
regards to the Exchange Shares unless in compliance with the
Securities Act.
The
foregoing restrictions are binding upon subsequent transferees of
the Exchange Shares, except for transferees pursuant to an
effective registration statement. Such Non-U.S. Investor
agrees that after the Restricted Period, the Exchange Shares may be
offered or sold within the United States or to or for the account
of a U.S. person only pursuant to applicable securities
laws.
(e)
Directed
Selling
. Such
Non-U.S. Investor has not engaged, nor is it aware that any party
has engaged, and such Non-U.S. Investor will not engage or cause
any third party to engage, in any directed selling efforts (as such
term is defined in Regulation S) in the United States with respect
to the Shares.
(f)
Location of Non-U.S.
Investor
. Such Non-U.S.
Investor: (i) is domiciled and has its principal place of business
or registered office outside the United States; (ii) certifies it
is not a U.S. person and is not acquiring the Exchange Shares for
the account or benefit of any U.S. person; and (iii) at the time of
Closing, the Non-U.S. Investor or persons acting on the Non-U.S.
Investor’s behalf in connection therewith are located outside
the United states.
(g)
Distributor;
Dealer
. Such
Non-U.S. Investor is not a “distributor” (as defined in
Regulation S) or a “dealer” (as defined in the
Securities Act).
(h)
Notation of
Restrictions
. Such
Non-U.S. Investor acknowledges that the Company shall make a
notation in its stock books regarding the restrictions on transfer
set forth in this section and shall transfer such shares on the
books of the Company only to the extent consistent
therewith.
(i)
Compliance with
Laws
. Such Non-U.S. Investor is
satisfied as to the full observance of the laws of such Non-U.S.
Investor’s jurisdiction in connection with the Exchange,
including (i) the legal requirements within such Non-U.S.
Investor’s jurisdiction for the Exchange, (ii) any foreign
exchange restrictions applicable to such Exchange, (iii) any
governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained and
(iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be
relevant to the exchange, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of
such securities. Such Non-U.S. Investor’s
participation in the Exchange, and such Non-U.S. Investor’s
continued beneficial ownership of the Exchange Shares will not
violate any applicable securities or other laws of such Non-U.S.
Investor’s jurisdiction.
6.
Waiver
and Release
. Effective
immediately upon the Stock Conversion with respect to the Preferred
Stock held by each Preferred Stockholder:
(a) Such
Investor expressly forfeits and waives any and all anti-dilution
and piggyback registration rights under any and all Prior
Transaction Documents or otherwise applicable to the Preferred
Stock, including any anti-dilution rights such Investor may have
with respect to the issuances of any capital stock or other
securities of the Company pursuant to previous transactions and
pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Such
Investor unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases and
discharges the Company, and any parent and subsidiary corporations,
divisions and affiliated corporations, partnerships or other
entities of the Company, past and present, as well as the
Company’s past and present employees, officers, directors,
agents, principals, shareholders, successors and assigns from all
claims, losses, demands, interests, causes of action, suits, debts,
controversies, liabilities, costs, expenses and damages related to
the waiver of anti-dilution and piggyback registration rights
above, any security interest pursuant to any Prior Transaction
Documents or otherwise over any collateral of the Company, or
related in any way to any rights such Investor may have to equity
or debt securities of the Company, other than as provided under
this Agreement, any other agreement entered into contemporaneously
herewith or set forth on the schedules hereto and thereto
. This release includes, but is not limited to, any
tort, contract, common law, constitution or other statutory claims
(including but not limited to any claims for attorneys’ fees,
costs and expenses).
(c) Such
Investors and the Company expressly waives such Investor’s or
Company’s (as applicable) right to recovery of any type,
including damages or reinstatement, in any administrative court or
action, whether state or federal, and whether brought by such
Investor or Company or on such Investor’s or Company’s
(as applicable) behalf, related in any way to the matters released
herein.
(d) Such
Investors and the Company declare and represent that they intend
this Agreement to be complete and not subject to any claim of
mistake, and that the release of the claims described herein
expresses a full and complete release and it intends the release of
such claims to be final and complete.
(e) The parties acknowledge that this release
is not intended to bar any claims that, by statute, may not be
waived
and
shall not waive any indemnification rights previously granted in
Prior Transaction Documents.
(f)
The
Company unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely releases and
discharges such Preferred Stockholder, and any parent and
subsidiary corporations, divisions and affiliated corporations,
partnerships or other entities of such Preferred Stockholder, past
and present, as well as the such Preferred Stockholder’s past
and present employees, officers, directors, agents, principals,
shareholders, successors and assigns from all claims, losses,
demands, interests, causes of action, suits, debts, controversies,
liabilities, costs, expenses and damages related to any Prior
Transaction Documents or otherwise over any collateral of the
Company, or related in any way to any obligations such Preferred
Stockholder may have to the Company, other than as provided under
this Agreement or set forth on the schedules hereto. This release
includes, but is not limited to, any tort, contract, common law,
constitution or other statutory claims (including but not limited
to any claims for attorneys’ fees, costs and
expenses).
