UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
__________________________
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (date of earliest event reported): August 6,
2020
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Nevada
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000-52985
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20-1176000
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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3360 Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, Georgia 30024
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(770) 419-7525
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
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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 each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.001
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SNWV
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OTCQB
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this
chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☐
If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Asset Purchase Agreement and License Agreement with Celularity
Inc.
On
August 6, 2020, SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (the “Company”)
entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase
Agreement”) with Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”)
pursuant to which the Company acquired Celularity’s UltraMIST
assets (the “Assets”). The aggregate consideration paid
for the Assets was $24,000,000, which consisted of (i) a cash
payment of $18,890,000, (ii) the issuance of a promissory note to
Celularity in the principal amount of $4,000,000 (the “Seller
Note”), and (iii) a credit of $1,110,000 for the previous
payment made by the Company to Celularity pursuant to that certain
letter of intent between the Company and Celularity dated June 7,
2020. The closing of the transaction occurred on August 6,
2020.
In connection with the Asset
Purchase Agreement, on August 6, 2020, the Company entered into a
license and marketing agreement with Celularity pursuant to which
Celularity granted to the Company a license to the Celularity wound
care biologic products, Biovance® and Interfyl®
(the “License
Agreement”). The License Agreement provides the Company with
an exclusive license to use, market, distribute and sell
Biovance® in the Field (as defined in the License
Agreement) in the Territory (as defined in the License Agreement),
and a non-exclusive license to use, market, distribute and sell
Interfyl® in
the Field in the Territory. The License Agreement has an initial
five year term, after which it automatically renews for additional
one year periods, unless either party gives written notice at least
180 days prior to the expiration of the current term.
Lake
Street Capital Markets provided a fairness opinion to the
Company’s Board of Directors in connection with the
transaction.
The
foregoing descriptions of the Asset Purchase Agreement and License
Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the full text of the Asset Purchase
Agreement and License Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1
and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
Seller Note
As
noted above, on August 6, 2020, the Company issued the Seller Note
to Celularity in the principal amount of $4,000,000. The Seller
Note has a maturity date of August 6, 2021 and accrues interest at
a rate equal to 12.0% per annum. In the event that the Seller Note
has not been repaid prior to January 1, 2021, Celularity may elect
to convert the outstanding principal amount plus any accrued but
unpaid interest thereon into shares of the Company’s common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) at a
conversion price of $0.10 per share.
The
foregoing description of the Seller Note does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Seller Note, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On
August 6, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain
accredited investors (the “Purchasers”) for the sale by
the Company in a private placement (the “Private
Placement”) of an aggregate of 119,125,000 shares of Common
Stock (the “Private Placement Shares”) and accompanying
Class E Warrants to purchase up to an additional 119,125,000 shares
of Common Stock (the “Warrants”), at a purchase price
of $0.20 per Private Placement Share and accompanying Warrant. The
Warrants have an exercise price of $0.25 per share and a three year
term. The closing of the Private Placement occurred on August 6,
2020.
Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a
registration statement with the SEC no later than sixty (60) days
following the closing of the Private Placement and will maintain
the effectiveness of such registration statement until the date
upon which the securities acquired by the Purchasers pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement cease to be Registerable Securities (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement).
In
connection with the Private Placement, H.C. Wainwright & Co.,
LLC, as exclusive placement agent for the Private Placement,
received warrants to purchase up to 8,934,375 shares of Common
Stock on the same terms as the Warrants, a cash fee and certain
expenses.
The
foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and Warrants do
not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement and Form of
Class E Warrant, which are filed hereto as Exhibits 10.4 and 4.1,
respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
Note and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement
On
August 6, 2020, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant
Purchase and Security Agreement (the “NWPSA”), with the
noteholder party thereto and NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP,
as agent. The NWPSA provides for (i) the sale and purchase of
secured notes (the “Notes”) in an aggregate original
principal amount of $15 million and (ii) the issuance of warrants
equal to 2.0% of the fully-diluted Common Stock of the Company as
of the issue date (the “NH Warrant”). The NH Warrant
has an exercise price of $0.01 per share and a 10 year
term.
The
principal amount outstanding on the Notes shall accrue interest at
a per annum rate equal to the sum of (A) the greater of (x) the
Prime Rate (as defined in the NWPSA) in effect as of each interest
payment date, and (y) 3.00%, plus (B) 9.00%. All unpaid principal
and accrued interest are due and payable in full on September 30,
2025. In addition to the foregoing interest amounts, interest at a
per annum rate equal to 3.00% shall be paid in kind. The
Notes are secured by substantially all of the assets of the
Company, SANUWAVE, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and their respective domestic subsidiary
guarantors.
The
NWPSA contains customary representations, warranties, events of
default and covenants, including limitations on incurrences of
indebtedness and liens, dispositions, distributions, investments,
mergers and a minimum liquidity covenant.
The
foregoing descriptions of the NWPSA, the Notes and NH Warrant do
not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the full text of the NWPSA, the Form of Note and NH
Warrant, which are filed hereto as Exhibits 10.5, 4.2 and 4.3,
respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
HealthTronics
On
August 6, 2020, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the
“HealthTronics Agreement”) with HealthTronics, Inc.
(“HealthTronics”), pursuant to which the Company paid
off all outstanding debt due and owed to
HealthTronics.
Pursuant
to the HealthTronics Agreement, as consideration for the
extinguishment of the debt due and owed to HealthTronics, (i) the
Company paid to HealthTronics an amount in cash equal to
$4,000,000, (ii) HealthTronics exercised all of its outstanding
Class K Warrants to purchase 7,200,000 shares of Common Stock,
(iii) the Company issued to HealthTronics a convertible promissory
note in the principal amount of $1,372,743 (the
“HealthTronics Note”), and (iv) the Company and
HealthTronics entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated
August 6, 2020 (the “HealthTronics Purchase Agreement)
pursuant to which the Company issued to HealthTronics an aggregate
of 8,275,235 shares of Common Stock and an accompanying warrant to
purchase up to an additional 8,275,235 shares of Common Stock (the
“HealthTronics Warrant”). The HealthTronics Warrant has
an exercise price of $0.25 per share and a three year
term.
The
HealthTronics Note has a maturity date of August 6, 2021 and
accrues interest at a rate equal to 12.0% per annum. In the event
that the HealthTronics Note has not been repaid prior to January 1,
2021, HealthTronics may elect to convert the outstanding principal
amount plus any accrued by unpaid interest thereon into shares of
Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.10 per share.
The
foregoing description of the HealthTronics Agreement, the
HealthTronics Note, the HealthTronics Purchase Agreement and the
HealthTronic Warrant do not purport to be complete and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the
HealthTronics Agreement, HealthTronics Note, HealthTronics Purchase
Agreement and HealthTronics Warrant, which are filed hereto as
Exhibits 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 4.4, respectively, and are
incorporated herein by reference.
Stolarski Note
On
August 6, 2020, the Company terminated that certain line of credit
agreement with A. Michael Stolarski, a member of the
Company’s board of directors, dated December 29, 2017 and as
amended November 12, 2018, in the amount of $1,000,000 (the
“Stolarski Line of Credit”). As consideration for the
termination of the Stolarski Line of Credit, the Company issued to
A. Michael Stolarski a convertible promissory note in the principal
amount of $223,511 (the “Stolarski Note”).
The
Stolarski Note has a maturity date of August 6, 2021 and accrues
interest at a rate equal to 12.0% per annum. In the event that the
Stolarski Note has not been repaid prior to January 1, 2021, the
holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount plus
any accrued by unpaid interest thereon into shares of Common Stock
at a conversion price of $0.10 per share.
The
foregoing description of the Stolarski Note does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Stolarski Note, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.9,
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive
Agreement.
The
information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.
On
August 6, 2020, the Company repaid all amounts owing to LGH
Investments, LLC pursuant to that certain promissory note issued by
the Company to LGH Investments, LLC dated June 5, 2020 in the
original principal amount of $1,210,000 (the “LGH
Note”). As a result, all obligations of the Company under the
LGH Note have been terminated.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets.
The
information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
Item 2.03 Creation of Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation
under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
The
information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The
information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
On
August 6, 2020, the Company issued to George Johnson 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock pursuant to conversion of that certain Short
Term Promissory Note issued by the Company to George Johnson dated
December 13, 2019 in the principal amount of $110,000.
On
August 6, 2020, the Company issued to Kerri Johnson 1,250,000
shares of Common Stock pursuant to conversion of that certain Short
Term Promissory Note issued by the Company to Kerri Johnson dated
December 13, 2019 in the principal amount of $100,000.
The
securities were offered and sold in a transaction exempt from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in
reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Each of the investors
represented that it was an accredited investor and is acquiring the
shares for investment only and not with a view towards, or for
resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution
thereof.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
August 10, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the
closing of the transactions referenced herein. A copy of the press
release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The
information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
and Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 attached hereto shall not be
deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be
deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial
statements of businesses acquired. As permitted by Item 9.01(a)(4) of Form 8-K, the
Company will, if required, file the financial information required
by Item 9.01(a)(1) of Form 8-K pursuant to an amendment to this
Current Report on Form 8-K not later than seventy-one (71) calendar
days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K must be
filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information. As permitted by Item 9.01(b)(2) of Form 8-K, the
Company will, if required, file the financial information required
by Item 9.01(b)(1) of Form 8-K pursuant to an amendment to this
Current Report on Form 8-K not later than seventy-one (71) calendar
days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K must be
filed.
(d) Exhibit
Exhibit Number
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Description
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Form
of Class E Warrant.
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Form
of Secured Promissory Note issued to NH Expansion Credit Fund
Holdings LP, dated August 6, 2020.
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Warrant
issued to NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP, dated August 6,
2020.
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Warrant
issued to HealthTronics, Inc., dated August 6, 2020.
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Asset
Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and Celularity Inc.,
dated August 6, 2020.
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License
and Marketing Agreement by and between the Company and Celularity
Inc., dated August 6, 2020.
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Convertible
Promissory Note issued to Celularity Inc., dated August 6,
2020.
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Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the
accredited investors a party thereto, dated August 6,
2020.
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Note
and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement by and among the
Company, the noteholder party thereto and NH Expansion Credit Fund
Holdings LP, as agent, dated August 6, 2020.
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Letter
Agreement by and between the Company and HealthTronics, Inc., dated
August 6, 2020.
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Convertible
Promissory Note issued to HealthTronics, Inc., dated August 6,
2020.
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Securities
Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and HealthTronics,
Inc., dated August 6, 2020.
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Convertible
Promissory Note issued to A. Michael Stolarski, dated August 6,
2020.
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Press
release issued on August 10, 2020.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
August 12, 2020
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SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
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By: /s/
Lisa E. Sundstrom
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Lisa E.
Sundstrom
Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit 4.1
Warrant for the Purchase of ____________
Shares of Common Stock
Par Value $0.001
CLASS E WARRANT AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”)
THE
HOLDER OF THIS WARRANT, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, BOTH WITH RESPECT TO
THE WARRANT AND COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANT,
AGREES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE LAWS OF ANY APPLICABLE
STATE, OR (B) THE SALE OR TRANSFER BEING EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH STATE STATUTES, OR (II) UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
This is
to certify that, for value received, ______________ and its successors and
assigns (each, a
“Holder”) is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitation on exercise
and conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or prior to
the close of business on August 6, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) but not
thereafter, to purchase from SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC. (the
“Company”), all
or any part of _________
shares (which number may be adjusted as provided herein)
(“Warrant
Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.001 (the “Common
Stock”), at an initial purchase price of $0.25 per
share (which amount may be adjusted as provided herein)
(“Warrant
Price”). Upon exercise of this warrant in whole or in
part, a certificate for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be
issued and delivered to the Holder. If, at any time prior to the
Termination Date, less than the total warrant is exercised, a new
warrant of similar tenor shall be issued for the unexercised
portion of the warrant represented by this Agreement. This Warrant
is issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated as of August 6, 2020 by and among the Company, the Holder and
the other purchasers party thereto (the “Subscription Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription
Agreement.
Section 1.
Exercise.
(a) Exercise
of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times
on or 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 of the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto. Within two
(2) Trading Days 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.
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 two (2) 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 one (1) Trading Day 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) Exercise
Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock
under this Warrant shall be $0.25, subject to adjustment hereunder
(the “Exercise
Price”).
(c) Cashless
Exercise. If at any time there is no effective Registration
Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the
resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may
also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a
“cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A),
where:
(A)
=
the VWAP on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects
to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless
exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of
Exercise;
(B)
=
the Exercise Price
of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X)
=
the number of
Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were
by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this
Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise
pursuant to this Section 1(c).
“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on
an Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock for such date (or, if such date is not a Trading Day, the
nearest preceding Trading Day) on the primary Exchange 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. Eastern Time to 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time); (ii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted on an Exchange and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink” market published by OTC Markets
Group (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported; or (iii) in all other cases, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by a
nationally recognized-independent appraiser selected in good faith
by Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company and whose fees
and expenses shall be borne by the Company (such value as
determined pursuant to this clause (iii), the “Fair Market
Value”).
The
“Exchange” means the New
York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Select
Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC
Bulletin Board) or other national securities or over-the-counter
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed.
(d) Mechanics
of Exercise.
(i) Delivery
of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares
purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to
the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime
broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or
Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is
then a participant in such system and there is an effective
registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant
Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and
otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is one (1)
Trading Day after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth
above (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery
Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be
named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of
such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been
exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and
all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 1(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been
paid.
(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, at the time of delivery
of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the
Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by
this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
(iii) Rescission
Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to
transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 1(d)(i) by the
Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to
rescind such exercise.
(iv) Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon
Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the
Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to
transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise
on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then the
Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by
which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver
to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2)
the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder,
either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number
of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which
case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder
purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to
cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such
purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the
Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of
such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to
pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the
Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(v) No
Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would
otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company
shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of
such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole
share.
(vi) Charges,
Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant
Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance
of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the
Holder; provided,
however, that in
the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when
surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment
Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company
may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental
thereto.
(vii) Closing
of Books. 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 1 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 together with the Holder or any of the
Holder’s Affiliates), 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 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 and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised
or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any other securities convertible
into Common Stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set
forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 1(e),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 1(e) applies, the determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
the Holder together with any Affiliates) 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 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 1(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 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 (2) Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding pursuant to prior sentence. 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 since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership
Limitation” shall be 4.99% 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 all or
any portion of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61
days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section
1(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event
exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 1(e) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease 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 1(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
2.
Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock
Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise
makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock
or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon
exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of
capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately
adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant
shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 2(a) shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately
after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination
or re-classification.
(b) Combination:
Liquidation. While this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) In
the event of a Combination (as defined below), each Holder shall
have the right to receive upon exercise of the Warrant the kind and
amount of shares of capital stock or other securities or property
which such Holder would have been entitled to receive upon or as a
result of such Combination had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such event (subject to further adjustment in
accordance with the terms hereof). Unless paragraph (ii) is
applicable to a Combination, the Company shall provide that the
surviving or acquiring Person (the “Successor Company”) in
such Combination will assume by written instrument the obligations
under this Section 2 and the obligations to deliver to the
Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to
acquire. “Combination” means an
event in which the Company consolidates with, mergers with or into,
or sells all or substantially all of its assets to another Person,
where “Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity;
(ii) In
the event of (x) a Combination where consideration to the holders
of Common Stock in exchange for their shares is payable solely in
cash or (y) the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company, the Holders shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender
of their Warrant, distributions on an equal basis with the holders
of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant, as if the Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to
such event, less the Exercise Price. In case of any Combination
described in this Section 2, the surviving or acquiring Person
and, in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of
the Company, the Company, shall deposit promptly with an agent or
trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the funds, if any,
necessary to pay to the Holders the amounts to which they are
entitled as described above. After such funds and the surrendered
Warrant are received, the Company is required to deliver a check in
such amount as is appropriate (or, in the case or consideration
other than cash, such other consideration as is appropriate) to
such Person or Persons as it may be directed in writing by the
Holders surrendering such Warrant.
(c) Potential
Adjustment Post-Nasdaq Listing. If the Company lists its shares of
Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market and for the five (5)
Trading Day period immediately following such listing (the
“Measurement
Period”) the
Exercise Price exceeds the Post-Listing Threshold Price (as defined
below), then the Exercise Price shall be automatically
adjusted to equal the Post-Listing Threshold Price, and the number
of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of
this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant
to this Section 2(c) shall become effective immediately on the next
Trading Day following the Measurement Period. For the avoidance of
doubt, there can be no assurance that the Company’s shares of
Common Stock will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any
other national stock exchange.
“Post-Listing Threshold
Price” means (i) the average VWAP of the Common
Stock for the Measurement Period, multiplied by (ii) one hundred
twenty-five percent (125%).
(d) Calculations.
All calculations under this Section 2 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 2 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.
(e) Notice
to Holder.
(i) Adjustment
to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted
pursuant to any provision of this Section 2, the Company shall
promptly mail to the Holder a notice 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 mailed to the Holder at
its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of
the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable
record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of
such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the 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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to
be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided
hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public
information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the
Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on
the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set
forth herein.
(f) Pro
Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is
outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or
other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets)
to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital
or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of
cash, stock (not including shares of Common Stock of the Company or
any distribution for which adjustment has already been made
pursuant to Section 2(a)) or other securities, property or options
by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate
rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction)
(a “Distribution”), at any
time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case,
the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to
the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if
the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable
upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any
limitations or restrictions on exercise hereof, including without
limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before
the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if
no such record is taken, the date as on which the record holders of
shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation
in such Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent
that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution
would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, then the Holder shall only be entitled to participate
in such Distribution to the extent of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of
such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and
beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the
portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the
benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its
right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation, at which time the Holder shall be
granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made
on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held
similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no
such limitation).
Section
3. Transfer of
Warrant.
(a) Transferability.
This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without
limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or
in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of
the Company or its designated agent, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and
funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making
of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable,
and in the denomination or denominations specified in such
instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new
Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and
this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly
assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder
for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued.
(b) New
Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other
Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the
Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section
3(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 issuance date of
this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to
the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant
thereto.
(c) Warrant
Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the
“Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof
from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered
Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose
of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for
all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
(d) Transfer
Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the
transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky
laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to
Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such
transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the
case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 3.2(n) of the
Subscription Agreement.
(e) Representation
by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof,
represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon
any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted
under the Securities Act.
Section
4.
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 1(d)(i).
(b) Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant
Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the
Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if
mutilated, the Company will 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 Trading Day, then, such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading
Day.
(d) Authorized
Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the
Warrant is outstanding and exercisable, 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
executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary
certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the
purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such
reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant
Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the
Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will,
upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect
of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, 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 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 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, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations
under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from
any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction
thereof.
(e) Jurisdiction.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Subscription
Agreement.
(f) Restrictions.
The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the
exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions
upon resale imposed by state and federal securities
laws.
(g) 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. Without limiting any other provision of
this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, 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.
(h) Notices.
Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be
given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered
in accordance with the notice provisions of the Subscription
Agreement.
(i) 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.
(j) 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.
(k) 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.
(l) Amendment.
This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof
waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(m) 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.
(n) 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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(Signature
Page Follows)
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.
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
By:
Name:
Lisa E. Sundstrom
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________________ Warrant
Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached
Warrant, 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*:
_______________________________
*If a
name other than the Holder is specified, please complete the Share
Assignment Form.
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Signature of Holder / Authorized Signatory
Name of
Holder
Name of
Authorized Signatory
Title
of Authorized Signatory
Date
SHARE ASSIGNMENT FORM
[To
assign the shares being issued pursuant to the foregoing warrant,
execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this
form to assign or exercise the warrant.]
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, [all of / _______________________________________]
shares of the foregoing W arrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is:
_______________________________________________________________.
Dated:
______________, _______
In
connection with any transfer of the Warrant, the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or
general advertising in connection with the transfer and is making
the transfer pursuant to one of the following:
[Check All That Apply]
(1) to
the Company; or
(2) to
an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)); or
(3) pursuant
to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption available under the
Securities Act; or
(4) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
If
the box is checked below, the undersigned confirms and represents
to the Company that the Warrant is not being transferred to an
“affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 of
the Securities Act.
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The
transferee is not an “affiliate” of the Company as
defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
Holder’s
Signature:
Holder’s
Address:
Signature Guaranteed
NOTE:
The signature to this Share Assignment Form must correspond with
the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be
guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and
those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should
file proper evidence of authority to assign the
foregoing.
WARRANT ASSIGNMENT FORM
[To be
completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
[FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,] the undersigned hereby [sells], assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________ the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase ____________ Warrant
Shares to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of
SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (the “Company”) with full power
of substitution in the premises.
In
connection with any transfer of the Warrant, the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or
general advertising in connection with the transfer and is making
the transfer pursuant to one of the following:
[Check
All That Apply]
(1) to
the Company; or
(2) to
an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)); or
(3) pursuant
to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption available under the
Securities Act; or
(4) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
If
the box is checked below, the undersigned confirms and represents
to the Company that the Warrant is not being transferred to an
“affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 of
the Securities Act.
☐
The
transferee is not an “affiliate” of the Company as
defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
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Exhibit 4.2
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
$15,000,000.00
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August
6, 2020
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC., a Nevada corporation
(“Issuer”), hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to NH EXPANSION CREDIT FUND
HOLDINGS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its
registered successors and permitted assigns, “Holder”), at the
Holder’s lending office, or at such other place as Holder may
from time to time designate in writing, in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, the
principal sum of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), pursuant
to the terms of that certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “NWPSA”), by and among
Issuer, NH EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP, as Agent for the
noteholders, Holder and each other noteholder from time to time
party thereto. All capitalized terms used herein (which are not
otherwise specifically defined herein) shall be used in this
Secured Promissory Note (this “Note”) as defined in the
NWPSA.
This
Note is issued in accordance with the provisions of the NWPSA and
is entitled to the benefits and security of the NWPSA and the other
Note Documents, and reference is hereby made to the NWPSA for a
statement of the terms and conditions under which this Note was
made and is required to be repaid.
The
outstanding principal balance evidenced by this Note shall be
payable in full on the Maturity Date, or on such earlier date as
provided for in the NWPSA.
Issuer
promises to pay interest from the date hereof until payment in full
hereof on the unpaid principal balance of this Note at the per
annum rate or rates set forth in the NWPSA. Interest on the unpaid
principal balance of this Note shall be payable on the dates and in
the manner set forth in the NWPSA. Interest as aforesaid shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of the NWPSA.
Upon
and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and as provided in
the NWPSA, the principal outstanding under this Note may be
declared, and immediately upon such declaration shall become, due
and payable without demand, notice or legal process of any kind;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.5(b) or Section 7.5(c) of
the NWPSA, the principal outstanding under this Note shall
automatically be due and payable, without demand, notice or
acceleration of any kind whatsoever.
Payments received
in respect of this Note shall be applied as provided in the
NWPSA.
Issuer
hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of
presentment, demand, nonpayment and protest.
No
waiver by any Holder of any one or more defaults by Issuer in the
performance of any of its obligations under this Note shall operate
or be construed as a waiver of any future default or defaults,
whether of a like or different nature, or as a waiver of any
obligation of Issuer to any other Holder under the
NWPSA.
No
provision of this Note may be amended, waived or otherwise modified
unless such amendment, waiver or other modification is in writing
and is signed or otherwise approved by Issuer, Holder and the
Required Holders under the NWPSA, to the extent required under
Section 11.3 of the NWPSA.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW
PRINCIPLES.
Whenever possible
each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in case any
provision of or obligation under this Note shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Whenever in this
Note reference is made to Holder or Issuer, such reference shall be
deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective
successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Note shall
be binding upon Issuer and its successors and permitted assigns,
and shall inure to the benefit of Holder and its successors and
permitted assigns.
In
addition to, and without limitation, of any of the foregoing, this
Note shall be deemed to be a Note Document and shall otherwise be
subject to all of the general terms and conditions contained in
Section 8.4 and Article 11 of the NWPSA, mutatis mutandis.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Issuer has caused this Secured Promissory Note to
be executed as of the date first written above.
ISSUER:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
Name: /s/ Lisa E.
Sundstrom
Title: Chief Financial
Officer
Address for
Notice:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, Georgia
30024
Attn:
Lisa E. Sundstrom, Chief Financial Officer
Email:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
[Signature Page to Secured
Promissory Note]
Exhibit 4.3
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND, EXCEPT
AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 5.3 AND 5.4 BELOW, MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED
UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO
THE COMPANY, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT
FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE STOCK
Company:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
Number of
Shares:
Set forth
below.
Type/Series of
Stock:
Common Stock, subject to adjustment as
set forth herein
Warrant
Price:
$0.01 per share,
subject to adjustment as set forth herein
Issue
Date:
August 6,
2020
Expiration
Date:
August 6,
2030
Secured
Note:
This Warrant to
Purchase Stock (“Warrant”) is
issued in connection with that certain Note and Warrant Purchase
and Security Agreement (the “Note”), issued
as of the date hereof, by Sanuwave Health, Inc. (the
“Company”) to
NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP (the “Noteholder”).
