UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): July 16, 2020
Commission
File Number: 021-214723
AzurRx BioPharma, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter.)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
46-4993860
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
760 Parkside Ave., Suite 304, Brooklyn, New York 11226
(Address
of principal executive offices)
646-699-7855
(Registrant's
Telephone number)
Not Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of exchange on which registered
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Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
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AZRX
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Nasdaq
Capital Market
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.
Private Placement and Exchange; Purchase Agreement
On July
16, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), AzurRx BioPharma, Inc.
(the “Company”) consummated a private placement offering (the
“Private Placement”) whereby the Company entered into a
Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain
accredited and institutional investors (the
“Investors”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the
Company issued an aggregate of 2,912.583124 shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
“Series B Preferred Stock”), at a price of $7,700.00
per share, initially convertible into an aggregate of 29,125,833
shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share (the “Common Stock”) at $0.77 per share, together
with warrants (the “Series B Warrants”) to purchase an
aggregate of 14,562,957 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price
of $0.85 per share. The amount of the Series B Warrants is equal to
50% of the shares of Common Stock into which the Series B Preferred
Stock is initially convertible.
In
connection with the Private Placement, an aggregate of 1,975.578900
shares of Series B Preferred Stock initially convertible into
19,755,795 shares of Common Stock and related 7,379,790 Series B
Warrants were issued for cash consideration, resulting in aggregate
gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $15.2 million in the
Private Placement.
In
addition, the balance of an aggregate of 937.004221 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock initially convertible into 9,370,039
shares of Common Stock and related Series B Warrants to purchase
4,685,040 shares of Common Stock was issued to certain Investors
(the “Exchange Investors”) in exchange for
consideration consisting of approximately $6.9 million aggregate
outstanding principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon through the Closing Date of approximately $0.3
million, of certain Senior Convertible Promissory Notes (the
“Promissory Notes”) issued between December 20, 2019
and January 9, 2020 (the “Exchange”), pursuant to an
Exchange Addendum (the “Exchange Addendum”) executed by
the Company and the Exchange Investors. As additional consideration
to the Exchange Investors, the Company also issued certain
additional warrants (the “Exchange Warrants”) to
purchase an aggregate of 1,772,972 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $0.85 per share. The amount of the Exchange
Warrants is equal to 25% of the shares of Common Stock into which
such Promissory Notes were originally convertible upon the initial
issuance thereof. The terms of the Exchange Warrants are otherwise
the same as the terms of the Series B Warrants. The Company
anticipates prepaying the outstanding balance of $25,000 aggregate
principal amount of Promissory Notes, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon through such prepayment date, held by
non-participating holders in the Exchange, following which no
Promissory Notes will remain outstanding. The Company will use the
remaining net proceeds of the Private Placement, less placement
agent fees and expenses, for corporate and general working capital
purposes, including its clinical trials.
Each
of (i) James Sapirstein, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Non-Independent Director, (ii) Edward J. Borkowski, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and
(iii) Edmund Burke Ross, Jr., a stockholder that beneficially owns
greater than 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
are participating in the Private Placement on the same terms and
conditions as the other Investors. Mr. Saperstein purchased
$100,000 worth of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and related
Series B Warrants for cash, and Mr. Borkowski purchased $250,000
worth of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and related Series B
Warrants for cash and exchanged $105,129 of Promissory Notes
(including outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid
interest thereon) for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and
related Series B Warrants and Exchange Warrants in the Exchange.
Mr. Ross exchanged $785,877 of Promissory Notes (including
outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest
thereon) for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and related
Series B Warrants and Exchange Warrants in the Exchange. Mr.
Sapirstein’s and Mr. Borkowski’s participation in the
Private Placement and the Exchange, as applicable, is conditioned
on the Stockholder Approval (as defined below) in accordance with
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c).
Placement Agent Compensation
Alexander Capital
L.P. (“Alexander”) acted as placement agent for the
Private Placement pursuant to an engagement letter dated May 1,
2020 (the “Engagement Letter”). The Company has agreed
to pay Alexander 9.0% of the gross cash proceeds received by the
Company from Investors introduced by Alexander and 4.0% of the
gross cash proceeds received by the Company from all other
Investors, or approximately $1.3
million. The Company has also agreed to pay Alexander a
non-accountable cash fee equal to 1.0% of the gross cash proceeds
in the Private Placement and a cash financial advisory fee equal to
3.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the Promissory Notes
that were submitted in the Exchange, excluding certain specified
holders, or approximately $0.3 million
in additional cash fees in the aggregate. Also, pursuant to
the terms of the Engagement Letter, the Company has agreed to
reimburse Alexander for up to $100,000 in legal and other
out-of-pocket expenses.
In
addition, the Company has agreed to issue to Alexander, or its
designees, warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to
purchase up to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock sold for cash
consideration in the Private Placement, or 1,377,458 shares. The Placement Agent
Warrants will have substantially the same terms as the Series B
Warrants, except that the Placement Agent Warrants will have an
exercise price equal to $1.06 per share, will not be callable, will
provide for cashless exercise, and will not be exercisable until
the earlier of the Stockholder Approval (as defined below) and the
date that is six months following the issuance
thereof.
The
Company received net cash proceeds from the Private Placement after
deducting the placement agent compensation and expenses of
approximately $13.5 million.
Terms of Series B Preferred Stock
Pursuant
to the Private Placement and the Purchase Agreement, for purposes
of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c) and 5635(d), the
Company is required to hold a meeting of its stockholders not later
than 60 days following the Closing Date to seek approval (the
“Stockholder Approval”) for, among other things, the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon (i) full conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock; and (ii) full exercise of the Series B
Warrants and the Exchange Warrants. In the event the Stockholder
Approval is not received on or prior to the 90th day following the
Closing Date, subject to extension upon the prior written approval
of the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred
Stock then outstanding (the “Stockholder Approval
Deadline”), the Company is required to repurchase all of the
then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price
equal to 150% of the then applicable Liquidation Preference (as
defined below), in cash. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the
Board is required to support the Stockholder Approval, subject to
customary fiduciary obligations, and each Investor has agreed to
vote in favor of the Stockholder Approval.
Under the Certificate of Designations of the
Series B Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of
Designations”), subject to the Stockholder Approval, each
share of Series B Preferred Stock will be convertible, at the
holder’s option at any time, into Common Stock at a
conversion rate equal to the quotient of (i) the $7,700 stated
value (the “Series B Stated Value”) divided by (ii) the
initial conversion price of $0.77, subject to specified adjustments
for stock splits, cash or stock dividends, reorganizations,
reclassifications other similar events as set forth in
the Certificate of Designations. In addition, subject
to the Stockholder Approval, if at any
time after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, the
closing sale price per share of Common Stock exceeds 250% of the
initial conversion price, or $1.925, for 20 consecutive trading
days, then all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred
Stock will automatically convert (the “Automatic
Conversion”) into such number of shares of Common Stock as is
obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Series B Preferred
Stock to be so converted, plus the amount of any accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon, by the Series B Stated Value per share and
dividing the result by the then applicable conversion
price.
The
Series B Preferred Stock will contain limitations that prevent the
holder thereof from acquiring shares of Common Stock upon
conversion (including pursuant to the Automatic Conversion) that
would result in the number of shares beneficially owned by such
holder and its affiliates exceeding 9.99% of the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to the conversion, which percentage may be increased or decreased
at the holder’s election not to
exceed 19.99%.
Each
holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, in preference and
priority to the holders of all other classes or series of stock of
the Company, is entitled to receive dividends, commencing from the
date of issuance. Such dividends may be paid by the Company only
when, as and if declared by the Board, out of assets legally
available therefore, semiannually in arrears on the last day of
June and December in each year, commencing December 31, 2020, at
the dividend rate of 9.0% per year, which is cumulative and
continues to accrue on a daily basis whether or not declared and
whether or not the Company has assets legally available therefore.
The Company may pay such dividends at its option either in cash or
in kind in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock (rounded
down to the nearest whole share), provided the Company must pay in
cash the fair value of any such fractional shares in excess of
$100.00. In the event that a registration statement pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) has not been
declared effective on or prior to the date that is 30 days after
the date of the Stockholder Approval (or 30) days after the date of
the Stockholder Approval if the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) conducts a full review of such registration
statement), the dividend rate will be adjusted to equal a fixed
rate of one and one half percent 1.5% per calendar
month.
Under
the Certificate of Designations, each share of Series B
Preferred Stock carries a liquidation preference equal to the
Series B Stated Value (as adjusted thereunder) plus accrued and
unpaid dividends thereon (the “Liquidation
Preference”).
After
the date of the Stockholder Approval, in the event the Company
effects any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of
Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents for cash consideration, or
a combination of units thereof (a “Subsequent
Financing”), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have
the right, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the
Certificate of Designations, at its option, to exchange (in lieu of
cash subscription payments) all or some of the Series B Preferred
Stock then held (with a value per share of Series B Preferred Stock
equal to the Liquidation Preference) for any securities or units
issued in a Subsequent Financing on dollar-for-dollar
basis.
The
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate
class, will have customary consent rights with respect to certain
corporate actions of the Company. The Company may not take the
following actions without the prior consent of the holders of at
least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding:
(a) authorize, create, designate, establish, issue or sell an
increased number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or any other
class or series of capital stock ranking senior to or on parity
with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon
liquidation; (b) reclassify any shares of Common Stock or any other
class or series of capital stock into shares having any preference
or priority as to dividends or upon liquidation superior to or on
parity with any such preference or priority of Series B Preferred
Stock; (c) amend, alter or repeal the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Company and the powers, preferences, privileges,
relative, participating, optional and other special rights and
qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, which would
adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power
of the Series B Preferred Stock; (d) issue any indebtedness or debt
security, other than trade accounts payable, insurance premium
financings and/or letters of credit, performance bonds or other
similar credit support incurred in the ordinary course of business,
or amend, renew, increase, or otherwise alter in any material
respect the terms of any such indebtedness existing as of the date
of first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock; (e)
redeem, purchase, or otherwise acquire or pay or declare any
dividend or other distribution on (or pay into or set aside for a
sinking fund for any such purpose) any capital stock of the
Company; (f) declare bankruptcy, dissolve, liquidate, or wind up
the affairs of the Company; (g) effect, or enter into any agreement
to effect, a Change of Control (as defined in the Certificate of
Designations); or (h) materially modify or change the nature of the
Company’s business.
Terms of Series B Warrants and Exchange Warrants
The Series B Warrants are exercisable at a price
of $0.85 per share, subject to adjustment, for that number of shares of Common Stock (the
“Series B Warrant Shares”) equal to 50% of the total
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
shares of Series B Preferred Stock purchased by each Investor, or
14,524,054 shares in the aggregate. The Series B Warrants expire
five years from the date of issuance and, in the event that the
Company has not obtained the Stockholder Approval on or prior to
the 90th day following the Closing Date, the Investors must
surrender the Warrants to the Company for cancellation in
connection with the Company’s repurchase of the Series B
Preferred Stock a 150% premium, as described above. The holders of
the Series B Warrants may exercise the Series B Warrants on a
cashless basis, solely to the extent no resale registration
statement (or applicable exemption from registration) is available
at the time of exercise. The Company is prohibited from effecting
an exercise of any Series B Warrants to the extent that such
exercise would result in the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates exceeding
9.99% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the exercise, which percentage
may be increased or decreased at the holder’s election not to
exceed 19.99%. The Series B Warrants will not be exercisable
until the Stockholder Approval is obtained and will expire unvested
to the extent the Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or before
the Stockholder Approval Deadline.
As
additional consideration for the Exchange, the Company has also
agreed to issue solely to the Exchange Investors, in addition to
the Series B Warrants, Exchange Warrants representing the right to
purchase, at an exercise price equal to $0.85 per share, that
number of shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange Warrant
Shares”), assuming conversion of the entire balance of such
Exchange Investor’s Promissory Note, equal to 25% of the
shares of Common Stock into which such Promissory Note was
originally convertible upon the initial issuance thereof, or
1,772,972 shares in the aggregate. The Exchange Warrants have the
same terms as the Series B Warrants including with respect to the
exercisability and expiration thereof.
In addition, the Series B Warrants and the
Exchange Warrants, are subject to a call provision.
If at any time, the closing sale price
per share of Common Stock exceeds 350% of the then applicable
exercise price for 20 consecutive trading days, or $2.975 based on
the initial exercise price on the Closing Date, the Company
at its sole option may provide notice to the holders of the
Series B Warrants and the Exchange
Warrants (the “Call Notice”), to exercise the Series B Warrant Shares and
Exchange Warrant Shares (the “Called Warrant Shares”).
If the warrants are not exercised by the 10th trading day following
the Call Notice, the Company will remit to the holders $0.01
per Called Warrant Share, and the
related portion of the Series B Warrants and Exchange Warrants will
be cancelled.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the Private Placement, the
Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated as of
July 16, 2020 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”),
with the Investors, pursuant to which the Company will undertake to
file, within 10 days following the Closing Date, a registration
statement to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issuable
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and upon exercise of the Series
B Warrants and the Exchange Warrants (the “Registrable
Securities”); and to cause such registration statement to be
declared effective by the SEC promptly following the Stockholder Approval, but
in no event later than thirty 30 days after the date of the
Stockholder Approval (or 60 days after the date of the Stockholder
Approval if the SEC conducts a full review of the registration
statement) and maintain the effectiveness of the registration
statement until all such shares of Common Stock registered have
been sold or are otherwise able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144.
The Registration Rights Agreement also provides
for piggy-back registration rights, subject to the terms
and conditions of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Copies
of the form of Certificate of Designations and the Purchase
Agreement, including the form of Exchange Addendum, are attached
hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 10.1, respectively, and are incorporated
herein by reference. A copy of the form of Series B Warrant,
Exchange Warrant and Placement Agent Warrant is attached hereto as
Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2
and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summaries of
certain of the material terms of the Certificate of Designations,
the Purchase Agreement, the Series B Warrants, the Exchange
Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants and the Registration Rights
Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
documents attached as exhibits hereto.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE FILED WITH THE
SEC
The
Company plans to file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a
proxy statement in connection with the Private Placement and the
Exchange. The proxy statement will contain important information
about the Company, the Private Placement, the Exchange and related
matters. Investors and other security holders are urged to read the
proxy statement carefully when it is available. Investors and other
security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy
statement and other documents filed with the SEC by the Company
through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In
addition, Investors and other security holders will be able to
obtain free copies of the proxy statement from the Company by
contacting the Chief Financial Officer at (646)
699-7855.
The
Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to
Private Placement and the Exchange. Additional information
regarding interests of such participants is included in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for
the year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on
March 30, 2020 and amended on April 29, 2020.
This
release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any security. The securities offered have not been
registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities
laws and may not be offered or sold in the united states or any
state thereof absent registration under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities.
The
information set forth above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by
reference into this Item 3.02. The issuance of the Series B
Preferred Stock, the Series B Warrants, the Exchange Warrants and
the Placement Agent Warrants and any related shares of Common Stock
was made pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, and the
rules promulgated thereunder, to accredited investors.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Amendment to Incentive Plan
On July
16, 2020, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s
2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive
Plan”). The amendment eliminates individual grant limits
under the Incentive Plan that were intended to comply with the
exemption for “performance-based compensation” under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which section has
been repealed. A copy of the amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.3
hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Option Grants
Effective July 16,
2020, the Board authorized the grant of
stock options covering a total of 2,040,000 shares of
Common Stock under the Incentive Plan to certain employees,
officers and directors. Such options each have an exercise price of
$0.85 per share, the closing sale price of the Common Stock on
their date of grant. James Sapirstein, Chief Executive Officer,
received options to purchase up to 1,200,000 shares of the Common
Stock, 600,000 of which will vest in equal monthly installments
over a term of three years commencing on the one month anniversary
of the issuance date, and 600,000 of which will vest upon the
achievement of certain strategic milestones specified by the
Compensation Committee of the Board. Daniel Schneiderman, Chief
Financial Officer, received options to purchase up to 250,000
shares of Common Stock and James E. Pennington, Chief Medical
Officer, received options to purchase up to 300,000 shares of
Common Stock, each vesting in equal monthly installments over a
term of three years commencing on the one month anniversary of the
issuance date.
In
addition, effective July 16, 2020, the Board also approved an
amended and restated option grant to Daniel Schneiderman, amending
and restating a grant previously made on January 2, 2020, to reduce
the amount of shares issuable upon exercise of such option to be
the maximum number of shares Mr. Schneiderman was eligible to
receive under the Incentive Plan on the original grant date (or
300,000 shares), due to the Incentive Plan provisions relating to
the Section 162(m) limitations described above. The Board also
approved the issuance of a replacement option covering the balance
of shares intended to be issued at that time (or 35,006 shares).
The amended and restated option has an exercise price of $1.03, the
closing sale price of Common Stock on January 2, 2020, which was
the date of its original grant, and the replacement option has an
exercise price of $0.85, the closing sale price of the Common Stock
on its date of grant. Both the amended and restated option and the
replacement option vest over a term of three years, in 36 equal
monthly installments on each monthly anniversary of January 2,
2020.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.
In
connection with the closing of the Private Placement and the
Exchange described in item 1.01 above, on July 16, 2020, the
Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
the Certificate of Designations, which became immediately
effective. The information contained in Item 1.01 related to the
Certificate of Designations and the terms of the Series B Preferred
Stock is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item
5.03.
Item 5.08 Shareholder Director Nominations.