7.
Covenants
.
(a)
On
or about the date of this Agreement, the Company is entering into
Note Conversion Agreements, Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements,
and Warrant Exercise Agreements with the debenture holders, the
preferred stock holders and the warrant holders of the Company.
Pursuant to these agreements, common stock and sometimes Series J
Preferred Stock will be issued upon the conversion of debentures,
conversion of old preferred stock and the exercise of warrants
(collectively the “Newly Issued Capital Stock”). The
Note Holder’s “New Stock” is the common stock
received pursuant to this Agreement, any Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreement and any Warrant Exercise Agreement of even date herewith,
together with the number of common shares into which the Note
Holder’s Series J Preferred Stock received by virtue of the
same agreements, is convertible. The “Note Holder’s
Percentage” is the percentage of the Note Holder’s New
Stock compared to the total of the Newly Issued Capital Stock.
At all times during the one-year
period immediately following the Closing in which the Note Holder
participates (“Restricted Period”), beginning on the
Closing Date, such Note Holder hereby agrees with the Company that
such Note Holder shall not sell on any one day, any shares of the
Company’s capital stock in excess of the Note Holder’s
Percentage of the Company’s trading volume on that day. The
foregoing restriction was requested by the Company of each Note
Holder and was not requested by any Note Holder. Each Note Holder
shall make its own determination of when to sell and when not to
sell independently of any other Note Holder and not as a part of
any group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set
forth in this
Section
7(a)
will terminate with
respect to any Note Conversion Shares when the Company has any
registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes and agrees to notify
each Note Holder in writing (which may be via e-mail to with a
‘read receipt requested’) of the effective date on the
same day that the Company receives notice of such effective
date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that,
except as set forth in this Agreement, the Company is under no
obligation to register any of the Note Conversion Shares. The Note
Holder’s Percentage is listed on
Schedule
A
.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, during the Restricted Period, the
Holder may, directly or indirectly, sell or transfer all, or any
part, of the Shares or the Warrant Shares (the “Restricted
Securities”) to any Person (an “Assignee”) in a
transaction which does not need to be reported on the Nasdaq
consolidated tape, without complying with (or otherwise limited by)
the restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a); provided, that as
a condition to any such sale or transfer an authorized signatory of
the Company and such Assignee duly execute and deliver a leak-out
agreement in the form of this Section 7(a) (an “Assignee
Agreement”, and each such transfer a “Permitted
Transfer”) and, subsequent to a Permitted Transfer, sales of
the Note Holder and all Assignees (other than any such sales that
constitute Permitted Transfers) shall be aggregated for all
purposes of this Section 7(a) and all Assignee
Agreements.
(b)
The
Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and
covenants and agrees from and after the date hereof that none of
the terms offered to any Preferred Stockholder with respect to the
terms hereunder and the Exchange Shares is or will be more
favorable to any other Preferred Stockholder than those offered
under this Agreement (including by way of any written or verbal
side or separate agreements). If, and whenever on or after the date
hereof, the Company offers different terms to another Preferred
Stockholder, then (i) the Company shall provide notice thereof to
all Preferred Stockholders promptly following the occurrence
thereof and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
be, without any further action by the Preferred Stockholder or the
Company, automatically and retroactively amended and modified in an
economically and legally equivalent manner such that all Preferred
Stockholders shall receive the benefit of the more favorable terms
and/or conditions (as the case may be) granted to such other
Preferred Stockholder, provided that upon written notice to the
Company at any time a Preferred Stockholder may elect not to accept
the benefit of any such amended or modified term or condition, in
which event the term or condition contained in this Agreement shall
apply to the Preferred Stockholder as it was in effect immediately
prior to such amendment or modification as if such amendment or
modification never occurred with respect to the Preferred
Stockholder.
(c)
This Agreement shall be effective with
respect to Preferred Stockholders who accept this offer only if
Preferred Stockholders possessing not less than 100% of the
outstanding Note principal and interest accept this offer and
execute and deliver a copy of this Agreement to the Company on or
before September 1, 2017. If this Agreement becomes effective and
the transaction documents are executed on or before 8:30 a.m. on
September 5, 2017, then on or before 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
September 5, 2017, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form
8-K with the Commission. From and after such filing, the Company
represents to the Preferred Stockholders that it shall have
publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered
to it by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or
agents.