THIS
WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, NH
Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP (“Holder”) is
entitled to purchase such number of fully paid and non-assessable
shares (the “Shares”) of
the above-stated Type/Series of Stock (the “Class”) of the
Company as is equal to two percent (2.00%) of the Company’s
Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis (as defined below) as of the
Issue Date plus any Post-Closing Adjustment (as defined below), if
any, at a price per Share equal to the Warrant Price, which price
is subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2 of this
Warrant, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Warrant.
As of
the Issue Date, the Company’s outstanding Common Stock on a
Fully Diluted Basis (as defined below) is 623,988,938. “Fully Diluted
Basis” shall mean the Company’s outstanding
common stock including: (i) all common stock, (ii) all preferred
stock on an as-converted to common stock basis, (iii) all stock
reserved for grant or issuance under the Company’s employee
option pool, and assuming the exercise of all convertible notes, if
any, warrants and options to purchase stock and the conversion of
all rights to purchase stock and any other securities convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock of the Company.
“Post-Closing Adjustment” shall mean any increase in
the Company’s outstanding common stock after the Issue Date
for which a corresponding adjustment is not already made pursuant
to Section 2 due to (i) the issuance of additional shares of common
stock pursuant to Section 6.1 of that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement by and among the Issuer and the parties thereto dated as
of the date hereof (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”), (ii) any increase in the number of shares
of common stock for which the warrants issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement become exercisable, and (iii) any
issuance of additional shares of common stock as a result of the
conversion to common stock of any convertible note issued on or
prior to the Issue Date.
1.1 Method
of Exercise. Holder may at any time and from time to time
exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, by delivering to the
Company the original of this Warrant together with a duly executed
Notice of Exercise in substantially the form attached hereto as
Appendix 1 and, unless Holder is exercising this Warrant pursuant
to a cashless exercise set forth in Section 1.2, a check, wire
transfer of same-day funds (to an account designated by the
Company), or other form of payment acceptable to the Company for
the aggregate Warrant Price for the Shares being
purchased.
1.2 Cashless
Exercise. On any exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of
payment of the aggregate Warrant Price in the manner as specified
in Section 1.1 above, but otherwise in accordance with the
requirements of Section 1.1, Holder may elect to receive
Shares equal to the value of this Warrant, or portion hereof as to
which this Warrant is being exercised. Thereupon, the Company shall
issue to Holder such number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares
as are computed using the following formula:
X =
Y(A-B)/A
where:
X
=
the number of
Shares to be issued to Holder;
Y
=
the number of
Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised
(inclusive of the Shares surrendered to the Company in payment of
the aggregate Warrant Price);
A
=
the Fair Market
Value (as determined pursuant to Section 1.3 below) of one
Share; and
1.3 Fair
Market Value. If the Company’s common stock is then
traded or quoted on a nationally recognized securities exchange,
inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter market (a
“Trading
Market”), the fair market value of a Share shall be
the daily volume weighted average price of a share of common stock
reported for the Business Day immediately before the date on which
Holder delivers this Warrant together with its Notice of Exercise
to the Company. If the Company’s common stock is not traded
in a Trading Market, the Board of Directors of the Company shall
determine the fair market value of a Share in its reasonable good
faith judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Holder advises
the Company in writing that Holder disagrees with such
determination, then Company and Holder shall promptly agree upon a
reputable investment banking firm to undertake such valuation. If
the valuation of such investment banking firm is greater than that
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, then all fees
and expenses of such investment banking firm shall be paid by
Company. In all other circumstances, such fees and expenses shall
be paid by Holder.
1.4 Delivery
of Certificate and New Warrant. Within a reasonable time
after Holder exercises this Warrant in the manner set forth in
Section 1.1 or 1.2 above, the Company shall deliver to Holder
a certificate representing the Shares issued to Holder upon such
exercise and, if this Warrant has not been fully exercised and has
not expired, a new warrant of like tenor representing the Shares
not so acquired.
1.5 Replacement
of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on
delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form,
substance and amount to the Company or, in the case of mutilation,
on surrender of this Warrant to the Company for cancellation, the
Company shall, within a reasonable time, execute and deliver to
Holder, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and
amount.
1.6 Treatment
of Warrant Upon Acquisition of Company.
(a) For
the purpose of this Warrant, “Acquisition”
means any transaction or series of related transactions involving:
(i) the sale, lease, exclusive license, or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) any merger
or consolidation of the Company into or with another person or
entity (other than a merger or consolidation effected exclusively
to change the Company’s domicile), or any other corporate
reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company in their
capacity as such immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or
reorganization, own less than a majority of the Company’s (or
the surviving or successor entity’s) outstanding voting power
immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization; or
(iii) any sale or other transfer by the stockholders of the Company
of shares representing at least a majority of the Company’s
then-total outstanding combined voting power.
(b) In
the event of an Acquisition in which (i) the consideration to be
received by the Company’s stockholders consists solely of
cash, solely of Marketable Securities or a combination of cash and
Marketable Securities (a “Cash/Public Acquisition”) and (ii)
the outstanding amounts due under the Notes (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) have been repaid in full prior to or
concurrently with such Acquisition, this Warrant shall be
automatically deemed exercised pursuant to Section 1.2, effective
immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such
Acquisition provided that if the sum of the Fair Market Value of
the Marketable Securities and Cash payable to Holder is less than
the Minimum Cash Value, the Company shall, as a condition to the
exercise of the Warrant, subject to the Company having legally
available funds, pay Holder in cash the amount of such difference.
For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the value of Marketable
Securities shall be determined as set forth in 1.3 by reference to
the date immediately prior to the date the Acquisition is
consummated. “Minimum Cash Value” means the Put Amount
(as defined below).
(c) The
Company shall provide Holder with written notice of its request
relating to the Cash/Public Acquisition (together with such
reasonable information as Holder may reasonably require regarding
the treatment of this Warrant in connection with such contemplated
Cash/Public Acquisition giving rise to such notice), which is to be
delivered to Holder not less than seven (7) Business Days prior to
the closing of the proposed Cash/Public Acquisition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, immediately prior to the
Cash/Public Acquisition, the fair market value of one Share (or
other security issuable upon the exercise hereof) as determined in
accordance with Section 1.3 above would be greater than the Warrant
Price in effect on such date, then this Warrant shall automatically
be deemed on and as of such date to be exercised pursuant to
Section 1.2 above as to all Shares (or such other securities) for
which it shall not previously have been exercised, and the Company
shall promptly notify the Holder of the number of Shares (or such
other securities) issued upon such exercise to the
Holder.
(d) Upon
the closing of any Acquisition other than a Cash/Public Acquisition
defined above, the Warrant shall be treated in accordance with
Section 1.7.
(e) As
used in this Warrant, “Marketable
Securities” means securities meeting all of the
following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is then subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange
Act”), and is then current in its filing of all
required reports and other information under the Act and the
Exchange Act; (ii) the class and series of shares or other security
of the issuer that would be received by Holder in connection with
the Acquisition were Holder to exercise this Warrant on or prior to
the closing thereof is then traded in Trading Market; and (iii)
Holder would be able to publicly re-sell, within six (6) months
following the closing of such Acquisition, all of the
issuer’s shares and/or other securities that would be
received by Holder in such Acquisition were Holder to exercise this
Warrant in full on or prior to the closing of such
Acquisition.
1.7 Put
Option. At any time after repayment (or other
satisfaction of) the Note, but prior to the Expiration Date or any
exercise in full of this Warrant, Holder shall have the option to
require the Company to, and the Company shall, subject to the
Company having legally available funds, immediately upon written
request therefor, repurchase this Warrant, for cash in an amount
equal to the Put Amount (as defined below). Without limiting the
foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the
Note), Acquisition and/or acceleration of the Note (whether
following an Event of Default (as defined therein) or otherwise),
in each case other than a Cash/Public Acquisition in which case the
Warrant will be treated in accordance with Section 1.6(b), while
the Warrant is outstanding and prior to any exercise in full of
this Warrant, the Company shall, subject to the Company having
legally available funds, remit to Holder the Put Amount in
connection with repayment or other satisfaction of the Note. After
remittance of the Put Amount, the Warrant shall be cancelled and of
no further force or effect. As used in this Warrant,
“Put
Amount” means an amount
equal to (i) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000.00), multiplied by (ii) the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) the number of Shares for which the Warrant is
exercisable at such time, by (y) the original maximum number of
Shares for which the Warrant was originally exercisable at the time
of issuance (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
Section 2).
SECTION
2.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARES AND WARRANT PRICE.
2.1 Stock
Dividends, Splits, Etc. If the Company declares or pays a
dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of the Class
payable in common stock or other securities or property (other than
cash), then upon exercise of this Warrant, for each Share acquired,
Holder shall receive, without additional cost to Holder, the total
number and kind of securities and property which Holder would have
received had Holder owned the Shares of record as of the date the
dividend or distribution occurred. If the Company subdivides the
outstanding shares of the Class by reclassification or otherwise
into a greater number of shares, the number of Shares purchasable
hereunder shall be proportionately increased and the Warrant Price
shall be proportionately decreased. If the outstanding shares of
the Class are combined or consolidated, by reclassification or
otherwise, into a lesser number of shares, the Warrant Price shall
be proportionately increased and the number of Shares shall be
proportionately decreased.
2.2 Reclassification,
Exchange, Combinations or Substitution. Upon any event
whereby all of the outstanding shares of the Class are
reclassified, exchanged, combined, substituted, or replaced for,
into, with or by Company securities of a different class and/or
series, then from and after the consummation of such event, this
Warrant will be exercisable for the number, class and series of
Company securities that Holder would have received had the Shares
been outstanding on and as of the consummation of such event, and
subject to further adjustment thereafter from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. The provisions of
this Section 2.2 shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, exchanges, combinations substitutions,
replacements or other similar events.
2.3 No
Fractional Share. No fractional Share shall be issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant and the number of Shares to be issued
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share. If a fractional
Share interest arises upon any exercise of the Warrant, the Company
shall eliminate such fractional Share interest by paying Holder in
cash the amount computed by multiplying the fractional interest by
(i) the Fair Market Value of a full Share, less (ii) the
then-effective Warrant Price.
2.4 Notice/Certificate
as to Adjustments. Upon each adjustment of the Warrant
Price, Class and/or number of Shares, the Company, at the
Company’s expense, shall notify Holder in writing within a
reasonable time setting forth the adjustments to the Warrant Price,
Class and/or number of Shares and facts upon which such adjustment
is based. The Company shall, upon written request from Holder,
furnish Holder with a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer,
including computations of such adjustment and the Warrant Price,
Class and number of Shares in effect upon the date of such
adjustment.
SECTION
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
3.1 Representations
and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, Holder that all Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant, shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free of any
liens and encumbrances except for restrictions on transfer provided
for herein or under applicable federal and state securities laws.
The Company covenants that it shall at all times cause to be
reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued
capital stock such number of shares of the Class, common stock and
other securities as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in
full of this Warrant
3.2 Notice
of Certain Events. If the Company proposes at any time
to:
(a) declare
any dividend or distribution upon the outstanding shares of the
Class or common stock, whether in cash, property, stock, or other
securities and whether or not a regular cash dividend;
(b) offer
for subscription or sale pro rata to Holders of the outstanding
shares of the Class any additional shares of any class or series of
the Company’s stock (other than pursuant to contractual
pre-emptive rights); or
(c) effect
an Acquisition or to liquidate, dissolve or wind up;
then,
in connection with each such event, the Company shall give
Holder:
(1) at
least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of the date on
which a record will be taken for such dividend, distribution, or
subscription rights (and specifying the date on which holders of
outstanding shares of the Class will be entitled thereto) or for
determining rights to vote, if any, in respect of the matters
referred to in (a) and (b) above; and
(2) in
the case of the matters referred to in (c) above at least ten (10)
Business Days prior written notice of the date when the same will
take place (and specifying the date on which Holders of outstanding
shares of the Class will be entitled to exchange their shares for
the securities or other property deliverable upon the occurrence of
such event).
3.3 Information
Rights. So long as the Holder holds this Warrant and/or any
of the Shares, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (a) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
the annual audited financial statements of the Company and (b)
within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first
three quarters of each fiscal year, the Company’s quarterly,
unaudited financial statements, provided that Company need not
provide such information for any period in which Company has filed
Form 10K or Form 10Q (as applicable) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or for any period for which financial
statements were provided to Noteholder pursuant to the
Note.
SECTION
4.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF HOLDER.
Holder
represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
4.1 Purchase
for Own Account. This Warrant and the securities to be
acquired upon exercise of this Warrant by Holder are being acquired
for investment for Holder’s account, not as a nominee or
agent, and not with a view to the public resale or distribution
within the meaning of the Act. Holder also represents that it has
not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring this Warrant
or the Shares.
4.2 Disclosure
of Information. Holder is aware of the Company’s
business affairs and financial condition and has received or has
had full access to all the information it considers necessary or
appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to
the acquisition of this Warrant and its underlying securities.
Holder further has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive
answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the
offering of this Warrant and its underlying securities and to
obtain additional information (to the extent the Company possessed
such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or
expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to Holder or
to which Holder has access.
4.3 Investment
Experience. Holder understands that the purchase of this
Warrant and its underlying securities involves substantial risk.
Holder has experience as an investor in securities of companies in
the development stage and acknowledges that Holder can bear the
economic risk of such Holder’s investment in this Warrant and
its underlying securities and has such knowledge and experience in
financial or business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of its investment in this Warrant and its
underlying securities and/or has a preexisting personal or business
relationship with the Company and certain of its officers,
directors or controlling persons of a nature and duration that
enables Holder to be aware of the character, business acumen and
financial circumstances of such persons.
4.4 Accredited
Investor Status. Holder is an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated
under the Act.
4.5 The
Act. Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares
issuable upon exercise hereof have not been registered under the
Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which
exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of
Holder’s investment intent as expressed herein. Holder
understands that this Warrant and the Shares issued upon any
exercise hereof must be held indefinitely unless subsequently
registered under the Act and qualified under applicable state
securities laws, or unless exemption from such registration and
qualification are otherwise available. Holder is aware of the
provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
4.6 No
Voting Rights. Holder, as a holder of this Warrant, will not
have any voting rights until the exercise of this
Warrant.
SECTION
5.
MISCELLANEOUS.
5.1 Term
and Automatic Conversion Upon Expiration.
(a) Term.
Subject to the provisions of Section 1.6 above, this Warrant
is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to
time on or before 6:00 PM, Pacific Time, on the Expiration Date and
shall be void thereafter.
(b) Automatic
Cashless Exercise upon Expiration. This Warrant shall
automatically be deemed exercised on and as of the Expiration Date
pursuant to Section 1.2 above as to all Shares, and the
Company shall, within 5 Business Days, deliver a certificate
representing the Shares (or such other securities) issued upon such
exercise to Holder, together with any cash payment required
pursuant to Section 2.5.
5.2 Legends.
The Shares shall be imprinted with a legend in substantially the
following form:
THE
SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR
THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER
SAID ACT AND LAWS OR IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
ISSUER, SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM
SUCH REGISTRATION.
5.3 Compliance
with Securities Laws on Transfer. This Warrant and the
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be
transferred or assigned in whole or in part except in compliance
with applicable federal and state securities laws by the transferor
and the transferee. The Company shall not require Holder to provide
an opinion of counsel if the transfer is to any affiliate of
Holder, provided that any such transferee is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the
Act. Additionally, the Company shall also not require an opinion of
counsel if there is no material question as to the availability of
Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
5.4 Transfer
Procedure. Holder may transfer this Warrant to an affiliate
and such affiliate may make subsequent assignments to its
affiliates. By its acceptance of this Warrant, any affiliate of
Holder, and any affiliate to which this Warrant is subsequently
transferred, makes to the Company each of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof and agrees to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Warrant as if the
original Holder hereof. Subject to the provisions of
Section 5.3, any Holder may transfer all or part of this
Warrant or the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant to any
non-affiliated transferee, provided, however, in connection with
any such transfer, Holder will give the Company notice of such
transfer with the name, address and taxpayer identification number
of the non-affiliated transferee and, at the Company’s
request, will surrender the Warrant or Shares, as applicable, to
the Company for reissuance to the non-affiliated transferee(s); and
provided further, that any subsequent non-affiliated transferee
shall agree in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the
terms and conditions of this Warrant.
5.5 Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder from the Company to
Holder, or vice versa, shall be deemed delivered and effective (i)
when given personally, (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after
being mailed by first-class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, (iii) upon actual receipt if given by electronic mail and
such receipt is confirmed in writing by the recipient, or (iv) on
the first Business Day following delivery to a reliable overnight
courier service, courier fee prepaid, in any case at such address
as may have been furnished to the Company or Holder, as the case
may be, in writing by the Company or such Holder from time to time
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.5. All
notices to Holder shall be addressed as follows until the Company
receives notice of a change of address in connection with a
transfer or otherwise:
NH
Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP
1585
Broadway, 39th Floor
New
York, NY 10036
Attn:
Debra Abramovitz
Notice
to the Company shall be addressed as follows until Holder receives
notice of a change in address:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, Georgia
30024
Attn:
Lisa E. Sundstrom, Chief Financial Officer
Email:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
5.6 Waiver.
This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged
or terminated (either generally or in a particular instance and
either retroactively or prospectively) only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such
change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
5.7 Attorneys’
Fees. In the event of any dispute between the parties
concerning the terms and provisions of this Warrant, the party
prevailing in such dispute shall be entitled to collect from the
other party all costs incurred in such dispute, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees.
5.8 Counterparts;
Facsimile/Electronic Signatures. This Warrant may be
executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute
one and the same agreement. Any signature page delivered
electronically or by facsimile shall be binding to the same extent
as an original signature page with regards to any agreement subject
to the terms hereof or any amendment thereto.
5.9 Governing
Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to its principles regarding conflicts of law.
5.10 Headings.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision of
this Warrant.
5.11 Business
Days. “Business Day” is any day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are
closed.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Warrant to Purchase
Stock to be executed by their duly authorized representatives
effective as of the Issue Date written above.
“COMPANY”
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SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
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By: /s/
Lisa E. Sundstrom
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Name:
Lisa E. Sundstrom
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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“HOLDER”
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NH
EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP
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By: MS
Expansion Credit GP L.P., its general partner
By: MS
Expansion Credit GP Inc., its general partner
By:
William Reiland
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Name:
William Reiland
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Title:
Managing Director
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[Signature Page to Warrant to
Purchase Stock]
APPENDIX
1
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
1. The
undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase
___________ shares of the Common/Series ______ Preferred [circle
one] Stock of Sanuwave Health, Inc. (the “Company”) in
accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Stock, and tenders
payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as
follows:
[
] check
in the amount of $________ payable to order of the Company enclosed
herewith
[
] Wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s
account
[
] Cashless
Exercise pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Warrant
[
] Other
[Describe] __________________________________________
2. Attached
is a calculation of any adjustment to the number of Shares in
accordance with Section 2.6.
3. Please
issue a certificate or certificates representing the Shares in the
name specified below:
Holder’s
Name
(Address)
4. By
its execution below and for the benefit of the Company, Holder
hereby restates each of the representations and warranties in
Section 4 of the Warrant to Purchase Stock as of the date
hereof.
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Exhibit 4.4
Warrant for the Purchase of 8,275,235
Shares of Common Stock
Par Value $0.001
CLASS E WARRANT AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”)
THE
HOLDER OF THIS WARRANT, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, BOTH WITH RESPECT TO
THE WARRANT AND COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANT,
AGREES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE LAWS OF ANY APPLICABLE
STATE, OR (B) THE SALE OR TRANSFER BEING EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH STATE STATUTES, OR (II) UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
This is
to certify that, for value received, HealthTronics, Inc. and its successors
and assigns (each, a
“Holder”) is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitation on exercise
and conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or prior to
the close of business on August 6, 2023 (the “Termination Date”) but not
thereafter, to purchase from SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC. (the
“Company”), all
or any part of 8,275,235
shares (which number may be adjusted as provided herein)
(“Warrant
Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.001 (the “Common
Stock”), at an initial purchase price of $0.25 per
share (which amount may be adjusted as provided herein)
(“Warrant
Price”). Upon exercise of this warrant in whole or in
part, a certificate for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be
issued and delivered to the Holder. If, at any time prior to the
Termination Date, less than the total warrant is exercised, a new
warrant of similar tenor shall be issued for the unexercised
portion of the warrant represented by this Agreement. This Warrant
is issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated as of August 6, 2020 between the Company and the Holder (the
“Subscription
Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription
Agreement.
(a) Exercise
of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by
this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times
on or 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 of the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto. Within two
(2) Trading Days 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.
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 two (2) 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 one (1) Trading Day 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) Exercise
Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock
under this Warrant shall be $0.25, subject to adjustment hereunder
(the “Exercise
Price”).
(c) Cashless
Exercise. If at any time there is no effective Registration
Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the
resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may
also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a
“cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A),
where:
(A)
=
the VWAP on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder elects
to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless
exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of
Exercise;
(B)
=
the Exercise Price
of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
(X)
=
the number of
Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were
by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this
Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise
pursuant to this Section 1(c).
“VWAP” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on
an Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common
Stock for such date (or, if such date is not a Trading Day, the
nearest preceding Trading Day) on the primary Exchange 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. Eastern Time to 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time); (ii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted on an Exchange and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink” market published by OTC Markets
Group (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported; or (iii) in all other cases, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by a
nationally recognized-independent appraiser selected in good faith
by Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company and whose fees
and expenses shall be borne by the Company (such value as
determined pursuant to this clause (iii), the “Fair Market
Value”).
The
“Exchange” means the New
York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Select
Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC
Bulletin Board) or other national securities or over-the-counter
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed.
(d) Mechanics
of Exercise.
(i) Delivery
of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares
purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to
the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime
broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or
Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is
then a participant in such system and there is an effective
registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant
Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, and
otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is one (1)
Trading Day after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth
above (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery
Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be
named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of
such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been
exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and
all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 1(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been
paid.
(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, at the time of delivery
of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares,
deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the
Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by
this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be
identical with this Warrant.
(iii) Rescission
Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to
transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 1(d)(i) by the
Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to
rescind such exercise.
(iv) Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon
Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the
Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to
transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise
on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then the
Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by
which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver
to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2)
the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder,
either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number
of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which
case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder
purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to
cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such
purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the
Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of
such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to
pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the
Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(v) No
Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would
otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company
shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of
such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole
share.
(vi) Charges,
Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant
Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance
of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the
Holder; provided,
however, that in
the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when
surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment
Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company
may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental
thereto.
(vii) Closing
of Books. 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 1 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 together with the Holder or any of the
Holder’s Affiliates), 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 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 and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised
or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any other securities convertible
into Common Stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set
forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 1(e),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 1(e) applies, the determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
the Holder together with any Affiliates) 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 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 1(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 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 (2) Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding pursuant to prior sentence. 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 since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership
Limitation” shall be 4.99% 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 all or
any portion of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61
days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section
1(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event
exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 1(e) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease 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 1(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
2.
Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock
Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise
makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock
or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon
exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of
capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately
adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant
shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 2(a) shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately
after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination
or re-classification.
(b) Combination:
Liquidation. While this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) In
the event of a Combination (as defined below), each Holder shall
have the right to receive upon exercise of the Warrant the kind and
amount of shares of capital stock or other securities or property
which such Holder would have been entitled to receive upon or as a
result of such Combination had such Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such event (subject to further adjustment in
accordance with the terms hereof). Unless paragraph (ii) is
applicable to a Combination, the Company shall provide that the
surviving or acquiring Person (the “Successor Company”) in
such Combination will assume by written instrument the obligations
under this Section 2 and the obligations to deliver to the
Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to
acquire. “Combination” means an
event in which the Company consolidates with, mergers with or into,
or sells all or substantially all of its assets to another Person,
where “Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity;
(ii) In
the event of (x) a Combination where consideration to the holders
of Common Stock in exchange for their shares is payable solely in
cash or (y) the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company, the Holders shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender
of their Warrant, distributions on an equal basis with the holders
of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant, as if the Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to
such event, less the Exercise Price. In case of any Combination
described in this Section 2, the surviving or acquiring Person
and, in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of
the Company, the Company, shall deposit promptly with an agent or
trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the funds, if any,
necessary to pay to the Holders the amounts to which they are
entitled as described above. After such funds and the surrendered
Warrant are received, the Company is required to deliver a check in
such amount as is appropriate (or, in the case or consideration
other than cash, such other consideration as is appropriate) to
such Person or Persons as it may be directed in writing by the
Holders surrendering such Warrant.