The
Company has scheduled its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the
“2020 Annual Meeting”) to be held on September 11, 2020
at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler LLP
located at One Lowenstein Drive, Roseland, New Jersey, 07068, or at
such other time and location to be determined by the authorized
officers of the Company and set forth in the Company's proxy
statement for the Annual Meeting, and established July 31, 2020, as
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of,
and to vote at, the 2020 Annual Meeting.
Because
the date of the 2020 Annual Meeting will be more than 30 days from
the anniversary of the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of
stockholders, the deadline for submission of proposals by
stockholders for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials
in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on July 24, 2020 (the “Proposal
Deadline”), which the Company has determined to be a
reasonable time before it expects to begin to print and distribute
its proxy materials prior to the 2020 Annual Meeting. Any such
proposal must also meet the requirements set forth in the rules and
regulations of the Exchange Act in order to be eligible for
inclusion in the proxy materials for the 2020 Annual Meeting, and
should be sent in writing to the Corporate Secretary at the
following address: AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, 760 Parkside Avenue, Downstate Biotechnology
Incubator, Suite 304, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
In
addition, in accordance with Rule 14a-4(c) under the Exchange Act,
for any stockholder proposal for which notice is received after the
Proposal Deadline, the Company’s proxy statement and form of
proxy will provide that the persons named as proxies therein in
will have discretionary authority to vote on such stockholder
proposal.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July
20, 2020, the Company issued a press release relating to the
information set forth above, a copy of which is furnished as
Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Certificate
of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock.
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Form of
Warrant.
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Form of
Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company and the investors set
forth on the signature pages thereto, including the form of
Exchange Addendum.
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Form of
Registration Rights Agreement, by and among the Company and the
investors set forth on the signature pages thereto.
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First
Amendment to 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
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Press
Release dated July 20, 2020.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
July 20, 2020
By:
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/s/ James
Sapirstein
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Name: James Sapirstein
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE
OF THE DESIGNATIONS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF
SERIES
B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
AZURRX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Pursuant
to Section 151 of the
Delaware
General Corporation Law)
AzurRx
BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby
certifies that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) by
Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of
Incorporation”), of the Company, the following resolutions
were adopted on July 16, 2020 by the Board of Directors pursuant to
Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
“DGCL”), and in accordance
with the provisions of Section 103 of the DGCL, does hereby submit
the following:
WHEREAS, the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the
issuance of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001
per share (the “Preferred Stock”), from
time to time in one or more classes or series;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors is authorized to divide the Preferred Stock into any
number of shares and to fix the designations, relative rights,
preferences and limitations of any wholly unissued series of
preferred stock; and
WHEREAS, it is the
desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as
aforesaid, to fix the designation and number of, and determine the
designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations relating
to a series of the Preferred Stock, which shall consist of
5,194.805195 shares of the Preferred Stock which the Company has
the authority to issue, as follows:
“RESOLVED
that, pursuant to authority vested in the Board of Directors of the
Company by ARTICLE FOURTH of the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, out of the total authorized number of 10,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, there shall be designated a series of
5,194.805195 shares which shall be issued in and constitute a
single series to be known as “Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock” (hereinafter called the “Series B Preferred
Stock”). The Board of Directors hereby resolves that
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the designations,
relative rights, preferences and the limitations thereof, set forth
below:
1. Certain
Definitions.
As used
in this Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and
Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of AzurRx
BioPharma, Inc. (this “Certificate”), the
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below:
“Affiliate”, as applied to
any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or
by contract or otherwise.
“Appraiser FMV” means the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an
independent appraiser selected by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be final and binding. Appraiser FMV shall be
the fair market value determined without regard to any discounts
for minority interest, illiquidity or other discounts. The cost of
any independent appraisal shall be borne by the
Company.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Change of Control” means
(a) any sale, lease, or transfer or series of sales, leases or
transfers of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) any sale, transfer, or
issuance (or series of sales, transfers, or issuances) of capital
stock by the Company or the holders of Common Stock (or other
voting stock of the Company) that results in the inability of the
holders of Common Stock (or other voting stock of the Company)
immediately prior to such sale, transfer, or issuance to designate
or elect a majority of the board of directors (or its equivalent)
of the Company; or (c) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
or reorganization of the Company with or into another Person
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) that
results in the inability of the holders of Common Stock (or other
voting stock of the Company) immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization to designate or
elect a majority of the board of directors (or its equivalent) of
the resulting entity or its parent company.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company,
including the stock into which shares of the Series B Preferred
Stock are convertible, and any securities into which the Common
Stock may be reclassified.
“Common Stock Equivalents”
means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder
thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or
other instrument that is at any time convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder
thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Conversion Price” means a
per share amount equal to the Initial Conversion Price, as adjusted
pursuant to Sections
4E, 4F and
4G of this
Certificate.
“Conversion Shares” means
the shares of Common Stock into which the Series B Preferred Stock
is convertible.
“Effectiveness Deadline”
means the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of the
Stockholder Approval (or sixty (60) days after the date of the
Stockholder Approval if the SEC conducts a full review of the
Registration Statement).
“Exchange Warrants” means
those certain Exchange Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
“Exempt Issuance” means
the issuance of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
(a) to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the
Company, for bona fide services rendered to the Company, pursuant
to any equity incentive plan approved by a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the
members of a committee of directors established for such purpose
(“Board
Approval”) and by the stockholders of the Company, (b)
to consultants or advisors, or to their designees, for bona fide
services provided in connection with the offer or sale of
securities in a capital-raising transaction, or directly or
indirectly promoting or maintaining a market for the
Company’s securities, (c) upon the exercise or exchange of or
conversion of any securities issued in connection with the issuance
of the Series B Preferred Stock issuable hereunder, and/or other
securities issued and outstanding as of the date of first issuance
of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, provided that such
securities have not been amended since the date of such first
issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to increase the
number or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or
conversion price (other than in connection with stock splits or
combinations) or to extend the term thereof, (d) pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, dated November 13, 2019, by and between the
Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, as may be amended from
time to time, (e) to banks, equipment lessors or other financial
institutions, or to real property lessors, pursuant to a debt
financing, equipment lease financing, credit agreement, real
property lease or other commercial transaction, provided that the
primary purpose thereof is not to raise equity capital, and subject
to Board Approval, (f) pursuant to acquisitions or other strategic
transactions, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a
person (or to the equity holders of a person) which is, itself or
through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an
asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company
and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to
the investment of funds, and subject to Board Approval, and (i)
with the prior written consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, up to an
amount of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents as agreed upon
by such holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred
Stock then outstanding and the Company.
“Final Closing” means the
final closing date of the sale of the Series B Preferred Stock by
the Company.
“Initial Conversion Price”
means $0.77 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 4D of this
Certificate.
“Market Price” means as of
a particular date (the “Valuation Date”) shall
mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on a
national stock exchange registered with the Commission pursuant to
Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange
Act”), the closing sale price of one share of Common
Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the
Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority OTC Bulletin Board (the
“Bulletin
Board”) or such similar quotation system or
association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on
the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association on
the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such
closing sale price is available, the average of the high bid and
the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to
the Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed
on a national stock exchange or quoted on the Bulletin Board or
such other quotation system or association, the fair market value
of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date, equal to the
Appraiser FMV. If the Common Stock is not then listed on a national
securities exchange, the Bulletin Board or such other quotation
system or association, the Board of Directors shall respond
promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by a holder of Series B
Preferred Stock prior to the conversion of Series B Preferred Stock
hereunder as to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as
determined by the Board of Directors.
“Person” shall be
construed in the broadest sense and means and includes any natural
person, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock
company, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization and other entity or governmental or
quasi-governmental entity.
“Purchase Agreement” means
that certain Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated July 16, 2020, among the Company and the
purchasers signatory thereto.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated July 16, 2020, entered into among the Company and
the initial holders of the Series B Preferred Stock.
“Registration Statement”
means one or more registration statements of the Company pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Series B Stated Value”
means $7,700.00.
“Series B Warrants” means
those certain Series B Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement.
“Stockholder Approval”
means the approval of the Company’s stockholders for the
issuance of all Conversion Shares upon full conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock, and for the issuance of all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of the Series B Warrants
and the Exchange Warrants, and the Subsequent Financing exchange
rights pursuant to Section 8 herein, each in accordance with
applicable law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws, and the applicable requirements of the Trading
Market.
“Subsidiary” means any
corporation, association or other business entity (i) at least 50%
of the outstanding voting securities of which are at the time owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company; or (ii) with
respect to which the Company possesses, directly or indirectly, the
power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management
of such Person.
“Trading Market” means
whichever of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common
Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global
Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market,
the OTC Bulletin Board or any tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.
(or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transfer” means any
direct or indirect sale, merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
reorganization or other similar plan or scheme, or operation of
law, assignment, conveyance, transfer, sale or other disposition,
in each case, whether directly, or directly or indirectly of a
parent, holding company, equity holder or Subsidiary or
otherwise.
2. Dividends.
(a) Each
holder of Series B Preferred Stock in preference and priority to
the holders of all other classes or series of stock, shall be
entitled to receive, with respect to each share of Series B
Preferred Stock then outstanding and held by such holder,
dividends, commencing from the date of issuance of such share of
Series B Preferred Stock at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum
(the “Series B
Dividend Rate”) of the Series B Stated Value (the
“Series B Preferred
Dividends”). The Series B Preferred Dividends shall be
cumulative from the date of original issuance, whether or not
earned or declared and shall accrue during such period on a daily
basis computed on the basis of a 365-day year whether or not the
Company shall have assets legally available therefore. The Series B
Preferred Dividends shall be paid only when, as and if declared by
the Board, out of assets legally available therefore, semiannually
in arrears on the last day of June and December in each year,
commencing December 31, 2020 (the “Series B Dividend Payment
Terms”). The Series B Preferred Dividends shall be
payable at the sole option of the Company either in cash or in kind
in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock (rounded down to
six decimal places) (the “PIK Shares”), provided
the Company shall pay in cash the fair value of any such fractional
share beyond six decimal places that is in excess of $100.00, which
fair value shall be equal to (x) the fraction of a share of Series
B Preferred Stock represented by such fractional amount, multiplied
by (y) the Series B Stated Value, divided by (z) the Conversion
Price (such result, the “Fractional Share
Amount”). Any payment of Series B Preferred Dividends
in PIK Shares shall be based on the Series B Stated
Value.
(b) If
the Registration Statement has not been declared effective on or
prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, commencing on the
Effectiveness Deadline and until (and not including) the date upon
which the Registration Statement has been declared effective (the
“Registration
Default Period”), (a) the Series B Dividend Rate shall
be adjusted to equal a fixed rate of one and one half percent
(1.5%) per calendar month (the “Adjusted Series B Dividend
Rate”) and (b) the Series B Dividend Payment Terms
shall be adjusted such that the Series B Preferred Dividends shall
be paid, whether or not declared by the Board, out of assets
legally available therefore, monthly in arrears on the last day of
each calendar month (the “Adjusted Series B Payment
Terms”). Prior to, and from and after the Registration
Default Period, the Adjusted Series B Dividend Rate and the
Adjusted Series B Payment Terms shall not apply, and the Series B
Preferred shall accrue dividends at the Series B Dividend Rate,
payable in accordance with the Series B Dividend Payment Terms,
pursuant to Section
2(a).
(c) No
dividends shall be paid on any Common Stock of the Company or any
other class or series of capital stock of the Company unless and
until all outstanding dividends due to be paid to the holders of
the shares of all Series B Preferred Dividends shall have been paid
or declared and set apart for payment to the holders of the shares
of Series B Preferred Stock.
3. Liquidation.
(a) Upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock shall be entitled before any distributions shall be
made to the holders of the Common Stock, or any other class or
series of capital stock of the Company, to be paid an amount per
share equal to the Series B Stated Value plus any accrued and
unpaid Series B Preferred Dividends (the “Liquidation Preference”).
If upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets to be distributed
among the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall
be insufficient to permit payment to the holders of the shares of
Series B Preferred Stock of their liquidation amount, then the
entire assets of the Company to be distributed shall be distributed
pro rata to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock.
(b) In
the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company or any Corporate Transaction, after
the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the
holders of Series B Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the
Company available for distribution to its stockholders shall be
distributed among the holders of the shares of Common Stock, pro
rata based on the number of shares held by each such
holder.
4. Conversion.
4A. Right
to Convert; Automatic Conversion.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this subsection 4A, Section 7(a) and Section 7(b), the holder of any
share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right,
at its option at any time, to convert any such shares of Series B
Preferred Stock into such number of fully paid and nonassessable
whole shares of Common Stock as is obtained by multiplying the
number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be so converted by
the Series B Stated Value per share and dividing the result by the
Conversion Price in effect at the date any share or shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are surrendered for conversion. Such
rights of conversion shall be exercised by the holder thereof by
surrender of a certificate or certificates for the shares to be
converted to the Company at its principal office (or such other
office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by
notice in writing to the holder or holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock), together with a properly completed notice of
conversion in the form attached to the Series B Preferred Stock
certificate with a statement of (i) the number of shares of Series
B Preferred Stock to be converted by such holder, and (ii) the name
or names (with address), subject to compliance with applicable laws
to the extent such designation shall involve a transfer, in which
the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock, shall
be issued, at any time during its usual business hours on the date
set forth in such notice. Such conversion shall be deemed to have
been effected and the Conversion Price shall be determined as of
the close of business on the date on which such written notice
shall have been received by the Company and the certificate or
certificates for such shares shall have been surrendered as
aforesaid.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this subsection 4A, Section 7(a) (except to the
extent the Company makes reasonable provision for the issuance of a
prefunded warrant (or similar instrument) with a similar Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, as those specified in Section 7(a) (a
“Prefunded Warrant”) in lieu of Common Stock in
connection with any such exercise) and Section 7(b), and in no event
prior to six months following the Final Closing, if the Market
Price per share of Common Stock exceeds 250% of the Initial
Conversion Price for 20 consecutive trading days (trading day
immediately following such 20th trading day, the
“Automatic
Conversion Date”), then all of the outstanding shares
of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into such
number of fully paid and nonassessable whole shares of Common Stock
as is obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock to be so converted by the Series B Stated Value per
share and dividing the result by the then applicable Conversion
Price. As of the Automatic Conversion Date all outstanding shares
of Series B Preferred Stock shall be converted to the number of
shares of Common Stock calculated pursuant to this Section 4A.(b) without any
further action by the relevant holder of such shares of Series B
Preferred Stock or the Company. As promptly as practicable
following the Automatic Conversion Date, the Company shall send
each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock written notice of
such event. Promptly after receipt of such notice, each holder
shall surrender a certificate or certificates for the shares to be
converted to the Company at its principal office (or such other
office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by
notice in writing to the holder or holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock), together with a properly completed statement of
the name or names (with address), subject to compliance with
applicable laws to the extent such designation shall involve a
transfer, in which the certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock, shall be issued, at any time during its usual
business hours on the date set forth in such notice.
4B. Issuance
of Certificates; Time Conversion Effected. Promptly after
(a)(i) in the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 4A.(a), receipt by the
Company of a written notice of the conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock or (ii) in the case of a conversion pursuant to
Section 4A.(b),
receipt by the holder of a written notice of the conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock, and (b) surrender of the certificate or
certificates for the share or shares of the Series B Preferred
Stock being converted, the Company shall issue and deliver, or
cause to be issued and delivered, to the holder, registered in such
name or names as such holder may direct, subject to compliance with
applicable laws to the extent such designation shall involve a
transfer, a certificate or certificates (or, in the case of
book-entry only securities, other evidence of ownership) for the
number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion
of such share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Upon the
effective date of any such conversion, the rights of the holder of
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being converted shall cease,
and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or
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 represented thereby.
4C. Fractional
Shares; Dividends; Partial Conversion. No fractional shares
shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock
into Common Stock, and the number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share provided
the Company shall pay in cash the fair value of any such fractional
share that is in excess of $100.00, which fair value shall be equal
to (x) the fraction of a share of Common Stock represented by such
fractional amount, multiplied by (y) the Conversion Price. Subject
to subsection 4G,
upon any conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company
shall pay to the holder all accrued and unpaid Series B Preferred
Dividends to the date of conversion, at the sole option of the
Company, in cash or in PIK Shares; provided, that, on the date of
conversion, Series B Preferred Dividends shall cease to accrue on
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so converted. In case the
number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock represented by the
certificate or certificates surrendered pursuant to subsection 4A(a) exceeds the
number of shares converted, the Company shall upon such conversion,
execute and deliver to the holder thereof at the expense of the
Company, a new certificate for the number of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock represented by the certificate or certificates
surrendered which are not to be converted.
4D Stock
Splits and Dividends. If the Company shall, at any time or
from time to time while the Series B Preferred Stock is
outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common
Stock any shares of its capital stock (including any such
reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in
which the Company is the continuing corporation), then the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date upon which
such change shall become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying
such Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
giving effect to such change. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
4E. Reorganization
or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, consolidation
or merger of the Company with another corporation in which the
Company is not the survivor, or sale, transfer or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to
another corporation (each, a “Reorganization”) shall be
effected, then, as a condition of such Reorganization, lawful and
adequate provision shall be made whereby each holder of a share or
shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right
to receive, in the holder’s sole discretion, either (x) an
amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Preference, provided that
this clause (x) shall not apply to any Reorganization that is not
required to be approved by the holders of Common Stock, or (y) upon
the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in
lieu of the Conversion Shares immediately theretofore receivable
upon the conversion of such share or shares of the Series B
Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities or assets as
would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange
for a number of Conversion Shares equal to the number of Conversion
Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock, had such Reorganization not taken place,
and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with
respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that
the provisions hereof (including without limitation provisions for
adjustment of the Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable,
as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any
shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon
the exercise of such conversion rights. The Company shall not
effect any such Reorganization unless prior to or simultaneously
with the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other
than the Company) resulting from such Reorganization, or the
corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets (or other
appropriate corporation or entity), shall assume the obligation to
deliver to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, at the last
addresses of such holders appearing on the books of the Company,
such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such holders may be entitled to receive,
and the other obligations hereunder. The provisions of this
subsection 4E shall
similarly apply to successive Reorganizations.