(d)
Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company covenants
and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its
behalf, will provide any Preferred Stockholder or its agents or
counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes
material non-public information, unless prior thereto such
Preferred Stockholder shall have entered into a written agreement
with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each
Preferred Stockholder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in
effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
8.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Restriction
Notations
. The provisions of
this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection 8(d) below, apply to all common
shares received by any Note Holder pursuant to a Note Conversion
Agreement, a Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement, or a Warrant
Exercise Agreement and shares of common stock into which Series J
Preferred Stock is converted, which shares of Series J Preferred
Stock are received pursuant to the same agreements. Collectively
these shares are referred to in this Subsection 8(a) and Subsection
8(d) as the “Shares”.
i. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Company shall not make any notations on its records
or give any instructions to the registrar and transfer agent of the
Company (along with any successor transfer agent of the Company,
the “
Transfer
Agent
”) implementing any
restrictions on transfer.
ii.
Company and Transfer Agent records evidencing the Shares shall not
contain any restriction notation (including any restriction
notation under this Section 8(a)): (i) while a registration
statement covering the resale of such security is effective under
the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant
to Rule 144, (iii) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule
144 or (iv) if such restriction notation is not required under
applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission). The Company shall cause its
counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent promptly if
required by the Transfer Agent or requested by an Investor to
effect the removal of the restriction notation hereunder. If all or
any Series J Preferred Stock is converted at a time when there is
an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the
Shares, Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series J
Preferred Stock (“Series J Conversion Shares”) or if
the Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such restriction
notation is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of
the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and
pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such
Shares and Series J Conversion Shares shall be issued free of all
restriction notations. The Company agrees that following such time
as such restriction notation is no longer required under this
Section 8(a), it will, no later than three business days following
the request by an Investor to the Company that the restriction on
the Investor’s shares be removed (such third business day,
the “Restriction Notation Removal Date”), cause the
Transfer Agent to transfer the Shares upon the request of the
Investor by crediting the account of the Investor's prime broker
with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such
Investor. The Company may not make any notation on its records or
give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 8. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to the volume
limitations of Section 7(a), provided a Note Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company and the Company is current in its
reporting obligations, the Note Conversion Shares and Series J
Conversion Shares may be sold under Rule 144 without restriction
and the Company will provide the required legal opinions in
connection with such sales.
iii.
In addition to the Investor's other available remedies, the Company
shall pay to an Investor, in cash, as partial liquidated damages
and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on the VWAP
of the Common Stock of the Company on the date a request for
restriction notation removal is submitted to the Transfer Agent) to
which a removal of a restriction notation was requested and subject
to Section 8(a)(ii), $10 per business day (increasing to $20 per
business day five (5) business days after such damages have begun
to accrue) for each business day after the Restriction Notation
Removal Date until such stock is delivered without a restriction
notation. Nothing herein shall limit such Investor's right to
pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to transfer Shares
or Series J Conversion Shares as required by this Agreement, and
such Investor shall have the right to pursue all remedies available
to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree
of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. For the purposes
of this section, "VWAP" means, for any date, the price determined
by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the
daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such
date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which
the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to
4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is
not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the
Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by
Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent
bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all
other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Investors of a majority in interest of the Securities then
outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company. For the purposes of
this section, “Trading Market” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global
Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTC Bulletin Board,
or any market of the OTC Markets, Inc. (or any successors to any of
the foregoing).
In
addition to such Investor’s other available remedies, in the
event that the Shares are delivered more than 5 Trading Days
following the date hereof (or if issued pursuant to the Series J
Preferred, following conversion) or a legal opinion required above
is not delivered to the Transfer Agent prior to the expiration of
its effectiveness (“Required Delivery Date”), Company
shall pay to an Investor, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Shares (based on
the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are
required to be delivered), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20
per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun
to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Required Delivery Date
until such Shares or Series J Conversion Shares are delivered
without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and
deliver (or cause to be delivered) to an Investor by the Required
Delivery Date Shares or Series J Conversion Shares without legends
that are free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if
after the Required Delivery Date such Investor purchases (in an
open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to
deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Investor of all or any
portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the
number of shares of Common Stock that such Investor anticipated
receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an
amount equal to the excess of such Investor’s total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket
expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
(including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses,
if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A)
such number of that the Company was required to deliver to such
Investor by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest
closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during
the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Investor
to the Company of the applicable Shares or Series J Conversion
Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery
and payment under this clause (iii).
(b)
Transfers
.
Subject to Section 7 above, the Company hereby confirms that it
will not require a legal opinion or “no action” letter
from any Investor who desires to transfer the Exhange Shares or
Series J Conversion Shares in compliance with Rule 144 promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144”).
(c)
Registration
Rights
. Holders of Exchange
Shares will have the registration rights described in Exhibit B
hereto.
(d)
Furnishing
of Information
. Until the
earliest of the time that no Investor owns Preferred Stock or
Shares, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of its
Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
During the period that the Investors own Preferred Stock or Shares,
the Company shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect
thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act,
even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act.
(e)
Tacking
.
Each party hereto acknowledges that the holding period for the
Exchange Shares and Series J Conversion Shares may be tacked back
to the date the Preferred Stock was initially issued and the
Company shall take no position contrary to this
position.