(c) Potential
Adjustment Post-Nasdaq Listing. If the Company lists its shares of
Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market and for the five (5)
Trading Day period immediately following such listing (the
“Measurement
Period”) the
Exercise Price exceeds the Post-Listing Threshold Price (as defined
below), then the Exercise Price shall be automatically
adjusted to equal the Post-Listing Threshold Price, and the number
of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of
this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant
to this Section 2(c) shall become effective immediately on the next
Trading Day following the Measurement Period. For the avoidance of
doubt, there can be no assurance that the Company’s shares of
Common Stock will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any
other national stock exchange.
“Post-Listing Threshold
Price” means (i) the average VWAP of the Common
Stock for the Measurement Period, multiplied by (ii) one hundred
twenty-five percent (125%).
(d) Calculations.
All calculations under this Section 2 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 2 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.
(e) Notice
to Holder.
(i) Adjustment
to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted
pursuant to any provision of this Section 2, the Company shall
promptly mail to the Holder a notice 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 mailed to the Holder at
its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of
the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable
record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of
such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of
the 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 mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to
be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided
hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public
information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the
Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission
pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on
the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set
forth herein.
(f) Pro
Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is
outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or
other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets)
to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital
or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of
cash, stock (not including shares of Common Stock of the Company or
any distribution for which adjustment has already been made
pursuant to Section 2(a)) or other securities, property or options
by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate
rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction)
(a “Distribution”), at any
time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case,
the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to
the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if
the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable
upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any
limitations or restrictions on exercise hereof, including without
limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before
the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if
no such record is taken, the date as on which the record holders of
shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation
in such Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent
that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution
would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, then the Holder shall only be entitled to participate
in such Distribution to the extent of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of
such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and
beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the
portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the
benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its
right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation, at which time the Holder shall be
granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made
on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held
similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no
such limitation).
Section
3.
Transfer of Warrant.
(a) Transferability.
This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without
limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or
in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of
the Company or its designated agent, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and
funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making
of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such
payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable,
and in the denomination or denominations specified in such
instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new
Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and
this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. The Warrant, if properly
assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder
for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued.
(b) New
Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other
Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the
Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section
3(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 issuance date of
this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to
the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant
thereto.
(c) Warrant
Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the
“Warrant
Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof
from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered
Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose
of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for
all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
(d) Transfer
Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the
transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky
laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale
restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to
Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such
transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the
case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 3.2(n) of the
Subscription Agreement.
(e) Representation
by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof,
represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon
any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for
distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof
in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted
under the Securities Act.
Section 4.
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 1(d)(i).
(b) Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant
Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the
Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if
mutilated, the Company will 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 Trading Day, then, such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Trading
Day.
(d) Authorized
Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the
Warrant is outstanding and exercisable, 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
executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary
certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the
purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such
reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant
Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the
Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will,
upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect
of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, 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 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 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, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations
under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from
any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction
thereof.
(e) Jurisdiction.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Subscription
Agreement.
(f) Restrictions.
The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the
exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions
upon resale imposed by state and federal securities
laws.
(g) 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. Without limiting any other provision of
this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, 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.
(h) Notices.
Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be
given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered
in accordance with the notice provisions of the Subscription
Agreement.
(i) 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.
(j) 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.
(k) 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.
(l) Amendment.
This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof
waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
(m) 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.
(n) 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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(Signature
Page Follows)
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.
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
By:
/s/ Lisa E. Sundstrom
Name:
Lisa E. Sundstrom
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
(1) The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________________ Warrant
Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached
Warrant, 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*:
_______________________________
*If a
name other than the Holder is specified, please complete the Share
Assignment Form.
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number or by physical delivery of a certificate to:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Signature of Holder / Authorized Signatory
Name of
Holder
Name of
Authorized Signatory
Title
of Authorized Signatory
Date
SHARE ASSIGNMENT FORM
[To
assign the shares being issued pursuant to the foregoing warrant,
execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this
form to assign or exercise the warrant.]
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, [all of / _______________________________________]
shares of the foregoing W arrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________
whose address is:
_______________________________________________________________.
Dated:
______________, _______
In
connection with any transfer of the Warrant, the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or
general advertising in connection with the transfer and is making
the transfer pursuant to one of the following:
[Check All That Apply]
(1) to
the Company; or
(2) to
an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)); or
(3) pursuant
to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption available under the
Securities Act; or
(4) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
If
the box is checked below, the undersigned confirms and represents
to the Company that the Warrant is not being transferred to an
“affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 of
the Securities Act.
☐
The
transferee is not an “affiliate” of the Company as
defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
Holder’s
Signature:
Holder’s
Address:
Signature Guaranteed
NOTE:
The signature to this Share Assignment Form must correspond with
the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be
guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and
those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should
file proper evidence of authority to assign the
foregoing.
WARRANT ASSIGNMENT FORM
[To be
completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
[FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,] the undersigned hereby [sells], assigns and
transfers unto ________________________________ the right
represented by the within Warrant to purchase ____________ Warrant
Shares to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of
SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (the “Company”) with full power
of substitution in the premises.
In
connection with any transfer of the Warrant, the undersigned
confirms that it has not utilized any general solicitation or
general advertising in connection with the transfer and is making
the transfer pursuant to one of the following:
[Check
All That Apply]
(1) to
the Company; or
(2) to
an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”)); or
(3) pursuant
to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption available under the
Securities Act; or
(4) pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.
If
the box is checked below, the undersigned confirms and represents
to the Company that the Warrant is not being transferred to an
“affiliate” of the Company as defined in Rule 144 of
the Securities Act.
☐
The
transferee is not an “affiliate” of the Company as
defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
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Exhibit 10.1
ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
CELULARITY
INC.
and
SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
Dated
as of August 6, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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1.1.
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Defined Terms
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS AND ASSUMPTION OF
LIABILITIES
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2.1.
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Acquired Assets
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2.2.
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Excluded Assets
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2.3.
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Assumed Liabilities
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2.4.
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Excluded Liabilities
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2.5.
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Purchase Price
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2.6.
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Non-Assignable Assets
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2.7.
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Purchase Price Allocation
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2.8.
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Withholding
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ARTICLE
III CLOSING
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3.1.
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Closing
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3.2.
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Closing Deliverables
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
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4.1.
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Organization, Good Standing and Qualification
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4.2.
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Corporate Authority; Approval and Fairness
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4.3.
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Governmental Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts
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4.4.
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Seller Reports; Financial Statements
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4.5.
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Absence of Certain Changes
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4.6.
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Litigation and Liabilities
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4.7.
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Compliance with Laws; Permits
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4.8.
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Material Contracts
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4.9.
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Property
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4.10.
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Environmental Matters
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4.11.
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Taxes
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4.12.
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Labor Matters
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4.13.
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Intellectual Property
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4.14.
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Insurance
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4.15.
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Brokers and Finders
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4.16.
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Customers/Suppliers
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4.17.
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Warranties/Product Liability
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4.18.
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Entire Interest; All Assets
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4.19.
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Regulatory Matters
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4.20.
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Title to Tangible Assets
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4.21.
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Inventory
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4.22.
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Fraudulent Conveyance
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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5.1.
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Organization, Good Standing and Qualification
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5.2.
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Corporate Authority
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5.3.
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Governmental Filings; No Violations; Etc.
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5.4.
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Litigation
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5.5.
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Sufficiency of Funds
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5.6.
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Brokers
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5.7.
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Disclaimer
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ARTICLE
VI COVENANTS
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6.1.
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Transfer Taxes
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6.2.
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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6.3.
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Post-Closing Access.
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Publicity
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Employees; Employee Benefits
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Expenses
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Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Confidential Business
Information
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Wrong Pocket Assets
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Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION
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Survival of Representations and Warranties
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7.2.
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Indemnification by Seller
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Indemnification by Buyer
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Direct Claims
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7.5.
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Matters Involving Third Party Claims
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7.6.
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Limitations on Indemnification
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
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8.1.
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Modification or Amendment
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8.2.
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Waiver of Conditions
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8.3.
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Counterparts
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8.4.
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GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE
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8.5.
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Notices
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8.6.
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Entire Agreement
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8.7.
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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Obligations of Buyer and of Seller
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8.9.
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Severability
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8.10.
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Interpretation; Construction
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8.11.
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Assignment
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Annex A
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Defined Terms
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A-1
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Exhibit A
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Seller Note
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated August
6, 2020, among Celularity Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Seller”), and SANUWAVE
Health, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”). Each of Buyer
and Seller are sometimes referred to herein as a
“Party”
and together as the “Parties”.
RECITALS
1. Buyer
desires to acquire from Seller, and Seller desires to sell to
Buyer, the Acquired Assets (as defined below) and the Business (as
defined below), as more particularly set forth in this Agreement
(the “Asset
Transaction”).
2. In
consideration of such sale, Buyer will deliver to Seller the
Purchase Price (as defined below) and assume the Assumed
Liabilities (as defined below), as more particularly set forth in
this Agreement.
3. The
Board of Directors of Seller (the “Seller Board”) has
unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, and the Asset
Transaction and the other transactions and agreements contemplated
by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”) are fair
to and in the best interests of Seller and its stockholders, and
(b) declared it advisable to enter into this Agreement and approved
the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement.
4. The
Board of Directors of Buyer has unanimously approved the
Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement and declared it advisable for Buyer to enter into
this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
herein, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
1.1. Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms
in the Agreement have the meanings specified or referred to in
Annex A hereto.
ARTICLE
II
Purchase and Sale
of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities
2.1. Acquired
Assets. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (defined
below), Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to
Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase, acquire and take assignment and
delivery of all of the assets, properties, contractual rights,
goodwill, going concern value, rights and claims owned, leased or
licensed by or to Seller (wherever located) that are primarily used
in, primarily held for use in, or primarily related to, the
Business (except for the Excluded Assets) (collectively, the
“Acquired
Assets”), free and clear of all Liens,
including:
(a) Assumed
Contracts. All rights of Seller under the Contracts set
forth on Section
2.1(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “Assumed Contracts”),
including all claims or causes of action of Seller with respect to
the Assumed Contracts;
(b) Inventory.
All products, parts, supplies, materials and other inventory
(wherever located), used, held for use or intended to be used in
the Business, as of the Closing Date, including all raw materials,
work in process and finished goods and all UltraMIST devices and
consumables (collectively, the “Inventory”);
(c) Books
and Records. Those books and records primarily related to
the Business and Acquired Assets, including employment records
relating to the applicable Continuing Employees and files and other
information and/or data used by Seller in, or that arise out of,
the operation of the Business or as set forth on Section 2.1(c) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter (the “Acquired
Records”);
(d) Intellectual
Property Assets. All Intellectual Property that is owned by
Seller and used, held for use, or intended to be used primarily or
exclusively in connection with the Business;
(e) Permits.
All Permits which are held by Seller and used, held for use, or
intended to be used primarily in the conduct of the Business as
currently conducted, or for the ownership and use of the Acquired
Assets, and all pending applications therefor and renewals thereof
that are used, held for use or intended to be used primarily or
exclusively in the operation of the Business;
(f) Causes
of Action. All rights, claims or causes of action of Seller
against third parties that relate primarily to any of the Acquired
Assets or the Business; provided, however, that such claims or
rights shall not include any claims, causes of action, defenses and
rights of offset or counterclaim related to the Excluded
Assets;
(g) Assigned
Lease. All of Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to that certain real property lease set forth on Section 2.1(g) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter (the “Assigned
Lease”);
(h) Personal
Property. All tangible personal property, including all
plant, machinery, equipment, supplies, spare parts, tools,
leasehold improvements, furniture, furnishings, software, hardware
and vehicles, used, held for use or intended to be used primarily
in the operation of the Business;
(i) Deposits
and Prepaid Items. All deposits and advances, prepaid
expenses, credits, deferred charges and other prepaid items, or
portions thereof, arising out of or related to the Business or the
Acquired Assets;
(j) Insurance
Proceeds. All third party property and casualty insurance
proceeds and all rights to third party property and casualty
insurance proceeds relating to claims arising following the Closing
Date, in each case, to the extent received or receivable in respect
of the Business or the Acquired Assets;
(k) Goodwill
and Intangible Assets. All goodwill and other intangible
assets appurtenant to the Acquired Assets or the Business and the
right to represent to third parties that Buyer is the successor to
the Business; and
(l) Other
Assets. All other assets not specifically enumerated in this
Section 2.1, but otherwise used, held
for use or intended to be used primarily in the operation of the
Business.
2.2. Excluded
Assets. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Acquired Assets will not include the following
assets (collectively, the “Excluded
Assets”):
(a) Excluded
Contracts. All Contracts to which Seller is a party or by
which Seller is bound, other than the Assumed
Contracts;
(b) Cash.
All cash, cash equivalents and investment securities held by
Seller, including any depository accounts and lockboxes in which
such assets are held;
(c) Accounts
Receivable. All accounts receivable, trade receivable, notes
receivable and other receivables of Seller;
(d) Records.
Other than the Acquired Records, all records and other protected
business information of Seller;
(e) Corporate
Records. Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation,
qualifications to conduct business as a foreign corporation,
arrangements with registered agents relating to foreign
qualifications, taxpayer and other identification numbers, seals,
minute books, stock transfer books, blank stock certificates, all
of Seller’s Tax Returns and books and records relating to
Seller’s Tax Returns or otherwise relating to Tax matters of
Seller, for all periods and other documents relating to the
organization, maintenance, and existence of Seller as a
corporation;
(f) Rights
Under this Agreement. Any of the rights of Seller under this
Agreement (or under any other agreement between Seller on the one
hand and Buyer on the other hand entered into on or after the date
of this Agreement);
(g) Real
Property. All of Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to any leased real property, other than the Assigned
Lease;
(h) Tax
Refunds. All rights and interest in any refund of Taxes to
the extent such refund of Taxes is for the benefit of
Seller;
(i) Deposits
and Prepaid Items. All deposits and advances, prepaid
expenses, credits, deferred charges and other prepaid items, or
portions thereof, of Seller that are unrelated to the
Business;
(j) Employee
Plans. All Employee Plans (including any Contracts related
thereto) and all assets held with respect to the Employee Plans;
and
(k) Other
Excluded Assets. All of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to all of its other assets (except for the Acquired
Assets).
2.3. Assumed
Liabilities. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, Buyer shall assume and agree
to pay, perform and discharge only the following liabilities of
Seller (collectively, the “Assumed
Liabilities”):
(a) Assumed
Contracts. All liabilities and obligations arising from and
after the Closing under the Assumed Contracts;
(b) Continuing
Employees. All liabilities and obligations of Buyer or its
Affiliates relating to employee benefits, compensation or other
arrangements with respect to any Continuing Employee arising after
the Closing;
(c) Taxes.
All liabilities and obligations for (i) Taxes arising from or
relating to Buyer’s operation of the Business, ownership of
the Acquired Assets or assumption of the Assumed Liabilities after
the Closing Date and (ii) Taxes for which Buyer is liable pursuant
to Section
6.1; provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, Buyer shall not assume any Tax liabilities or
obligations of Seller; and
(d) Other
Liabilities. All other liabilities and obligations arising
out of or relating to Buyer's ownership or operation of the
Business and the Acquired Assets from and after the
Closing.
2.4. Excluded
Liabilities. Buyer shall not
assume and shall not be responsible to pay, perform or discharge
any of, and Seller shall timely perform, satisfy, and discharge in
accordance with their respective terms, the liabilities or
obligations of Seller arising out of, relating to or otherwise in
respect of the Business or the Acquired Assets prior to the
Closing, including the following (collectively, the
“Excluded
Liabilities”):
(a) Trade
Accounts. All trade accounts payable of Seller to third
parties in connection with the Business that remain unpaid as of
the Closing Date;
(b) Pre-Closing
Liabilities. Any liabilities or obligations in respect of
any products sold and/or services performed by Seller or in respect
of the operation of its business (including the Business) on or
prior to the Closing;
(c) Excluded
Assets. Any liabilities or obligations relating to or
arising out of the Excluded Assets;
(d) Seller
Taxes. Any Tax liabilities or obligations of
Seller;
(e) Contracts.
Any liabilities or obligations arising out of, under or in
connection with Contracts that are not Assumed Contracts and, with
respect to Assumed Contracts, any liabilities or obligations in
respect of a breach by or default of Seller accruing under such
Assumed Contracts with respect to any period on or before the
Closing;
(f) Indebtedness.
Any liabilities or obligations arising out of, under or in
connection with any Indebtedness of Seller;
(g) Actions.
Any liabilities or obligations in respect of any pending or
threatened Action against Seller or any claim arising out of,
relating to or otherwise in respect of (i) the operation of the
Business to the extent such Action relates to such operation on or
prior to the Closing, or (ii) any Excluded Asset;
(h) Other
Business. Any liabilities or obligations of Seller relating
to the conduct or operation of any other business of Seller, other
than the Business;
(i) Agreement.
Any liabilities or obligations of Seller arising or incurred in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, investigation and
performance of this Agreement, the other Related Agreements and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without
limitation, fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, consultants,
advisers and others; and
(j) Employees
and Employee Plans. All liabilities and obligations with
respect to any (i) employees or former employees of Seller
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, any change of control bonus
or severance obligations of Seller with respect to employees or
former employees of Seller) and (ii) all obligations and
liabilities with respect to the Employee Plans.
2.5. Purchase
Price. As full
consideration for the sale, assignment, transfer and delivery of
the Acquired Assets by Seller to Buyer and the other Transactions,
including without limitation, the execution and delivery of the
License Agreement by Seller to Buyer, at the Closing, Buyer shall
deliver to Seller aggregate consideration of $24,000,000 as follows
(together, the “Purchase
Price”):
(a) At
the Closing, a wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds in
an amount equal to $18,890,000 (the “Cash Consideration”) to
an account designated in writing by Seller and delivered to Buyer
no later than two Business Days prior to the Closing
Date;
(b) At
the Closing, Buyer shall issue to Seller a promissory note in the
principal amount of $4,000,000 in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the
“Seller
Note”); and
(c) The
previous payment of $1,110,000 from Buyer to Seller pursuant to
that certain letter of intent between Buyer and Seller dated as of
June 7, 2020 shall be credited against the Purchase
Price.
2.6. Non-Assignable
Assets
.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and subject to the
provisions of this Section 2.6, to the extent that the
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery, or attempted
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery, to Buyer of any
Acquired Asset would result in a violation of applicable Law, or
would require the consent, authorization, approval or waiver of a
Person who is not a Party to this Agreement or an Affiliate of a
Party to this Agreement (including any Governmental Entity), and
such consent, authorization, approval or waiver shall not have been
obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute
a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery, or an
attempted sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery,
thereof; provided,
however, that,
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions contained
in Article III, the
Closing shall occur notwithstanding the foregoing without any
adjustment to the Purchase Price on account thereof. Following the
Closing, Seller and Buyer shall use commercially reasonable
efforts, and shall cooperate with each other, to obtain any such
required consent, authorization, approval or waiver, or any
release, substitution or amendment required to novate all
liabilities and obligations under any and all Assumed Contracts or
other liabilities that constitute Assumed Liabilities or to obtain
in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such
arrangements, so that, in any case, Buyer shall be solely
responsible for such liabilities and obligations from and after the
Closing Date; provided, however, that neither Seller
nor Buyer shall be required to pay any consideration therefor. Once
such consent, authorization, approval, waiver, release,
substitution or amendment is obtained, Seller shall sell, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer the relevant Acquired Asset
to which such consent, authorization, approval, waiver, release,
substitution or amendment relates for no additional consideration.
Applicable sales, transfer and other similar Taxes in connection
with such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or license shall
be paid in accordance with Section 6.1.
(b) To
the extent that any Acquired Asset and/or Assumed Liability cannot
be transferred to Buyer following the Closing pursuant to this
Section
2.6, Buyer and
Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into such
arrangements (such as subleasing, sublicensing or subcontracting)
to provide to the parties the economic and, to the extent permitted
under applicable Law, operational equivalent of the transfer of
such Acquired Asset and/or Assumed Liability to Buyer as of the
Closing and the performance by Buyer of its obligations with
respect thereto. Buyer shall, as agent or subcontractor for Seller,
pay, perform and discharge fully the liabilities and obligations of
Seller thereunder from and after the Closing Date. To the extent
permitted under applicable Law, Seller shall, at Buyer's expense,
hold in trust for and pay to Buyer promptly upon receipt thereof,
such Acquired Asset and all income, proceeds and other monies
received by Seller to the extent related to such Acquired Asset in
connection with the arrangements under this Section 2.6. Seller shall be permitted
to set off against such amounts all direct costs associated with
the retention and maintenance of such Acquired Assets.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of
this Section 2.6 shall not apply to any
consent or approval required under any antitrust, competition or
trade regulation Law, which consent or approval shall be governed
by Section
5.3.
2.7. Purchase
Price Allocation
(a) The
Purchase Price (and such other amounts as shall be treated as
purchase price for U.S. federal income tax purposes) shall be
allocated among the assets and other rights acquired or obtained by
Buyer in connection with the transactions described in this
Agreement for all Tax purposes in accordance with their respective
fair market values pursuant to an allocation schedule prepared by
the Buyer and delivered to the Seller as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Closing, but not more than 60 days following
the Closing, in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code (the
“Allocation”). The Seller
shall, within 10 Business Days after receipt of the Buyer’s
determination of the Allocation, provide written notice to the
Buyer as to the portions of the Allocation (if any) with which the
Seller has a disagreement, as well as Seller’s proposed
revisions to such portions (the “Seller Objection
Notice”). If the Seller does not provide a Seller
Objection Notice to the Buyer within such 10 Business Day period,
the Allocation shall be final and binding on the
Parties.
(b) If
the Seller does provide a Seller Objection Notice to the Buyer
within such 10 Business Day period, then the portions of the
Allocation that were not objected to by the Seller shall be
considered final and binding on all Parties and the Parties shall
make a good faith effort to resolve any disagreements regarding the
portions of such Allocation that were objected to in the Seller
Objection Notice, and if the Parties are unable to resolve their
disagreements regarding such items within 30 days of delivery of
such Seller Objection Notice, they shall jointly retain and refer
their disagreements to a nationally recognized third party
accounting firm mutually selected by the Parties in good faith (the
“Independent
Expert”). The Parties shall instruct the Independent
Expert to promptly review the portions of the Allocation which are
in dispute among the Parties pursuant to this Section 2.7 and to resolve such dispute
as promptly as is practicable. The Parties shall reasonably
cooperate and respond to any inquiries from the Independent Expert
in connection with the Independent Expert’s review and
analysis of the portions of the Allocation which are in dispute
among the Parties. As promptly as practicable, but in no event
later than 45 days after its retention, the Independent Expert
shall deliver to the Buyer and the Seller a report that sets forth
its resolution of the disputed items with respect to the
Allocation, and such report of such items of the Allocation shall
thereupon be final, binding and conclusive on the Parties;
provided,
however, that the
Independent Expert may not assign a value to any item greater than
the greatest value for such item claimed by the Buyer, on the one
hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, nor less than the smallest
value for such item claimed by the Buyer, on the one hand, and the
Seller, on the other hand. The costs and expenses of the
Independent Expert shall be allocated between the Buyer, on the one
hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, based upon the percentage
that the portion of the aggregate contested amount not awarded to
each Party bears to the aggregate amount actually contested by such
Party, as determined by the Independent Expert. The Parties agree
to execute, if requested by the Independent Expert, a reasonable
engagement letter, including customary indemnities in favor of the
Independent Expert.
(c) Except
as may be required by otherwise by applicable law, each of the
Parties will (i) file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns
(including IRS Form 8594) in a manner consistent with the
Allocation (as finalized pursuant to the provisions of this
Section
2.7) and
(ii) not take any action inconsistent therewith. Any
adjustments to the Purchase Price subsequent to the initial
delivery of the Allocation by the Buyer to the Seller shall be
reflected in amendments to the Allocation in a manner consistent
with Treasury Regulation Section 1.1060-1.
2.8. Withholding.
Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payments
required to be made by Buyer in connection with this Agreement such
amounts (if any) as it is required to deduct and withhold pursuant
to the Code or any applicable provision of any state, local or non
U.S. Tax laws, and any amount so deducted and withheld shall be
remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity as required by
applicable laws, rules or regulations, and upon the same, such
amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid by
the Buyer to the party to whom such payments were required to be
made in connection with this Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
3.1. Closing.
The closing of the Transactions, (the “Closing”) will take place
remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time on the date hereof (the “Closing
Date”).
3.2. Closing
Deliverables
(a) Seller’s
Deliverables. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer
the following:
(i) a
bill of sale (the “Bill of Sale”) in
customary form and mutually acceptable to the Parties and duly
executed by Seller, transferring the tangible personal property
included in the Acquired Assets to Buyer;
(ii) an
assignment and assumption agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption
Agreement”) in customary form and mutually acceptable
to the Parties and duly executed by Seller, effecting the
assignment to and assumption by Buyer of the Acquired Assets and
the Assumed Liabilities;
(iii) a
transition services agreement (the “Transition Services
Agreement”) covering such reasonable transition
services, as the Parties may, acting in good faith, mutually
determine and duly executed by Seller;
(iv) assignment
agreements for the transfer of the Intellectual Property that is
included in the Acquired Assets (the “IP Assignment
Agreements”) in customary form and mutually acceptable
to the Parties and duly executed by Seller;
(v) the
FIRPTA Certificate;
(vi) the
Seller Secretary’s Certificate;
(vii)
the License Agreement, in form to be agreed upon between Buyer and
Seller (the “License
Agreement”), duly executed by Seller; and
(viii)
such other customary instruments of transfer, assumption, filings
or documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer, as may be required to give effect to this
Agreement.