4F. Distributions.
Subject to Section
2(b), in case the Company shall fix a payment date for the
making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including
any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of
evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than cash dividends or
cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned
surplus or dividends or distributions referred to in Section 4D), or subscription
rights or warrants, the Conversion Price to be in effect after such
payment date shall be determined by multiplying the Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price
per share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date,
less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors
in good faith) of said assets or evidences of indebtedness so
distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants, and the
denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per share of
Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date.
4G. Adjustment
for Unissued Shares. To the extent that applicable law or
any existing contractual restrictions of the Company prohibit any
required issuance pursuant to this Certificate of (x) PIK Shares or
(y) additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock ((x) and (y),
collectively, “Additional Shares”), then
appropriate adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made, in
connection with any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred
Stock, or any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock
into which shares of Series B Preferred Stock would be convertible,
such that the number of shares of Common Stock into which such
shares of Series B Preferred Stock are, or would be, convertible
equals the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock into which
such shares, plus any Additional Shares in respect of such shares
of Series B Preferred Stock, would be convertible but for the
effects of such prohibition. On the date of a conversion in
connection with which an adjustment under this subsection 4G is being made,
all Series B Preferred Dividends which were previously accrued and
unpaid on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being converted
shall be deemed paid in full.
4H. Effective
Date of Adjustment. An adjustment to the Conversion Price
shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the
case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the
effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment;
provided that any adjustment pursuant to subsection 4G shall be made
solely in the circumstances required by such
subsection.
4I. Subsequent
Adjustments. In the event that, as a result of an adjustment
made pursuant to this Section 4, holders of Series B
Preferred Stock shall become entitled to receive any shares of
capital stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the
number of such other shares so receivable upon the conversion of
the Series B Preferred Stock shall be subject thereafter to
adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the
Conversion Shares contained herein.
4J. Notice
of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price,
then, and in each such case the Company shall give written notice
thereof by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each
holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the address of such
holder as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall
state the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment, setting
forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts
upon which such calculation is based.
4K. Other
Notices. In case at any time:
(1) the
Company shall declare any dividend upon its Common Stock payable in
cash or stock or make any other distribution to the holders of its
Common Stock;
(2) the
Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of its
Common Stock any additional shares of such stock of any class or
other rights;
(3) there
shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the
capital stock of the Company, or a consolidation or merger of the
Company with, or a sale of all or substantially all its assets to,
another corporation; or
(4) there
shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company;
then,
in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give, by first
class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each holder of any shares
of Series B Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as shown
on the books of the Company, (a) at least 15 days prior written
notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or
a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or
subscription rights or for determining rights to vote in respect of
any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and (b) in the case
of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 15
days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take
place and a form of election pursuant to Section 4E. Such notice in
accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the
case of any such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, the
date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled
thereto, and such notice in accordance with the foregoing clause
(b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common
Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, as the case may be.
4L. Stock
to be Reserved.
(1) The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock solely for the purpose of
issuance upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as
herein provided, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall
then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of
Series B Preferred Stock. All shares of Common Stock which shall be
so issued shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all liens, duties and charges arising
out of or by reason of the issue thereof (including, without
limitation, in respect of taxes) and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will
from time to time take all such action as may be requisite to
assure that the par value per share of the Common Stock is at all
times equal to or less than the effective Conversion Price. The
Company will take all such action within its control as may be
necessary on its part to assure that all such shares of Common
Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of any national securities
exchange upon which the Common Stock of the Company may be listed.
In the event the Company takes any action which results in, or
would result in, any adjustment of the Conversion Price after such
action the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding and thereafter issuable upon exercise of all options
and conversion of convertible or exchangeable stock or securities,
including upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, would
exceed the total number of shares of such class of Common Stock
then authorized by the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, then prior to and as a condition of effecting such
action the Company shall take all actions necessary to amend the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the
authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such amount necessary
to permit the exercise of all options and conversions of
convertible or exchangeable stock or securities, including upon
conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, following such
action.
(2) The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized Series B Preferred Stock such number of shares of Series
B Preferred Stock as is equal to or greater than the number of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding. All shares of
Series B Preferred Stock which shall be so issued shall be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
liens, duties and charges arising out of or by reason of the issue
thereof (including, without limitation, in respect of
taxes).
4M. No
Reissuance of Series B Preferred Stock. Shares of Series B
Preferred Stock that are converted into shares of Common Stock as
provided herein shall be retired and may not be reissued as Series
B Preferred Stock but may be reissued as all or part of another
series of Preferred Stock.
4N. Issue
Tax. The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock
upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be made
without charge to the holders thereof for any issuance tax, stamp
tax, transfer tax, duty or charge in respect thereof, provided that
the Company shall not be required to pay any tax, duty or charge
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 Series B Preferred Stock which is being
converted.
4O. Closing
of Books. The Company will at no time close its transfer
books against the transfer of any Series B Preferred Stock or of
any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion
of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock in any manner which
interferes with the timely conversion of such Series B Preferred
Stock; provided,
however, nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting
record dates for the holders of its securities.
5. Voting.
Except as required by applicable law or provided in Section 6 below, the Series B
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matters. To
the extent the Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on any
matters, each holder of outstanding Shares of Series B Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to notice of all stockholder meetings (or
requests for written consent) in accordance with the
Company’s bylaws.
6. Certain
Restrictions. So long as at least 130 aggregate shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other
vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock required by
applicable law or by the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, without the prior consent of the holders of at least
a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding given
in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a special meeting
called for that purpose, at which meeting the holders of the shares
of such Series B Preferred Stock shall vote together as a class,
the Company will not:
(a) authorize,
create, designate, establish, issue or sell (whether by merger or
otherwise) (i) an increased number of shares of Series B Preferred
Stock (other than the PIK Shares), or (ii) any other class or
series of capital stock ranking senior to or on parity with the
Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon
liquidation;
(b) reclassify
any shares of Common Stock or any other class or series of capital
stock into shares having any preference or priority as to dividends
or upon liquidation superior to or on parity with any such
preference or priority of Series B Preferred Stock;
(c) amend,
alter or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or the
resolutions contained in this Certificate and the powers,
preferences, privileges, relative, participating, optional and
other special rights and qualifications, limitations and
restrictions thereof, which would adversely affect any right,
preference, privilege or voting power of the Series B Preferred
Stock;
(d) issue,
or cause any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, any indebtedness
or debt security, other than trade accounts payable, insurance
premium financings and/or letters of credit, performance bonds or
other similar credit support incurred in the ordinary course of
business, or amend, renew, increase, or otherwise alter in any
material respect the terms of any such indebtedness existing as of
the date of first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
hereunder or previously approved or required to be approved by the
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided that no such
consent shall be required with respect to indebtedness incurred
solely to fund (x) the payment of accrued and unpaid dividends on
the Series B Preferred Stock, (y) the redemption of the Series B
Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 9 or (z) the refinancing of any
of the Company’s convertible promissory notes issued between
December 20, 2019 and January 9, 2020 that are outstanding as of
the date of first issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
hereunder;
(e) redeem,
purchase, or otherwise acquire or pay or declare any dividend or
other distribution on (or pay into or set aside for a sinking fund
for any such purpose) any capital stock of the Company; provided,
that this restriction shall not apply to the redemption or
repurchase of or the payment of dividends on Shares of Series B
Preferred Stock pursuant hereto;
(f) declare
bankruptcy, dissolve, liquidate, or wind up the affairs of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
(g) effect,
or enter into any agreement to effect, a Change of
Control;
(h) materially
modify or change the nature of the Company’s business;
or
(i) agree
to do any of the foregoing.
7. Limitations
on Conversion.
(a) The
Company shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock, and a holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall not
have the right to convert any shares of Series B Preferred Stock,
pursuant to Section
4 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to
such issuance after conversion, the holder of Series B Preferred
Stock (together with the Affiliates of such holder of Series B
Preferred Stock, and any other Persons acting as a group within the
meaning of Rule 13D-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act together
with such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any Affiliates of
such holder of Series B Preferred Stock) (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 a holder of Series B Preferred Stock and its
Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock held with respect to which such determination is
being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock
which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining,
nonconverted portion of the Series B Preferred Stock beneficially
owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any of its
Affiliates (or Attribution Parties) and (ii) exercise or conversion
of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities
of the Company (including, without limitation, any other common
stock equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially
owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock or any of its
Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 7(a), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by such holder of Series B
Preferred Stock that the Company is not representing to such holder
of Series B Preferred Stock that such calculation is in compliance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and such holder of Series B
Preferred Stock is solely responsible for any schedules required to
be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation
contained in this Section
7(a) applies, the determination of whether the shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are convertible (in relation to other
securities owned by such holder of Series B Preferred Stock
together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which
portion of such Series B Preferred Stock is convertible shall be in
the sole discretion of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock, and
the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the
determination of such holder of Series B Preferred Stock of whether
such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are exercisable (in
relation to other securities owned by such holder of Series B
Preferred Stock together with any Affiliates and Attribution
Parties) and of which portion of such shares of Series B Preferred
Stock are exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, and the Company 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
7(a), in determining the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock, such holder of Series B Preferred Stock may rely on
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in
(A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed
with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by
the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or
oral request of a holder of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company
shall within two trading days confirm orally and in writing to such
holder of Series B Preferred Stock 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 Company, including
any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, by such holder of Series B
Preferred Stock 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 the
Series B Preferred Stock. Such holder of Series B Preferred Stock,
upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 7(a), provided that the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 19.99% 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 such shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such
holder and the provisions of this Section 7(a) 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 Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict
conformity with the terms of this Section 7(a) to correct this
paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or
inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation
herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or
desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
(b) The
Company shall not effect any conversion of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock, and a holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall not
have the right to convert any shares of Series B Preferred Stock,
pursuant to Section
4 or otherwise, prior to the Company obtaining the
Stockholder Approval.
8. Subsequent
Financing Exchange Right. From the date hereof and after the
Stockholder Approval, if the Company effects any issuance by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents for cash consideration, or a combination of units
thereof (a “Subsequent Financing”),
the holder of any share or shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall
have the right, at its option, to exchange (in lieu of cash
subscription payments) all or some of the Series B Preferred Stock
then held (with a value per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal
to the Liquidation Preference) for any securities or units issued
in a Subsequent Financing on dollar-for-dollar basis; provided,
however, that this Section
8 shall not apply with respect to an Exempt
Issuance.
9. Redemption.
(a) The
Company shall have no right to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock
except as set forth in this Section 9.
(b) In
the event Stockholder Approval is not received on or prior to the
ninetieth (90th) day following the
Final Closing, subject to extension upon the prior written approval
of the holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred
Stock then outstanding (the “Stockholder Approval
Deadline”), the Company shall repurchase all of the
then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price
equal to 150% times the then applicable Liquidation Preference (the
“Redemption
Price”), in cash (“Mandatory Cash
Redemption”).
(c) No
greater than ten (10) days subsequent to the Stockholder Approval
Deadline, notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, shall be
given to the registered holders of the Series B Preferred
Stock to be redeemed, addressed to
such holders at their last addresses as shown on the stock transfer
books of the Company. Each such notice shall specify the
date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption
Date”), which date shall
be the Stockholder Approval Deadline, the Redemption Price, and the
place or places for surrender of the certificates
representing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Any notice which is mailed by the Company as
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given by the Company on the date deposited in the mail, whether or
not the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock receives such
notice; and failure to properly give such notice by mail, or any
defect in such notice, to the holders of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series B
Preferred Stock. On or after the Redemption Date, each holder of
shares Series B Preferred Stock shall surrender the
certificates representing such shares of Series B Preferred Stock
to the Company at the place designated
in the notice of such redemption.
(d) The
Company shall pay the applicable Redemption Price upon the receipt
of surrender of the certificates representing the shares of Series
B Preferred Stock to be redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for
transfer, if the Company shall so reasonably require, and letters
of transmittal and instructions therefor on reasonable terms as are
included in the notice sent by the Company); provided, that if such
certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require
such holder to execute an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to indemnify the Company from any loss incurred by it in
connection therewith, prior to paying such Redemption
Price.
(e) Shares
of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed on the Redemption Date,
as the case may be, will from and after the Redemption Date, no
longer be deemed to be outstanding; and all powers, designations,
preferences and other rights of the holder thereof as a holder of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock (except the right to receive
from the Company the applicable Redemption Price) shall cease and
terminate with respect to such shares; provided, that in the event
that a share of Series B Preferred Stock is not redeemed due to a
default in payment by the Company or because the Company is
otherwise unable to pay the applicable Redemption Price in cash in
full, such share of Series B Preferred Stock will remain
outstanding and will be entitled to all of the powers,
designations, preferences and other rights as provided
herein.
(f) Any
Mandatory Cash Redemption pursuant to this Section 9 shall be payable out
of any cash legally available therefor. At the time of the
Mandatory Cash Redemption, the Company shall take all actions
required or permitted under Delaware law to permit the Mandatory
Cash Redemption and to make funds legally available for such
Mandatory Cash Redemption. To the extent that the Company has
insufficient funds to redeem all of the shares of Series B
Preferred Stock upon the Mandatory Cash Redemption, the Company
shall use available funds to redeem a pro rata portion of such
shares of Series B Preferred Stock, to the extent permissible under
Delaware law.
10. Transfer
Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in the Certificate of
Incorporation or this Certificate to the contrary, no holder of
Series B Preferred Shares may Transfer any of such holder’s
shares of Series B Preferred Stock without the prior written
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; provided, however, that any holder may at any time
Transfer any of such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred
Stock (a) to one or more of such holder’s Affiliates, (b) in
the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and
distribution upon death of the individual, and (c) in the case of
an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.
Each holder agrees that in connection with any Transfer consented
to by the Company, such holder shall, if requested by the Company,
deliver to the Company an opinion of counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and counsel for the Company,
to the effect that the Transfer is not in violation of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any
state. Any purported Transfer in violation of the provisions of
this Section 10
shall be null and void and shall have no force or
effect.
11. No
Waiver. Except as otherwise modified or provided for herein,
the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall also be entitled to,
and shall not be deemed to have waived, any other applicable rights
granted to such holders under the DGCL.
12. No
Impairment. The Company will not, through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger scheme or
arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed
hereunder by the Company but will at all time in good faith assist
in the carrying out of all the provisions herein and in the taking
of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to
protect the conversion rights and liquidation preferences granted
hereunder of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common
Stock receivable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock
above the Conversion Price then in effect and shall take all such
actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred
Stock.
13. Amendment;
Waiver. Any term of the Series B Preferred Stock may be
amended or waived upon the written consent of the Company and the
holders of at least a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock then
outstanding; provided, however, that the number of Conversion
Shares issuable hereunder and the Conversion Price may not be
amended (except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 4 herein), and the
right to convert the Series B Preferred Stock may not be altered or
waived, without the written consent of the holders of all of the
Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding.
14. Action
By Holders. Any action or consent to be taken or given by
the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock may be given either at
a meeting of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock called and
held for such purpose or by written consent.
15. Fractional
Shares. Series B Preferred Stock may not be issued in
fractions of a share of more than six decimal places, and the
number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant
to any provision hereof shall be rounded down to the nearest six
decimal places, provided the Company shall pay in cash the fair
value of any such fractional share beyond six decimal places that
is in excess of $100.00, which fair value shall be equal to the
Fractional Share Amount.
[Execution Page
Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of
the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock this 16th day of July,
2020.
AZURRX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
By:
/s/ James Sapirstein_________
Name:
James Sapirstein
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to Certificate of the
Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rightsof Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock]
Exhibit
4.1
NEITHER
THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS
EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE
UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY
A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE
SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC.
Warrant
Shares: [_____]
|
Issuance
Date: July 16, 2020
|
Warrant
No. W- [_____]
|
Initial
Exercise Date: [__], 2020
|
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that,
for value received, [_____] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, [including the Stockholder
Approval]1 and the additional limitations set forth
in Sections 2(e), at any time [after the earlier of (i) the
Stockholder Approval and (ii) the date that is six months from the
date hereof]2 (the “Initial Exercise Date”)
and on or prior to the close of business on the five-year
anniversary of the Issuance Date (the “Termination Date”) but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from AzurRx
BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [_____]
shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of the
Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(“Common
Stock”). The purchase price of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as
defined in Section 2(c). This Warrant is being issued [in
accordance with the Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant
Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”),
dated July 16, 2020, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto]3/[pursuant to that certain engagement
letter, dated as of May 1, 2020, by and between the Company and
Alexander Capital, LP].4
Section
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the [Purchase Agreement]5/[Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant
Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated
July 16, 2020, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto].6 The following definitions shall apply
for purposes of this Warrant.
a) “Business Day” means any
day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
b) [“Stockholder
Approval” means the approval of the Proposal by the
Company’s stockholders as contemplated in Section 8(i) of the
Purchase Agreement.]7
c) “Trading Day” means a day
on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading;
provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, then Trading Day shall mean a Business
Day.
d) “Trading Market” means
whichever of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common
Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global
Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market,
the OTC Bulletin Board or any tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.