(f)
Reliance on
Representations and Warranties by the Company
. Each Investor acknowledges that the
representations and warranties contained herein are made by it with
the intention that such representations and warranties may be
relied upon by the Company and its legal counsel in determining the
Investor’s eligibility to acquire the Exchange Shares under
applicable securities legislation, or (if applicable) the
eligibility of others on whose behalf it is contracting hereunder
to purchase the Exchange Shares under applicable securities
legislation. The Investor further agrees that the representations
and warranties made by the Investor will survive the Exchange and
will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
subsequent disposition of the Investor of such Exchange
Shares.
(g)
Fees and
Expenses
. Each party shall pay
the fees and expenses of its advisors, counsel, accountants and
other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such
party incident to the preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.
(h)
Entire
Agreement
. This Agreement,
together with the schedules attached hereto, contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral
or written with respect to such matters.
(i)
Notices
.
All notices, demands requests, consents, approvals, and other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally
served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable
air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by
hand delivery, addressed as set forth below or to such other
address as such party shall have specified most recently by written
notice. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to
the Company, to: GT Biopharma, Inc., Attn: Chief Financial Officer,
4100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 600, Tampa, FL 33602, and (ii) if to
the Note Holders, to the addresses as indicated on the signature
pages attached hereto.
(j)
Amendments;
Waivers
. No provision of this
Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except
in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the
Company and the Investors holding at least a majority in interest
of the Exchange Shares then outstanding or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived
provision is sought; provided, that all waivers, modifications,
supplements or amendments effected by less than all Investors
impact all Investors in the same fashion. No waiver with respect to
any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any
other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any
delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in
any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
(k)
Headings
.
The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof.
(l)
Successors and
Assigns
. This Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their
successors and permitted assigns.
(m)
No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
. This Agreement
is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(n)
Governing
Law
. All questions concerning
the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principals of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all
legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and
defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates,
directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal
courts of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of New York
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or the transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in
any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not venue for
such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such
suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered
or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery)
to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. In addition to
any other rights or remedies hereunder, any indemnification
provisions granted to an Investor shall continue to survive and
apply to such Investor as if such rights were granted
hereunder.
(o)
Survival
.
The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the Closings for the applicable statute of
limitations.
(p)
Execution
.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of
which when taken together shall be considered one and the same
agreement, it being understood that the parties need not sign the
same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by email delivery of a “.pdf”
format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature was an original
thereof.
(q)
Severability
.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ, an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
(r)
Independent Nature of
Obligations and Rights
. The
obligations of each Investor and hereunder are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor
shall be responsible in any way for the performance or
non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor hereunder.
Nothing contained herein and no action taken by any Investor hereto
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create
a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert
or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Company and each Investor confirms that
such Investor has independently participated in the negotiation of
the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own
counsel and advisors. Each Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement
and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined
as an additional party in any proceeding for such
purpose.
(s)
No Third Party
Beneficiaries
. Nothing in this Agreement shall
provide any benefit to any third party nor entitle any third party
to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it
being the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall
not otherwise be construed as a third party beneficiary
contract.
(t)
Construction
. The
parties hereto agree that each of them and/or their respective
counsel have reviewed and have had an opportunity to revise this
Agreement and the schedules attached hereto. This
Agreement shall be construed according to its fair meaning and not
strictly for or against any party. The word
“including” shall be construed to include the words
“without limitation.” In this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires, references to the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa.
(u)
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
. IN ANY ACTION,
SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST
ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY ANDINTENTIONALLY, TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY,
UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRAIL BY
JURY.
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Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date
and year first written above.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date
and year first written above.
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Schedule A
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Percentage
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Bristol
Investment Fund
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21.515%
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Theorem
Group*
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14.507%
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James
W. Heavener
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11.175%
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Adam
Kasower*
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10.515%
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Canyons
Trust*
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10.407%
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Red
Mango
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9.096%
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Alpha
Capital
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7.374%
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Scott
Booth Investments III
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5.551%
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Bristol
Capital
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2.954%
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East
Ventures Inc
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2.136%
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HC
Wainwright
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1.065%
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Raymond
Pribadi
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0.653%
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Scott
Williams
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0.554%
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Randy
Berinhout
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0.398%
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Craig
Osborne
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0.393%
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Adam
Cohen
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0.321%
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Les
Cantor
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0.319%
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Munt
Trust
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0.245%
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Gianna
Simone Baxter
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0.183%
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Farhad
Rastanian
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0.132%
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Howard
Knee
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0.121%
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Ho'okipa
Capital Partners Inc
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0.120%
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Anthony
Baxter
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0.085%
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Piter
Korompis
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0.057%
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Greg
McPherson
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0.049%
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Net
Capital
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0.039%
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Barry
Wolfe
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0.025%
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John
Brady
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0.009%
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Brannon
Family Office LLLP
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0.002%
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*Party to this agreement
Schedule B
Exchange Shares
Preferred Stock holder of Series H
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Theorem Group
LLC 4.99%
of fully diluted shares (approximately 2,481,417
shares)
Canyons
Trust
4.99% of fully diluted shares (approximately 2,481,417
shares)
Preferred Stock holder of Series I
:
Adam
Kasower 208,333
shares
EXHIBIT A
LOST STOCK CERTIFICATE AFFIDAVIT
AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
[_______________] (the “
Investor
”),
by and through its duly authorized person, hereby
certifies:
1. This Lost Stock Certificate Affidavit and
Indemnity Agreement (the “
Agreement
”),
entered into effective as of [_____________ __, 2017], relates to
the Series [H/I] Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the
“
Purchase
Document
”) dated as of
[______________ __, 20__] by and among GT Biopharma, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “
Company
”)
and the Investor.