(b) Buyer’s
Deliverables. At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller
the following:
(i) the
Purchase Price;
(ii) the
Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement each duly
executed by Buyer;
(iii) the
Transition Services Agreement duly executed by Buyer;
(iv) the
Buyer Secretary’s Certificate;
(v) the
License Agreement duly executed by Buyer; and
(vi) the
Seller Note duly executed by Buyer.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties of Seller
Except
as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the
Disclosure Letter delivered to Buyer by Seller contemporaneously
with this Agreement (the “Seller Disclosure
Letter”) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item
in any section or subsection of the Seller Disclosure Letter will
be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or
subsection of the Seller Disclosure Letter only to the extent that
the relevance of such item to such section or subsection is readily
apparent on its face), Seller hereby represents and warrants to
Buyer as follows:
4.1. Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification. Seller 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 own, lease and operate its
properties and assets and to carry on the Business as presently
conducted. Seller is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each
jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its
assets or properties or conduct of the Business requires such
qualification, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Prior to the date of this Agreement, Seller has delivered to Buyer
complete and correct copies of Seller’s certificates of
incorporation and bylaws or comparable governing documents, each as
amended to the date of this Agreement, and each as so delivered is
in full force and effect as of the date of this
Agreement.
4.2. Corporate
Authority; Approval and Fairness. Seller has all
requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate
action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and any Related Agreements to
which it is a party, and to consummate the Transactions. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller and
the consummation by Seller of the Transactions have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Seller,
and no other corporate proceeding or action on the part of Seller
is necessary to adopt or authorize this Agreement or to consummate
the Transactions. This Agreement, and each Related Agreement to
which Seller is a party when so executed by Seller, has been duly
executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes a valid and
binding Contract of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally or by general principles of equity, whether considered in
a proceeding at law or in equity (the “Enforceability
Exception”).
4.3. Governmental
Filings; No Violations; Certain Contracts
(a) No
notifications, consents, registrations, approvals, permits or
authorizations are required to be obtained by Seller from, any
domestic or foreign governmental or regulatory authority, agency,
commission, body, court or other legislative, executive or judicial
governmental entity (each, a “Governmental Entity”), in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by Seller or the consummation of the Transactions, or in
connection with the continuing operation of the Business by Buyer
following the Closing, except for (i) as set forth in Section 4.7(a) of this Agreement, or
(ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (collectively, the items
in clauses (i) and (ii), the “Seller
Approvals”).
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Seller do
not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, constitute
or result in (i) a breach or violation of, or a default under,
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Seller,
(ii) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach
or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or default
under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations under or the
creation of a charge, pledge, security interest, claim or other
encumbrance on any of the assets of Seller pursuant to any
agreement, lease, sublease, license, contract, note, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, franchise, concession, arrangement,
obligation or other understanding (whether written or oral) (each,
a “Contract”) binding upon
Seller or, assuming (solely with respect to performance of this
Agreement and consummation of the Transactions) compliance with the
matters referred to in Section 4.3(a), under any Law to which
Seller is subject, or (iii) any change in the rights or
obligations of any party under any Contract binding upon Seller,
except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, any such
breach, violation, termination, acceleration, pledge, security
interest, claim or other encumbrance, or change, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Section 4.3(b) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of Material Contracts
pursuant to which a notice, consent, waiver or other similar action
is required for the consummation of the Transactions.
(c) Seller
is not a party to or bound by any non-competition Contract or other
Contract, in each case, that purports to limit, in any material
respect, Seller’s ability (or after the Closing,
Buyer’s ability) to conduct or operate the Business,
including (i) the development, commercialization, manufacture,
marketing, sale or distribution of any product that is being
developed, manufactured, marketed, sold or distributed by Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Business (each such
product, a “Seller
Product”) that is material or would reasonably be
expected to become material to the Business or (ii) the manner or
locations in which any of them may so engage in any business with
respect to the Seller Products.
4.4. Seller
Reports; Financial Statements
(a) Seller
has delivered to Buyer the following financial statements: (i) the
unaudited gross profit and net revenue of the Business for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2020 attached hereto as
Section
4.4(a)(i) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter (the “Interim
Financial Statements”) and (ii) the unaudited gross
profit and net revenue of the Business for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019 attached hereto as Section 4.4(a)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter (the “Annual
Financial Statement” and, together with the Interim
Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”).
The Financial Statements fairly present the net revenue and gross
profit of the Business for the periods covered thereby, are
consistent with the books and records of Seller and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Financial Statements do not
reflect any transactions which are not bona fide transactions and
do not contain any untrue statements of a fact or omit to state any
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
(b) Each
of the Annual Financial Statements and Interim Financial Statements
fairly presents, in all material respects, the gross profit and net
revenue of the Business, in each case in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be
noted therein.
4.5. Absence
of Certain Changes
.
Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, since the date
of the Interim Financial Statements, (i) Seller has conducted
the Business in the ordinary course of such businesses, and (ii)
there has not been with respect to the Business any event, change
in circumstances or effect involving, or other change in, the
financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or
results of their operations or any circumstance, occurrence or
development, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have or be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.6. Litigation
and Liabilities
(a) With
respect to the Business, there is no material Action pending or, to
the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Business or in respect of the Acquired
Assets.
(b) With
respect to the Business, none of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective businesses or assets (including the
Acquired Assets) is party to or subject to the provisions of any
material order, writ, judgment, award injunction or decree of any
Governmental Entity or any arbitrator.
(c) Except
as set forth in Section 4.6(c) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter, Seller does not have any liability related to the Business
other than (i) liabilities set forth in the Financial Statements,
(ii) liabilities which have arisen after the date of the Interim
Financial Statements in the ordinary course of business (none of
which is a liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty,
tort, infringement, violation of Law, claim or lawsuit);
(iii) Excluded Liabilities (including any liabilities incurred
in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby); and (iv)
liabilities for future performance under any Contract related to
the Business.
4.7. Compliance
with Laws; Permits
(a) Since
May 7, 2018, the Business has been and is being conducted in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal,
state, local or foreign law, statutes or ordinances, common law, or
any rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree,
arbitration award, license or permit of any Governmental Entity
(collectively, “Laws”). No Action by any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Business is pending or, to
the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, nor has any Governmental
Entity threatened to conduct the same. No material change is
required in Seller’s processes, properties or procedures to
comply with any such Laws; and Seller has not received any written
notice of any material noncompliance with any such Laws that has
not, to the Knowledge of Seller, been cured as of the date of this
Agreement. Seller has obtained and is in compliance with all
permits, licenses, certifications, approvals, registrations,
consents, authorizations (including marketing authorizations,
pre-market approvals, clearances, CE Marking), franchises,
variances, exemptions and orders issued or granted by a
Governmental Entity or any Notified Bodies, as applicable in the
jurisdiction concerned (collectively “Permits”), necessary to
conduct the Business as currently conducted. A list of each
material Permit with respect to the Business is set forth on
Section
4.7(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter. All Permits are valid and in full force
and effect except for suspensions, cancellations, delays in filing
reports or violations which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No notification to, or consent from any
Governmental Entity is required in order for the Permits to remain
in full force and effect immediately following the
Closing.
(b) None
of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, any of each of their respective directors, officers,
employees, consultants, sales representatives, distributors or
agents, in such capacity and on behalf of Seller, has (i) used any
funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful payments relating to political activity or (ii) violated,
directly or indirectly, any applicable money laundering or
anti-terrorism Law or directly or indirectly lent, contributed or
otherwise made available any funds to any Person for the purpose of
financing the activities of any Person currently targeted by any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC. Seller, its Subsidiaries, and
to the Knowledge of Seller, its Affiliates and each of their
respective directors, officers, employees, consultants, sales
representatives, distributors, agents and business partners have
complied at all times, and are in compliance in all material
respects, with all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-corruption and
anti-bribery Laws with respect to Seller, including the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1 et
seq.). In this regard, Seller, its Subsidiaries and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, its Affiliates and each of their respective
directors, officers, employees, consultants, sales representatives,
distributors, agents and business partners, in such capacity and on
behalf of Seller, have not given, offered, agreed or promised to
give, or authorized the giving, directly or indirectly, of any
money or other thing of value to any Person as an inducement or
reward for favorable action or forbearance from action or the
exercise of influence. Seller, its Subsidiaries and, to
the Knowledge of Seller, its Affiliates have instituted and
maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to be effective to ensure, continued compliance
with any such U.S. and non-U.S. anti-bribery, anti-corruption money
laundering and anti-terrorism Laws.
4.8. Material
Contracts
(a) Section
4.8(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter lists each of the following Contracts (x)
by which any of the Acquired Assets are bound or affected or (y) to
which Seller is a party or by which it is bound in connection with
the Business or the Acquired Assets:
(i) any
Contract that is reasonably expected to require either
(x) annual payments to or from Seller of more than
$250,000 or (y) aggregate payments to or from Seller for more
than $500,000;
(ii) any
Contract for the purchase, sale or lease of real or personal
property or any option to purchase, sell or release real or
personal property, in either case, that provides for aggregate
annual payments by Seller in an amount exceeding
$250,000;
(iii) any
Contract (x) with any customer that is one of the Top Customers or
(y) with any supplier that is one of the Top
Suppliers;
(iv) any
Contract that contains any provision expressly requiring Seller to
purchase or sell goods or services exclusively to or from another
Person or that otherwise purports to limit either the type of
business in which Seller (or after the Closing, Buyer or any of its
Affiliates) may engage or the manner or locations in which any of
them may so engage in any business;
(v) any
Contract that would reasonably be likely to require the disposition
of any asset, line of business or product line of Seller or
restrict the disposition of the same by Seller (or after the
Closing, Buyer or any of its Affiliates);
(vi) any
Contract that grants “most favored nation” status
(including any that, after the Closing, would bind Buyer or any of
its Affiliates);
(vii) any
Contract that prohibits or limits the rights of Seller to make,
sell or distribute any products or services (of after the Closing,
Buyer or any of its Affiliates);
(viii)
any Contract to which Seller is a party, or by which any of them
are bound, the ultimate contracting party of which is a
Governmental Entity (including any subcontract with a prime
contractor or other subcontractor who is a party to any such
contract);
(ix) any
Contract pursuant to which, other than a Contract entered into in
the ordinary course of Seller’s business, (A) Seller grants
to any third party any license, release, covenant not to sue or
similar right with respect to Owned Intellectual Property, or (B)
Seller receives a license, release, covenant not to sue or similar
right with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by a third
party (other than generally commercially available software);
and
(x) any
other Contract or group of related Contracts that, if terminated or
subject to a default by any party thereto, would, individually or
in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect (the Contracts described in clauses (i) - (x), together
with all exhibits and schedules to such Contracts, being the
“Material
Contracts”).
(b) A
true and correct copy of each Material Contract has previously been
delivered to Buyer. Each Material Contract is valid and binding on
Seller, as the case may be, except for the Enforceability Exception
and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party thereto, and is,
in all material respects, in full force and effect (except for
those Contracts that have expired in accordance with their terms).
There is no default under any Material Contracts by Seller and no
event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by Seller,
except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.9. Property
(a) Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property parcels.
Section
4.9(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and accurate
list of all leases, subleases or other occupancy arrangement with
respect to the Business pursuant to which Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or has a right to use the real property
owned by another Person (the “Leases”), including the
address or location and use of the subject Leased Real
Property.
(b) Each
of Seller and its Subsidiaries that leases Leased Real Property
pursuant to a Lease has a valid leasehold interest therein, free
and clear of all Liens, except as would not reasonably be expected
to materially and adversely affect the continued use of the
property for the purposes for which the property is being used by
Seller and its Subsidiaries.
(c) There
are no Contracts giving any Person other than Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries any right to access, use or occupy any portion of the
Leased Real Property, and there is no Person, other than Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries, in possession or having any right to
occupy any of the Leased Real Property. Neither Seller nor any of
its Subsidiaries has, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no landlord
of any Leased Real Property has, exercised any option or right to
terminate, renew or extend or otherwise materially affect the
rights or obligations of the tenant under any Lease. True, complete
and accurate copies of all Leases have been made available to
Buyer.
(d) The
ownership, occupancy, use and operation of the Leased Real Property
does not violate in any material respect any instrument of record
or Contract affecting such property.
(e) There
are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened (i)
appropriation, condemnation, eminent domain or like Actions
relating to the Leased Real Property or (ii) Actions to change the
zoning classification, variance, special use, or other applicable
land use Law of any portion or all of the Leased Real
Property.
4.10.
Environmental Matters. Except for such
matters as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect: (a) Seller and its Subsidiaries are and since
May 7, 2018, have been in compliance with Environmental Law
with respect to the Leased Real Property; (b) there has been
no release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances on the
Leased Real Property (including soils, groundwater, surface water,
buildings or other structures); (c) there has been no release
or threatened release of Hazardous Substances on property formerly
owned or operated by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the Business during the time of Seller’s or
Subsidiaries’ period of ownership or operation;
(d) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information, in
each case in writing, alleging that Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries may be in violation of any Environmental Law or
alleging that Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is responsible for
the investigation or remediation of a release of Hazardous
Substance at a property not owned or operated by Seller or any
Subsidiary; and (e) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject to any order, decree, or injunction with any
Governmental Entity relating to liability under any Environmental
Law or relating to Hazardous Substances. Seller has delivered to
Buyer true and complete copies of all material environmental
reports, studies, assessments, sampling data and other
environmental information in its possession relating to the Leased
Real Property.
(a) Seller
and each of its Subsidiaries (i) have duly and timely filed
(taking into account any extension of time within which to file)
all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them and all such
Tax Returns were and are complete and accurate in all respects;
(ii) have paid all Taxes that are required to be paid (whether
or not shown on the Tax Returns or Tax assessment made in writing
or deficiency asserted in writing by the relevant Governmental
Entity); (iii) have properly withheld and paid to the
appropriate Governmental Entity all Taxes that Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries are or were obligated to withhold and pay from amounts
owing to any employee, creditor or third party, and (iv) have
not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or
agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency.
(b) There
are no Actions either pending or threatened in writing in respect
of Taxes or Tax matters of the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(c) There
is no Lien, other than Permitted Liens, on any of the Acquired
Assets that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged
failure) to pay, or delay (or alleged delay) in paying, any
Tax.
(d) No
written claim has ever been made by a Governmental Entity in a
jurisdiction where Seller or any of its Subsidiaries do not file
Tax Returns that Seller or its Subsidiary is or may be subject to
taxation by that jurisdiction.
(e) There
are no Tax rulings, requests for rulings or closing Contracts in
effect with any Governmental Entity relating to the Business and
Acquired Assets that will affect the Business and Acquired Assets
for any taxable period ending after the Closing Date.
4.12. Labor
Matters
(a) (i)
Neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by
or subject to any collective bargaining agreement or other similar
type of contract with any labor union, (ii) neither Seller nor any
of its Subsidiaries has agreed to recognize any union or other
collective bargaining representative, (iii) no union or group of
employees has made a pending demand for recognition and there are
no representation proceedings or petitions seeking a representation
proceeding presently pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
threatened to be brought or filed, with the National Labor
Relations Board and (iv) no union or collective bargaining
representative has been certified as representing any employees of
any of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries and no organizational
attempt has been made or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened by
or on behalf of any labor union or collective bargaining
representative with respect to any employees of Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries. Within the last three (3) years, neither Seller
nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
predecessors has experienced any labor strike, slowdown or stoppage
or any other material labor difficulty, and, to the Knowledge of
Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that might lead to any
such labor dispute.
(b) Section
4.12(b)-1 of the Seller Disclosure
Letter lists, to the extent applicable, as of the date hereof, for
each employee, consultant and independent contractor of the
Business, his or her: (i) name; (ii) title; (iii) location; (iv)
date of hire; (v) exempt/non-exempt status; (vi) employment status
(i.e., whether full-time, temporary, leased, etc.); (vii) active or
inactive status (including type of leave, if any); (viii) accrued
but unused vacation; and (ix) current annual base salary or
hourly wage rate (or other compensation) and target
bonus/commission for the current year. Except as set forth on
Section
4.12(b)-2 of the Seller Disclosure
Letter, neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries employs or
engages any employee, consultant or independent contractor in
connection with the Business who cannot be dismissed immediately,
whether currently or immediately after the Transactions, without
notice or cause and without further liability to Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(c) With
respect to the employees of Seller and its Subsidiaries, during the
last twelve (12) months, there has been no mass layoff, plant
closing or shutdown that could implicate the Worker Adjustment
Retraining & Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any
similar Law. All current employees of the Business who work in the
United States are, and all former employees of the Business who
worked in the United States whose employment terminated
(voluntarily or involuntarily) prior to the Closing Date were,
legally authorized to work in the United States. Seller and its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, have completed and retained, in all
material respects, the necessary employment verification paperwork
under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 for all
employees of the Business hired prior to the Closing Date, and at
all times prior to the Closing Date, Seller and its Subsidiaries
were in compliance, in all material respects, with both the
employment verification provisions (including the paperwork and
documentation requirements) and the anti-discrimination provisions
of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. All individuals
who perform services for Seller or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to the Business have been classified correctly in
accordance with the terms of each Employee Plan and ERISA, the
Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act and all other applicable Laws,
as employees, independent contractors or leased employees, and
neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries received notice to the
contrary from any Person or Governmental Entity.
(d) Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries are a party to, or otherwise
bound by, any consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental
Entity relating to employees or employment practices. Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective
executive officers, has ever received any written notice of intent
by any Governmental Entity responsible for the enforcement of labor
or employment laws to conduct an investigation relating to Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no such
investigation is in progress. Seller and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor and
employment, including termination of employment or failure to
employ, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment,
immigration, wages and hours, working time, employment standards,
civil rights, discrimination and retaliation, occupational safety
and health, family or medical leave, exempt/non-exempt and
contingent worker classifications and workers’ compensation.
There are no labor or employment actions pending, or to the
Knowledge of Seller threatened, between Seller and its Subsidiaries
and any employees, current or former, of the Business.
(e) Neither
Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is liable for any payment to any
trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity with respect to
unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other
benefits or obligations for employees of the Business (other than
routine payments, contributions or deductions to be made in the
ordinary course of business). There are no pending claims against
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries under any workers compensation
plan or policy or for long term disability.
4.13. Intellectual
Property
(a) Section
4.13(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all
Owned Intellectual Property and all Intellectual Property that is
licensed to Seller under an Assumed Contract (“Licensed Intellectual
Property”) that is registered or subject of a pending
application and included in the Acquired Assets, indicating for
each item the registration or application number, the date of
filing and issuance, the applicable filing jurisdiction, names of
all current applicant(s) and registered owner(s), as applicable.
Seller and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects
with all necessary requirements to preserve and maintain each item
of Registered Owned Intellectual Property in full force and
effect.
(b) Seller
and its Subsidiaries solely and exclusively own, and except as set
forth on Section
4.13(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, have filed
recordation of current ownership with the applicable Government
Entity, all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries and included in the Acquired
Assets or are used in or held for use in the Business as presently
conducted (“Owned
Intellectual Property”), free and clear of Liens,
other than Permitted Liens, and none of the Transactions will
impair or otherwise adversely affect any such rights.
(c) The
products and services of, and conduct of the businesses of, Seller
and its Subsidiaries as currently sold or conducted, and the
labeling, manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, importation, and
other distribution or commercial exploitation of the Seller
Products, as applicable do not infringe upon, dilute,
misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property
rights of any third party. Neither Seller nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notice from a third party
within the past three years, and there are no pending or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened claims (including in the form of
offers or invitations to license) that (i) assert the infringement,
dilution, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual
Property rights of a third party or (ii) except to the extent part
of the prosecution history of any Owned Intellectual Property,
challenge the validity, enforceability, priority or registrability
of, or any right, title or interest of Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to, any Owned Intellectual Property and
Licensed Intellectual Property.
(d) To
the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing,
misappropriating, misusing, diluting or violating any Owned
Intellectual Property and Licensed Intellectual Property. None of
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries has made any written or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, oral claim against any third party alleging
the infringement, misappropriation, misuse, dilution or violation
of any Owned Intellectual Property and Licensed Intellectual
Property.
(e) Seller
and its Subsidiaries have taken all reasonable measures to protect
and maintain the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets that are
owned or held by Seller and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and
included in the Acquired Assets and to the Knowledge of Seller,
there has been no unauthorized disclosure by Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries of any such Trade Secrets.
(f) Seller
and its Subsidiaries have executed written proprietary information
and inventions Contracts with all of their past and present
employees and contractors who are or who were involved in the
development of the Seller Products pursuant to which such employees
and contractors have assigned to Seller and its Subsidiaries all
right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property for
the Seller Products created within the scope of their work for the
Seller and its Subsidiaries and have agreed to hold all Trade
Secrets of Seller and its Subsidiaries in confidence both during
and after the term of their employment or engagement by the Seller
and its Subsidiaries.
(g) To
the Knowledge of Seller, none of the Owned Intellectual Property or
Licensed Intellectual Property is invalid, unenforceable, or
otherwise impaired such that the Buyer will not have full enjoyment
thereof in a manner consistent with operation of the Business as
currently conducted.
(h) To
the Knowledge of Seller, there is no defect in any material systems
and/or equipment currently used in the in the Business that
materially and adversely affects normal and expected operation and
lifespan of such material systems and/or equipment.
(i) Seller
and its Subsidiaries have included notices of Intellectual Property
rights as required by applicable Laws in connection with the Seller
Products sufficient to avoid a loss of enforcement rights and/or
right to collect monetary damages in the event of enforcement of
Owned Intellectual Property.
4.14. Insurance.
All insurance policies and surety bonds related to the Business
carried by or covering Seller and its Subsidiaries (collectively,
the “Insurance
Policies”) provide coverage in such amounts and with
respect to such risks and losses as is adequate for the Business.
The Insurance Policies are in full force and effect, and, as of the
date of this Agreement, no notice of cancellation has been received
by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Insurance
Policy which has not been cured by the payment of premiums that are
due. All premiums, audits, adjustments or collateralization
requirements on the Insurance Policies have been paid and Seller
and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with
the terms and provisions of the Insurance Policies.
4.15. Brokers
and Finders. Seller has not
employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection
with the Transactions.
4.16. Customers/Suppliers
(a) Section
4.16(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth the Top Customers of the
Business. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Top
Customers have canceled or otherwise terminated, or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened to cancel or otherwise terminate
its relationship with Seller or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the
date of this Agreement, neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
have received notice that any such Top Customer intends to cancel
or otherwise materially adversely modify its relationship
(including by seeking to renegotiate contractual terms) with Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Section
4.16(b) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth the Top Suppliers of the
Business. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Top
Suppliers have canceled or otherwise terminated, or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened to cancel or otherwise terminate
its relationship with Seller or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the
date of this Agreement, neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
have received notice that any such supplier intends to cancel or
otherwise materially adversely modify its relationship (including
by seeking to renegotiate contractual terms) with Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries.
4.17. Warranties/Product
Liability. Since May 7, 2018
(a) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written notice of any material Action or violation by or before any
Governmental Entity relating to any Seller Product, including the
packaging and advertising related thereto, or any services provided
by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there any Action
involving a Seller Product pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
threatened by any Person, (b) there has not been, nor is there
under consideration by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, any
recall of a Seller Product or post-sale warning of a material
nature concerning any Seller Product, (c) there are no pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened claims with respect to
any such warranty which would reasonably be expected to be material
to Seller or any Subsidiary or the Business, and (d) there are
no material pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened
product liability claims with respect to any Seller Product and no
such claims have been settled or adjudicated. The Business and all
Seller Products comply in all material respects with applicable
governmental authorizations and Laws, and to the Knowledge of
Seller, there have not been and there are no material defects or
deficiencies in such Seller Products.
4.18. Entire
Interest; All Assets. The Acquired
Assets comprise all of the property, assets and rights (including
Intellectual Property) used or held for use primarily in the
Business or necessary to the operation of the Business and are
sufficient for Buyer to continue to conduct the Business from and
after the Closing Date without interruption and in the ordinary
course of business in substantially the same manner as currently
conducted by Seller. No Affiliate of Seller or any other Person
holds any right, title or interest in any of the Acquired Assets
and there are no existing contracts, transactions, indebtedness or
other arrangements, or any related series thereof, between Seller,
on the one hand, and any Affiliates of Seller, on the other hand,
that relate to the Business.