(or any successors to any of the foregoing).
Section
2. Exercise.
a) Exercise
of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant may be made, subject to the [Stockholder Approval
and]8 additional limitations set forth in
Sections 2(e), in whole or in part, at any time or times on or
after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination
Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of
the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the
books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or email
attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto.
Within the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days and (ii) the
number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period
(as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of
exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate
Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of
Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a
United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified
in Section 2(b) below is specified in the applicable Notice of
Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be
required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of
guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be
required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant
to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant
Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in
full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date
the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial
exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of
the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have
the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares
purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number
of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall
maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and
the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection
to any Notice of Exercise within two (2) Business Days of receipt
of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this
Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of
this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant
Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for
purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.
b) Cashless Exercise. Subject to
[the Stockholder Approval and]9the limitations on exercise set forth in
Sections 2(e), commencing on the Initial Exercise Date, if the Per
Share Market Value (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock
is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as
set forth below) [and there is not an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act providing for the resale of the
Warrant Shares]10, in lieu of exercising this Warrant by
payment of cash, the Holder may exercise this Warrant by a cashless
exercise by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of
the Company together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise,
in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of
shares of Common Stock computed using the following
formula:
X = Y -
(A)(Y)
Where
X
=
the number of
Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Y
=
the number of
Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of all of the Warrant or,
if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of
the Warrant being exercised.
B
= the
Per Share Market Value of one share of Common Stock.
For
purposes hereof, “Per Share Market Value”
means on any particular 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 bid price of the Common
Stock for the time in question (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 Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on
a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets
Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of Common Stock so reported, or (c) 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 [Holders of a
majority in interest of the Securities issuable pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement then outstanding]11/[Holder]12and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the
Company.
If
Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties
acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of
the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the
characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding
period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the
holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not
to take any position contrary to this Section 2(b).
c) Exercise Price. The exercise
price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be
$[__], subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “Exercise
Price”).
d)
Mechanics of
Exercise.
i.
Delivery of Certificates Upon
Exercise. Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the
account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance
account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or
Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is
then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an
effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the
Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder and
the Holder has provided the Company with written representations as
reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such legend
removal or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the
Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to
Rule 144 and the Holder has provided the Company with written
representations as reasonably requested by the Company in
connection with such legend removal, and otherwise by physical
delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share
register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number
of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such
exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of
Exercise by the date that is the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading
Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice
of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery
Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the
Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become
the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which
this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of
delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless
exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two Trading Days
and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard
Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. As
used herein, “Standard Settlement
Period” means the standard settlement period,
expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s
primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in
effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of
Exercise.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part,
the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of
this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant
Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights
of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for
by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
iii.
No Fractional Shares or Scrip.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the number of
shares of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to any provision
hereof shall be rounded down to the nearest whole
share.
iv.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the
Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes
and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares
shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names
as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the
event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise
shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition
thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any
transfer tax incidental thereto.
v.
Closing of Books. The Company
will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
e) Holder’s
Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any
exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to
exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or
otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance
after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise,
the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any
other Persons acting as a group within the meaning of Rule 13D-5
promulgated under the Exchange Act together with the Holder or any
of the 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 the Holder and its Affiliates and
Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which
such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of
shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of
the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates (or Attribution
Parties) and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth
in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is
not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties)
and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the
sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of
Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and
Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is
exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, and the Company 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 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most
recent periodic or annual report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), as the case
may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C)
a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder,
the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to the 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 Company, including this
Warrant, by the 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 exercise of this
Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or
decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this
Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in
no event exceeds 19.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) 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 Company. The provisions of this
paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise
than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to
correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be
defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership
Limitation herein contained 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 this Warrant.
Section
3. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Adjustments
for Stock Splits, Combinations, Certain Dividends and
Distributions. If the Company shall, at any time or from
time to time after the Initial Exercise Date, effect a split of the
outstanding Common Stock (or any other subdivision of its shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock),
combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock, or make or issue or set a record
date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of
Common Stock, then, in each event (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant shall be exercisable
immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be
adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common Stock that a
record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock for
which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the
occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to receive after
the happening of such event, and (ii) the Exercise Price then in
effect shall be adjusted to equal (A) the Exercise Price then in
effect multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment
divided by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately after such
adjustment.
b) Adjustment
for Other Dividends and Distributions. If the Company shall,
at any time or from time to time after the Initial Exercise Date,
make or issue or set a record date for the determination of holders
of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other
distribution payable in (i) cash, (ii) any evidences of
indebtedness, or any other securities of the Company or any
property of any nature whatsoever, other than, in each case, shares
of Common Stock; or (iii) any warrants or other rights to subscribe
for or purchase any evidences of indebtedness, or any other
securities of the Company or any property of any nature whatsoever,
other than, in each case, shares of Common Stock, then, and in each
event, (A) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant shall be exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product
of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a
fraction (1) the numerator of which shall be the last closing bid
price per share of the Common Stock at the date of taking such
record and (2) the denominator of which shall be such last closing
bid price per share of the Common Stock minus the amount allocable
to one share of Common Stock of any such cash so distributable and
of the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board) of any
and all such evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock, other
securities or property or warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights so distributable, and (B) the Exercise Price then
in effect shall be adjusted to equal (1) the Exercise Price then in
effect multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment
divided by (2) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately after such adjustment. A
reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par
value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to
par value) into shares of Common Stock and shares of any other
class of stock shall be deemed a distribution by the Company to the
holders of its Common Stock of such shares of such other class of
stock within the meaning of this Section 3(b) and, if the
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a larger
or smaller number of shares of Common Stock as a part of such
reclassification, such change shall be deemed a subdivision or
combination, as the case may be, of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock within the meaning of Section 3(a).
c) Adjustments
for Reclassification, Exchange or Substitution. If the
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable at any time or
from time to time after the Initial Exercise Date shall be changed
to the same or different number of shares of any class or classes
of stock, whether by reclassification, exchange, substitution or
otherwise (other than by way of a stock split or combination of
shares or stock dividends provided for in Section 3(a), Section
3(b), or a reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale of assets
provided for in Section 3(d)), then, and in each event, an
appropriate revision to the Exercise Price shall be made and
provisions shall be made (by adjustments of the Exercise Price or
otherwise) so that, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant,
the Holder shall have the right to receive, in lieu of Common
Stock, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities
receivable upon reclassification, exchange, substitution or other
change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock for
which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such
reclassification, exchange, substitution or other change, all
subject to further adjustment as provided herein.
d) Adjustments
for Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation or Sales of
Assets. If at any time or from time to time after the
Initial Exercise Date there shall be a capital reorganization of
the Company (other than by way of a stock split or combination of
shares or stock dividends or distributions provided for in Section
3(a), and Section 3(b), or a reclassification, exchange or
substitution of shares provided for in Section 3(c)), or a merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation
where the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting
securities prior to such merger or consolidation do not own over
50% of the outstanding voting securities of the merged or
consolidated entity, immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or the sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s properties or assets to any other person (an
“Organic
Change”), then as a part of such Organic Change an
appropriate revision to the Exercise Price shall be made if
necessary and provision shall be made if necessary (by adjustments
of the Exercise Price or otherwise) so that, upon any subsequent
exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to
receive, in lieu of Common Stock, the kind and amount of shares of
stock and other securities or property of the Company or any
successor corporation resulting from the Organic Change. In any
such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application
of the provisions of this Section 3(d) with respect to the rights
of the Holder after the Organic Change to the end that the
provisions of this Section 3(d) (including any adjustment in the
Exercise Price then in effect and the number of shares of stock or
other securities deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall
be applied after that event in as nearly an equivalent manner as
may be practicable.
e) Calculations.
All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For
purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock
deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the
sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
i.
Adjustment to Exercise Price.
Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision
of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder
a notice by facsimile or email setting forth the Exercise Price
after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of
Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment.
ii.
Notice to Allow Exercise by
Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any
other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the
Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a
redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the
granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class
or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the
Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification
of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange
whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash
or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be
delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile
number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant
Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the
applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified for such
shorter period as is reasonable, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company, a notice stating (x) the date on
which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date
on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares
of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to
deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery
thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on
the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set
forth herein.
Section
4. Transfer
of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to
compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any
registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon
surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or
its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this
Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by
the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds to pay any transfer
taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender
and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or
assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations
reasonably requested in such instrument of assignment, and shall
issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this
Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant
to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full,
in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the
Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder
delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant
full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance
herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of
Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may
be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof
at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written
notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants
are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney.
Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which
may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the
Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with
such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be
dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be substantially
identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant
Shares issuable pursuant thereto.
c) Warrant Register. The Company
shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in
the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company
may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent
actual notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer
Restrictions. If, at the
time of the surrender of this Warrant
in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of
this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act and
under applicable state securities or
blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information
requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a
condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee
of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of
[the Purchase Agreement and]13 applicable
securities laws.
e) Representation by the Holder.
The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that
it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will
acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own
account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except
pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities
Act.
Section
5. [Call.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, at
its sole option, may call up to one hundred percent (100%) of this
Warrant by providing the Holder of this Warrant written notice
pursuant to Section 6(j) (the “Call Notice”) if the Per
Share Market Value of the Common Stock has been equal to or greater
than three hundred fifty (350%) percent of the Exercise Price (as
may be adjusted pursuant Section 3(a)) for a period of twenty (20)
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the date of delivery
of the Call Notice. The rights and privileges granted pursuant to
this Warrant with respect to the Warrant Shares subject to the Call
Notice (the “Called
Warrant Shares”) shall expire on the 10th Trading Day after
the Holder receives the Call Notice (the “Early Termination Date”)
if this Warrant is not exercised with respect to such Called
Warrant Shares prior to such Early Termination Date. In the event
this Warrant is not exercised with respect to the Called Warrant
Shares, the Company shall remit to the Holder of this Warrant (1)
$0.01 per Called Warrant Share and (2) a new Warrant representing
the number of Warrant Shares, if any, which shall not have been
subject to the Call Notice upon the Holder tendering to the Company
the applicable Warrant certificate. The Company may not provide a
Call Notice, and any attempt to issue a Call Notice or require the
cancellation of this Warrant shall be voidable, to the extent that:
(U) the Company has not obtained the Stockholder Approval; (V) a
Holder would be unable, pursuant to Section 2(e), to exercise the
Warrant, except to the extent the Company makes reasonable
provision for the issuance of a prefunded warrant (or similar
instrument) with a similar Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as
those specified in Section 2(e) (a “Prefunded Warrant”) in
lieu of Common Stock in connection with any such exercise; (W) the
Holder is in possession of any information provided by the Company
to the Holder that constitutes, or reasonably might constitute,
material non-public information; (X) the Company has failed to
honor any attempted exercise of the Warrants as of 6:30 p.m. New
York City time on the date of the Call Notice; (Y) at any time
between the date of the Call Notice and Early Termination Date the
Common Stock is neither listed on a securities exchange or market
nor quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink Sheets, LLC (or
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices); or (Z) the issuance of the Warrant Shares would
cause a breach of the covenants in Sections 6(e).]14
Section
6. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Stockholder Until
Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any
voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the
Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section
2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation
of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the
Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock
certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not
include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and
cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated,
the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock
certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in
lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays,
etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any
action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such
right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business
Day.
d) Automatic Exercise upon
Expiration. In the event that, upon the Termination Date,
the Per Share Market Value of one share of Common Stock (or other
security issuable upon the exercise hereof) as determined in
accordance with this Warrant above is greater than the Exercise
Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall automatically
be deemed on and as of such date to be exercised pursuant to a
Cashless Exercise as to all shares (or such other securities) for
which this Warrant shall not previously have been exercised or
converted, and the Company shall promptly deliver the shares (or
such other securities) issued upon such exercise to the Holder;
provided,
however, to the
extent that the foregoing automatic exercise would result in the
Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the
Company shall issue to the Holder [a Prefunded Warrant]15/[a prefunded warrant (or similar
instrument) with a similar Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as
those specified in Section 2(e) (a “Prefunded
Warrant”)]16 in an equivalent manner so that the
number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Prefunded Warrant
would equal the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon such
automatic exercise, as would not result in the Holder exceeding the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
e) [Surrender of Warrant.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the
event that the Company failed to obtain the Stockholder Approval on
or prior to the Stockholder Approval Deadline (as defined in the
Certificate of Designation), the Holder shall surrender the Warrant
to the Company for cancellation simultaneously with the redemption
of the Series B Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation).]17
f) Authorized Shares. The Company
covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it
will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a
sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this
Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this
Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are
charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon
the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure
that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without
violation of any applicable law or regulation. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will,
upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect
of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the
Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of
all such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to
protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares
above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately
prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as
may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations,
exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having
jurisdiction thereof, as may be, reasonably necessary to enable the
Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be reasonably
necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
g) Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect
to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the
application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Each of
the Company and the Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the
Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New
York located in New York county for the purposes of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant or
any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees
not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such
court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or
proceeding is improper.
h) Restrictions. The Holder
acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of
this Warrant will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state
and federal securities laws.
i) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right
hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such
right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or
remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and
knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which
results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall
pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any
costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings,
incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant
hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or
remedies hereunder.
j) Notices. Any and all notices or
other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given
and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at
the facsimile number or email address of the addressee at or prior
to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next
Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile
number or email address of the addressee on a day that is not a
Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any
Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day
following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally
recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address
for such notices and communications shall be as set forth in the
Company’s records.
k) Limitation of Liability. No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the
Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no
enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall
give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of
any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
l) Remedies. The Holder, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific
performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees
that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this
Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in
any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
m) Successors and Assigns. Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and
obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company
and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions
of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder
from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the
Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.
n) Amendment. This Warrant may be
modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the prior
written consent of the Company and the [holders of a majority of
the Warrant Shares underlying the then outstanding Warrants issued
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
provided that any modification or amendment which adversely impacts
the Holder’s rights under this Warrant in a manner
disproportionately from the holders of the other outstanding
Warrants shall require the approval of the]18 Holder.
o) Severability. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this
Warrant.
p) Headings. The headings used in
this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this
Warrant.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC.
|
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO:
AZURRX BIOPHARMA,
INC.
(1) The undersigned
hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company
pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in
full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full,
together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Please issue a
certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the
name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified
below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
(3)
Accredited
Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(4)
The undersigned
intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check
one):
Cash
Exercise_______
Cashless
Exercise_______
If the
Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay the sum of
$________ by certified or official bank check (or via wire
transfer) to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
If the
Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise, a certificate shall be
issued to the Holder for the number of shares equal to the whole
number portion of the product of the calculation set forth below,
which is ___________. The Company shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of the fractional portion of the product of the calculation
set forth below in an amount equal to the product of the fractional
portion of such product and the Per Share Market Value on the date
of exercise, which product is ____________.
X = Y -
(A)(Y)
B
Where:
The
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder is
(“X”).
The
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of all
of the Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being
exercised, the portion of the Warrant being exercised is
(“Y”).
The
Exercise Price is (“A”).
The Per
Share Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of
exercise is (“B”).
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing Entity:
_________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing
Entity:
___________________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
_____________________________________________________________
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
______________________________________________________________
Date:
__________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To
assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this
form and supply required information.
Do not
use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, [____ all of or [_______ shares of the foregoing
Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned
to
_______________________________________________
whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated:
______________, _______
Holder’s
Signature:
_____________________________
Holder’s
Address:
_____________________________
_____________________________
Exhibit 10.1
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2020 (this “Agreement”), is entered
into by and among AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and the other
signatories hereto (each an “Investor” and
collectively, the “Investor”).