2. The Investor is the sole legal and
beneficial owner of a total of ______________ shares of the Series
[H/I] Preferred Stock (the “
Shares
”)
of the Company, represented by stock certificate number [_____]
(the “
Certificate
”),
issued by the Company to Investor as of [_____________ __,
20__].
3. Investor
hereby represents, warrants, and agrees as follows:
a. After
having conducted a diligent investigation of its records and files,
Investor has been unable to find the Certificate and believes that
such Certificate has been lost, misfiled, misplaced, or
destroyed.
b. Investor
has not assigned, encumbered, endorsed, pledged, or hypothecated
the Certificate, or otherwise transferred to another individual or
entity any right, title, interest, or claim in, to, or under the
Certificate.
c. Investor
agrees that if it ever finds the Certificate, it will promptly
notify Company of the existence of the Certificate, mark the
Certificate as canceled, and forward the Certificate to Company or
the Company’s designee.
d. Investor
shall indemnify Company for, and hold Company harmless from and
against, any damages, liabilities, losses, claims (including any
claim by any individual or entity for the collection of any sums
due under or with respect to such Certificate), or expenses arising
out of, or resulting from, (i) Investor’s inability to find
and deliver the Certificate to Company, or (ii) by reason of any
payment, transfer, exchange or other act which the Company may do
or cause to be done with respect to the Certificate, or (iii) by
reason of any refusal to make any payment on the Certificate to any
person tendering the Certificate, or (iv) any inaccuracy or
misstatement of fact in, or breach of any representation, warranty,
agreement, or duty in or under, this Agreement, whether or not such
liabilities, losses, costs, damages, counsel fees and other
expenses arise or occur through accident, oversight, inadvertence
or neglect on the part of the Company, or its respective officers,
agents, clerks or employees.
3. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
identical and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
4. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of Delaware
(without regard to any conflicts of laws
provisions thereof).
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parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
date first written above.
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COMPANY
”
GT Biopharma, Inc.
a Delaware corporation
By:
Printed Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT B
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
1.1
Company Registration
. If the
Company shall determine to register any of its securities either
for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders,
other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit
plans, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or
other Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any registration
form that does not permit secondary sales, the Company
will:
(a)
promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all
Investors; and
(b) use
its commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration
(and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other
compliance), except as set forth in Section 1.2 of this Exhibit B
below, and in any underwriting involved therein, all of such
Registrable Securities as are specified in a written request or
requests made by any Investor or Investors received by the Company
within 10 days after such written notice from the Company is mailed
or delivered. Such written request may specify all or a part of a
Investor’s Registrable Securities.
1.2
Underwriting
. If the
registration of which the Company gives notice is for a registered
public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so
advise the Investors as a part of the written notice given pursuant
to Section 1.1(a) of this Exhibit B. In such event, the right of
any Investor to registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall be
conditioned upon such Investor’s participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Investor’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All
Investors proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting shall (together with the Company, the Other selling
stockholders and other holders of securities of the Company with
registration rights to participate therein distributing their
securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the representative of the
underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriters advise
the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation
on the number of shares to be underwritten, the underwriters may
(subject to the limitations set forth below) limit the number of
Registrable Securities to be included in, the registration and
underwriting. The Company shall so advise all holders of securities
requesting registration, and the number of shares of securities
that are entitled to be included in the registration and
underwriting shall be allocated, as follows: (i) first, to the
Company for securities being sold for its own account, and (ii)
second, to the Investors and other selling stockholders requesting
to include Registrable Securities and Other Shares in such
registration statement based on the pro rata percentage of
Registrable Securities and Other Shares held by such Investors and
other selling stockholders, assuming conversion and (iii) third, to
the other selling stockholders requesting to include other shares
in such registration statement based on the pro rata percentage of
other shares held by such other selling stockholders, assuming
conversion.
If a
person who has requested inclusion in such registration as provided
above does not agree to the terms of any such underwriting, such
person shall also be excluded therefrom by written notice from the
Company or the underwriter. The Registrable Securities or other
securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from such
registration. Any Registrable Securities or other securities
excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn
from such registration.