4.19. Regulatory
Matters
(a) Without
limitation of Section 4.7(a), Seller and its
Subsidiaries and to the Knowledge of Seller its respective
directors, officers, employees, and agents (while acting in such
capacity) are, and have been since May 7, 2018, in compliance,
and the Business of Seller and its Subsidiaries has been operated
by them in accordance, in all material respects with all Laws
relating to health care regulatory matters, including to the extent
applicable, each of the following: (i) all applicable Laws of any
Governmental Entity, including the United States Drug Enforcement
Administration, the United States Department of Health and Human
Services and its constituent agencies, the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, the Office of Inspector General and the
United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA” and, collectively
with other applicable U.S., state or foreign regulatory authorities
and any Notified Bodies, “Regulatory Authorities”),
including, to the extent applicable, the federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 321 et seq.) (the
“FDCA”),
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), the
federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the
Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the Federal
Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a and
1320a-7b), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.
§ 1320d et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. §
1320a-7), the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. §
1320a-7h), the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, the implementing
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the foregoing laws,
and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 C.F.R. Parts 1-53)),
(ii) the drug price reporting requirements of titles XVIII and XIX
of the Social Security Act, (iii) the applicable Laws precluding
off-label marketing of drugs, devices and other health care
products, (iv) all other United States laws and regulations with
respect to the marketing, sale, pricing, price reporting, and
reimbursement of drugs, devices and other health care products,
including the provisions of the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.
§3729 et seq., the Medicare Program (Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act), the Medicaid Program (Title XIX of the Social
Security Act), the regulations promulgated pursuant to such Laws,
requirements of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. §
1396r-8) and any state supplemental rebate program, requirements of
Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a),
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA
Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) state
pharmaceutical assistance programs and regulations under such Laws,
and (v) any state, local or foreign equivalents to any of the
foregoing. To the Knowledge of Seller, no condition or circumstance
exists, that will (without notice or lapse of time) constitute or
result in a violation by Seller or its Subsidiaries or the Business
of, or a failure on the part of Seller or its Subsidiaries or the
Business to comply with, any such Laws.
(b) Neither
the Business nor any of Seller, its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, or to the Knowledge of
Seller, any consultants, subcontractors or agents of Seller or any
of its Subsidiaries (i) is excluded or debarred under the
Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992 or any government health care
program, including Medicare and Medicaid; (ii) has had a civil
monetary penalty assessed against it, him or her under Section
1128A of the Social Security Act of 1935, codified at Title 42,
Chapter 7, of the United States Code; (iii) is currently
listed on the General Services Administration/System for Award
Management published list of parties excluded from federal
procurement programs and non-procurement programs; (iv) to the
Knowledge of Seller, is the target or subject of any current or
threatened investigation by a Governmental Entity relating to the
violation of, or failure to comply with, any of the Laws referenced
in Section
4.19(a) applicable
to any Seller Product or any government health care program-related
offense or violation; or (v) is currently charged with or has been
convicted of any criminal offense relating to the delivery of an
item or service under any government health care program. No
claims, actions, proceedings or investigations that would
reasonably be expected to result in any of the foregoing are
pending, and Seller has not received written notice that any such
claims, actions, proceedings or investigations are threatened
against Seller, Seller’s Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective officers or key employees. To the Knowledge of Seller,
there are no facts or circumstances that could give rises to any
such claims, actions, proceedings or investigations for
non-compliance with any applicable Laws referenced in Section 4.19(a).
(c) (i)
To the Knowledge of Seller, there is no pending action,
investigation or inquiry of any type by any Regulatory Authority
(other than non-material routine or periodic inspections or
reviews) against Seller or its Subsidiaries relating to the
Business or the Seller Products; (ii) since May 7, 2018, no
Seller Product has been recalled, suspended or discontinued; and
(iii) since May 7, 2018, none of Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notification, correspondence
or any other written communication from any Governmental Entity,
including any Regulatory Authority, of potential or actual material
non-compliance relating to the Business by, or liability of, Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries, under any of the Laws referenced in
Section 4.19(a).
(d) None
of Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of
Seller, any contract manufacturer, contract research organization
or distributor has received, since May 7, 2018, any FDA form
483s, “warning letters,” or other written notice from
the FDA or any other Governmental Entity alleging or asserting
noncompliance with any applicable Laws or Permits in connection
with the Business or any Seller Product.
(e) To
the Knowledge of Seller, there are no facts or circumstances
indicating that any Permit, including an applicable marketing
authorization for a Seller Product, will be withdrawn or that there
has been any failure to receive or obtain any required Permit,
including any marketing authorization. Neither Seller nor its
Subsidiaries has received any written notification from the FDA or
other Governmental Entity requesting that Seller or its
Subsidiaries make any material change in the labeling of any Seller
Products.
(f) The
manufacture of the Seller Products by Seller and, to the Knowledge
of Seller, by third parties is and has been since May 7, 2018
conducted in compliance in all material respects with current Good
Manufacturing Practice. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Seller
Product has been adulterated within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. §
351 (or similar applicable Law) or misbranded within the meaning of
21 U.S.C. § 352 (or similar applicable Law).
(g) None
of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any corporate
integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees,
settlement orders, or other similar written agreements, in each
case, entered into with or imposed by any Regulatory Authority,
and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no such agreement has been
threatened in writing. Seller and its Subsidiaries have not engaged
in any voluntary disclosure or self-disclosure to any Regulatory
Authority concerning any alleged, potential or actual
non-compliance with any Laws related to the Business or any Seller
Product, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no such self-disclosure
to any Regulatory Authority is warranted.
4.20. Title
to Tangible Assets. Seller has good
and marketable title to or a valid leasehold interest in all of the
Acquired Assets, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted
Liens). All of the tangible personal property included among the
Acquired Assets are, in all material respects, in good operating
condition, maintenance and repair and are suitable and adequate for
the uses to which they are being put (with due consideration for
reasonable wear and tear and the age of each specific tangible
asset). Upon the Closing, Buyer will have good and transferable
title to the Acquired Assets, free and clear of any Liens (other
than Permitted Liens), and will own, or have a valid legal right to
use, sufficient property, assets and other rights (whether tangible
or intangible) to be able to operate and conduct the Business in
substantially the same manner as conducted as of the date of this
Agreement.
4.21. Inventory.
All of the items in Seller’s Inventory are (i) of good and
merchantable quality, fit for the purpose for which they are
intended, and saleable and useable in the ordinary course of
business; (ii) free of defects and damage; and (iii) in quantities
adequate and not excessive in relation to the circumstances of the
Business and in accordance with Seller’s past inventory
stocking practices, except, in each case, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.22. Fraudulent
Conveyance. Seller is not
entering into the Transactions with the intent to hinder, delay or
defraud any Person to which it is, or may become, indebted. The
Purchase Price is not less than the reasonably equivalent value of
the Acquired Assets less the Assumed Liabilities. Seller’s
assets, at a fair valuation, exceed its liabilities, and Seller is
able, and will continue to be able after the Closing, to meet its
debts as they mature and will not become insolvent as a result of
the Transactions. There are no “bulk sales” Laws
applicable to the Transactions.
ARTICLE
V
Representations
and Warranties of Buyer
Except
as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the
Disclosure Letter delivered to Seller by Buyer contemporaneously
with this Agreement (the “Buyer Disclosure Letter”)
(it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or
subsection of the Buyer Disclosure Letter will be deemed disclosure
with respect to any other section or subsection of the Buyer
Disclosure Letter only to the extent that the relevance of such
item to such section or subsection is readily apparent on its
face), Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller as
follows:
5.1. Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification. Buyer is a legal
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite
corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. Buyer is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity in each
jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its
assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so organized,
qualified or in such good standing, or to have such power or
authority, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the
ability of Buyer to consummate the Transactions. Prior to the date
of this Agreement, Buyer has made available to Seller a complete
and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or
comparable governing documents of Buyer, each as amended to the
date of this Agreement and each as so delivered is in full force
and effect.
5.2. Corporate
Authority. Buyer has all
requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate
action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the
Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by Buyer and is a valid and binding Contract of, Buyer, enforceable
against Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exception.
5.3. Governmental
Filings; No Violations; Etc.
(a) No
notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by Buyer
with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or
authorizations required to be obtained by Buyer from, any
Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Buyer and the consummation of the
Transactions, except for (i) applicable requirements, if any, of
(A) the Exchange Act, and (B) state securities or “blue
sky” Laws, and (ii) the filing of customary applications and
notices, as applicable with any Governmental Entity.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Buyer do
not, and the consummation by Buyer of the Transactions will not,
constitute or result in (i) a breach or violation of, or a
default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Buyer,
(ii) with or without notice, lapse of time or both, a breach
or violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or a
default under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations
under or the creation of a Lien on any of the assets of Buyer
pursuant to, any Contracts binding upon Buyer or, assuming (solely
with respect to performance of this Agreement and the consummation
of the Transactions) compliance with the matters referred to in
Section
5.3(a), under any Law to which
Buyer is subject; or (iii) any change in the rights or
obligations of any party under any of such Contracts, except, in
the case of clause (iii) above, as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent, materially
delay or materially impair the ability of Buyer to consummate the
Transactions.
5.4. Litigation.
As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Actions pending or,
to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened against Buyer that seek to
enjoin, or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of
preventing or making illegal, any of the Transactions, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of
Buyer to consummate the Transactions.
5.5. Sufficiency
of Funds. On the Closing
Date, Buyer will have sufficient funds to pay (i) the Purchase
Price in accordance with Article II and to consummate the
Transactions and (ii) all fees and expenses required to be paid by
Buyer in connection therewith.
5.6. Brokers.
Except as set forth in Section 5.6 of the Buyer Disclosure
Letter, no broker, investment banker or other Person is entitled to
any broker’s, finder’s or other similar fee or
commission in connection with the Transactions based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Buyer.
5.7. Disclaimer.
BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE
IV, SELLER IS NOT MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RESPECTING THE ACQUIRED ASSETS, AS TO
MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER
MATTER. Buyer is not relying on any representation or warranty
other than those expressly set forth in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
VI
Covenants
6.1. Transfer
Taxes. Any transfer,
sales, use, recording, value-added or similar Taxes (including any
registration and/or stamp Taxes, levies and duties) that may be
imposed by reason of the sale, assignment, transfer and delivery of
the Acquired Assets to Buyer or its permitted assignees, the
assumption by Buyer or its permitted assignees of the Assumed
Liabilities or in connection with this Agreement (the
“Transfer
Taxes”) shall be the responsibility of and timely paid
one-half by Seller and one-half by Buyer, and Seller, at its own
expense, shall timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed in
connection with the payment of such Taxes. The Parties hereto and
their Affiliates shall cooperate in connection with the filing of
any Tax Return for Transfer Taxes including joining in the
execution of such Tax Return for Transfer Taxes and in obtaining
all available exemptions from such Transfer Taxes. To the extent
permitted pursuant to applicable Law, Buyer and Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to minimize or avoid any Transfer
Taxes, if any, arising out of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
6.2. Commercially
Reasonable Efforts. Without limiting
either Party’s other obligations hereunder, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of
the Parties agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to take,
or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done,
and to assist and cooperate with the other Party in doing, all
things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make
effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the
Transactions. Seller agrees, on a commercially reasonable basis and
at Buyer’s expense as to any out-of-pocket Seller’s
costs, to provide reasonably requested assistance in connection
with the filing, prosecution and/or enforcement of any Intellectual
Property within the Acquired Assets.
6.3. Post-Closing
Access. From and
after the Closing, Buyer shall, at Seller’s expense,
(i) give Seller and its Representatives reasonable access,
during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, to
the offices, properties and records that are Acquired Assets
relating to the conduct of the Business on or before the Closing
Date, (ii) furnish to Seller and its Representatives such financial
and operating data and other information relating to the conduct of
the Business on or before the Closing Date, and (iii) cause the
employees, counsel, auditors and other Representatives of Buyer, to
cooperate with Seller and its Representatives, in each case, to the
extent reasonably requested by Seller in connection with
accounting, Tax, legal defense and other similar needs. From and
after the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to, at Buyer’s expense, (A) give Buyer and its
Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and
upon reasonable prior notice, to the offices, properties and
business records of Seller and its Subsidiaries relating to the
conduct of the Business on or before the Closing Date, (B) furnish
to Buyer and its Representatives such financial and operating data
and other information relating to the conduct of the Business on or
before the Closing Date, and (C) cause the employees, counsel,
auditors and other Representatives of Seller and its Subsidiaries
to cooperate with Buyer and its Representatives, in each case, to
the extent reasonably requested by Buyer in connection with
accounting, Tax, legal defense and other similar needs. Any such
access shall be granted in a manner as not to unreasonably
interfere with the conduct of the business of the Party granting
such access. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may
withhold such access, as and to the extent necessary to avoid
contravention or waiver, as to any document or information the
disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to violate any
Contract or any Law or result in the waiver of any legal privilege
or work-product privilege; provided that to the extent practicable
and in accordance with such Contract or Law, and in a manner that
does not result of the waiver of any such privilege, such Party
shall make reasonable and appropriate substitute disclosure
arrangements under circumstances in which these restrictions apply;
provided further, that nothing in this Section 6.3 shall limit in any respect
any rights any Party may have with respect to discovery or the
production of documents or other information in connection with any
litigation.
6.4. Publicity.
The initial press release regarding the Asset Transaction pursuant
to this Agreement will be a joint press release and thereafter
Seller and Buyer each will consult with each other prior to issuing
any press releases or otherwise making public announcements with
respect to the Asset Transaction and the other Transactions and
prior to making any filings with any third party and/or any
Governmental Entity with respect thereto, except as may be required
by Law or by the request of any Governmental Entity.
6.5. Employees;
Employee Benefits
(a) Prior
to the Closing Date, Buyer may make offers of employment,
contingent on the Closing, on an at-will basis to the employees of
the Business as mutually agreed by Buyer and Seller (such
employees, the “Business Employees”);
provided that Buyer shall undertake to make any such offers in
writing and shall comply with applicable Law. Such Business
Employees who accept Buyer’s offer of employment and commence
working for Buyer or a Subsidiary of Buyer as of the Closing Date
are hereinafter referred to as the “Continuing Employees”.
The Parties agree that the Continuing Employees will not be treated
as incurring a separation from service under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h) for purposes of any Employee Plan, severance or
other deferred compensation plans of Seller.
(b) With
respect to each employee benefit plan maintained by the Buyer or
any of Subsidiary of Buyer in which Continuing Employees become
eligible to participate on or after the Closing, the Continuing
Employees shall be given credit for all service with Seller or a
Subsidiary of Seller, as applicable, for purposes of determining
eligibility to participate and vesting (excluding with respect to
any equity compensation awards) to the same extent as if such
services had been rendered to Buyer or any of its
Affiliates.
(c) As
to the plan years then in place at the Closing, Buyer shall use all
reasonable best efforts to: (i) waive all limitations as to
pre-existing conditions, exclusions, evidence of insurability
requirements, actively-at-work requirements, and waiting periods
with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable
to the Continuing Employees and their dependents under any welfare
or fringe benefit plan in which the Continuing Employees and their
dependents may be eligible to participate after the Closing; and
(ii) provide each Continuing Employee with credit under any welfare
plan or fringe benefit plan in which the Continuing Employee
becomes eligible to participate after the Closing for any
co-payments and deductibles paid by and out-of-pocket requirements
satisfied by such Continuing Employee for the then current plan
year under the corresponding welfare or fringe benefit plan
maintained by Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller prior to the
Closing.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 6.5 is not intended to and
shall not (i) create any third party rights, (ii) amend any
Employee Plan, (iii) require Buyer or its Subsidiaries to
continue any employee benefit plan, program, policy agreement or
arrangement beyond the time when it otherwise lawfully could be
terminated or modified, or (iv) provide any Business Employee or
Continuing Employee with any rights to continued employment,
severance pay or similar benefits following any termination of
employment.
6.6. Expenses.
All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the Transactions will be paid by the Party incurring such
expense.
6.7. Non-Competition;
Non-Solicitation; Confidential Business Information
(a) For
a period of three years commencing on the Closing Date (the
“Restricted
Period”), Seller will not, and will not permit any of
its Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in or assist
others in engaging in the Restricted Business anywhere in the
world; (ii) have an interest in any Person that engages directly or
indirectly in the Restricted Business anywhere in the world in any
capacity, including as a partner, stockholder, member, employee,
principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or (iii) intentionally
interfere in any material respect with the business relationships
(whether formed prior to or after the date of this Agreement)
between Buyer and customers or suppliers of any Restricted Business
(including the Business). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller may
own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, securities of
any Person traded on any national securities exchange if Seller is
not a controlling Person of, or a member of a group which controls,
such Person and does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of
any class of securities of such Person.
(b) During
the Restricted Period, Seller will not, and will not permit any of
its Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, hire or solicit any
employee of the Business, Buyer or any of its Affiliates or
encourage any such employee to leave such employment or hire any
such employee who has left such employment, except pursuant to a
general solicitation which is not directed specifically to any such
employees.
(c) From
and after Closing, Seller shall not and shall cause its
Subsidiaries, Affiliates and their respective officers and
directors in each case to whom such information is disclosed not
to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or
communicate to any Person other than authorized officers, directors
and employees of Buyer or use or otherwise exploit for its own
benefit or for the benefit of anyone other than Buyer, any
Confidential Business Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if Seller or any of its Subsidiaries receives a request or is
required (by deposition, oral questions, interrogatory, request for
documents, subpoena, governmental investigative demand or other
legal or regulatory process or applicable Law) to disclose all or
any part of the Confidential Business Information, Seller shall (i)
to the extent practicable and permissible under applicable Law,
promptly notify Buyer of the existence, terms and circumstances
surrounding such a request and (ii) reasonably cooperate with such
Buyer’s efforts (and at Buyer’s expense) to seek a
protective order or other appropriate remedy. If such protective
order or other remedy is not obtained or if Buyer waives compliance
with the provisions hereof in writing, Seller may disclose only
that portion of Confidential Business Information that it is
advised by counsel is required, by applicable Law, to be disclosed,
and shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer’s efforts (and at
Buyer’s expense) to obtain assurance that confidential
treatment will be accorded such Confidential Business
Information.
(d) The
covenants and undertakings contained in this Section 6.7 relate to matters which are
of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of
any of the terms of this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable
injury to Buyer, the amount of which may be impossible to estimate
or determine and which cannot be adequately compensated.
Accordingly, the remedy at law for any breach of this Section 6.7 will be inadequate, and
Buyer will be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or other
equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in the
event of any breach of this Section 6.7 without the necessity of
proving actual damages or posting any bond whatsoever. The rights
and remedies provided by this Section 6.7 are cumulative and in
addition to any other rights and remedies which Buyer may have
hereunder or at law or in equity.
(e) The
Parties agree that, if any court of competent jurisdiction in a
final nonappealable judgment determines that a specified time
period, a specified geographical area, a specified business
limitation or any other relevant feature of this Section 6.7 is unreasonable, arbitrary
or against public policy, then a lesser time period, geographical
area, business limitation or other relevant feature which is
determined by such court to be reasonable, not arbitrary and not
against public policy may be enforced against the applicable
Party.
6.8. Wrong
Pocket Assets. From and after the Closing, Seller, on
the one hand, or Buyer, on the other hand, shall receive or
otherwise possess any asset that should belong to the other Party
under this Agreement, Seller and Buyer agree to promptly transfer
such asset to the Party so entitled hereto.
6.9. Further
Assurances. Following the Closing, each of the
Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to,
execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments,
conveyances and assurances and take such further actions as may be
reasonably required to carry out the provisions hereof and give
effect to the Transactions. Following the Closing, Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts and take such actions as reasonably
requested by Buyer to file recordation of current ownership of all
Owned Intellectual Property with the applicable Government Entity,
including, without limitation, obtaining consents from any
necessary third parties.
ARTICLE
VII
7.1. Survival
of Representations and Warranties
(a) All
representations and warranties of Seller or Buyer in this Agreement
or any other Related Agreement shall survive the Closing until the
12 month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Survival Date”);
provided, that:
(i) all
representations and warranties of Seller or Buyer related to Taxes
or contained in Section 4.1 (Organization, Good
Standing and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Corporate Authority;
Approval and Fairness), Section 4.11 (Taxes), Section 4.15 (Brokers and Finders),
Section
5.1 (Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification), Section 5.2 (Corporate Authority) or
Section
5.6 (Brokers and
Finders) shall survive until 30 days after expiration of all
applicable statutes of limitations relating to such representations
and warranties; and
(ii) any
claim for indemnification based upon a breach of any such
representation or warranty and asserted prior to the Survival Date
by written notice in accordance with Section 7.4 or Section 7.5, as applicable, shall
survive until final resolution of such claim.
(b) The
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and any
right to indemnification for breach thereof) shall not be affected
by any investigation, verification or examination by any party
hereto or by any Representative of any such party or by any such
party’s actual knowledge of any facts with respect to the
accuracy or inaccuracy of any such representation or
warranty.
7.2. Indemnification
by Seller. Subject to the
limitations set forth in this Article VII, Seller shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its Representatives
(collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified
Persons”) from and against any and all Damages,
whether or not involving a third-party claim, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, arising out of, relating to or resulting
from:
(a) any
breach of a representation or warranty of Seller contained in this
Agreement or in any other Related Agreement;
(b) any
breach of a covenant of Seller contained in this Agreement or in
any other Related Agreement;
(c) any
Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability;
(d) any
claim arising out of or resulting from Seller not having filed
recordation of current ownership with the applicable Government
Entity of all Owned Intellectual Property; or
(e) any
noncompliance with applicable bulk sales or fraudulent transfer Law
in connection with the Transaction.
7.3. Indemnification
by Buyer. Subject to the
limitations set forth in this Article VII, Buyer shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and its Representatives
(collectively, the “Seller Indemnified
Persons”) from and against any and all Damages,
whether or not involving a third-party claim, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, arising out of, relating to or resulting
from:
(a) any
breach of a representation or warranty of Buyer contained in this
Agreement or in any other Related Agreement;
(b) any
breach of a covenant of Buyer contained in this Agreement or in any
other Related Agreement;
(c) any
claim arising out of or resulting from the operation or ownership
by Buyer of the Acquired Assets from and after the Closing;
or
(d) any
Assumed Liability.
7.4. Direct
Claims. If any Buyer
Indemnified Person or Seller Indemnified Person (each, an
“Indemnified
Person”) shall claim indemnification hereunder for any
claim (other than a third party claim) for which indemnification is
provided in Section
7.2 or Section 7.3 above, as applicable, Buyer
(on behalf of a Buyer Indemnified Person) or Seller (on behalf of a
Seller Indemnified Person) shall promptly give written notice (a
“Notice of
Claim”) to Seller or Buyer, as applicable (each, an
“Indemnifying
Person”), which notice shall include the basis for
such claim or demand and the nature and estimated amount of the
claim, all in reasonable detail; provided, that, no delay in
providing such Notice of Claim will affect an Indemnified
Person’s rights hereunder except (and only then to the extent
that) the Indemnifying Person is materially and adversely
prejudiced thereby. If an Indemnifying Person disputes any claim
set forth in the Notice of Claim, it shall deliver to such
Indemnified Person that has given the Notice of Claim written
notice indicating its dispute of such Notice of Claim (an
“Objection
Notice”) within 30 days after the date the Notice of
Claim is given. Following the receipt of an Objection Notice, the
Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person shall attempt in
good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with
respect to each of such claims in the Notice of Claim. If the
Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person should so agree, a
memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and
signed by Seller and Buyer and the Indemnifying Person shall
promptly pay such Damages as are set forth in such memorandum. If
the Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person are unable to
resolve such dispute after good faith discussions within 30 days
(as may be extended in writing by Seller and Buyer) following
delivery of an Objection Notice, such dispute shall be resolved by
a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with Section 8.4 hereof.
7.5. Matters
Involving Third Party Claims
(a) If
an Indemnified Person shall claim indemnification hereunder from
any claim or demand of a third party for which indemnification is
provided in Section 7.2 or 7.3 above (a
“Third Party
Claim”), the Indemnified Person shall promptly give
written notice (a “Third Party Notice”) to
the Indemnifying Person, which notice shall include the basis for
such Third Party Claim, the nature and estimated amount of the
Third Party Claim, and any other material information as the
Indemnified Person shall have concerning the Third Party Claim, all
in reasonable detail. No delay in providing such Third Party Notice
will affect an Indemnified Person’s rights hereunder except
(and only then to the extent that) the Indemnifying Person is
materially and adversely prejudiced thereby. After delivery of a
Third Party Notice, the Indemnified Person shall keep the
Indemnifying Person reasonably informed with respect to the Third
Party Claim.