RECITALS
A. On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the
Investors are willing to purchase from the Company and the Company
is willing to issue and sell to the Investors, at a purchase price
of $7,700.00 per share (the “Per Share Purchase
Price”), up to an aggregate of Seventeen Million Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($17,300,000) of shares (the
“Series B
Shares”) of the Company’s Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
“Preferred
Stock”), subject to increase to up to an aggregate of
Twenty Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($22,800,000), at
the sole option of the Company, to the extent of oversubscriptions,
with such shares of Preferred Stock having the relative rights,
preferences and designations set forth in the Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto (the
“Certificate of
Designation”);
B. Up
to an aggregate of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), subject to
increase to up to an aggregate of Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($15,500,000) at the sole option of the Company,
to the extent of oversubscriptions, of Preferred Stock will be
issued for cash consideration, (the “Cash Consideration”), and
up to an aggregate of Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($7,300,000) of Preferred Stock will be issued in exchange (the
“Exchange”) for
consideration (the “Exchange Consideration”
and, collectively with the Cash Consideration, as the case may be,
the “Purchase
Price”) consisting of the outstanding principal
amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through
the applicable Closing Date (as defined below), of certain Senior
Convertible Promissory Notes issued between December 20, 2019 and
January 9, 2020 (the “Promissory Notes”),
pursuant to an Exchange Addendum (the “Exchange Addendum”),
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B executed by the Company and
such Investors (the
“Exchange
Investors” and, for the avoidance of doubt, each
reference in this Agreement to the “Investors” shall
include the “Exchange Investors”);
C Each
Series B Share shall be convertible into that number of shares (the
“Conversion
Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001
par value per share (“Common Stock”),
determined by dividing the Per Share Purchase Price by $0.77 (the
“Conversion
Price”), subject to adjustment as set forth in the
Certificate of Designation;
D. As
additional consideration for the issuance of the Series B Shares by
the Company, the Company is issuing to the Investors warrants in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Series B Warrants”),
representing the right to purchase, at an exercise price of $0.85,
subject to adjustment as set forth in the Series B Warrants, that
number of shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole
share) (the “Warrant
Shares”) equal to 50% of the total number of
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Shares
purchased pursuant to this Agreement by each Investor;
E. As
additional consideration for the Exchange, the Company is also
issuing solely to the Exchange Investors, in addition to the Series
B Warrants, additional warrants in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D (the
“Exchange
Warrants”), representing the right to purchase, at an
exercise price equal to the exercise price of the Series B
Warrants, that number of shares of Common Stock (the
“Exchange Warrant
Shares”), assuming conversion of the entire balance of
such Exchange Investor’s Promissory Note, equal to 50% of the
total number of the Note Warrant Shares (as defined in the Exchange
Addendum) issuable upon conversion of such Exchange
Investor’s Note Warrants (as defined in the Exchange
Addendum), in each case held as of the applicable Closing Date;
and
G. In
connection with the purchase of Series B Shares, Series B Warrants
and, as applicable, Exchange Warrants pursuant to this Agreement,
the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration
Rights Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E (the
“Registration Rights
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to register the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the
Exchange Warrant Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This Agreement, the
Certificate of Designation, the Series B Warrants, Exchange
Addendum (if applicable), the Exchange Warrants, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement (as defined herein) are
referred to herein collectively as the “Transaction
Documents”).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing, and the representations, warranties, and conditions set
forth below, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Issuance and Sale of the Series B
Shares, Series B Warrants and, as applicable, Exchange
Warrants. In reliance upon the representations, warranties
and covenants of the parties set forth herein, the Company agrees
to issue, sell and deliver to each Investor, and each Investor
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the
Series B Shares in the respective amounts set forth below such
Investor’s name on the signature page hereto, which Series B
Shares shall include a Series B Warrant exercisable for that number
of Warrant Shares set forth below Investor’s name on the
signature page hereto, and solely with respect to Exchange
Investors, shall include an Exchange Warrant exercisable for that
number of Exchange Warrant Shares set forth below Investor’s
name on the signature page hereto. The purchase price for the
Series B Shares, Series B Warrant and, if applicable, Exchange
Warrant, shall be equal to the aggregate amount set forth below
Investor’s name on the signature page hereto. The Company and
the Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement and
issuing the Series B Shares, Series B Warrants and, if applicable,
Exchange Warrants in accordance with, and in reliance upon, the
exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act, including Regulation D (“Regulation D”), and/or
upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of
the investments to be made hereunder. The Series B Shares, the
Series B Warrants, the Exchange Warrants (solely with respect to
Exchange Investors), the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and
the Exchange Warrant Shares (solely with respect to Exchange
Investors) are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
“Securities”.
2. Closing; Delivery. Upon
confirmation that the other conditions to closing specified herein
have been satisfied or duly waived by the Investors, the Company
shall file the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of
State of Delaware. The Company will deliver to Investors the Series
B Shares against receipt by the Company of the Purchase Price. Each
Series B Warrant and, if applicable, Exchange Warrant shall be
issued within three (3) business days following the receipt by the
Company of the Purchase Price for the Series B Shares. The closings
of the purchase and sale of the Series B Shares, Series B Warrants
and, if applicable, Exchange Warrants to be acquired by the
Investors from the Company under this Agreement (each, a
“Closing”) shall occur at
such time or times as the Company and the Placement Agent (as
defined below) may determine in their sole discretion (each a
“Closing
Date”); provided that all of the conditions set forth
in Sections 5 and 6 hereof and applicable to such Closing shall
have been fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith. At or prior
to each Closing, each Investor shall deliver its portion of the
Purchase Price by wire transfer to an escrow account designated by
the escrow agent in the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F
(“Escrow
Agreement”), or, solely with respect to Exchange
Investors, by delivery to the Company of such Exchange
Investor’s original Promissory Note, or an indemnification
undertaking with respect to such Promissory Note in the event of
the loss, theft or destruction of such Promissory Note. The first
Closing shall be referred to as the “Initial Closing”; and the
last Closing shall be referred to as the “Final
Closing.”
3. Representations and Warranties of the
Company. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents and
subject to any exceptions set forth in schedules attached hereto,
which schedules are incorporated herein by this reference, the
Company hereby represents and warrants to each Investor
that:
(a) Organization and Standing. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all
requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as
now conducted and proposed to be conducted. The Company and each
such Subsidiary (as defined in Section 3(h)) is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary except for
any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the aggregate) in which the
failure to be so qualified will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
For the purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect”
means any material adverse effect on the business, operations,
properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company and
its Subsidiaries and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation
that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the
ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect.
(b) Corporate Power. The Company
has all requisite legal and corporate power and authority to enter
into and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof. This Agreement, and, upon issuance, the
Series B Warrants and Exchange Warrants will be, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, and other laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights.
(c) Authorization. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Series B Shares, the Series B
Warrants, the Exchange Warrants, the Conversion Shares, the Warrant
Shares and the Exchange Warrant Shares by the Company and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (including the issuance of the Series B Shares, the Series
B Warrants, and the Exchange Warrants, as well as the issuance and
reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Series B Shares, the issuance and reservation for
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Series B
Warrants, and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the
Exchange Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Exchange Warrants)
have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors
and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board
of Directors, its stockholders (except for the Stockholder
Approval) or its debt holders is required. When paid for and issued
in accordance with the terms hereof, the Series B Shares (and
Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof in accordance
with the Certificate of Designation) shall be validly issued and
outstanding, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights
of refusal of any kind and will have the relative rights, powers
and preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designation. When
the Warrant Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such Warrant Shares will be duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and
outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind and the
holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of
Common Stock. When the Exchange Warrant Shares are issued and paid
for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Exchange
Warrant Shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights
of refusal of any kind and the holders shall be entitled to all
rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.
(d) Capitalization.
i. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3(d) hereto, the Company has duly and validly
authorized capital stock as set forth in the Commission Documents
and in the Certificate and as in effect as of the applicable
Closing Date. All of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock and
any other outstanding security of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as set forth in this Agreement, no shares of
Common Stock or any other security of the Company are entitled to
preemptive rights, registration rights, rights of first refusal or
similar rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants,
scrip, rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into,
any shares of capital stock of the Company. The Company is not a
party to or bound by any agreement or understanding granting
registration or anti-dilution rights to any person with respect to
any of its equity or debt securities. The Company is not a party
to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement or understanding
restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital
stock of the Company. Except as disclosed below, (i) there are no
outstanding debt securities, or other form of material debt of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings, agreements or arrangements under which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to register the
sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act, (iii)
there are no outstanding securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions,
and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings, agreements
or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (iv) there are no securities or instruments
containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be
triggered by the issuance of the Securities, (v) the Company does
not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom
stock” plans or agreements, or any similar plan or agreement
and (vi) as of the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s
and each of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, no person or group
of related persons
beneficially owns
(as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act (as defined below)) or has the right to acquire by
agreement with or by obligation binding upon the Company,
beneficial ownership of in excess of 5% of the Common Stock. Any
person with any right to purchase securities of the Company that
would be triggered as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents has waived such
rights or the time for the exercise of such rights has passed,
except where failure of the Company to receive such waiver would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no options, warrants
or other outstanding securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any equity securities issued pursuant to any company
plan) the vesting of which will be accelerated by the transactions
contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents.
None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by any
of the other Transaction Documents shall cause, directly or
indirectly, the acceleration of vesting of any options issued
pursuant the Company’s stock option plans.
ii. The Conversion
Shares, the Warrant Shares, and Exchange Warrant Shares are duly
authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the
Series B Shares, exercise of the Series B Warrants, or exercise of
the Exchange Warrants (as applicable) in accordance with their
respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and
encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be
subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of
stockholders of the Company and will not impose personal liability
upon the holder thereof.
(e) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents will not: (i) conflict
with or result in a breach of or a default under any of the terms
or provisions of, (A) the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate”) or by-laws
(“Bylaws”), or (B) any
material provision of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it or any of its material properties or assets
(including, without limitation, the Collateral) is bound, (ii)
result in a violation of any material provision of any law,
statute, rule, regulation, or any existing applicable decree,
judgment or order by any court, Federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its material properties or
assets or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any
material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any material property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the
terms of any agreement or instrument to which any of them is a
party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of their
property or any of them is subject except, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii), for such violations, breaches, conflicts, defaults
or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No Approvals. Except for (a)
the filing of the Certificate of Designation and (b) the filing of
a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares for the listing
of the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Exchange
Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and (c) the approval
of the Proposal by the Company’s stockholders as contemplated
in Section 8(i), no consent, approval or authorization of or
designation, declaration or filing with any governmental authority
on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents.
(g) Commission Documents, Financial
Statements. The Common Stock of the Company is registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the
Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents required to be filed by it with the Commission
pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of
the foregoing including filings incorporated by reference therein
being referred to herein as the “Commission Documents”).
At the times of their respective filings, the Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Form 10-Q”) and the Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, (the
“Form
10-K”) complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission promulgated thereunder, and the Form 10-Q and Form
10-K did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of
their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company
included in the Commission Documents complied as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the Commission. Such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be
otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the
extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or
summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of
the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(h) Subsidiaries. Except as set
forth in Schedule
3(h) hereto, the Commission Documents set forth each
Subsidiary of the Company, showing the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Subsidiary” shall mean
any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the
securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power
(absolutely or contingently) for the election of directors or other
persons performing similar functions are at the time owned directly
or indirectly by the Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries.
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid
and nonassessable. There are no outstanding preemptive, conversion
or other rights, options, warrants or agreements granted or issued
by or binding upon any Subsidiary for the purchase or acquisition
of any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary or any other
securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the
rights to subscribe for any shares of such capital stock. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or
retire any shares of the capital stock of any Subsidiary or any
convertible securities, rights, warrants or options of the type
described in the preceding sentence. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is party to, nor has any knowledge of, any agreement
restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital
stock of any Subsidiary.
(i) No Material Adverse Change.
Since March 31, 2020 the Company has not experienced or suffered
any Material Adverse Effect.
(j) No Undisclosed Liabilities.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any
liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise) other than those incurred in the ordinary course of
the Company’s or its Subsidiaries respective businesses or
which, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) No Undisclosed Events or
Circumstances. Since March 31, 2020, no event or
circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or
its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties,
prospects, operations or financial condition, which, under
applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly
announced or disclosed.
(l) Indebtedness. Except as set
forth on Schedule
3(l) hereto, the Commission Documents set forth all
currently outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or Indebtedness for which the Company or
any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement,
“Indebtedness” shall mean
(a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of
$100,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements and
other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others,
whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the
Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except
guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments in excess
of $100,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(m) Title to Assets. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all of its
real and personal property reflected in the Commission Documents,
free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security
interests or other encumbrances, except for those that,
individually or in the aggregate, do not cause a Material Adverse
Effect. Any leases of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are
valid and subsisting and in full force and effect.
(n) Actions Pending. There is no
action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute
resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary which questions the validity of this Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or to be taken
pursuant hereto or thereto. There is no action, suit, claim,
investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding
or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties or assets, which individually or in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected, if adversely
determined, to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no
outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of
any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against
the Company or any Subsidiary or any officers or directors of the
Company or Subsidiary in their capacities as such, which
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Compliance with Law. The
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been and, to the
best of the Company’s knowledge is, presently being conducted
in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local
governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, except where,
individually or in the aggregate, the noncompliance therewith could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all franchises, permits,
licenses, consents and other governmental or regulatory
authorizations and approvals necessary for the conduct of its
business as now being conducted by it unless the failure to possess
such franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental
or regulatory authorizations and approvals, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) Taxes. The Company and each of
the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and filed all federal,
state and other tax returns required by law to be filed by it, has
paid or made provisions for the payment of all taxes shown to be
due and all additional assessments, and adequate provisions have
been and are reflected in the financial statements of the Company
and the Subsidiaries for all current taxes and other charges to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is subject and which are not
currently due and payable. None of the federal income tax returns
of the Company or any Subsidiary have been audited by the Internal
Revenue Service. The Company has no knowledge of any additional
assessments, adjustments or contingent tax liability (whether
federal or state) of any nature whatsoever, whether pending or
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary for any period,
nor of any basis for any such assessment, adjustment or
contingency.
(q) Certain Fees. The Company has
not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage or investment banking fees, commissions, finders’
structuring fees, financial advisory fees or other similar fees in
connection with the Transaction Documents, other than pursuant to
an Engagement Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2020, by and between
the Company and Alexander Capital L.P (the “Placement
Agent”).
(r) Disclosure. To the
Company’s knowledge, neither the representations and
warranties contained in this Section 3 or the schedules hereto nor
any other documents, certificates or instruments furnished to the
Investors by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein
or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made herein or therein, not misleading.
(s) Intellectual Property. The
Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess the requisite licenses
or rights to use all patents, patent applications, patent rights,
inventions, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, service names, trade names and
copyrights (“Intellectual Property”)
necessary to enable them to conduct their business as now operated
(and, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future);
there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or
proceeding pending, or to the Company’s knowledge threatened,
which challenges the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with
respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to
conduct its business as now operated (and, as presently
contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, the Company’s or the
Subsidiaries’ current and intended products, services and
processes do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other
rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts
or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. The
Company and the Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security
measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of their
Intellectual Property.
(t) Environmental Compliance. To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have obtained all material approvals, authorization,
certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits or other
similar authorizations of all governmental authorities, or from any
other person, that are required under any Environmental Laws.
“Environmental
Laws” shall mean all applicable laws relating to the
protection of the environment including, without limitation, all
requirements pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting,
controlling, investigating or remediating emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical
substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, materials
or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the
air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of hazardous substances, chemical
substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material
or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature. To the
Company’s knowledge, the Company has all necessary
governmental approvals required under all Environmental Laws as
necessary for the Company’s business or the business of any
of its subsidiaries. Except for such instances as would not
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect and
to the Company’s knowledge, there are no past or present
events, conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or omissions
relating to or in any way affecting the Company or the Subsidiaries
that violate or may violate any Environmental Law after the
applicable Closing Date or that may give rise to any environmental
liability, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action,
demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation (i) under
any Environmental Law, or (ii) based on or related to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage
(including without limitation underground storage tanks), disposal,
transport or handling, or the emission, discharge, release or
threatened release of any hazardous substance.
(u) Books and Records; Internal Accounting
Controls. The records and documents of the Company and the
Subsidiaries accurately reflect in all material respects the
information relating to the business of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, the location of their assets, and the nature of all
transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable
of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each of the
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient, in the judgment of the Company’s board of
directors, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate actions are taken with respect to any
differences.
(v) Securities Act of
1933.
i. Based in material
part upon the representations herein of the Investors, the Company
has complied and will comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of
the Securities hereunder. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on
its behalf, directly or indirectly, has or will sell, offer to sell
or solicit offers to buy any of the Securities or similar
securities to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or
enter into any negotiations relating thereto with, any person, or
has taken or will take any action so as to bring the issuance and
sale of any of the Securities under the registration provisions of
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Neither
the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its
or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the
Securities.
ii. None of the
Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any
director, executive officer, other officer of the Company
participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of
20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity
securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any
promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale
(each, an “Issuer
Covered Person”) is subject to any of the “Bad
Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to
(viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”),
except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or
(d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine
whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification
Event.
(w) Employees. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has any collective bargaining arrangements or
agreements covering any of its employees. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has any employment contract, agreement regarding
proprietary information, non-competition agreement,
non-solicitation agreement, confidentiality agreement, or any other
similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to the right of
any officer, employee or consultant to be employed or engaged by
the Company or such Subsidiary required to be disclosed in the
Commission Documents that is not so disclosed. No officer,
consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whose
termination, either individually or in the aggregate, would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, has terminated
or, to the knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of
terminating his or her employment or engagement with the Company or
any Subsidiary.
(x) Transactions with Affiliates.
Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary
course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other
than the grant of stock options described in the Commission
Documents, none of the officers, directors, or employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by,
providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or
otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or
such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director,
or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer,
director, trustee or partner.
(y) No Integrated Offering. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3(y) hereto, neither the Company, nor any
of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf,
has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any security
or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances
that would require registration under the Securities Act of the
issuance of the Securities to the Investors. The issuance of the
Securities to the Investors will not be integrated with any other
issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or
future) for purposes of any stockholder approval provisions
applicable to the Company or its securities.
(z) Insurance. The Company and each
of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in
the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are
engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason
to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(aa) Foreign
Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor any of the
Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in
the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Company, used
any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political
activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate
funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
(bb) Solvency.
The Company (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., its assets have a fair market
value in excess of the amount required to pay its probable
liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and
matured) and currently the Company has no information that would
lead it to reasonably conclude that the Company would not, after
giving effect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement,
have the ability to, nor does it intend to take any action that
would impair its ability to, pay its debts from time to time
incurred in connection therewith as such debts mature. The
Company’s financial statements for its most recent fiscal
year end and interim financial statements have been prepared
assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which
contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of
liabilities in the normal course of business.
(cc) No
Investment Company. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement will not be an “investment company” required
to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an
“Investment
Company”). The Company is not controlled by an
Investment Company.