1.3
Right to Terminate
Registration
. The Company shall have the right to terminate
or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Exhibit B
prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any
Investor has elected to include securities in such
registration.
1.4
Definitions
. The following
definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Exhibit
B:
(a)
“Other Selling Stockholders” shall mean persons other
than Investors who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are
entitled to include their Other Shares in certain registrations
hereunder.
(b)
“Other Shares” shall mean shares of Common Stock, other
than Registrable Securities (as defined below), with respect to
which registration rights have been granted.
(c)
“Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) shares of
Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the conversion of the
Notes and (ii) any Common Stock issued as a dividend or other
distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement
of the shares referenced in (i) above; provided, however, that
Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Common Stock
described in clause (i) or (ii) above which have previously been
registered or which have been sold to the public either pursuant to
a registration statement or Rule 144, or which have been sold in a
private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under
this Agreement are not validly assigned in accordance with this
Agreement.
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment Agreement (“
Agreement
”) is made and entered
into as of October 10, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
(the
“
Company
”), and
the parties identified on the signature page hereto (each a
“
Note Holder
”
and collectively, “
Note
Holders
”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein will have the meanings assigned to them in the Note
Conversion Agreements (as defined below).
Capitalized terms
defined herein shall be incorporated in the Note Conversion
Agreements, as appropriate.
WHEREAS, on August
25, 2017, the Company and Note Holders identified on
Schedule A
entered into Note Conversion
Agreements (the “
Note
Conversion Agreements
”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Note Conversion Agreements, in exchange for the
cancellation of all indebtedness of the Company, the Company issued
to the Note Holders Newly Issued Capital Stock and New Stock (as
defined in the Note Conversion Agreements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 8(j) of the Note Conversion Agreements, a Majority in
Interest may consent to an amendment of any provision of the Note
Conversion Agreements on behalf of the Note Holders;
and
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested the Note Holders agree to an amendment of
Section 7 of the Note Conversion Agreements.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby consent and agree as follows:
1.
Section
7 of the Note Conversion Agreements shall be amended as
follows:
(a)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7(a):
The
restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a) shall terminate if the
Company issues any securities in a financing transaction for the
purpose of raising capital during any time that any New Stock is
outstanding.
(b)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7:
“In
addition to the obligations set forth herein, beginning on October
9, 2017 until the earlier of November 30, 2017 and the end of
the Restricted Period, no shares of New Stock may be sold by a Note
Holder at a sales price of less than $7.00 per share of New Stock.
During the Restricted Period, if in effect, from and
after December 1, 2017, the shares of New Stock which may be
sold on a particular trading day (the "Baseline Day") based on such
Note Holder’s Percentage (the "Allotted Shares") may be sold
by such Note Holder on the Baseline Trading Day and any one or more
of the following five consecutive trading days following the
Baseline Trading Day (for example, if the Note Holder determines
that its number of Allotted Shares is 10,000 on the Baseline
Trading Day, then the Note Holder may sell the 10,000 shares over
the six (6) consecutive trading day period beginning on the
Baseline Trading Day and continuing for the following five
consecutive trading days after that).”
2. The
Company will immediately notify each of the Note Holders upon the
attainment by the Company of the approval of a Majority in Interest
of Note Holders.
3.
The Company
represents that the foregoing amendment of Section 7 was requested
by the Company of each Note Holder and was not requested by any
Note Holder.
4.
Each of the Note
Holders hereby represents the truth and accuracy of each Note
Holder’s representations and warranties contained in the Note
Conversion Agreement when made and also as if such representations
and warranties were made as of the date hereof.
5.
Each of the Note
Holders executing this Agreement represents to the Company that it
has the authority to enter into and deliver this
Agreement.
6.
All other terms
contained in the Note Conversion Agreements remain in
effect.
7. Except
as specifically described herein, there is no other amendment or
waiver expressed or implied.
8.
Each Note Holder
represents to the Company that it is making its own determination
whether it will consent to this Agreement and not as a part of a
group.
9.
All notices,
demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted in connection with this Agreement shall be
made and given in the same manner set forth in the Note Conversion
Agreements.
10.
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws and
principles that would result in the application of the substantive
laws of another jurisdiction. Any action brought by either party
against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York in
the federal courts located in the state of New York. Both parties
and the individuals executing this Agreement and other agreements
on behalf of the parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party (which
shall be the party which receives an award most closely resembling
the remedy or action sought) shall be entitled to recover from the
other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the
event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement
delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be
deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of
law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of any agreement.
11. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same Agreement and shall
become effective when the counterparts have been signed by each
party and delivered to the other party, it is being understood that
all parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that
any signature is delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were
an original thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the undersigned Note Holders have
caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written
above.
GT
BIOPHARMA INC.