(b) The
Indemnifying Person, upon notice to the Indemnified Person within
15 days after receiving a Third Party Notice, shall have the right
to assume and control the defense of such Third Party Claim for
which the Indemnifying Person is obligated to indemnify pursuant to
this Article VII at
such Indemnifying Person’s expense and through a nationally
recognized and reputable counsel of its choosing reasonably
acceptable to the Indemnified Person, subject to the limitations
contained in this Article
VII; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Person shall
not have the right to assume and control such defense if: (i) such
Third Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any
criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, action, indictment,
allegation or investigation; (ii) such Third Party Claim seeks an
injunction or equitable relief against the Indemnified Person;
and/or (iii) the Indemnified Person has been advised by outside
counsel that there are legal defenses available to an Indemnified
Person that are different from or additional to those available to
the Indemnifying Person or there are conflicts of interest between
the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person with respect to
the Third Party Claim that cannot be waived. If the Indemnifying
Person elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the
Indemnified Person shall be entitled to participate in such defense
at its own expense directly or thorough counsel of its choice for
such purpose. If the Indemnifying Person elects not to or is unable
to compromise or defend such Third Party Claim, fails to promptly
notify the Indemnified Person in writing of its election to defend
as provided in this Agreement, or fails to diligently prosecute the
defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Person shall, at
the expense of the Indemnifying Person, undertake the defense of
such Third Party Claim, and shall have the right to compromise or
settle such Third Party Claim with the consent of the Indemnifying
Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
(c) If
the Indemnifying Person elects to assume the defense of a Third
Party Claim, the Indemnifying Person shall have the right to
compromise and settle in good faith all indemnifiable matters
related to the applicable Third Party Claim which are susceptible
to being settled, except to the extent that (i) such settlement
would involve injunctive or other equitable relief or (ii) such
settlement does not expressly and unconditionally release the
Indemnified Person from all liabilities and obligations with
respect to such Third Party Claim, without prejudice. If the
Indemnifying Person elects to assume the defense of a Third Party
Claim, the Indemnifying Person shall from time to time apprise the
Indemnified Person of the status of the Third Party Claim and any
resulting Action (including any enforcement Action) and shall
furnish the Indemnified Person with such documents and information
filed or delivered in connection with such Third Party Claim as the
Indemnified Person may reasonably request. If the Indemnifying
Person elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the
Indemnified Person will cooperate and make available to the
Indemnifying Person (and its Representatives) its employees on
reasonable notice and during business hours, and furnish such books
and records in its possession or under its control as may be
reasonably necessary or useful in connection with such defense;
provided, that (A) the provision of or access to any records and
information or employees will be subject to appropriate
confidentiality undertakings and, if applicable, execution of
customary release letters in favor of the auditors as requested in
connection with the sharing of work papers, and (B) nothing in this
subsection will require any party to disclose information that is
subject to the attorney-client privilege.
7.6. Limitations
on Indemnification
(a) After
the Closing, the indemnification provided in this Article
VII (including all
limitations contained herein) shall be the sole and exclusive
remedy for all matters (other than claims arising from fraud,
criminal activity or willful misconduct in connection with the
Transactions) relating to this Agreement or any other Related
Agreement, and for the breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained herein or in any other Related
Agreement or in any certificate delivered hereunder or in any other
Related Agreement; provided, however, that no Party shall be
prohibited from seeking any equitable relief available to it
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Related Agreement with
respect to any failure by another Party to perform any covenant of
it contained in this Agreement or any other Related
Agreement.
(b) Seller
shall have no liability with respect to any claim for
indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2(a) unless and until the
aggregate amount of all Damages for which Seller would, but for
this clause, be liable pursuant to Section 7.2(a), exceed on a cumulative
basis $100,000 (the “Deductible”), in which
case Seller shall be liable only to the extent such Losses exceed
the Deductible and in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) The
aggregate amount of all Damages for which Seller shall be liable
for indemnification pursuant to Section 7.2(a) shall not exceed
$2,400,000.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the limitations set forth in Section 7.6(b) and Section 7.6(c) shall not apply to
Damages based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of
any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty
related to Taxes or contained in Section 4.1 (Organization, Good
Standing and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Corporate Authority;
Approval and Fairness), Section 4.11 (Taxes) or Section 4.15 (Brokers and
Finders).
ARTICLE
VIII
Miscellaneous and
General
8.1. Modification
or Amendment. Subject to the
provisions of the applicable Laws, at any time prior to the
Closing, the Parties may modify or amend this Agreement, by written
agreement executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the
respective Parties.
8.2. Waiver
of Conditions. The conditions to
each of the Parties’ obligations to consummate the sale of
the Business are for the sole benefit of such Party and may be
waived in writing by such Party in whole or in part to the extent
permitted by applicable Laws.
8.3. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all
such counterparts will together constitute the same
agreement.
8.4. GOVERNING
LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT WILL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS WILL BE
INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW
PRINCIPLES THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PRINCIPLES WOULD DIRECT
A MATTER TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION. The Parties hereby irrevocably
submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware or, to the extent such court does
not have subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District
Court for the District of Delaware (the “Chosen Courts”) solely in
respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of
this Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement,
and in respect of the Asset Transaction and the other Transactions,
and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any
Action for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such
document, that it is not subject thereto or that such Action may
not be brought or is not maintainable in the Chosen Courts or that
the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or that the venue
thereof may not be appropriate or that this Agreement or any such
document may not be enforced in or by the Chosen Courts, and the
Parties irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such Action
or transactions will be heard and determined in the Chosen
Courts.
(b) EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT
ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE ASSET TRANSACTION OR THE
OTHER TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
(i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS
CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY
MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.4.
(c) The
Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that
any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It
is accordingly agreed that the Parties will be entitled to an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the Chosen
Courts, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such
Party is entitled at Law or in equity.
8.5. Notices.
Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given
hereunder by any Party to the others will be in writing and
delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, by facsimile, electronic mail or overnight
courier:
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If to
Seller:
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Celularity
Inc.
33
Technology Drive,
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Warren,
New Jersey 07059
Email:
john.haines@celularity.com
Attention: John
R. Haines
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with a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
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Jones
Day
4655
Executive Drive, Suite 1500
San
Diego, California 92121
Email: creese@jonesday.com
Attention: Cameron
A. Reese
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If to
Buyer:
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SANUWAVE
Health, Inc.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee,
GA 30024
Email:
Attention:
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with a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
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Morrison
& Foerster LLP
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425
Market Street
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San
Francisco, CA 94105
Email:
mindick@mofo.com
Attention:
Murray A. Indick
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or to
such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by
the Party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice,
request, instruction or other document given as provided above will
be deemed given to the receiving Party upon actual receipt, if
delivered personally; three Business Days after deposit in the
mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon confirmation of
successful transmission if sent by facsimile or upon receipt of
electronic mail (provided that if given by
facsimile or electronic mail such notice, request, instruction or
other document will be followed up within one Business Day by
dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein); or
on the next Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier,
if sent by an overnight courier.
8.6. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement
(including any exhibits hereto) and the Disclosure Letters
constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior
agreements, understandings, representations and warranties both
written and oral, among the Parties, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
8.7. No
Third Party Beneficiaries. Buyer and Seller
hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and
covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other
Party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this
Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not,
confer upon any Person other than the Parties any rights or
remedies hereunder, including, the right to rely upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein. The
representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of
negotiations among the Parties and are for the sole benefit of the
Parties. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties
are subject to waiver by the Parties in accordance with
Section 8.2
without notice or liability to any other Person. In some instances,
the representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent
an allocation among the Parties of risks associated with particular
matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the Parties.
Consequently, Persons other than the Parties may not rely upon the
representations and warranties in this Agreement as
characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date
of this Agreement or as of any other date.
8.8. Obligations
of Buyer and of Seller. Whenever this
Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Buyer to take any action, such
requirement will be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of
Buyer to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this
Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Seller to take any action, such
requirement will be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of
Seller to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
8.9. Severability.
The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable and the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision will not affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any
provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision
to any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable,
(a) a suitable and equitable provision will be substituted
therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and
enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or
unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this
Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or
circumstances will not be affected by such invalidity or
unenforceability, nor will such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the
application of such provision, in any other
jurisdiction.
8.10. Interpretation;
Construction. The table of
contents and headings herein are for convenience of reference only,
do not constitute part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to
limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a
reference in this Agreement is made to a Section or Exhibit, such
reference will be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words
“include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they will be
deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.” All pronouns and all variations thereof will be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or
plural, as the identity of the Person may require. The defined
terms contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular,
as well as to the plural, forms of such terms. Where a reference in
this Agreement is made to any Contract (including this Agreement),
statute or regulation, such references are to, except as context
may otherwise require, the statute or regulation as amended,
modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time (in
the case of a Contract, to the extent permitted by the terms
thereof); and to any section of any statute or regulation including
any successor to the section and, in the case of any statute, any
rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. All references to
“dollars” or “$” in this Agreement are to
United States dollars. If any action or notice is to be taken or
given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is
not a Business Day, then such action or notice shall be deferred
until, or may be taken or given on, the next Business Day. Each
Party to this Agreement has or may have set forth information in
its respective Disclosure Letter in a section of such Disclosure
Letter that corresponds to the section of this Agreement to which
it relates. The fact that any item of information is disclosed in a
Disclosure Letter will not be construed to mean that such
information is required to be disclosed by this Agreement or to
otherwise imply that any such item has had or is reasonably likely
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect or otherwise represents an exception or material fact, event
or circumstance for the purpose of this Agreement. Headings
inserted in the sections or subsections of a disclosure letter are
for convenience of reference only and will to no extent have the
effect of amending or changing the express terms of the sections or
subsections set forth in this Agreement.
8.11. Assignment.
This Agreement will not be assignable by operation of Law or
otherwise. Any purported assignment in violation of this Agreement
is void.
[Signature
page follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Parties as of the
date first written above.
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
By: /s/ Kevin A. Richardson II
Name:
Kevin A. Richardson II
Title:
CEO
CELULARITY
INC.
By: /s/ Robert J. Hariri, MD, PhD
Name:
Robert J. Hariri, MD, PhD
Title:
Chairman & CEO
[Signature
Page to Asset Purchase Agreement]
ANNEX A
DEFINED TERMS
“Acquired Assets” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Acquired Records” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Action” will mean any
civil, criminal, administrative or other similar proceeding,
litigation, audit, investigation, arbitration, action, suit,
review, examination, inquiry, hearing, demand, claim or similar
action (whether at Law or in equity).
“Affiliate” when used with
respect to any party will mean any Person who is an
“affiliate” of that party within the meaning of
Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Allocation” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
“Annual Financial
Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“Antitrust Laws” means the
Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the HSR Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, and all other federal, state and
foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees,
administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws that are
designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions
having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade or lessening of competition through merger or
acquisition.
“Asset Transaction” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Assigned Lease” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(g).
“Assignment and Assumption
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(ii).
“Assumed Contracts” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Assumed Liabilities” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Bill of Sale” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(i).
“Business” means
Seller’s UltraMIST Therapy products.
“Business Day” will mean
any day ending at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) other than a Saturday
or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to
close in the City of New York, New York.
“Business Employees” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
“Buyer” has the meaning
set forth in the Preamble.
“Buyer Disclosure Letter”
has the meaning set forth in Article V.
“Buyer Indemnified
Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
“Buyer Secretary’s
Certificate” means a certificate of the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer certifying
that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Buyer authorizing
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are
in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
“CE Marking” means the
marking of conformity affixed on a medical device in the EU in
order to attest compliance of such medical device with applicable
EU legislation, for the purpose of the placing of such medical
device on the EU market.
“Chosen Courts” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.4(a).
“Closing” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.1.
“Closing Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Continuing Employees” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(a).
“Contract” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3(b).
“Controlled Group” means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) (i) under
common control within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA
with Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) which together with
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(t) of the Code.
“DGCL” means the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
“Damages” shall mean and
include any loss, damage, injury, decline in value, lost
opportunity, liability, claim, demand, settlement, judgment, award,
fine, penalty, Tax, fee (including any reasonable legal fee,
accounting fee, expert fee or advisory fee), charge, cost
(including any cost of investigation) or expense of any nature.
Damages will be determined net of any insurance proceeds that an
Indemnified Person actually receives relating to such
Damages.
“Deductible” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.6(b).
“Disclosure Letters” means
the Seller Disclosure Letter and the Buyer Disclosure
Letter.
“Employee Plan” means (i)
all “employee benefit plans,” as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA, (ii) all other employment, severance pay,
salary continuation, bonus, incentive, stock option, equity-based,
retirement, pension, profit sharing or deferred compensation plans,
contracts, programs, funds, or arrangements of any kind, and (iii)
all other employee benefit plans, contracts, programs, funds, or
arrangements (whether written or oral, qualified or nonqualified,
funded or unfunded) and any trust, escrow, or similar agreement
related thereto, whether or not funded, in respect of any present
or former employees, directors, managers, officers, equity holders,
consultants, or independent contractors of Seller, any of its
Subsidiaries or any member of the Controlled Group that are
sponsored or maintained by Seller, any of its Subsidiaries or any
member of the Controlled Group or with respect to which Seller, any
of its Subsidiaries or any member of the Controlled Group has made
within the six-year period prior to the date hereof or is required
to make payments, transfers, or contributions or with respect to
which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries have or may have any
liability or obligation.
“Enforceability Exception”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“Environmental Law” means
any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, regulation,
order, decree, permit, authorization or requirement of any
Governmental Entity relating to (a) the protection,
investigation or restoration of the environment, or natural
resources or the protection of human health and safety from
exposure to pollution in the environment; (b) the disposal,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance; or
(c) indoor air, wetlands, or pollution, or contamination of
the environment.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Assets” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Excluded Liabilities” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“EU” means the European
Union.
“FDA” has the meaning set
forth in Section
4.19(a).
“FDCA” has the meaning set
forth in Section
4.19(a).
“Financial Statements” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“FIRPTA Certificate” means
a certificate pursuant to Treasury Regulations
Section 1.1445-2(b) that Seller is not a foreign person within
the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.
“GAAP” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Good Manufacturing
Practice” means current good manufacturing practices,
as applicable to the manufacture of medical devices, as in effect
at the relevant time, including as specified in 21 CFR Part 820 and
any applicable international and foreign equivalent to the
foregoing.
“Governmental Entity” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Hazardous Substance”
means any substance that is (a) listed, classified or regulated
pursuant to any Environmental Law because of its effect or
potential effect on the environment; or (b) any petroleum product
or by-product, asbestos-containing material in friable form,
lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold
in quantities requiring remediation, radioactive material or
radon.
“HSR Act” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Indebtedness” of any
Person means, without duplication, (i) the principal, accreted
value, accrued and unpaid interest, prepayment and redemption
premiums or penalties (if any), unpaid fees or expenses and other
monetary obligations in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person
for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes,
debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of
which such Person is responsible or liable; (ii) all obligations of
such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all
obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement;
(iii) all obligations of such Person under leases required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP; (iv) all obligations of such
Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of
credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;
(v) all obligations of such Person under interest rate or currency
swap transactions (valued at the termination value thereof); (vi)
the liquidation value, accrued and unpaid dividends and prepayment
or redemption premiums and penalties (if any), unpaid fees or
expense and other monetary obligations in respect of any and all
redeemable preferred stock of such Person; (vii) all obligations of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of any Persons for
the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, directly
or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise,
including guarantees of such obligations; and (viii) all
obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of
other Persons secured by (or for which the holder of such
obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on any property or asset of such Person
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by such
Person).
“Independent Expert” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).
“Indemnified Person” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
“Indemnifying Person” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
“Insurance Policies” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.
“Intellectual Property”
means all worldwide (a) Trademarks; (b) inventions and discoveries,
whether patentable or not, and all patents (utility and design),
industrial rights, registrations, invention disclosures and
applications therefor, including divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and including
renewals, extensions and reissues; (c) Trade Secrets; (d) published
and unpublished works of authorship, including, databases and other
compilations of information, copyrights therein and thereto, and
registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals,
extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; (e) Internet
domain names; and (f) all other intellectual property or
proprietary rights.
“Interim Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“Inventory” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“IP Assignment Agreements”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iv).
“IRS” means the Internal
Revenue Service.
“Knowledge of Buyer” means
with respect to any matter, the actual knowledge of Kevin A.
Richardson, II and Michael Hubert, assuming such Persons have made
reasonable inquiries and investigations of the matter to which such
knowledge relates.
“Knowledge of Seller”
means, with respect to any matter, the actual knowledge of Robert
J. Hariri, MD, PhD, John R. Haines and Steven A. Brigido, DPM,
assuming such Persons have made reasonable inquiries and
investigations of the matter to which such knowledge
relates.
“Laws” has the meaning set
forth in Section
4.7(a).
“Leased Real Property”
means the real property with respect to the Business that is the
subject of any of the Leases, including any leasehold improvements
related to such Lease.
“Leases” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.9(a).
“License Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a)(vii).
“Licensed Intellectual
Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Lien” means any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest, claim, easement, covenant,
or other restriction or title matter or encumbrance of any kind in
respect of such asset.
“Material Adverse Effect”
means any event, change, circumstance or effect that, individually
or in the aggregate with all other events, changes, circumstances
or effects, (a) is materially adverse to the Business or the
Acquired Assets, taken as a whole, except that none of the
following, and no event, change, circumstance or effect arising out
of or resulting from the following, will constitute or be taken
into account in determining whether a “Material Adverse
Effect” has occurred, or may occur: (i) any change in general
political conditions or general conditions in the economy or the
financial, debt, credit or securities markets in the United States
or elsewhere in the world, including interest rates or exchange
rates, or any changes therein; (ii) changes in general legal,
Tax, regulatory, political or business conditions in the United
States or any other countries or regions in which Seller does
business; (iii) applicable law, GAAP or accounting standards or
interpretations thereof; (iv) any outbreak, continuation or
escalation of war (whether or not declared) or any act of war,
terrorism, sabotage, armed hostility or similar act of calamity or
any material worsening of such conditions existing as of the date
of this Agreement; (v) general conditions in the industries in
which Seller operates, or any changes therein, (vi) any hurricane,
earthquake, flood, or other natural disasters, (vii) the
execution, delivery or performance of the Agreement, or the
announcement or consummation of the Transactions, including any
litigation resulting therefrom, or the impact thereof on
relationships, contractual or otherwise, of Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, vendors, lenders, joint
venture partners or employees, (viii) any action taken by
Buyer or any of its Affiliates, (ix) any action taken by Seller at
the request or with the consent of Buyer; provided, further, that, with respect to
clauses (i) – (vi), such event, change, circumstance or
effect will be taken into account in determining whether a
“Material Adverse Effect” has occurred to the extent
such event, change, circumstance or effect disproportionately
adversely affects Seller and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
relative to the other participants; or (b) prevents, materially
delays, materially impairs or has a material adverse effect on the
ability of Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or to consummate the Asset Transaction and other the
Transactions.
“Material Contracts” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a)(x).
“Notice of Claim” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
“Objection Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
“Owned Intellectual
Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(b).
“Party” or
“Parties” has the meaning
set forth in the Preamble.
“Permits” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.7(a).
“Permitted Liens” will
mean (i) Liens for current Taxes, payments of which are not yet
delinquent and for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP on the books and records of Seller; (ii)
mechanics, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s,
repairmen’s, materialmen’s or other Liens or security
interests arising in the ordinary course of business securing
obligations that are not yet due and payable or are being contested
in good faith; (iii) Liens imposed by applicable Law (other than
Tax Law) arising in the ordinary course of business securing
obligations for sums that are not yet due and payable or are being
contested in good faith; (iv) pledges or deposits to secure
obligations under workers’ compensation Laws or similar
legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (v)
pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a similar nature; or (vi) such imperfections
in title and easements and encumbrances as are not substantial in
character, amount or extent and do not materially detract from the
business subject thereto or affected thereby, or materially
interfere with or materially adversely affect or impair the present
and continued use of the property subject thereto or affected
thereby, or otherwise materially impair the operations of Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries (in the manner presently carried on by
Seller and its Subsidiaries).
“Person” will mean any
individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general or
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
estate, trust, association, organization, Governmental Entity or
other entity of any kind or nature.
“Purchase Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
“Regulatory Authorities”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(a).
“Related Agreements” means
the Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Transition
Services Agreement, and IP Assignment Agreements.
“Representatives” shall
mean officers, directors, employees, attorneys, accountants,
advisors, agents, distributors, licensees, shareholders,
subsidiaries and lenders of a party.
“Restricted Business”
means the manufacture, assembly, development, sale, or distribution
of any therapeutic ultrasonic device.
“Restricted Period” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a).
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Seller” has the meaning
set forth in the Preamble.
“Seller Approvals” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Seller Board” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Seller Disclosure Letter”
has the meaning set forth in Article IV.
“Seller Indemnified
Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“Seller Objection Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).
“Seller Product” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).
“Seller Secretary’s
Certificate” means a certificate of the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller certifying
that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all
resolutions adopted by the Seller Board authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related
Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force
and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person of which (a) more than
50% of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting
securities, (ii) the total equity, capital or profit interests or
(iii) the total economic interests of such entity, in each case, is
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (b)
the power, by contract or otherwise, to appoint, vote or to direct
the voting of sufficient securities to elect a majority of the
board of directors or similar managing body of such entity is held,
directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Survival Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
“Tax” includes all
federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross
receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severances,
stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use,
property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy
and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever,
together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with
respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such
penalties and additions.
“Tax Return” includes all
returns and reports (including elections, declarations,
disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required
to be supplied to a Governmental Entity relating to
Taxes.
“Third Party Claim” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a).
“Third Party Notice” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a).
“Top
Customers” means
those customers of the Business that are (i) the top 10 customers
measured by dollar value of total sales for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2018 or (ii) the top 10 customers measured by
dollar value of total sales for the twelve months ended December,
2019.
“Top
Suppliers” means
suppliers of the Business that (i) supply components of the
Wound Care Products to Seller, (ii) are the top 10 suppliers
measured by dollar value of the total sales for the twelve months
ended December 31, 2018, or (iii) are the top 10 suppliers
measured by dollar value of the total sales for the twelve months
ended December 31, 2019.
“Trade Secrets” means
confidential information, and know-how, including processes,
schematics, business methods, formulae, compositions, algorithms,
procedures, methods, techniques, drawings, prototypes, models,
designs, customer lists and supplier lists, that (i) is not
publicly known, (ii) derives independent economic value, actual or
potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily
ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain
economic value from its disclosure or use, and (iii) is the subject
of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain
its secrecy.
“Trademarks” means
trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks,
collective marks, d/b/a’s, logos, symbols, trade dress, trade
names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and
registrations for the foregoing, and all goodwill associated
therewith and symbolized thereby, including all renewals of
same.
“Transactions” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Transfer Taxes” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Transition Services
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iii).
“Wound Care Products”
means the Wound Bed Preparation products MIST Therapy system and
UltraMIST® System.
Exhibit
10.2
LICENSE AND MARKETING AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
CELULARITY INC.
AND
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
AUGUST 6, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS
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3
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ARTICLE
2 LICENSES
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8
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ARTICLE
3 GOVERNANCE
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9
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ARTICLE
4 REGULATORY MATTERS
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11
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ARTICLE
5 COMMERCIALIZATION
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12
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ARTICLE
6 COMPENSATION
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12
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ARTICLE
7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
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13
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ARTICLE
8 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
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15
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ARTICLE
9 INDEMNIFICATION
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17
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ARTICLE
10 CONFIDENTIALITY
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17
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ARTICLE
11TERM AND TERMINATION
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19
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ARTICLE
12 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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21
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13 MISCELLANEOUS
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LICENSE AND MARKETING AGREEMENT
This LICENSE AND MARKETING AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”)
dated August 6, 2020 is entered by and between Celularity Inc., a Delaware corporation
having a principal place of business at 33 Technology Drive,
Warren, NJ 07059 (“Celularity”), and Sanuwave Health, Inc., a Nevada
corporation having a principal place of business at 3360 Martin
Farm Road, Suite 100, Suwanee, GA 30024 (“Sanuwave”). Sanuwave and
Celularity may each be referred to as a “Party” or collectively be referred
to as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Celularity owns or has rights
to placental based products, including intellectual property
relating thereto, and is willing to license such intellectual
property to Sanuwave, and Sanuwave desires to accept such
license;
WHEREAS, Celularity and Sanuwave desire
to establish a collaboration for the commercialization of Licensed
Products in the Field in the Territory (each, as defined below), in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, as a condition for the closing
of a certain Asset Purchase Agreement (defined below) to be signed
between the Parties, Celularity and Sanuwave must enter into the
Agreement with the terms and conditions set forth herein;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and the mutual promises, covenants and
conditions contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
The
terms in this Agreement with initial letters capitalized, whether
used in the singular or the plural, shall have the meaning set
forth below or, if not listed below, the meaning designated
elsewhere in this Agreement (and derivative forms of them shall be
interpreted accordingly). The terms “include,”
“includes,” “including” and derivative
forms of them shall be deemed followed by the phrase “without
limitation” regardless of whether such phrase appears there
(and with no implication being drawn from its inconsistent
inclusion or non-inclusion).
“Acquired
Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(e).
“Acquiring
Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(d).
“Act”
means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the
rules, regulations, guidelines and requirements of the FDA as may
be in effect from time to time.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a Person, any Person that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such first Person.
For purposes of this definition only, “control” means (a) to possess,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct the management or
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract relating to voting rights or corporate
governance or otherwise, or (b) to own, directly or indirectly,
more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding securities or
other ownership interest of such Person. For the purposes of this
Agreement, neither Party shall be considered an Affiliate of the
other, and the Affiliates of each Party shall not be considered
Affiliates of the other Party or of any of such other Party’s
Affiliates.
“Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Alliance
Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2.
“Asset
Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase
Agreement entered into between the Parties, effective as of August
6, 2020 in connection with Sanuwave’s acquisition of
Celularity’s UltraMIST therapy business.
“Audited
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.6.
“Auditing
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.6.
“Bankrupt
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.4.
“Bankruptcy
Code” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.4.
“Biovance”
means decellularized, dehydrated human amniotic membrane, as
produced according to the Celularity Technology as of the Effective
Date or thereafter, which are marketed under the Biovance
name.
“Business
Day” means any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday) on which banks are open for general business in New
York, NY.
“Celularity”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Celularity
Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.2.
“Celularity
Know-How” means all Know-How Controlled by Celularity
as of the Effective Date or during the Term that is necessary or
useful for the Commercialization of the Licensed
Products.
“Celularity
Mark(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.6(b).
“Celularity
Patents” means (i) the Patents listed in Exhibit A and (ii) any other
Patents in the Territory that issue from, or that claim the
priority of, any of the Patents listed in Exhibit A in the Field in the
Territory.
“Celularity
Technology” means the Celularity Know-How and the
Celularity Patents. For clarity, Celularity Technology shall not
include any intellectual property rights which are included in the
Acquired Assets as defined in the Asset Purchase
Agreement.
“Claims”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“Commercialization
Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.2.
“Commercialize”
or “Commercialization” means
activities, whether conducted by a Party by itself, through a
Sublicensee, an Affiliate or a Third Party acting on such
Party’s behalf, performed to package (from bulk to finished
form), label, advertise, market, promote, sell, offer for sale,
distribute, import or export Licensed Products.
“Commercially
Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to either
Party’s obligations under this Agreement, the carrying out of
such activities with a level of effort and resources consistent
with the commercially reasonable practices of a similarly situated
company that would be applied to the packaging, labeling or
commercialization of a pharmaceutical product comparable to the
Licensed Product at a similar stage of commercialization, taking
into account, among such other things, product safety and efficacy,
product profile, the competitiveness of alternative products,
regulatory concerns, potential market and market size, proprietary
position and potential profitability.
“Competing
Product of Biovance” means any advanced biologic wound
care biological skin substitute product derived from the placenta
in the Field that is substantially similar to Biovance in
composition other than a Licensed Product.
“Competing
Product of Interfyl” means any advanced biologic wound
care biological integumental tissue replacement or supplementation
product derived from the chronic plate of the human placenta in the
Field that is substantially similar to Interfyl in composition
other than a Licensed Product.”
“Confidential
Information” of a Party means any and all information
of a confidential or proprietary nature disclosed by such Party to
the other Party under this Agreement or under the Prior CDA,
whether in oral, written, graphic or electronic form.
“Control”
means, with respect to any particular Know-How or Patent, that a
Party (a) owns or (b) has a license (other than a license granted
to such Party under this Agreement) to such Know-How or Patent and,
in each case, has the ability to grant to the other Party access, a
license, or a sublicense (as applicable) to such Know-How or Patent
on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement without
violating the terms of any then-existing agreement or other
arrangement with any Third Party.
“Cover”
means, with respect to a particular item and a particular Patent,
that such Patent claims or covers, in any of the countries of
manufacture, use, and/or sale, (a) the composition of such item,
any of its ingredients or formulations or any product containing or
that is made using such item (by virtue of such product containing
or being made using such item); (b) a method of making or using any
of the foregoing things referred to in (a); (c) an item used or
present in the manufacture of any of the foregoing things referred
to in (a); and/or (d) the method by which such item was discovered
or identified, or another item present during or used in such
method.
“Covered
Opportunity” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
“COVID-19
Period” means the period from the Effective Date until
the earlier of (a) December 31, 2021 or (b) the date The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention under the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services has declared that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known
as SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19”) has been contained in the United States
and is no longer a pandemic and there is no likelihood of a
resurgence of COVID-19 at a pandemic or epidemic
level.
“Dollar”
or “$” means a
USA dollar.
“Effective
Date” means the Closing Date of the Asset Purchase
Agreement as defined therein.
“Event
of Bankruptcy” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.4.
“Executive
Officer” means, with respect to Celularity, its Chief
Executive Officer or such Chief Executive Officer’s designee,
or such other person holding a similar position designated by
Celularity from time to time, and with respect to Sanuwave, its
Chief Executive Officer or such Chief Executive Officer’s
designee, or such other person holding a similar position
designated by Sanuwave from time to time.
“FD&C
Act” means the USA Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act, as amended.
“FDA”
means the USA Food and Drug Administration or any successor
entity.
“Field”
means the care and treatment of acute and/or chronic wounds,
limited to partial and full thickness burns, pressure ulcers,
venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, chronic vascular ulcers,
tunnel/undermined wounds, surgical wounds (donor sites/grafts,
dehiscence), trauma wounds (abrasions, lacerations, second degree
burns, and skin tears), radiation induced wounds and burns,
post-operative wounds, and draining wounds. The Field is limited to
any wound care procedure performed in an operating room setting
related to debridement and/or wound cleansing with the application
of a biologic and procedures that are performed in the following
settings: Veteran Affairs (VA) medical facilities, wound care
clinics or chains, outpatient independent wound care centers,
outpatient hospital owned wound care centers, outpatient physician
offices, inpatient rehabilitation long term care facilities and
nursing homes.
“Governmental
Authority” means any multi-national, federal, state,
local, municipal, provincial or other governmental authority of any
nature (including any governmental division, prefecture,
subdivision, department, agency, bureau, branch, office,
commission, council, court or other tribunal).
“Government
Price Reporting” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.6.
“Improvements”
means an invention, idea, concept, formula, design, technique or
improvement (whether or not patentable or subject to any other form
of intellectual property right registration) to a Licensed Product
developed, conceived or reduced to practice subsequent to the date
hereof in the Field.
“Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.3.
“Indemnifying
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.3.
“Infringement”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a).
“Infringement
Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.4(b).
“Initial
Term” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.1.
“Interfyl”
means human connective tissue matrix derived from the human
placenta, as produced according to the Celularity Technology as of
the Effective Date or thereafter, which may be (but is not
necessarily) formulated into particulates or a flowable
matrix.
“Joint
Steering Committee” or “JSC” means the committee formed by
the Parties as described in Section 3.1.
“JSC
Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(c)(i).
“Know-How”
means all technical information, data and know-how, including
inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, specifications,
instructions, processes, formulae, expertise, materials, methods,
protocols and other technology applicable to formulations,
compositions or products or to their manufacture, development,
registration, use or marketing or processes for their manufacture,
formulations containing them or compositions incorporating or
comprising them, and including all biological, chemical,
pharmacological, biochemical, toxicological, pharmaceutical,
physical and analytical, safety, quality control, manufacturing,
preclinical and clinical data, instructions, processes, formula,
and expertise.
“Knowledge”
means with respect to a Party, the actual knowledge of the
directors, officers or employees of such Party but without any duty
to conduct any investigation with respect to such facts or
information.
“Launch
Year” means, for each of the Licensed Products, (i)
with respect to the first Launch Year, the 12-month period
beginning on the first day of the calendar month immediately
preceding Sanuwave’s payment to Celularity of the first
Quarterly License Fee and (ii) with respect to any subsequent
Launch Year, the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the
relevant anniversary of the first Launch Year. Solely by way of
example, if the date of payment of the First Quarterly License Fee
occurs on August 15, 2020, the first Launch Year shall commence on
August 1, 2020 and each subsequent Launch Year shall commence on
August 1st of each subsequent year.
“Launch
Year Quarter” means the first three (3) calendar month
period, second three (3) calendar month period, third three (3)
calendar month period and fourth three (3) calendar month period,
in each case, commencing with the first day of each Launch Year.
Solely by way of example, if the Launch Year commences on August 1,
2020, the first Launch Year Quarter shall mean the period
commencing on August 1, 2020 and ending on October 31, 2020, the
second Launch Year Quarter shall mean the period commencing on
November 1, 2020 and ending on January 31, 2021, the third Launch
Year Quarter shall mean the period commencing on February 1, 2021
and ending on April 30, 2021 and the fourth Launch Year Quarter
shall mean the period commencing May 1, 2021 and ending on July 31,
2021.
“Laws”
means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and other
pronouncements having the effect of law of any federal, national,
multinational, state, provincial, county, city or other political
subdivision, domestic or foreign.
“Liabilities”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“Licensed
Product” means each of Biovance and Interfyl and any
and all Improvements of each of them.
“Licensed
Products” shall mean Biovance and Interfyl,
collectively.
“Management
Change Transaction” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(d).
“Market
Condition Change” means, for Biovance, at any time
during the first two (2) years of this Agreement, factors outside
the reasonable control of Sanuwave, including supply shortages or
outages, changes in any Governmental Authority or Regulatory
Authority regulation or reimbursement rate, and/or any Regulatory
Authority action which would adversely affect the Commercialization
of such Licensed Product in any material respect.
“Market
Condition Financial Terms” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.3.
“Minimum
Sales Threshold” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.2(b)(i).
“Negotiation
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
“Non-Bankrupt
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.4.
“Notice
of Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
“Party”
or “Parties” has
the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Patents”
means, collectively, (a) pending patent applications (and patents
issuing therefrom), issued patents, regional patents, utility
models and designs; and (b) reissues, divisions, substitutions,
confirmations, renewals, extensions, provisionals, registrations,
validations, re-examinations, additions, continuations, continued
prosecution applications, continuations-in-part, divisionals, or
any Supplementary Protection Certificates or restoration of patent
terms of or to any patents, patent applications, utility models or
designs, in each case being enforceable within the applicable
territory.
“Person”
means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or other similar entity
or organization, including a government or political subdivision,
department or agency of a government.
“Prior
CDA” means that certain Mutual Confidentiality
Agreement between the Parties dated October 17, 2019, as amended on
March 5, 2020.
“Product
Marks” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.6(a).
“Promotional
Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.4.
“Quarterly
License Fee(s)” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1.
“Regulatory
Clearances and/or Approvals” means all approvals
necessary for the commercial sale of a Licensed Product for any
indication in a given country or regulatory jurisdiction in the
Territory, which shall include satisfaction of all applicable
regulatory and notification requirements, and shall be deemed to
include any stockpiling by any Governmental Authority for civilian
or military use, but which shall exclude any pricing and
reimbursement approvals.
“Regulatory
Authority” means the FDA or any corollary agency or
Governmental Authority involved in granting Regulatory Clearances
and/or Approvals in any other country or jurisdiction in the
Territory.
“Regulatory
Materials” means regulatory applications, submissions,
notifications, communications, correspondence, registrations,
Regulatory Clearances and/or Approvals and/or other filings made
to, received from or otherwise conducted with a Regulatory
Authority in order to Develop, manufacture, market, sell or
otherwise Commercialize a Licensed Product in a particular country
or jurisdiction.
“Remedial
Action” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.5.
“Renewal
Term” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.1.
“Revenue”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(e).
“Royalty
Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.2(c).
“Royalty
Term” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.2(b).
“Safety
Data and Exchange Agreement” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.5.
“Sales
Threshold Default” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2(b)(i).
“Sales
Threshold Default Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2(b)(i).
“Sanuwave”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Sanuwave
Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.1.
“Sanuwave
Note” means that certain Promissory Note, in the
original amount of $4,000,000, to be executed by Sanuwave in favor
of Celularity, as the same may be amended from time to time, in
connection with Asset Purchase Agreement.
“Sanuwave
Sublicense Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(a).
“Secretary
Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(d).
“Sell-Off
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.7(c).
“Supply
Agreement” means any agreement entered into between
the Parties for the supply by Celularity of a Licensed Product to
Sanuwave.
“Term”
has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
“Territory”
means worldwide, excluding the People’s Republic of China
(including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau), Japan, the Republic of
South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia and
Singapore.
“Third
Party” means any Person not including the Parties or
the Parties’ respective Affiliates.
“Unit”
or “Units” means
any Licensed Product sold, provided or disposed by Sanuwave, its
Affiliates or its Sublicensees to Third Parties anywhere within the
Territory, including sales, provisions and dispositions to
wholesale distributors, regardless of whether such Licensed Product
is sold, provided or otherwise disposed of for consideration other
than cash or in a transaction that is not at arm’s length
between the buyer and the seller and further regardless of whether
such Licensed Product is subsequently returned other than a
material defect to such Licensed Product which is directly
attributable to Celularity. For clarity, the term
“Unit” includes Licensed Products provided to Third
Parties without charge, in connection with research and
development, clinical trials, compassionate use, humanitarian and
charitable donations, or indigent programs or for uses as samples
or for promotional purposes.
“USA”
or “United
States” means the United States of America, including
all possessions and territories thereof.
ARTICLE 2
LICENSES
2.1.
Licenses
to Sanuwave.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Celularity hereby
grants to Sanuwave during the Term an exclusive, royalty-bearing
license, with the right to sublicense solely as provided in Section
2.3, under the Celularity Technology, to Commercialize, including
to use, offer for sale, sell, package, label, distribute, import
and export Biovance in the Field in the Territory.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Celularity hereby
grants to Sanuwave during the Term a non-exclusive, royalty-bearing
license, with the right to sublicense solely as provided in Section
2.3, under the Celularity Technology, to Commercialize, including
to use, offer for sale and sell, package, label, distribute, import
and export Interfyl in the Field in the Territory.
(c) Sanuwave
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, use or
practice any Celularity Technology outside the scope of the license
granted to it under Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.1(b). Celularity
hereby expressly retains for itself and others exclusive rights
under the Celularity Technology to manufacture Licensed Products
for Sanuwave pursuant to a Supply Agreement to be entered between
the Parties as of the Effective Date to address the supply of
Licensed Products.
(d) Sanuwave
may not enhance, decompile, disassemble, improve, modify, change,
reverse assemble or reverse engineer Licensed Products or any part
thereof, except as set forth in the Supply Agreement.
(a) As
partial consideration for the grant of rights set forth in Section
2.1(a) and 2.2(b), Sanuwave agrees that during the Term of this
Agreement, it and its Affiliates shall not, directly or indirectly,
Develop or Commercialize any Competing Product of Biovance or any
Competing Product of Interfyl in the Field in the
Territory.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.2(d), 2.2(e) and 2.2(f), as partial consideration for
the services to be performed by Sanuwave hereunder, Celularity
agrees that during the Term of this Agreement, it shall not
Commercialize any Competing Product of Biovance in the Field in the
Territory.
(c) This
Section 2.2 shall not limit the right of Celularity, or any Third
Party, to directly or indirectly Commercialize
Interfyl.
(d) Nothing
in this Section 2.2 shall prohibit any Acquiring Entity of
Celularity or any of its respective Affiliates or sublicensees from
continuing, furthering or performing (i) any activities in which it
was engaged prior to the effective date of a Management Change
Transaction or (ii) any activities relating to products developed
by an Acquiring Entity or Celularity without accessing or
practicing technology or information made available to Sanuwave
under this Agreement; provided,
however, the continuation, furtherance or performance of any
of such activities will not in any way breach Celularity’s
obligations under this Agreement or violate Sanuwave’s rights
and licenses granted under this Agreement. For purposes of this
Section 2.2(d), (x) “Management Change Transaction”
shall mean a transfer to a Third Party of all or substantially all
of Celularity’s assets to which this Agreement relates, or
the merger or consolidation with, or acquisition of Celularity by a
Third Party and (y) “Acquiring Entity” shall mean such
Third Party described in clause (x).
(e) Nothing
in this Section 2.2 shall prohibit Celularity, Sanuwave or any of
their respective Acquired Entities from continuing, furthering or
performing (i) any activities in which an Acquired Entity was
engaged prior to the effective date of a Subject Transaction or
(ii) any activities relating to products developed by an Acquired
Entity, Celularity or Sanuwave without accessing or practicing
technology or information made available to Sanuwave under this
Agreement; provided,
however, the continuation, furtherance or performance of any
of such activities will not in any way breach the obligations of
Celularity or Sanuwave, as the case may be, under this Agreement or
violate either party’s respective rights granted under this
Agreement. For purposes of this Section 2.2(e), (x)
“Subject
Transaction” shall mean a transfer to Celularity or
Sanuwave, as the case may be, by a Third Party of all or
substantially all of such Third Party’s assets, or the merger
or consolidation with, or acquisition of, a Third Party by
Celularity or Sanuwave, as the case may be, and (y)
“Acquired
Entity” shall mean such Third Party described in
clause (x).
(f) The
exclusivity rights provided to Sanuwave under Section 2.2(b) shall
not commence until Sanuwave has fully settled its obligations owed to Celularity as set
forth in the Sanuwave Note and thereafter shall be expressly
contingent on Sanuwave’s timely payment of the License Fees pursuant to
Section 6.1. In addition to all other remedies available to
Celularity, Sanuwave’s exclusivity rights shall be
irrevocably terminated for failure to timely pay the undisputed
License Fees pursuant to Section 6.1 and such breach has not been
cured within forty-five (45) days of the date for which such
payment was due to Celularity
2.3.
Sanuwave
Sublicense Rights.
(a) Sanuwave shall have the right to
grant sublicenses of the licenses granted in Section 2.1(a) and
Section 2.1(b) to (i) its Affiliates without the consent of
Celularity and (ii) any Third Party for the sole purpose of
providing services directly to Sanuwave, so that Sanuwave may
perform its rights and/or obligations of Sanuwave hereunder (but
which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include a wholesale
sublicense of the licenses granted in Section 2.1(a) for purposes
of transferring Sanuwave’s rights and obligations hereunder
in their entirety), upon the prior written consent by Celularity,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (each such
sublicense, a “Sanuwave
Sublicense Agreement”); provided, however, if
Celularity fails to respond to Sanuwave within ten (10) days from
the date of Sanuwave’s notice to Celularity of a potential
Third Party sublicensee, such consent requirement shall be deemed
waived and Sanuwave may grant a sublicense to such sublicensee
Sanuwave shall remain primarily responsible for all of its
Affiliates’ and sublicensees’ activities and any and
all failures by its Affiliates and/or sublicensees to comply with
the applicable terms of this Agreement.
(b) Sanuwave
shall, within thirty (30) days after granting any Sanuwave
Sublicense Agreement, notify Celularity of the grant of such
sublicense and provide Celularity with a true and complete copy of
the Sanuwave Sublicense Agreement. Each Sanuwave Sublicense
Agreement shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Affiliate shall be bound by and subject to all
applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent as Sanuwave is bound
thereby.
2.4.
Third
Party Licenses.
(a) For
the avoidance of doubt, Celularity shall be responsible for payment
obligations to Third Parties for Patents and Know-How within the
Celularity Technology that are licensed to Celularity by a Third
Party prior to the Effective Date, if any. Sanuwave hereby
acknowledges and agrees that its sublicense under such in-licensed
Celularity Technology (if any) is subject to the terms and
conditions of the applicable license agreement governing
Celularity’s license of such in-licensed Celularity
Technology.
(b) The
responsibility, necessity and handling of any Third Party license
required as a result of Improvements to a Licensed Product after
the Effective Date shall be agreed upon by the JSC, provided that
Sanuwave shall have the right to negotiate any third party license
agreement that is required as a result of any Improvement to the
Celularity Technology, subject to (i) information sharing with
Celularity, including apprising Celularity of any offers made by
Third Parties, the substance of such offer, the status of any
negotiations with Third Parties and any other information regarding
such Third Party license as reasonably requested by Celularity and
(ii) Celularity’s prior written consent of such Third Party
license agreement, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. The costs associated with any Third Party license
agreement shall be allocated as follows: (x) if such Third Party
license is required in order to Commercialize the Licensed Products
developed based upon the Celularity Technology existing on the
Effective Date, the costs of such Third Party license shall be
divided equally between the Parties, and (y) if such Third Party
license is required in order to Commercialize Licensed Products
developed based upon the Celularity Technology made on or after the
Effective Date, the costs of such Third Party license shall be the
sole responsibility of Sanuwave. Sanuwave may deduct up to fifty
percent (50%) of the amount of royalties paid by Sanuwave to a
Third Party for such license against amounts payable to Celularity
hereunder, but in no event shall Sanuwave deduct an amount greater
than fifty percent (50%) of any payment of the royalties due and
payable to Celularity for the Licensed Products in accordance with
Article 6 below. For the avoidance of doubt, any portion of
Sanuwave’s royalties paid to Third Parties under for such
license with respect to such Licensed Product would, but for the
foregoing limitation on royalty reductions, be entitled to deduct
under this Section 2.4(b) shall be carried over and applied against
royalties payable to Celularity in respect of such Licensed Product
in subsequent years until the full deduction is taken.
2.5. Celularity
Retained Rights. The licenses granted by Celularity under
this Agreement are limited to those grants specifically set forth
in Section 2.1(a), Section 2.1(b) and Section 7.6(b). Nothing in
this Agreement will be construed to grant any rights or licenses to
any other intellectual property rights of Celularity. All rights,
licenses, benefits and privileges not expressly granted to Sanuwave
hereunder are reserved by Celularity. For the avoidance of doubt,
Celularity shall retain all rights in all Celularity intellectual
property (including the Celularity Technology) (i) outside the
Field in the Territory and (ii) in any field (including the Field)
outside the Territory.
2.6. Right
of First Offer/Option to Enter into an Exclusive License and
Marketing Agreement. As of the Effective Date of this
Agreement, Celularity grants to Sanuwave a right of first offer (on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.6) with
respect to the Commercialization of any Competing Product of
Biovance or Competing Product of Interfyl Developed by Celularity
and any other wound care biologic products in the Field in the
Territory Developed by Celularity during the Term (each, a
“Covered
Opportunity”). Celularity will promptly notify
Sanuwave in writing of each Covered Opportunity. If, within thirty
(30) Business Days of receiving such notice from Celularity,
Celularity receives a notice in writing from Sanuwave that Sanuwave
wishes to enter into negotiations of an exclusive license and
marketing agreement (the “Exclusive License”) for the
Commercialization of the Covered Opportunity (the
“Notice of
Interest”), then Celularity shall negotiate
exclusively with Sanuwave in good faith for a period of ninety (90)
days from the date of Celularity’s notice to Sanuwave of the
Covered Opportunity (or such longer period of time as may be agreed
to by the Parties in writing) (the “Negotiation Period”) with respect
to the Exclusive License. If (a) Sanuwave indicates in writing that
it does not wish to enter into negotiations regarding such Covered
Opportunity, (b) Celularity fails to receive a Notice of Interest
within the thirty (30) Business Day period described above, or (c)
the Parties have not entered into such an Exclusive License by the
end of the Negotiation Period, then (i) Celularity shall be free to
Commercialize the Covered Opportunity itself and/or enter into one
or more agreements regarding the Covered Opportunity with any Third
Party and (ii) the restrictions set forth in Section 2.2(b) shall
automatically terminate solely with respect to Celularity’s
Commercialization of such Covered Opportunity.
ARTICLE 3
GOVERNANCE
3.1.
Joint Steering Committee.
(a) Within
30 days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a
joint steering committee (the “Joint Steering Committee” or
“JSC”). The JSC
shall oversee the performance of the Parties’ activities
under this Agreement and provide a forum for sharing advice,
progress, and results relating to such activities and shall attempt
to facilitate the resolution of any disputes between the
Parties.
(b) Membership;
Meetings. The JSC shall be composed of three (3) members
from each of Celularity and Sanuwave or such equal number of
members as the Parties may agree, and shall meet, in person, by
teleconference, or by video-teleconference, at least one (1) time
per calendar quarter, or more or less often as unanimously agreed
by both Parties’ JSC members (provided that in any event, the
Parties meet at least one (1) time per year in person). Either
Party may reasonably call a meeting upon no less than fifteen (15)
Business Days’ notice. In-person meetings shall alternate
between Celularity and Sanuwave locations, or as mutually agreed
upon by the Parties. Each Party shall be responsible for all of its
own personnel and travel costs and expenses relating to
participation in JSC meetings. The first such meeting shall be
within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date. Any member of the
JSC may designate a substitute to attend with prior written notice
to the other Party. Ad hoc guests who are subject to written
confidentiality obligations commensurate in scope to the provisions
in Article 10 may be invited, upon prior joint consent of Sanuwave
and Celularity, to the JSC meetings. Each Party may replace its JSC
members with other of its employees, at any time, upon written
notice to the other Party.
(c) Decision-Making;
Limitations on JSC; JSC Disputes. Decisions of the JSC shall
be made by unanimous vote or written consent, with each Party
having collectively one vote in all decisions. The presence of at
least one (1) JSC member representing each Party shall constitute a
quorum in order for decisions to be made. The JSC shall have only
such powers as are specifically delegated to it in this Agreement,
and such powers shall be subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein. Amendments or changes to this Agreement shall be
valid and binding only upon mutual written agreement of the Parties
in accordance with Section 13.1 and the JSC shall have no authority
to amend, change or modify the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. The JSC shall use reasonable best efforts to resolve the
matters within its roles and functions or otherwise referred to
it.