(dd) No
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction,
arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet
entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its
Commission Documents and is not so disclosed or that otherwise
could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4. Representations and Warranties by
Investor. Each Investor represents and warrants
severally and not jointly, to the Company as of the time of
issuance of the Series B Shares, Series B Warrants and, if
applicable, Exchange Warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Standing. If
Investor is an entity, Investor is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization and has all requisite corporate or other entity power
and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and
proposed to be conducted. If Investor is an entity, the address of
its principal place of business is as set forth on the signature
page hereto, and if Investor is an individual, the address of its
principal residence is as set forth on the signature page
hereto.
(b) Power. If Investor is an
entity, Investor has all requisite legal and corporate or other
entity power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver each
of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each
Transaction Document to which Investor is a party has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by Investor is the valid
and binding obligation of Investor, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, and other laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights.
(c) Authorization. If Investor is
an entity, all corporate or other entity and legal action on the
part of Investor, its officers, directors, managers, shareholders,
partners, or members, as applicable, necessary for the execution
and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
the purchase of the Series B Shares, the Series B Warrant and, if
applicable, the Exchange Warrant and the performance of
Investor’s obligations such Transaction Documents have been
taken.
(d) No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents by Investor nor the
performance by Investor of its obligations hereunder will: (i) if
Investor is an entity, conflict with Investor’s certificate
of incorporation or bylaws, or other similar organizational
documents; (ii) violate any statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation, applicable to Investor or any of the properties or
assets of Investor; or (iii) violate, breach, be in conflict with
or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) under, or permit the
termination of any provision of, or result in the termination of,
the acceleration of the maturity of, or the acceleration of the
performance of any obligation of Investor under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien upon any properties, assets or
business of Investor under, any material contract or any order,
judgment or decree to which Investor is a party or by which it or
any of its assets or properties is bound or encumbered except, in
the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations, breaches,
conflicts, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in
the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents.
(e) Acquisition for Investment.
Investor is purchasing the Securities solely for its own account
for the purpose of investment and not with a view to or for sale in
connection with distribution. Investor does not have a present
intention to sell any of the Securities, nor a present arrangement
(whether or not legally binding) or intention to effect any
distribution of any of the Securities to or through any person or
entity; provided,
however, that by
making the representations herein, such Investor does not agree to
hold the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and
reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in
accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to
such disposition. Investor acknowledges that it (i) has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such
that Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
Investor’s investment in the Company, (ii) is able to bear
the financial risks associated with an investment in the
Securities, (iii) has been given full access to such records of the
Company and to the officers of the Company as it has deemed
necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence
investigation, and (iv) has had the opportunity to ask
representatives of the Company certain questions and request
certain additional information regarding the finances, operations,
business and prospects of the Company and has had any and all such
questions and requests answered to its satisfaction.
(f) Rule 144. Investor understands
that the Securities are “restricted securities” as
defined in Rule 144, and must be held indefinitely unless such
Securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption
from registration is available. Investor acknowledges that such
person is familiar with Rule 144 of the rules and regulations of
the Commission, as amended, promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act (“Rule
144”), and that such Investor has been advised that
Rule 144 permits resales only under certain circumstances. Investor
understands that to the extent that Rule 144 is not available, such
Investor will be unable to sell any Securities without either
registration under the Securities Act or the existence of another
exemption from such registration requirement.
(g) No General Solicitation. The
Investor acknowledges that the Securities were not offered to such
Investor by means of any form of general or public solicitation or
general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or
sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice
or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or
similar media, or broadcast over television, radio or the internet,
or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Investor was invited
by any of the foregoing means of communications. Investor, in
making the decision to purchase the Securities, has relied upon
independent investigation made by it and has not relied on any
information or representations made by third parties.
(h) Accredited Investor. Investor
is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act and as set forth
in Exhibit G attached hereto
and made a part hereof, and such Investor has such experience in
business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of an investment in the Securities. Such Investor
is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section
15 of the Exchange Act and such Investor is not a broker-dealer.
Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Securities is
speculative and involves a high degree of risk.
(i) Legends. It is understood that,
except as provided below, certificates evidencing the Securities
may bear the following or any similar legend:
i. “THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF
ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR
SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (II) SUCH
SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, OR (III) THE COMPANY
HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR, THE SUBSTANCE
OF WHICH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY,
THAT SUCH TRANSFER MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.”
ii. If required
by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance of
sale of the Securities, the legend required by such state
authority.
(j) Prohibited Transactions. With
respect to each Investor, since the earlier of (i) such time as
such Investor was first contacted by the Company or any other
person acting on behalf of the Company regarding the transactions
contemplated hereby or (ii) thirty (30) days prior to the date
hereof, neither such Investor nor any affiliate of such Investor
which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby,
(y) has or shares discretion relating to such Investor’s
investments or trading or information concerning such
Investor’s investments, including in respect of the
Securities, or (z) is subject to such Investor’s review or
input concerning such affiliate’s investments or trading
(collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has,
directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any short
sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put
equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the
1934 Act) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any other right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with
respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any security that
includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its value
from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in
the Securities (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”).
Prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this
Agreement, (ii) the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) or (iii) the Effectiveness Deadline (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement), each Investor shall not, and
shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or
indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction (other than any short sale,
whether or not against the box). Such Investor shall not, and shall
cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or
indirectly, in any short sale, whether or not against the box,
prior to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this
Agreement or (ii) the applicable Closing Date. Each Investor
acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants
contained in this Section 4(j) are being made for the benefit of
the Investors as well as the Company and that each of the other
Investors shall have an independent right to assert any claims
against such Investor arising out of any breach or violation of the
provisions of this Section 4(j).
5. Conditions Precedent to the Obligation
of the Company to Close and to Sell the Securities. The
obligation hereunder of the Company to close and issue and sell the
Securities to the Investors at each Closing is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver, at or before the applicable Closing of the
conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the
Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at
any time in its sole discretion.
(a) Accuracy of the Investors’
Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of each Investor, and the representations and warranties
of each Exchange Investor included in the Exchange Addendum, shall
be true and correct in all material respects (except for those
representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all
respects) as of the date when made and as of the applicable Closing
Date as though made at that time, except for representations and
warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date, which
shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for
those representations and warranties that are qualified by
materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of such date.
(b) Performance by the Investors.
Each Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all
material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied
with by the Investors at or prior to the applicable Closing
Date.
(c) No Injunction. No statute,
rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction
shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(d) Delivery of Purchase Price. The
portion of the Purchase Price for the Securities attributable to
Investor shall have been delivered to the Company on the applicable
Closing Date.
(e) Delivery of Transaction
Documents. The Transaction Documents shall have been duly
executed and delivered by the Investors and, with respect to the
Escrow Agreement, the escrow agent, to the Company.
(f) Delivery of Promissory Notes.
Solely with respect to Exchange Investors, the original Promissory
Notes being exchanged for the Securities attributable to such
Exchange Investor, or an indemnification undertaking with respect
to such Promissory Note in the event of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Promissory Note, shall have been delivered to
the Company on the applicable Closing Date.
6. Conditions Precedent to the Obligation
of the Investors to Close and to Purchase the Securities.
The obligation hereunder of the Investors to purchase the
Securities and consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before
each Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below. These
conditions are for the Investors’ sole benefit and may be
waived by the Investors at any time in their sole
discretion.
(a) Accuracy of the Company’s
Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations
and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be
true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as
of the applicable Closing Date as though made at that time, except
for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material
respects (except for those representations and warranties that are
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be
true and correct in all respects) as of such date.
(b) Performance by the Company. The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all
material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions
required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied
with by the Company at or prior to the applicable Closing
Date.
(c) No Injunction. No statute,
rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction
shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(d) No Proceedings or Litigation.
No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any
governmental authority shall have been commenced, and no
investigation by any governmental authority shall have been
threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the
officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary
seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection
with such transactions.
(e) Series B Shares. At or prior to
the Initial Closing, the Company shall have filed the Certificate
of Designation with the Secretary of State of
Delaware.
(f) Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and
Exchange Warrant Shares. The Company shall have filed with
Nasdaq a Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares for the
listing of the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the
Exchange Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(g) Secretary’s Certificate.
The Company shall have delivered to the Investors a
secretary’s certificate, dated as of the applicable Closing
Date, as to (i) the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors
approving the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the
Certificate, (iii) the Certificate of Designation, (iv) the Bylaws,
each as in effect at the applicable Closing Date, and (v) the
authority and incumbency of the officers of the Company executing
the Transaction Documents and any other documents required to be
executed or delivered in connection therewith.
(h) Officer’s Certificate. On
the applicable Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to
the Investors a certificate signed by an executive officer on
behalf of the Company, dated as of the applicable Closing Date,
confirming the accuracy of the Company’s representations,
warranties and covenants as of the applicable Closing Date and
confirming the compliance by the Company with the conditions
precedent set forth in paragraphs (b)-(d) of this Section 6 as of
the applicable Closing Date (provided that, with respect to the
matters in paragraphs (d) of this Section 6, such confirmation
shall be based on the knowledge of the executive officer after due
inquiry).
(i) Material Adverse Effect. No
Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred at or before the
applicable Closing Date.
(j) Registration Rights Agreement.
At the applicable Closing, the Company shall have executed and
delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.
7. Termination of Obligations to Effect
Closing; Effects.
(a) The obligations of
the Company, on the one hand, and the Investors, on the other hand,
to effect the applicable Closing shall terminate as
follows:
i. Upon the mutual
written consent of the Company and the Investors;
ii. By the Company if
any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 shall have become
incapable of fulfillment, and shall not have been waived by the
Company;
iii. By
an Investor (with respect to itself only) if any of the conditions
set forth in Section 6 shall have become incapable of fulfillment,
and shall not have been waived by the Investor; or
iv. By either the
Company or any Investor (with respect to itself only) if the
applicable Closing has not occurred on or prior to July 31,
2020;
provided,
however, that, except in the case of clause (iv) above, the party
seeking to terminate its obligation to effect the applicable
Closing shall not then be in breach of any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement or
the other Transaction Documents if such breach has resulted in the
circumstances giving rise to such party’s seeking to
terminate its obligation to effect the applicable
Closing.
(b) In the event of
termination by the Company or any Investor of its obligations to
effect the applicable Closing pursuant to this Section 7, written
notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other Investors by
the Company and the other Investors shall have the right to
terminate their obligations to effect the applicable Closing upon
written notice to the Company and the other Investors. Nothing in
this Section 7 shall be deemed to release any party from any
liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions
of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair
the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other
party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents.
8. Covenants. The Company
covenants with each Investor as follows, which covenants are for
the benefit of each Investor and their respective permitted
assignees.
(a) Securities Compliance. The
Company shall notify the Commission in accordance with its rules
and regulations, of the transactions contemplated by any of the
Transaction Documents and shall take all other necessary action and
proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law,
rule and regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the
Securities to the Investors, or their respective subsequent
holders. In furtherance and in limitation of the foregoing, the
Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as
required under Regulation D. The Company shall, on or before the
applicable Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall
reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for
sale to the Investors at the applicable closing pursuant to this
Agreement under applicable securities or “blue sky”
laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such
action so taken to the Investors on or prior to the applicable
Closing Date.
(b) Compliance with Laws. The
Company shall comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, noncompliance with
which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Keeping of Records and Books of
Account. The Company shall keep and cause each Subsidiary to
keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete
entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper
reserves for depreciation, depletion, obsolescence, amortization,
taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business
shall be made.
(d) Other Agreements. The Company
shall not enter into any agreement in which the terms of such
agreement would restrict or impair the right or ability to perform
of the Company or any Subsidiary under any Transaction
Document.
(e) Reporting Status;
Listing.
i. So long as any
Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall
timely file all reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate
its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange
Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations
thereunder would permit such termination.
ii. So long as any
Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall
maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on Nasdaq or
any equivalent replacement exchange and will comply in all respects
with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations
under the bylaws or rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority and such exchanges, as applicable.
(f) Disclosure of Transaction. The
Company shall file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K
(the “Form
8-K”) describing the material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby (and attaching as exhibits thereto
this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, and any press
release) as soon as practicable following the Closing Date of the
Initial Closing but in no event more than four (4) Trading Days
following the Closing Date of the Initial Closing.
“Trading
Day” means any day during which the principal exchange
on which the Common Stock is traded shall be open for
trading.
(g) No Integration. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3(y) hereto, the Company has not and shall not
make any offers or sales of any security (other than the
Securities) under circumstances that would require registration of
the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the Securities
Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with
any other offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of
any stockholder approval provision applicable to the Company or its
securities.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company
shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for corporate and general working capital purposes,
including the Company’s clinical trials and the repayment of
Promissory Notes held by prior Investors that do not participate in
this Exchange.
(i) Proxy Statement; Stockholders
Meeting.
i. Promptly following
the Final Closing, the Company shall take all action necessary to
call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”),
which shall occur not later than 60 days following the Final
Closing (the “Stockholders Meeting
Deadline”), for the purpose of seeking approval (the
“Stockholder
Approval”) of the Company’s stockholders, among
other things, for (w) the issuance of all Conversion Shares upon
full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock (as defined in the
Certificate of Designation), (x) the issuance of all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of the Series B Warrants
and the Exchange Warrants, (y) the Subsequent Financing (as defined
in the Certificate of Designation) exchange rights pursuant to
Section 8 of the Certificate of Designation and (z) the
participation of certain directors and officers of the Company as
Investors, as applicable, in the Exchange and offering of the
Securities for Cash Consideration hereunder, each in accordance
with applicable law, the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws, and the
applicable requirements of the Trading Market (as defined in the
Certificate of Designation) (the “Proposals”). In
connection therewith, the Company will promptly prepare and file
with the SEC proxy materials (including a proxy statement and form
of proxy) for use at the Stockholders Meeting and, after receiving
and promptly responding to any comments of the SEC thereon, shall
promptly mail such proxy materials to the stockholders of the
Company. Each Investor shall promptly furnish in writing to the
Company such information relating to such Investor and its
investment in the Company as the Company may reasonably request for
inclusion in the Proxy Statement. The Company will comply with
Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder
in relation to any proxy statement (as amended or supplemented, the
“Proxy
Statement”) and any form of proxy to be sent to the
stockholders of the Company in connection with the Stockholders
Meeting, and the Proxy Statement shall not, on the date that the
Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is
first mailed to stockholders or at the time of the Stockholders
Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made therein not false or misleading, or omit to state any material
fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier
communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies or the
Stockholders Meeting which has become false or misleading. If the
Company should discover at any time prior to the Stockholders
Meeting, any event relating to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or
directors that is required to be set forth in a supplement or
amendment to the Proxy Statement, in addition to the Company's
obligations under the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly inform
the Investors thereof.
ii. Subject to their
fiduciary obligations under applicable law (as determined in good
faith by the Company’s Board of Directors after consultation
with the Company’s outside counsel), the Company's Board of
Directors shall recommend to the Company's stockholders that the
stockholders vote in favor of the Proposals (the “Company
Board Recommendation”) and take all commercially reasonable
action (including, without limitation, the hiring of a proxy
solicitation firm of nationally recognized standing) to solicit the
approval of the stockholders for the Proposals unless the Board of
Directors shall have modified, amended or withdrawn the Company
Board Recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the immediately
succeeding sentence. The Company covenants that the Board of
Directors of the Company shall not modify, amend or withdraw the
Company Board Recommendation unless the Board of Directors (after
consultation with the Company’s outside counsel) shall
determine in the good faith exercise of its business judgment that
maintaining the Company Board Recommendation would violate its
fiduciary duty to the Company’s stockholders. Whether or not
the Company's Board of Directors modifies, amends or withdraws the
Company Board Recommendation pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence, the Company shall in accordance with applicable law and
the provisions of its Certificate and Bylaws, (i) take all action
necessary to convene the Stockholders Meeting as promptly as
practicable, but no later than the Stockholders Meeting Deadline,
to consider and vote upon the approval of the Proposals and (ii)
submit the Proposals at the Stockholders Meeting to the
stockholders of the Company for their approval.
iii. If
the Stockholder Approval has not been received on or prior to the
ninetieth (90th) day following the Final Closing, the Series B
Shares will be redeemed automatically as described in Section 9 of
the Certificate of Designation.
iv. Each Investor
agrees to vote all shares of capital stock of the Company that it
beneficially owns in favor of the approval of the Proposals at the
Stockholders Meeting, and at any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
9. Indemnification.
(a) General Indemnity. The Company
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Investors (and their
respective directors, officers, affiliates, agents, successors and
assigns) from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
deficiencies, costs, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges and
disbursements) incurred by the Investors as a result of any
inaccuracy in or breach of the representations, warranties or
covenants made by the Company herein. Each Investor severally but
not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
its directors, officers, affiliates, agents, successors and assigns
from and against any and all losses, liabilities, deficiencies,
costs, damages and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges and disbursements)
incurred by the Company as result of any inaccuracy in or breach of
the representations, warranties or covenants made by such Investor
herein. The maximum aggregate liability of each Investor pursuant
to its indemnification obligations under this Section 9 shall not
exceed the portion of the Purchase Price paid by such Investor
hereunder.