By:_______________________________________
__________________________________________
the
“Note Holder”
By:_______________________________________
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment Agreement (“
Agreement
”) is made and entered
into as of October 10, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
(the
“
Company
”), and
the parties identified on the signature page hereto (each a
“
Warrant Holder
”
and collectively, “
Warrant
Holders
”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein will have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Exercise Agreements (as defined below).
Capitalized terms
defined herein shall be incorporated in the Warrant Exercise
Agreements, as appropriate.
WHEREAS, on August
25, 2017, the Company and Warrant Holders identified on
Schedule A
entered into
Warrant Exercise Agreements (the “
Warrant Exercise Agreements
”);
and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Warrant Exercise Agreements, in exchange for
the cancellation of all indebtedness of the Company, the Company
issued to the Warrant Holders Newly Issued Capital Stock (as
defined in the Warrant Exercise Agreements); and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 8(j) of the Warrant Exercise Agreements, a Majority in
Interest may consent to an amendment of any provision of the
Warrant Exercise Agreements on behalf of the Warrant Holders;
and
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested the Warrant Holders agree to an amendment of
Section 7 of the Warrant Exercise Agreements.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby consent and agree as follows:
1.
Section
7 of the Warrant Conversion Agreements shall be amended as
follows:
(a)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7(a):
The
restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a) shall terminate if the
Company issues any securities in a financing transaction for the
purpose of raising capital during any time that any New Stock is
outstanding.
(b)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7:
“In addition to the obligations set forth
herein, beginning on October 9, 2017 until the earlier of
November 30, 2017 and the end of the Restricted Period, no shares
of New Stock may be sold by a Warrant Holder at a sales price of
less than $7.00 per share of New Stock. During the Restricted
Period, if in effect, from and after December 1, 2017, the
shares of New Stock which may be sold on a particular trading day
(the "Baseline Day") based on such Warrant Holder’s
Percentage (the "Allotted Shares") may be sold by such Warrant
Holder on the Baseline Trading Day and any one or more of the
following five consecutive trading days following the Baseline
Trading Day (for example, if the Warrant Holder determines that its
number of Allotted Shares is 10,000 on the Baseline Trading Day,
then the Warrant Holder may sell the 10,000 shares over the six (6)
consecutive trading day period beginning on the Baseline Trading
Day and continuing for the following five consecutive trading days
after that).”
2. The
Company will immediately notify each of the Warrant Holders upon
the attainment by the Company of the approval of a Majority in
Interest of Warrant Holders.
3.
The Company
represents that the foregoing amendment of Section 7 was requested
by the Company of each Warrant Holder and was not requested by any
Warrant Holder.
4.
Each of the Warrant
Holders hereby represents the truth and accuracy of each Warrant
Holder’s representations and warranties contained in the
Warrant Exercise Agreement when made and also as if such
representations and warranties were made as of the date
hereof.
5.
Each of the Warrant
Holders executing this Agreement represents to the Company that it
has the authority to enter into and deliver this
Agreement.
6.
All other terms
contained in the Warrant Exercise Agreements remain in
effect.
7. Except
as specifically described herein, there is no other amendment or
waiver is expressed or implied.
8.
Each Warrant Holder
represents to the Company that it is making its own determination
whether it will consent to this Agreement and not as a part of a
group.
9.
All notices,
demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted in connection with this Agreement shall be
made and given in the same manner set forth in the Warrant Exercise
Agreements.
10.
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws and
principles that would result in the application of the substantive
laws of another jurisdiction. Any action brought by either party
against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York in
the federal courts located in the state of New York. Both parties
and the individuals executing this Agreement and other agreements
on behalf of the parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party (which
shall be the party which receives an award most closely resembling
the remedy or action sought) shall be entitled to recover from the
other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the
event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement
delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be
deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of
law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of any agreement.
11. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same Agreement and shall
become effective when the counterparts have been signed by each
party and delivered to the other party, it is being understood that
all parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that
any signature is delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were
an original thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the undersigned Warrant Holders
have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above.
GT
BIOPHARMA INC.
the
“Company”
By:_______________________________________
__________________________________________
the
“Warrant Holder”
By:_______________________________________
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment Agreement (“
Agreement
”) is made and entered
into as of October 10, 2017, by and among GT Biopharma Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
(the
“
Company
”), and
the parties identified on the signature page hereto (each a
“
Preferred
Stockholder
” and collectively, “
Preferred Stockholders
”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein will have the
meanings assigned to them in the Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreements (as defined below).
Capitalized terms
defined herein shall be incorporated in the Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreements, as appropriate.
WHEREAS, on August
29, 2017, the Company and Preferred Stockholders identified on
Schedule A
entered into
Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements (the “
Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreements
”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements, in
exchange for the cancellation of all indebtedness of the Company,
the Company issued to the Preferred Stockholders Newly Issued
Capital Stock and New Stock (as defined in the Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 8(j) of the Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements, a
Majority in Interest may consent to an amendment of any provision
of the Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements on behalf of the
Preferred Stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested the Preferred Stockholders agree to an
amendment of Section 7 of the Preferred Stock Exchange
Agreements.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of promises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby consent and agree as follows:
1.
Section
7 of the Preferred Stock Conversion Agreements shall be amended as
follows:
(a)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7(a):
The
restrictions set forth in this Section 7(a) shall terminate if the
Company issues any securities in a financing transaction for the
purpose of raising capital during any time that any New Stock is
outstanding.
(b)
the
following language shall be added to the end of Section
7:
“In
addition to the obligations set forth herein, beginning on October
9, 2017 until the earlier of November 30, 2017 and the end of
the Restricted Period, no shares of New Stock may be sold by a
Preferred Stockholder at a sales price of less than $7.00 per share
of New Stock. During the Restricted Period, if in effect, from and
after December 1, 2017, the shares of New Stock which may be
sold on a particular trading day (the "Baseline Day") based on such
Preferred Stockholder ’s Percentage (the "Allotted Shares")
may be sold by such Preferred Stockholder on the Baseline Trading
Day and any one or more of the following five consecutive trading
days following the Baseline Trading Day (for example, if the
Warrant Holder determines that its number of Allotted Shares is
10,000 on the Baseline Trading Day, then the Preferred Stockholder
may sell the 10,000 shares over the six (6) consecutive trading day
period beginning on the Baseline Trading Day and continuing for the
following five consecutive trading days after
that).”
2. The
Company will immediately notify each of the Preferred Stockholders
upon the attainment by the Company of the approval of a Majority in
Interest of Preferred Stockholders.
3.
The Company
represents that the foregoing amendment of Section 7 was requested
by the Company of each Preferred Stockholder and was not requested
by any Preferred Stockholder.
4.
Each of the
Preferred Stockholders hereby represents the truth and accuracy of
each Preferred Stockholder’s representations and warranties
contained in the Preferred Stock Exchange Agreement when made and
also as if such representations and warranties were made as of the
date hereof.
5.
Each of the
Preferred Stockholders executing this Agreement represents to the
Company that it has the authority to enter into and deliver this
Agreement.
6.
All other terms
contained in the Preferred Stock Exchange Agreements remain in
effect.
7. Except
as specifically described herein, there is no other amendment or
waiver expressed or implied.
8.
Each Preferred
Stockholder represents to the Company that it is making its own
determination whether it will consent to this Agreement and not as
a part of a group.
9.
All notices,
demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications
required or permitted in connection with this Agreement shall be
made and given in the same manner set forth in the Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreements.
10.
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws and
principles that would result in the application of the substantive
laws of another jurisdiction. Any action brought by either party
against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York in
the federal courts located in the state of New York. Both parties
and the individuals executing this Agreement and other agreements
on behalf of the parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of
such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party (which
shall be the party which receives an award most closely resembling
the remedy or action sought) shall be entitled to recover from the
other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the
event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement
delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be
deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of
law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of any agreement.
11. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same Agreement and shall
become effective when the counterparts have been signed by each
party and delivered to the other party, it is being understood that
all parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that
any signature is delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were
an original thereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the undersigned Preferred
Stockholders have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first written above.
GT
BIOPHARMA INC.
the
“Company”
By:_______________________________________
__________________________________________
the
“Preferred Stockholder”
By:_______________________________________
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Kathleen Clarence-Smith, certify that:
1.
I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of GT Biopharma,
Inc.;
2.
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report;
3.
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
4.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Evaluated the
effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
c)
Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
and
5.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
b)
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
November 14, 2017
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Chief
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Steven Weldon, certify that:
1.
I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of GT Biopharma,
Inc.;
2.
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report;
3.
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
4.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Evaluated the
effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
c)
Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
and
5.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
b)
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
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Date:
November 14, 2017
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/s/ Steven
Weldon
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Steven
Weldon
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CFO,
President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Director
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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q of GT Biopharma, Inc. (the “
Company
”),
for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
“
Report
”),
I,
Kathleen Clarence-Smith
, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, do hereby certify, to my knowledge
that:
(1) The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or
780(d)); and
(2) The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
Date:
November 14, 2017
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/s/
Kathleen
Clarence-Smith
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Kathleen Clarence-Smith
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906
has been provided to GT Biopharma, Inc. and will be retained by GT
Biopharma, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q of GT Biopharma, Inc. (the “
Company
”),
for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
“
Report
”),
I, Steven Weldon, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, do hereby certify, to my knowledge
that:
(1) The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or
780(d)); and
(2) The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
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Date:
November 14, 2017
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/s/ Steven
Weldon
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Steven
Weldon
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CFO,
President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Director
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906
has been provided to GT Biopharma, Inc. and will be retained by GT
Biopharma, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.