(b) Indemnification Procedure. Any
party entitled to indemnification under this Section 9 (an
“indemnified party”) will give written notice to the
indemnifying party of any matters giving rise to a claim for
indemnification; provided, that the failure of
any party entitled to indemnification hereunder to give notice as
provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its
obligations under this Section 9 except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give
notice. In case any action, proceeding or claim is brought against
an indemnified party in respect of which indemnification is sought
hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
in and, unless in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party
a conflict of interest between it and the indemnifying party may
exist with respect of such action, proceeding or claim, to assume
the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. In the event that the indemnifying party advises
an indemnified party that it will contest such a claim for
indemnification hereunder, or fails, within thirty (30) days of
receipt of any indemnification notice to notify, in writing, such
person of its election to defend, settle or compromise, at its sole
cost and expense, any action, proceeding or claim (or discontinues
its defense at any time after it commences such defense), then the
indemnified party may, at its option, defend, settle or otherwise
compromise or pay such action or claim. In any event, unless and
until the indemnifying party elects in writing to assume and does
so assume the defense of any such claim, proceeding or action, the
indemnified party’s costs and expenses arising out of the
defense, settlement or compromise of any such action, claim or
proceeding shall be losses subject to indemnification hereunder.
The indemnified party shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying
party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such
action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the
indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the
indemnified party, which relates to such action or claim. The
indemnifying party shall keep the indemnified party fully apprised
at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement
negotiations with respect thereto. If the indemnifying party elects
to defend any such action or claim, then the indemnified party
shall be entitled to participate in such defense with counsel of
its choice at its sole cost and expense. The indemnifying party
shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or
proceeding affected without its prior written consent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 to the contrary, the
indemnifying party shall not, without the indemnified party’s
prior written consent, settle or compromise any claim or consent to
entry of any judgment in respect thereof which imposes any future
obligation on the indemnified party or which does not include, as
an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the indemnified party of a release from all liability
in respect of such claim. The indemnification required by this
Section 9 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof
during the course of investigation or defense, as and when bills
are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred, so
long as the indemnified party irrevocably agrees to refund such
moneys if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such party was not entitled to indemnification.
The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to
(a) any cause of action or similar rights of the indemnified party
against the indemnifying party or others, and (b) any liabilities
the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the
law.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) 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 negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(b) Confidentiality; Non-Public
Information. Investor acknowledges and agrees
that that the existence of this Agreement and the information
contained herein and in the other Transaction Documents is of a
confidential nature and shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Company, be disclosed by Investor to any person or
entity, other than Investor’s personal financial and legal
advisors for the sole purpose of evaluating an investment in the
Company, and that it shall not, without the prior written consent
of the Company, directly or indirectly, make any statements, public
announcements or release to trade publications or the press with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Investor further
acknowledges and agrees that the information contained herein and
in the other documents relating to this transaction may be regarded
as material non-public information under United States federal
securities laws, and that United States federal securities laws
prohibit any person who has received material non-public
information relating to the Company from purchasing or selling
securities of the Company, or from communicating such information
to any person under circumstances in which it is reasonably
foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell
securities of the Company. Accordingly, until such time as any such
non-public information has been adequately disseminated to the
public, Investor shall not purchase or sell any securities of the
Company, or communicate such information to any other
person.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement
and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law
principles, which would result in the application of the
substantive law of another jurisdiction. This Agreement shall not
be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party
causing this Agreement to be drafted.
(d) Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue.
The parties agree that venue for any dispute arising under this
Agreement will lie exclusively in the state or federal courts
located in New York, and the parties irrevocably waive any right to
raise forum non conveniens
or any other argument that New York is not the proper venue. The
parties irrevocably consent to personal jurisdiction in the state
and federal courts of the state of New York. The Company and each
Investor consent to process being served in any such suit, action
or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 10(d) shall
affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law. The Company and the Investors hereby agree that
the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out
of or relating to the Securities, this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents, shall be entitled to reimbursement for
reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party. The parties
hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury.
(e) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement together with the exhibits attached hereto constitutes
the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties
with regard to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(f) Notices. All notices and other
communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be hand delivered or sent via facsimile, overnight
courier service or mailed by certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed or sent to the
addresses listed on the signature page hereto or at such other
addresses as the parties shall have furnished to each other in
writing. Notices sent via hand delivery shall be effective when
received, notices sent facsimile shall be effective upon written
confirmation of transmission (if also sent by another form of
notice permitted hereunder within 24 hours of sending the
facsimile), notices sent by overnight courier shall be effective
upon receipt, and notices mailed by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid return receipt requested, shall be effective five
business days after deposit with the U.S. Postal
Service.
(g) Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and assigns. After the applicable
Closing, the assignment by a party to this Agreement of any rights
hereunder shall not affect the obligations of such party under this
Agreement. The Investors may assign the Securities and its rights
under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any
other rights hereto and thereto without the consent of the
Company.
(h) Amendments and Waivers. Any
term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any
term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively),
only with the written consent of the Company and the Investors
holding a majority of the Series B Shares then outstanding. Any
amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph
shall be binding upon each holder of any Securities purchased under
this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all
such Securities, and the Company.
(i) Further Assurances. The parties
shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and
documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be
required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to
evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein
contained.
(j) No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective permitted successors and assigns and is not
for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by,
any other person.
(k) Validity. If any provision of
this Agreement shall be judicially determined to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
(l) Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to
constitute one instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers
as of the date and year first written above.
ADDRESS:
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AzurRx
BioPharma, Inc.
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760
Parkside Avenue
Downstate
Biotechnology Incubator,
Suite
304
Brooklyn,
NY 11226
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By:
James
Sapirstein
Chief
Executive Officer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers
as of the date and year first written above.
ADDRESS:
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INVESTOR:
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By:
Name:
Title:
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Aggregate
Cash Consideration::
$_________
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Aggregate
Exchange Consideration:
$_________
Number
of Series B Shares:
_________
Number
of Warrant Shares:
____________________
Number
of Exchange Warrant Shares:
____________________
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF EXCHANGE ADDENDUM
EXCHANGE ADDENDUM
This
EXCHANGE ADDENDUM (this “Addendum”) is made
effective as of July 16, 2020 (the “Execution Date”) by and
among AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”) and certain
holders of the Company’s senior convertible promissory notes
whose signatures appear on the signature page attached hereto (each
a “Holder” and collectively
the “Holders”).
WHEREAS, the
Company and each Holder entered into a Note Purchase Agreement
dated between December 20, 2019 and January 9, 2020 (the
“Note Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued and
sold to each Holder: (i) a Senior Convertible Promissory Note (each
a “Promissory
Note” and together, the “Promissory Notes”),
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a
conversion price of $0.97 per share and (ii) a common stock
purchase warrant exercisable for shares of Common Stock, at $1.07
per share, equal to 50% of the total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the related Promissory
Note;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Agreement”) to which this
Addendum is a part, the Company is currently conducting a private
placement (the “Private Placement”) of
Securities (as defined in the Agreement);
WHEREAS, the
Company desires to issue to each applicable Holder, and each
applicable Holder desires to acquire from the Company, in exchange
for such Holder’s Promissory Note, that number of Securities
as is issuable pursuant to the Agreement for consideration in an
amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of such
Promissory Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the applicable Closing Date (as defined in the
Agreement), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and
therein (the “Exchange”), and pursuant
to such Exchange each applicable Holder shall be deemed an Exchange
Investor (as such term is defined in the Agreement) under the
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in
this Addendum and the Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Holder agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
2. Exchange.
(a) Exchange of Promissory Note.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Addendum and
the Agreement, each applicable Holder agrees that such Holder shall
exchange such Holder’s Promissory Note for the issuance of
such number of Securities as is issuable pursuant to the Agreement
for consideration in an amount equal to the outstanding principal
balance of such Holder’s Promissory Note, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the applicable Closing
Date.
(b) Cancellation of Promissory
Note. Each applicable Holder acknowledges and agrees that,
effective as of the applicable Closing Date, the Promissory Note
shall be deemed automatically canceled in full and of no further
force or effect and shall thereafter represent only the right to
receive the Securities.
3. Holder Representations and
Warranties. The Holder hereby represents and warrants to the
Company as follows on the Execution Date and the applicable Closing
Date:
(a) Ownership of the Promissory
Note. The Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the
Promissory Note in the aggregate principal amount set forth
opposite its name on the signature page hereto.
(b) Liens. The Promissory Note is
held by the Holder free and clear of any and all liens, claims,
pledges, hypothecations, charges, mortgages, security interests or
encumbrances of any kind.
(c) Other Agreements. Other than
this Addendum and the Agreement, the Holder is not party to or
bound by any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding
with respect to the purchase, sale, delivery, transfer, gift,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment or other disposition
or acquisition of (including by operation of law) the Promissory
Note (or any rights or interest of any nature whatsoever in or with
respect to the Promissory Note), or as to voting, agreeing or
consenting (or abstaining therefrom) with respect to any amendment
to or waiver of any terms of, or taking any action whatsoever with
respect to, the Promissory Note.
[signature
page follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Holder has caused this Addendum to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers
as of the date and year first written above.
ADDRESS:
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INVESTOR:
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By:
Name:
Title:
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Aggregate
Principal Amount of Promissory Note:
$______________
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Accrued
and unpaid interest on Promissory Note as of the date
hereof:
$______________
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Page to Exchange Addendum]
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SERIES B WARRANT
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF EXCHANGE WARRANT
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT G
ACCREDITED INVESTOR PAGE FOR PURCHASERS
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of
July 16, 2020, is entered into by and between AzurRx BioPharma,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the
“Investors” named in that
certain Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company
and the Investors (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, to
sell to the Investors Series B Shares, Series B Warrants and, as
applicable, Exchange Warrants, and to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute
(collectively, the “Securities Act”), and
applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors hereby agree
as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
a. “Holder” means
individually an Investor, and together, the Investors, any
transferee or assignee thereof to whom an Investor assigns his, her
or its rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and who agrees to
become bound by the provisions of this Agreement, and any
transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee
assigns its rights under this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9 and who
agrees to become bound by the provisions of this
Agreement.
b. “Person” means any
individual or entity including but not limited to any corporation,
a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an
organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or
political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
c. “Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously
omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or Rule 430B
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended
or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the
terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
d. “Register,”
“registered,” and
“registration” refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing one or more
Registration Statements of the Company in compliance with the
Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or
any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis (“Rule 415”), and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”).
e. “Registrable Securities”
means all of the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and Exchange
Warrant Shares that have been, or which may, from time to time be
issued or become issuable to the Holders under the Purchase
Agreement, the Series B Shares, Series B Warrants, and Exchange
Warrants, and any and all shares of capital stock issued or
issuable with respect to the Registrable Securities, or the
Purchase Agreement and the Series B Shares, Series B Warrants, and
Exchange Warrants as a result of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without
regard to any limitation on purchases under the Purchase Agreement,
Series B Shares, Series B Warrants, and Exchange Warrants;
provided, however, that a security shall cease to
be a Registrable Security upon the sale of such security pursuant
to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities
Act.
f. “Registration Statement”
means one or more registration statements of the Company covering
the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement.
g. “Required Holders” means,
as of any date of determination, the Investors holding a majority
of the Registrable Securities issued and outstanding and/or
issuable upon conversion or exercise of the Series B Shares, Series
B Warrants, and Exchange Warrants as applicable, as of such
date.
h. “Rule 424” means Rule 424
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having
substantially the same purpose and effect as such
Rule.
i. “Stockholder Approval”
means the approval of the Proposal by the Company’s
stockholders as contemplated in Section 8(i) of the Purchase
Agreement.
j. “Trading
Day” means a day on which
the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
k. “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
American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the
Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock
Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
2. REGISTRATION.
a. Mandatory Registration. The
Company shall, within ten (10) calendar days from the date of the
Final Closing, file with the SEC a Registration Statement covering
the Registrable Securities, or such amount as otherwise shall be
permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC
rules, regulations and interpretations so as to permit the resale
of such Registrable Securities by the Holders under Rule 415 under
the Securities Act. Each Holder shall furnish all information
reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion therein. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto declared effective
(such date, the “Effective Date”) by the
SEC promptly following the Stockholder Approval, but in no event
later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Stockholder
Approval (or sixty (60) days after the date of the Stockholder
Approval if the SEC conducts a full review of the Registration
Statement) (the “Effectiveness Deadline”).
If the Registration Statement has not been declared effective on or
prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, commencing on the
Effectiveness Deadline the dividend on the Preferred Stock will be
adjusted as described in Section 2(b) of the Certificate of
Designation, with such adjustment applicable until (and not
including) the date upon which the Registration Statement has been
declared effective. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts
to keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415
promulgated under the Securities Act and available for the resale
by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby
at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the
Holders may sell all of the Registrable Securities without
restriction (including any volume or manner-of-sale restrictions
and without current public information) pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming that such securities
and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange
of which,, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued
or are issuable, were at no time held by any affiliate of the
Company) and (ii) the date on which the Holder shall have sold all
the Registrable Securities covered thereby (the “Registration Period”).
The Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements
thereto and Prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any
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, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.
b. Piggy-Back Registrations. If,
at any time following the Stockholder Approval there is not an
effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the SEC a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its
own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of
any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8
(each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then
equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in
connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity
securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock
option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall
deliver to the Holders a written notice of such determination and,
if within fifteen (15) days after the date of the delivery of such
notice, the Holders shall so request in writing, the Company shall
include in such Registration Statement all or any part of such
Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered or
such amount as otherwise shall be permitted to be included thereon
in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations and
interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Registrable
Securities by the Holders under Rule 415 under the Securities Act;
provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to register any Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section that are eligible for resale
pursuant to Rule 144 (without volume restrictions or current public
information requirements) promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the
Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective
Registration Statement.
c. Rule 424 Prospectus. The
Company shall, as required by applicable securities regulations,
from time to time file with the SEC, pursuant to Rule 424
promulgated under the Securities Act, the Prospectus and prospectus
supplements, if any, to be used in connection with sales of the
Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement. The Holder
shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon such
Prospectus within three (3) Business Days from the date the Holder
receives the final pre-filing version of such
Prospectus.
d. Sufficient Number of Shares
Registered. In the event the number of shares available
under the Registration Statement is insufficient to cover all of
the Registrable Securities, the Company shall amend the
Registration Statement or file a new Registration Statement (a
“New Registration
Statement”), so as to cover all of such Registrable
Securities (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2(a) and Section 2(b)) as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than twenty (20) Business
Days after the necessity therefor arises, subject to any limits
that may be imposed by the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act. The Company shall use it reasonable best efforts to
cause such amendment and/or New Registration Statement to become
effective as soon as practicable following the filing
thereof.
e. Offering. If the staff of the
SEC (the “Staff”) or the SEC seeks
to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of
securities that does not permit such Registration Statement to
become effective and be used for resales by the Holders under Rule
415 at then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices), or if
after the filing of the initial Registration Statement with the SEC
pursuant to Section
2(a), the Company is otherwise required by the Staff or the
SEC to reduce the number of Registrable Securities included in such
initial Registration Statement, then the Company shall reduce the
number of Registrable Securities to be included in such initial
Registration Statement until such time as the Staff and the SEC
shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective and
be used as contemplated in this Agreement. In the event of any
reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company shall file one or more New Registration Statements in
accordance with Section
2(d) until such time as all Registrable Securities have been
included in Registration Statements that have been declared
effective and the Prospectus contained therein is available for use
by the Holders. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the
Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligations
to register Registrable Securities (and any related conditions to
the Holders’ obligations) shall be qualified as necessary to
comport with any requirement of the SEC or the Staff as addressed
in this Section
2(e).
f. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein but subject to comments
by the SEC, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any
Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any Underwriter without the
prior written consent of such Holder.
3. RELATED
OBLIGATIONS.
With
respect to the Registration Statement and whenever any Registrable
Securities are to be registered pursuant to Section 2 including on any New
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in
accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and,
pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a. The Company shall
prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to any Registration
Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with such
Registration Statement, which Prospectus is to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement or any New Registration
Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period,
and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement or
any New Registration Statement until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers
thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement.
b. The Company shall
permit the Holders to review and comment upon the Registration
Statement or any New Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto at least two (2) Business Days prior to their
filing with the SEC. The Holders shall use their reasonable best
efforts to comment upon the Registration Statement or any New
Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto
within two (2) Business Days from the date each Holder receives the
final version thereof. At the request of a Holder, the Company
shall furnish to such Holder, without charge, any correspondence
from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its
representatives relating to the Registration Statement or any New
Registration Statement.
c. Upon request of a
Holder, the Company shall furnish to such Holder, (i) promptly
after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one
copy of such registration statement and any amendment(s) thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits, (ii) upon the
effectiveness of any registration statement, a copy of the
prospectus included in such registration statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies
as the Holder may reasonably request) and (iii) such other
documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus,
as such Holder may reasonably request from time to time in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by
such Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, any filing available to
the Holders via the SEC’s live EDGAR system shall be deemed
“furnished to the Holder” hereunder.
d. The Company shall
use reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under
such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as an Holder reasonably
requests, if necessary, (ii) prepare and file in those
jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to such registrations and
qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness
thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other
actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and
qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration
Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or
advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such
jurisdictions; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (y) subject
itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The
Company shall promptly notify a Holder who holds Registrable
Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or
“blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United
States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
e. As promptly as
practicable after becoming aware of such event or facts, the
Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the happening of any
event or existence of such facts as a result of which the
prospectus included in any 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, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and promptly prepare a
supplement or amendment to such registration statement to correct
such untrue statement or omission, and deliver a copy of such
supplement or amendment to an Holder (or such other number of
copies as such Holder may reasonably request). The Company shall
also promptly notify the Holders in writing when a prospectus or
any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been
filed, and when a registration statement or any post-effective
amendment has become effective (with any filing available to the
Holders via the SEC’s live EDGAR system to be deemed
sufficient notification thereof).
f. The Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop
order or other suspension of effectiveness of any Registration
Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an
order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such
order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify
the Holder of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof
or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any
proceeding for such purpose.
g. The Company shall
(i) cause all the Registrable Securities to be listed on each
securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series
issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of
such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of
such exchange, or (ii) secure designation and quotation of all the
Registrable Securities on the Trading Market. The Company shall pay
all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation
under this Section.
h. The Company shall
cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend)
representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to
any Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in
such denominations or amounts as the Holders may reasonably request
and registered in such names as the Holder may
request.
i. The Company shall
at all times provide a transfer agent and registrar with respect to
its Common Stock.
j. If reasonably
requested by a Holder, the Company shall (i) promptly incorporate
in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information as such Holder believes should be included therein
relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities,
including, without limitation, information with respect to the
number of Registrable Securities being sold, the purchase price
being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities; (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable upon notification of the matters to be incorporated in
such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii)
supplement or make amendments to any registration
statement.
k. The Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities
covered by any Registration Statement to be registered with or
approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may
be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
l. Within one (1)
Business Day after any Registration Statement which includes the
Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company
shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to
deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities
(with copies to the Holders) confirmation that such Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the SEC (with any filing
available to such parties via the SEC’s live EDGAR system to
be deemed sufficient confirmation thereof). Thereafter, if
requested by the Holder at any time, the Company shall require its
counsel to deliver to the Holders a written confirmation whether or
not the effectiveness of such Registration Statement has lapsed at
any time for any reason (including, without limitation, the
issuance of a stop order) and whether or not the Registration
Statement is current and available to the Holders for sale of all
of the Registrable Securities.
m. The Company shall
take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and
facilitate disposition by the Holders of Registrable Securities
pursuant to any Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE
HOLDERS.
a. The Company shall
notify the Holders in writing of the information the Company
reasonably requires from the Holders in connection with any
Registration Statement hereunder. The Holders shall furnish to the
Company such information regarding such Holders, the Registrable
Securities held by them and the intended method of disposition of
the Registrable Securities held by them as shall be reasonably
required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities
and shall execute such documents in connection with such
registration as the Company may reasonably request.
b. The Holders agree
to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any
Registration Statement hereunder.
c. The Holders agree
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening
of any event or existence of facts of the kind described in
Section 3(f) or the
first sentence of Section
3(e), the Holders will immediately discontinue disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s)
covering such Registrable Securities until the Holders’
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section
3(f) or the first sentence of Section 3(e). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer
agent to promptly deliver shares of Common Stock without any
restrictive legend in accordance with the terms of the Purchase
Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities
with respect to which an Holder has entered into a contract for
sale prior to the Holder’s receipt of a notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 3(f) or the
first sentence of Section
3(e) and for which the Holder has not yet
settled.
5. EXPENSES OF
REGISTRATION.
All
reasonable expenses, other than sales or brokerage commissions,
incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without
limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees,
printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Company, shall be paid by the Company.
6. INDEMNIFICATION.
a. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does,
indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Holder, each Person, if
any, who controls the Holder, the members, the directors, officers,
partners, employees, agents, representatives of the Holder and each
Person, if any, who controls the Holder within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange
Act”) (each, an “Indemnified Person”),
against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines,
penalties, charges, costs, attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in
settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively,
“Claims”) incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit,
inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the
foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or
other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or
threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a
party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to
which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or
actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the Registration
Statement, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the
qualification of the offering under the securities or other
“blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which
Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the final Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any
violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder, relating to the offer or sale of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or
any New Registration Statement or (iv) any material violation by
the Company of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses
(i) through (iv) being, collectively, “Violations”). The Company
shall reimburse each Indemnified Person promptly as
such
expenses are
incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or
other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement
contained in this Section
6(a) and the agreement with respect to contribution
contained in Section
7: (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person
arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance
upon and in conformity with information about the Holder furnished
in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for
use in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement, any new Registration Statement or any such amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, if such Prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e); (ii) with respect
to any superseded Prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any
such Person from whom the person asserting any such Claim purchased
the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the
benefit of any Person controlling such Person) if the untrue
statement or omission of material fact contained in the superseded
Prospectus was corrected in the revised Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, if such revised Prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e), and the
Indemnified Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the
incorrect Prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a violation
and such Indemnified Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it;
(iii) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a
failure of the Holder to deliver or to cause to be delivered the
Prospectus made available by the Company, if such Prospectus was
timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e); and (iv) shall
not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such
settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the
Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such
indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and
shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Holder pursuant to Section
9.
b. In connection with
the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement, each
Holder agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same
extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each
of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration
Statement or any New Registration Statement, each Person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act (collectively and together with an Indemnified
Person, an “Indemnified Party”),
against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out
of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and
only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information about such Holder and
furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in
connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to
Section 6(d), such
Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnification agreement
contained in this Section
6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution
contained in Section
7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim
if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of
such Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided,
further, however, that such Holder shall be liable under
this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified
Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as a
result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the
Registrable Securities by such Holder pursuant to Section 9.
c. Promptly after
receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this
Section 6 of notice
of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in
respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under
this Section 6,
deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the
right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party
so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel
mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified
Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided,
however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have
the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses to
be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of
counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by
such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the
indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel
in such proceeding. It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any
proceeding in the
same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one
separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such Indemnified
Persons or Indemnified Parties. The Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying
party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such
action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the
indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such
action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the
status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect
thereto. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any
judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder,
the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third
parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which
indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written
notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying
party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section
6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is
prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
d. The indemnification
required by this Section
6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof
during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when
bills are received or Indemnified Damages are
incurred.
e. The indemnity
agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause
of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any
liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to
the law.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
To the
extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited
or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the
maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would
otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent
permitted by law; provided,
however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by
any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to
the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of
such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS AND DISCLOSURE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACTS.
With a
view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or
regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Holders to
sell securities of the Company to the public without registration
(“Rule
144”), the Company agrees, at the Company’s sole
expense, to:
a. make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144;
b. file with the SEC
in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as
the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of
such reports and other documents is required for the applicable
provisions of Rule 144;
c. furnish to each
Holder so long as the Holder owns Registrable Securities, promptly
upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has
complied with the reporting and or disclosure provisions of Rule
144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the
most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such
other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such
other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the
Holder to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without
registration; and
d. take such
additional action as is requested by a Holder to enable such Holder
to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, including,
without limitation, delivering all such legal opinions, consents,
certificates, resolutions and instructions to the Company’s
transfer agent as may be requested from time to time by such Holder
and otherwise fully cooperate with such Holder and such
Holder’s broker to effect such sale of securities pursuant to
Rule 144.
The
Company agrees that damages may be an inadequate remedy for any
breach of the terms and provisions of this Section 8 and that Holders
shall, whether or not it is pursuing any remedies at law, be
entitled to equitable relief in the form of a preliminary or
permanent injunctions, without having to post any bond or other
security, upon any breach or threatened breach of any such terms or
provisions.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
The
Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Required Holders. The Holders may not assign their rights under
this Agreement without the written consent of the Company, other
than to an affiliate of a Holder.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
No
provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived by the parties
from and after the date that is one Business Day immediately
preceding the initial filing of the Registration Statement with the
SEC. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, no provision of
this Agreement may be (i) amended other than by a written
instrument signed by the Company and the Required Holders, or (ii)
waived other than in a written instrument signed by the party
against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. Failure of any
party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or
otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
a. A Person is deemed
to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns
or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the
Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections
from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable
Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the registered owner of such
Registrable Securities.
b. All notices and
other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be
made as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
c. The
corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues
concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders.
All other questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed
by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other
than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting the State of New York, for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any 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 personally subject to the jurisdiction of
any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or
proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such party at the address for such notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this
Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that
jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of
this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
d. This Agreement and
the Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and
therein. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement supersede all
prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
e. Subject to the
requirements of Section
9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the
parties hereto.
f. The headings in
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
g. This Agreement may
be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the
same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be
delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission or by
e-mail in a “.pdf” format data file of a copy of this
Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
Agreement.
h. Each party shall do
and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other
party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
i. The language used
in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
j. This Agreement is
intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
* * * *
* *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first
above written.
THE COMPANY:
AZURRX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
By:
James Sapirstein
Chief Executive
Officer
THE HOLDERS:
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit 10.3
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE
AZURRX BIOPHARMA, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
2014 OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
This
FIRST AMENDMENT (this
“Amendment”) is
made July 16, 2020 to the AzurRx Biopharma, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, AzurRx Biopharma, Inc. (the
“Company”)
sponsors and maintains the Plan; and
WHEREAS, Article XVI of the Plan
reserves to the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) the
right to amend the Plan from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to amend the
Plan to remove the annual per person Share (as defined in the Plan)
limitation.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it effective as of
the date hereof:
1.
Amendment to Section 5.1.
Section 5.1 of the
Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“Authorized Shares and Award
Limits. The Committee may from time to time grant Awards to
one or more Employees, Directors and/or Consultants determined by
it to be eligible for participation in the Plan in accordance with
the provisions of Article VI. Subject to Article XV, the aggregate
number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed
ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company’s common stock on an as converted basis (the
“As Converted Shares”) on a rolling basis. For
calculation purposes, the As Converted Shares shall include all
shares of the Company’s common stock and all shares of the
Company’s common stock issuable upon the conversion of
outstanding preferred stock and other convertible securities, but
shall not include any shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options and other convertible securities issued
pursuant to the Plan. The number of authorized shares of common
stock reserved for issuance under the Plan shall automatically be
increased concurrently with the Company’s issuance of fully
paid and non- assessable shares of As Converted Shares. Shares
shall be deemed to have been issued under the Plan solely to the
extent actually issued and delivered pursuant to an Award. To the
extent that an Award lapses, expires, is canceled, is terminated
unexercised or ceases to be exercisable for any reason, or the
rights of its Holder terminate, any Shares subject to such Award
shall again be available for the grant of a new
Award.”
2.1 This
Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the internal laws of the State of New York.
2.2 The
Plan, as amended or modified hereby, is in full force and effect as
of the date hereof.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
being a duly authorized officer of the Company has executed this
Amendment as evidence of its adoption by the Company as of the date
first set forth above.
AZURRX
BIOPHARMA, INC.
By:
/s/ James
Sapirstein
Name:
James Sapirstein
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
[Signature
page to First Amendment to Amended and Restated
2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan]
-2-
Exhibit
99.1
AzurRx BioPharma
Closes $15.2 Million Private Placement and $6.9 Million Convertible
Note Exchange
●
Private placement
resulting in gross cash proceeds of $15.2 million to advance two
Phase 2 clinical trials of MS1819 in patients with cystic
fibrosis
●
Exchange of $6.9
million principal amount of outstanding promissory notes into
private placement strengthens balance sheet
BROOKLYN,
N.Y., July 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AzurRx BioPharma (NASDAQ:
AZRX),
(“AzurRx” or the “Company”), today
announced that on July 16, 2020, it entered into a Convertible
Preferred Stock and Warrant Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited and
institutional investors relating to the private placement (the
“Private Placement”) of certain shares of convertible
preferred stock and warrants for cash and in exchange for certain
outstanding promissory notes as described below.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate
of 2,912.583124 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the
“Series B Preferred Stock”), at a price of $7,700.00
per share, initially convertible into an aggregate of 29,125,833
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common
Stock”) at $0.77 per share, together with warrants (the
“Series B Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of
14,562,957 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.85 per
share and a term of five years. The gross cash proceeds of the
Private Placement were approximately $15.2 million, before
deducting placement agent compensation and other offering
expenses.
Additionally,
in connection with the Private Placement, the Company entered into
an exchange addendum to the Purchase Agreement with certain
investors, relating to the exchange of, as consideration in the
Private Placement, of approximately $6.9 million aggregate in
principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, of
its outstanding Senior Convertible Promissory Notes (the
“Promissory Notes”), originally due in September 2020
(the “Exchange”). As additional consideration for
entering into the Exchange, the Company also issued to those
investors certain additional warrants (the “Exchange
Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,772,972 shares of
Common Stock. The Exchange Warrants have the same terms as the
Series B Warrants. The Company anticipates prepaying the
outstanding balance of $25,000 aggregate principal amount of
Promissory Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon
through such prepayment date, held by non-participating holders in
the Exchange, following which no Promissory Notes will remain
outstanding.
“We
are excited to have attracted the support of both new and existing
investors for this financing, which funds our two Phase 2 clinical
trials and Phase 3 preparations. In addition, the promissory note
exchange furthers strengthens our balance sheet by removing $6.9
million in near-term debt obligations,” said James
Sapirstein, Chief Executive Officer of AzurRx. “We thank the
team at Alexander Capital for their continued support of the
Company and their dedication to making these transactions a
success.”
AzurRx
currently intends to use the net cash proceeds from the Private
Placement for research and development expenses associated with its
continuing clinical development and testing of MS1819 and for other
general corporate purposes and capital expenditures.
Alexander
Capital L.P. acted as sole placement agent for the Private
Placement and financial advisor for the Exchange.
Pursuant
to the Private Placement and the Purchase Agreement, and for
purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c) and 5635(d),
the Company is required to hold a meeting of its stockholders not
later than 60 days following the closing of the Private Placement
to seek approval (the “Stockholder Approval”) for,
among other things, the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and full exercise
of the Series B Warrants and the Exchange Warrants, which the
Company will include in the matters to be voted on at its upcoming
annual meeting.
The
Company simultaneously announced that its annual meeting of
stockholders for 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”) will be
held on September 11, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time at the
offices of Lowenstein Sandler LLP located at One Lowenstein Drive,
Roseland, New Jersey, 07068, or at such other time and location to
be determined by the authorized officers of the Company and set
forth in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, and
established July 31, 2020, as the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2020 Annual
Meeting.
Because
the date of the 2020 Annual Meeting will be more than 30 days from
the anniversary of the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of
stockholders, the deadline for submission of proposals by
stockholders for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials
in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on July 24, 2020 (the “Proposal
Deadline”), which the Company has determined to be a
reasonable time before it expects to begin to print and distribute
its proxy materials prior to the 2020 Annual Meeting. Any such
proposal must also meet the requirements set forth in the rules and
regulations of the Exchange Act in order to be eligible for
inclusion in the proxy materials for the 2020 Annual Meeting, and
should be sent in writing to the Corporate Secretary at the
following address: AzurRx BioPharma, Inc., Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, 760 Parkside Avenue, Downstate Biotechnology
Incubator, Suite 304, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
The
securities sold in the Private Placement have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state or other
applicable jurisdiction’s securities laws, and may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’
securities laws. The Company has agreed to file a registration
statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
registering the resale of the securities sold in the private
placement no later than 10 days after the closing of the private
placement and cause such registration statement to be declared
effective by the SEC promptly following the Stockholder Approval,
but in no event later than 30 days after the date of the
Stockholder Approval (or 60 days after the date of the Stockholder
Approval if the SEC conducts a full review of the registration
statement). Any offering of the securities under the resale
registration statement will only be made by means of a
prospectus.
For
more information regarding the Private Placement and Exchange,
please see our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on or about July 20,
2020.
This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein,
nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
About AzurRx BioPharma, Inc.
AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZRX) is a biopharmaceutical company
specialized in the research and development of non-systemic
biologics for gastrointestinal disorders. The Company is focused on
the development of its lead drug candidate, MS1819, a recombinant
lipase enzyme for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic
insufficiency (EPI) associated with cystic fibrosis (CF) and
chronic pancreatitis (CP). AzurRx is currently conducting two Phase
2 clinical trials of MS1819: the OPTION 2 monotherapy trial, and
the Combination therapy trial, consisting of MS1819 in conjunction
with porcine-derived pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, the
current standard of care. The Company is headquartered in New York,
NY, with scientific operations based in Langlade, France and
clinical operations in Hayward, California. Additional information
on the Company can be found at www.azurrx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain statements relating to
future results which are forward-looking statements. These
statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only the
Company’s belief regarding future events, many of which, by
their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the
Company’s control. It is possible that the Company’s
actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly
materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition
indicated in these forward-looking statements. Additional
information concerning the Company and its business, including a
discussion of factors that could materially affect the
Company’s financial results, including those related to the
clinical development of MS1819, the results of its clinical trials,
and the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the
Company’s operations and current and planned clinical trials,
including, but not limited to delays in clinical trial recruitment
and participation are contained in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 under the
heading “Risk Factors,” as well as the
Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this press
release are made only as of the date of this press release, and we
do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that
subsequently occur or of which we hereafter become
aware.
Additional Information about the Private Placement and the Exchange
and Where to Find It
The Company will file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a
proxy statement in connection with the Private Placement and the
Exchange. THE PROXY STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT, THE EXCHANGE AND RELATED
MATTERS. INVESTORS AND OTHER SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE
PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE. Investors and other
security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy
statement and other documents filed with the SEC by the Company
through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition,
Investors and other security holders will be able to obtain free
copies of the proxy statement from the Company by contacting the
Chief Financial Officer at (646) 699-7855. The Company and its
directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants
in the solicitation of proxies with respect to Private Placement
and the Exchange. Additional information regarding interests of
such participants is included in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019,
which was filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020 and amended on April
29, 2020.
For more information:
AzurRx
BioPharma, Inc.
760
Parkside Avenue, Suite 304
Brooklyn,
NY 11226
Phone:
646-699-7855
info@azurrx.com
Investor Relations contact:
LifeSci
Advisors, LLC.
Hans
Vitzthum, Managing Director
1
International Place, Suite 1480
Boston,
MA 02110
Phone:
617-430-7578
hans@lifesciadvisors.com