(i) If,
with respect to a matter that is subject to the JSC’s
decision-making authority: (i) the JSC cannot reach consensus
within five (5) Business Days after it has met and attempted to
reach such consensus or (ii) the Parties cannot reach consensus on
whether the JSC has decision-making authority regarding a matter
within three (3) Business Days after such matter was first raised
by either Party (each of the foregoing cases, a “JSC Dispute”); then in each such
instance, the JSC Dispute in question shall be referred to the
Executive Officer, or designee, of Celularity and the Executive
Officer, or designee, of Sanuwave for resolution. The Executive
Officers, or designees, shall use reasonable efforts to resolve the
JSC Dispute referred to them.
(ii) If
the Executive Officers, or designees, are unable to resolve the JSC
Dispute within five (5) Business Days, the provisions of this
Section 3.1(c)(ii) shall control:
(1) if
the JSC Dispute solely relates to the Commercialization, packaging,
marketing, promotion, distribution, sales channels, commercial
launch or sale of Licensed Products, any Promotional Materials used
in connection with any Licensed Product, Commercialization Plan (as
defined in Section 5.2) or any use or purported use of the
Celularity Marks, and the Executive Officers cannot resolve the
matter within five (5) Business Days, then the matter shall be
decided by the Executive Officer, or designee, of Sanuwave in good
faith, giving appropriate consideration to the reasonable business,
regulatory and scientific concerns of Celularity; and
(2) if
the JSC Dispute solely relates to an intellectual property,
manufacturing and/or regulatory matter (in each case excluding any
dispute to the extent relating to any matters which are the subject
of Section 7.4) and the Executive Officers cannot resolve the
matters within five (5) Business Days, then the matter shall be
decided by the Executive Officer, or designee, of Celularity in
good faith, giving appropriate consideration to the reasonable
business concerns of Sanuwave and without limiting Sanuwave’s
rights and licenses under this Agreement.
(3) Notwithstanding
Sections 3.1(c)(ii)(1) and 3.1(c)(ii)(2) above, any dispute
relating to Article 6 or any financial term of this Agreement,
shall be excluded from the provisions of this Section 3.1(c)(ii)
and shall be conclusively settled in accordance with Article 12
below.
(iii) Any
JSC Dispute that is not covered by 3.1(c)(ii) or resolved pursuant
to Section 3.1(c)(i) or Section 3.1(c)(ii) shall be conclusively
settled in accordance with Article 12 below. For all purposes under
this Agreement, any decision made pursuant to this Section 3.1(c)
shall be deemed to be the decision of the JSC.
(d) Secretary;
Agenda; Minutes. The Chairperson of the JSC shall be
designated by Celularity. Sanuwave shall designate a secretary of
the JSC (the “Secretary
Designee”) who will be responsible for calling
meetings and preparing and circulating an agenda in advance of each
meeting. The Secretary Designee shall solicit agenda items from JSC
members and provide an agenda along with appropriate information
for such agenda reasonably in advance of any meeting. It is
understood that such agenda will include all items reasonably
requested by any JSC member for inclusion therein. Additionally,
the Secretary Designee shall be responsible for preparing and
circulating minutes within 15 days after each meeting of the JSC
setting forth, among other things, a description, in reasonable
detail, of the discussions at the meeting and a list of any
actions, decisions, or determinations approved by the JSC. Such
minutes shall be effective only after being approved by both
Parties. Definitive minutes of all JSC meetings shall be finalized
no later than 30 days after the meeting to which the minutes
pertain.
3.2. Alliance
Managers. Promptly after the Effective Date, each Party
shall appoint an individual to act as the alliance manager for such
Party (each, an “Alliance
Manager”) (who may be a member of the JSC). Each
Alliance Manager shall thereafter be permitted to attend meetings
of the JSC as a nonvoting observer (if not a member), subject to
the confidentiality provisions of Article 10. The Alliance Managers
shall be the primary point of contact for the Parties regarding the
activities contemplated by this Agreement and shall facilitate
communication regarding all activities hereunder. The Alliance
Managers shall lead the communications between the Parties and
shall be responsible for following-up on decisions made by the JSC.
The name and contact information for such Alliance Manager, as well
as any replacement(s) chosen by Celularity or Sanuwave, in their
sole discretion, from time to time, shall be promptly provided to
the other Party in accordance with Section 13.3.
3.3. Commercial
Launch Team. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date,
Sanuwave shall establish a commercial launch team with respect to
the Commercialization of Licensed Products, and shall invite at
least two (2) employees of Celularity, or such number as the
Parties may agree, to participate in such commercial launch team
and Sanuwave shall consider in good faith, any advice, comments or
recommendations given by the Celularity participants. The
commercial launch team shall, among other things, provide the
Parties with technical and other related support with respect to
Commercialization, as well as recommendations in connection
therewith.
3.4. Promotional
Materials. Sanuwave will not use any Promotional Materials
in connection with the marketing, sale or distribution of the
Licensed Products until after such Promotional Materials have been
reviewed by the JSC and by Celularity, as needed, and Sanuwave has
considered in good faith any comments of the JSC and Celularity,
except that Sanuwave may use, without such review, in its
introduction announcements to the trade, bill sheets and product
catalog Promotional Materials that incorporate only the Licensed
Product’s name, launch date, available packaging
configurations, and the pricing and delivery terms and the Training
Materials (as defined below), which will be provided by Celularity
to Sanuwave upon Sanuwave’s reasonable request without
excessive and undue burden on Celularity. For purposes of clarity,
Celularity shall have final discretion to approve the content of
all Promotional Materials in accordance with Section 3.1(c)(ii)(1)
above. For purposes of this Agreement, “Promotional Materials” means all
labeling and advertising materials as defined in the Act and the
regulations of the FDA thereunder and all training materials
relating to the marketing, sale or distribution of the Licensed
Products (“Training
Materials”). For the purposes of clarity, as
applicable, Sanuwave will be responsible for the filing of
Promotional Materials with the FDA as directed by Celularity or as
otherwise required by applicable Law.
ARTICLE 4
REGULATORY MATTERS
4.1. Regulatory
Activities. Celularity shall file and own all right, title
and interest in all Regulatory Materials designed to obtain or
support such Regulatory Clearances and/or Approvals. Upon
Celularity’s reasonable request and expense, Sanuwave shall
cooperate fully with, and provide assistance to, Celularity in
connection with the activities set forth in this Article
4.
4.2. Regulatory
Reports; Meetings with Regulatory Authorities. Each Party
shall keep the other Party informed of material regulatory
developments relating to Licensed Products in the Territory through
regular reports at the JSC meetings. Each Party shall provide to
the other Party, for review and comment, draft material regulatory
filings solely relating to the Licensed Products at least twenty
(20) Business Days in advance of their intended date of submission
to the extent possible and on a rolling basis as needed to any
Regulatory Authority in any country or jurisdiction and shall
consider any comments provided by such other party. Each Party
shall notify the other Party as soon as practical of any Regulatory
Materials (other than routine correspondence) submitted to or
received from any Regulatory Authority in any jurisdiction relating
directly or indirectly to the Licensed Products and shall provide
the other Party with copies thereof within twenty (20) Business
Days after submission or receipt. Each Party shall provide the
other Party with reasonable advance notice of all meetings,
conferences and discussions scheduled with any Regulatory Authority
in any country or jurisdiction concerning a Licensed Product to the
extent such meeting, conferences and discussions affects this
Agreement and/or such other Party’s obligations hereunder,
and shall consider any input from the other Party in preparing for
such meetings, and if permitted by the relevant Regulatory
Authority, appropriate personnel from such other Party may have the
right to attend such meetings, conferences or discussions at each
Party’s own expense.
4.3. Notification
of Threatened Action. Each Party shall immediately notify
the other Party of any information it receives regarding any
threatened or pending action, inspection or communication by or
from any Third Party, including a Regulatory Authority, which may
materially affect the Commercialization or regulatory status of a
Licensed Product. Upon receipt of such information, the Parties
shall consult with each other in an effort to arrive at a mutually
acceptable procedure for taking appropriate action.
4.4. Adverse
Event Reporting and Safety Data Exchange. As soon as
practical, the Parties shall enter into a commercially reasonable
pharmacovigilance agreement (the “Safety Data and Exchange
Agreement”). The Safety Data and Exchange Agreement
shall include customary guidelines and procedures for the receipt,
investigation, recordation, communication, and exchange (as between
the Parties) of adverse event reports, pregnancy reports, and any
other information concerning the safety of any Licensed Product.
Such guidelines and procedures shall be in accordance with, and
enable the Parties to fulfill, local and national regulatory
reporting activities under applicable Laws. Furthermore, such
agreed procedure shall be consistent with relevant guidelines of
the International Conference on Harmonisation, except where such
guidelines may conflict with existing local regulatory reporting or
safety reporting requirements, in which case the local reporting
requirements shall prevail. The Safety Data and Exchange Agreement
shall provide for an adverse event database for Licensed Products
in the Territory to be maintained by Celularity. Celularity shall
be responsible for reporting quality complaints, adverse events and
safety data related to Licensed Products to applicable Regulatory
Authorities in the Territory, as well as responding to safety
issues and to all requests of Regulatory Authorities relating to
Licensed Products in the Territory. Each Party hereby agrees to
comply with its respective activities under such Safety Data and
Exchange Agreement and to cause its Affiliates which perform such
Party’s obligations under this Agreement to comply with such
activities.
4.5. Remedial
Actions. Each Party shall notify the other Party
immediately, and promptly confirm such notice in writing, if it
obtains information indicating that any Licensed Product may be
subject to any recall, corrective action or other regulatory action
with respect to a Licensed Product taken by virtue of applicable
Laws (a “Remedial
Action”). The Parties shall assist each other in
gathering and evaluating such information as is necessary to
determine the necessity of conducting a Remedial Action, provided
that before taking action, Celularity shall consult with Sanuwave
as to the course of the Remedial Action to be taken. If Sanuwave
disagrees with Celularity as to whether Remedial Action should be
taken or what Remedial Action is appropriate, then the Executive
Officers of both parties shall convene within twenty-four (24)
hours in an attempt to resolve the disagreement. If the
disagreement cannot be resolve by them, then then the matter shall
be decided by the Executive Officer, or his or her designee, of
Celularity in good faith, giving appropriate consideration to the
reasonable business concerns of Sanuwave and without limiting
Sanuwave’s rights and licenses under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, the Parties shall comply with all orders
of the FDA or any other applicable authority on a timely basis. The
cost of any Remedial Action shall be borne by Celularity.
Celularity shall, and shall ensure that its Affiliates will,
maintain adequate records to permit the Parties to trace the
distribution and use of the Licensed Products. Celularity shall
have the right to decide whether any Remedial Action with respect
to any Licensed Product should be commenced and Celularity shall,
at its expense, control and coordinate all efforts necessary to
conduct such Remedial Action. Upon Celularity’s reasonable
request, Sanuwave shall reasonably cooperate with, and provide
reasonable assistance to, Celularity in connection with any
activities undertaken by Celularity pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence, at Celularity’s sole cost and
expense.
4.6. Rebate
Processing and Government Price Reporting. Sanuwave will be
solely responsible for all federal, state and local government and
private purchasing, pricing or reimbursement programs with respect
to the Licensed Products, including taking all necessary and proper
steps to execute agreements and file other appropriate reports and
other documents with Governmental Authorities and private Persons
and Celularity shall provide reasonable assistance to Sanuwave to
effectuate the same. Sanuwave shall be solely responsible for
payment and processing of all discounts, rebates, and fees, whether
required by contract or Laws, for the Licensed Products. For the
avoidance of doubt, with respect to Licensed Products, Sanuwave
shall report all applicable data, including price, rebate and
discount data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
data to the Department of Veterans Affairs and any other pricing or
reimbursement related data required by Governmental Authorities
under applicable Laws (“Government Price Reporting”).
Sanuwave’s Government Price Reporting shall comply with all
applicable Laws and contracts. Sanuwave shall pay the rebates,
chargebacks, discounts, and fees for the Licensed Products as
required by applicable Laws and contracts. If Celularity notifies
Sanuwave that it is required to refer to Licensed Products sales
made by Sanuwave, or other reimbursement or
Commercialization-related data maintained by Sanuwave under this
Agreement, in Celularity’s reports to Governmental
Authorities, Sanuwave shall provide Celularity with required sales
figures or other data for Licensed Products sales made by Sanuwave,
and Celularity shall be entitled to use such data or information
that Sanuwave provides under this Section 4.6 or otherwise for
complying with Celularity’s required reports to Governmental
Authorities.
ARTICLE 5
COMMERCIALIZATION
5.1. Commercialization
Responsibilities. During the Term, Sanuwave shall use
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to, and shall be responsible for,
all aspects of, the Commercialization of Licensed Products for all
indications in the Field throughout the Territory. Such
Commercialization responsibilities for each Licensed Product shall
include: (a) developing and executing a Commercialization Plan for
each Licensed Product; (b) negotiating with applicable Governmental
Authorities and private Third Party payers regarding the price and
reimbursement status of each Licensed Product; (c) marketing and
promotion; (d) booking sales and distribution and performance of
related services; (e) handling all aspects of order processing,
invoicing and collection, inventory and receivables; (f) providing
customer support, including handling medical queries, and
performing other related functions; and (g) conforming its
practices and procedures to applicable Laws relating to the
marketing, detailing and promotion of each Licensed Product in the
Territory, in each case, unless otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement, as determined by Sanuwave in its sole discretion;
provided, however, that Sanuwave shall promptly inform and provide
Celularity with any material developments, updates and
documentation related to Sanuwave’s obligations set forth in
this Section 5.1(a)-(g). Sanuwave shall bear all of the costs and
expenses incurred in connection with such Commercialization
activities.
5.2. Commercialization
Plan. The strategy for the Commercialization of each
Licensed Product shall be described in a comprehensive plan that
describes the pre-launch, launch and subsequent Commercialization
activities for such Licensed Product in the Territory, which shall
include, without limitation, (i) the annual anticipated number of
details to be conducted in each country within the Territory, (ii)
the annual anticipated marketing expenses to be incurred in each of
the countries within the Territory, (iii) the annual anticipated
number of FTEs to be assigned to Commercialize in each of the
countries within the Territory, and (iv) a report on pricing,
advertising, education, planning, marketing, and sales force
training (the “Commercialization Plan”). An
initial Commercialization Plan for Biovance shall be prepared by
Sanuwave and presented to the JSC as soon as practicable, but in
any event, within ninety (90 days) of the Effective Date or such
other time agreed to by the JSC. The Parties shall, and shall cause
their respective members of the JSC to, cooperate with each other
in good faith to promptly finalize a mutually acceptable
Commercialization Plan for each Licensed Product. Sanuwave shall
deliver an updated Commercialization Plan for each Licensed
Product, as applicable, at each meeting of the JSC or at such times
as agreed to by the JSC.
5.3. Commercial
Diligence. During the Term, Sanuwave shall use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to Commercialize each Licensed Product in the
Field throughout the Territory, in each case as contemplated by the
applicable Commercialization Plan or as otherwise mutually agreed
upon by the Parties in writing.
5.4. Records
and Reports. Sanuwave shall maintain complete, current and
accurate records of all work conducted by it or its Affiliates
under each Commercialization Plan. At each quarterly JSC meeting,
Sanuwave shall provide all written updates that Sanuwave has
provided to its management team during the previous calendar
quarter with respect to the Commercialization of the Licensed
Products and all other information reasonably requested by
Celularity, including but not limited to, an update of all work
conducted by it or its Affiliates under each Commercialization Plan
during the previous calendar quarter.
ARTICLE 6
COMPENSATION
6.1. License
Fee. As partial
consideration for the rights granted to Sanuwave pursuant to
Section 2.1(a), Sanuwave shall pay to Celularity the license fees
set forth on Schedule
6.1(a) hereto following the Effective Date (each, a
“Quarterly License
Fee,” and, collectively, the “Quarterly License Fees”), provided
that if a Market Condition Change occurs in a Launch Year that a
Quarterly License Fee is due and payable, the Parties shall
negotiate and mutually agree upon an alternative Quarterly License
Fee in accordance with Section 6.3 below. Other than the first
Quarterly License Fee, which shall be due within fifteen (15) days
from the Effective Date, Sanuwave shall pay to Celularity each
Quarterly License Fee for each Launch Year Quarter due and payable
ten (10) days prior to the first day of each Launch Year
Quarter.
6.2. Royalties.
(a) Royalty Rates. Sanuwave shall pay to
Celularity royalties for each Unit, on a Product-by-Product basis,
as set forth on Schedule
6.2; provided that if a Market Condition Change occurs in a
Launch Year Quarter that royalties are due and payable, the Parties
shall negotiate and mutually agree upon an alternative royalty rate
in accordance with Section 6.3 below.
(b) Royalty Term. Royalties shall be due
under this Section 6.3 during the period of time beginning from the
Effective Date until the termination or expiration of this
Agreement in accordance with Article 11, below, including through
any Sell-Off Period (if applicable) in accordance with Section
11.7(c) (the “Royalty
Term”).
(c) Biovance Royalty Credit. Sanuwave shall
be provided a credit equal to the total License Fee for each Launch
Year Quarter equal to the Quarterly License Fee actually paid by
Sanuwave to Celularity pursuant to Section 6.1 (each, a
“Royalty
Credit”). Each Royalty Credit shall be deducted from
the total royalty payment owed to Celularity by Sanuwave for each
Biovance Unit pursuant to Section 6.2(d). For the avoidance of
doubt, the Royalty Credit shall not be deduced from the royalty
payments owed for Interfyl (as described in Schedule 6.2) sold by
Sanuwave.
(d) Reports and Royalty Payments. Within
thirty (30) days following the end of each Launch Year Quarter,
Sanuwave shall provide Celularity with a report containing the
following information for the applicable Launch Year Quarter on a
Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis: (i) the number of sales
of such Licensed Product by Sanuwave and its Affiliates in the
Territory for each Unit, and (ii) a calculation of the royalty
payment due on such sales. Contemporaneously with the delivery of
the applicable quarterly report, Sanuwave shall pay in Dollars all
amounts due to Celularity pursuant to Section 6.3(a) for such
Launch Year Quarter, less the Royalty Credit pursuant to Section
6.2(c).
6.3. Market
Condition Change. In the event of a Market Condition Change,
the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and mutually agree upon
an alternative (i) Quarterly License Fee for a Launch Year and (ii)
Minimum Sales Threshold (as defined below) to account for such
Market Condition Change (the “Market Condition Financial
Terms”), provided that unless otherwise agreed by the
Parties, such Market Condition Financial Terms shall not be reduced
by more than fifty percent (50%) of the then-current financial
terms set forth in this Article 6 and provided further that, once
such Market Condition Change is cured, the Market Condition
Financial Terms shall automatically expire as of the end of the
calendar year in which the Market Condition Change occurred, and
the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 6 shall control.
Notwithstanding the above, during the COVID-19 Period, the Parties
shall meet (whether physically or virtually) and confer to
re-evaluate in good faith the Minimum Sales Thresholds (as defined
in Section 11.2(b)), the Quarterly License Fees, the Royalties,
forecasts and other payments due hereunder once every six months
and appropriately adjust such payments and forecasts to reflect the
impact of COVID-19 outbreak on Sanuwave’s actual and
potential sales of the Licensed Products.
6.4 Payment
Method; Late Payments. All payments due hereunder shall be
made in Dollars by wire transfer of immediately available funds
into an account in the USA designated by the payee Party. If a
Party does not receive payment of any undisputed sum due to it on
or before the due date, simple interest shall thereafter accrue on
the sum due until the date of payment at the per annum rate of one
and one-half percent (1.5%) over the then-current prime rate
reported in The Wall Street
Journal or the maximum rate allowable by applicable Laws,
whichever is lower. For clarity, in addition to all other remedies
available to Celularity, Sanuwave’s exclusivity rights
provided in Section 2.2(b) shall be suspended for failure to timely
pay the undisputed License Fees pursuant to Section 6.1 and such
breach has not been cured within ninety (90) days of the date for
which such payment was due to Celularity and shall only be resumed
upon Sanuwave’s full payment of such undisputed License
Fees.
6.5 Records.
Sanuwave and its Affiliates shall maintain complete and accurate
records in reasonably sufficient detail to permit Celularity to
confirm the accuracy of the calculation of royalty payments.
Celularity shall have the right to audit such records in accordance
with Section 6.6.
6.6 Audits.
For a period of two (2) years from the end of the Launch Year in
which a payment was due hereunder, upon thirty (30) days’
prior notice, Sanuwave (the “Audited Party”) shall (and shall
require that its Affiliates) make such records relating to such
payment available, during regular business hours and not more often
than once each Launch Year, for examination by an independent
certified public accountant selected by Celularity (the
“Auditing
Party”), for the purposes of verifying compliance with
this Agreement and the accuracy of the financial reports and/or
invoices furnished pursuant to this Agreement. The results of any
such audit shall be shared by the auditor with both Parties and
shall be considered Confidential Information of both Parties. Any
amounts shown to be owed to the other shall be paid within thirty
(30) days from the auditor’s report, plus interest (as set
forth in Section 6.4) from the original due date. The Auditing
Party shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit
discloses a deficiency in the Audited Party’s payments of
greater than five percent (5.0%) (i.e., an under-payment by
Sanuwave pursuant to Section 6.2), in which case the Audited Party
shall bear the full cost of such audit.
6.7 Taxes.
(a) Taxes
on Income. Each Party shall be solely responsible for the
payment of all taxes imposed on its share of income arising
directly or indirectly from the efforts of the Parties under this
Agreement.
(b) Tax
Cooperation. The Parties agree to cooperate with one another
and use reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate tax withholding
or similar obligations in respect of License Fees, royalties, and
other payments made by Sanuwave to Celularity under this Agreement.
To the extent Sanuwave is required to deduct and withhold taxes on
any payment to Celularity, Sanuwave shall pay the amounts of such
taxes to the proper Governmental Authority in a timely manner and
promptly transmit to Celularity an official tax certificate or
other evidence of such withholding sufficient to enable Celularity
to claim such payment of taxes. Celularity shall provide Sanuwave
any tax forms that may be reasonably necessary in order for
Sanuwave not to withhold tax or to withhold tax at a reduced rate
under an applicable bilateral income tax treaty. Each Party shall
provide the other with reasonable assistance to enable the
recovery, as permitted by applicable Laws, of withholding taxes,
value added taxes, or similar obligations resulting from payments
made under this Agreement, such recovery to be for the benefit of
the Party bearing such withholding tax or value added tax. Sanuwave
shall require its Affiliates in the Territory to cooperate with
Celularity in a manner consistent with this Section
6.7(b).
6.8 Annual
Fee on Medical Device Manufacturers and Importers. The
Parties acknowledge that the “Annual Fee on Medical Device
Manufacturers and Importers” was signed into United States
law with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in
2010. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Annual Fee on
Medical Device Manufacturers and Importers or any similar fee for a
drug or biological product is applied to the sale of any Licensed
Product by Sanuwave, the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that
(a) Sanuwave shall be solely responsible for full payment of such
fee; and (b) Sanuwave shall supply Celularity with reasonable
documentation supporting the imposition of such fee, including, but
not limited to, as applicable, the annual invoice for such fee
received from the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
ARTICLE 7
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
7.1. Prosecution of
Patents.
(a)
Celularity Prosecuted
Patents.
(i) Subject
to Section 7.1(a)(ii) below, as between the Parties, Celularity
shall have the first right to (and shall use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to) prepare, file, prosecute and maintain the
Celularity Patents in the Territory and internationally. The costs
of preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Celularity
Patents shall be borne by Celularity.
(ii) If
Celularity decides to cease the prosecution or maintenance of any
Celularity Patent after the Effective Date, it shall notify
Sanuwave in writing sufficiently in advance (but in no event less
than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date on which the
Celularity Patent would become abandoned) so that Sanuwave may, at
its discretion, assume the responsibility for the prosecution or
maintenance of such Patent, at Sanuwave’s cost and expense.
If Sanuwave assumes the prosecution and maintenance of any
Celularity Patent, Celularity will assign to Sanuwave, without
further consideration, Celularity’s rights in and to that
Celularity Patent for Commercialization whether in or outside the
Field or in or outside the Territory.
(b) Cooperation.
Each Party shall provide the other Party all reasonable assistance
and cooperation, at the other Party’s request and expense, in
the patent prosecution efforts provided above in this Section 7.1,
including providing any necessary powers of attorney and executing
any other required documents or instruments for such
prosecution.
7.2. Inventions
Generally. Inventions conceived or reduced to practice in
the course of activities performed under this Agreement which
relate to a Licensed Product, or relate to or derive from
Celularity Know-How, Celularity Patents, Celularity’s
Confidential Information or otherwise to Celularity’s
biomaterials-related intellectual property (including those which
are Improvements to Celularity Know-How, Celularity Patents or
otherwise to Celularity’s biomaterials-related intellectual
property), by Celularity shall be owned by Celularity
(“Celularity
Inventions”). The inventions solely developed by
Sanuwave that are not Celularity Inventions shall be owned by
Sanuwave. New inventions jointly invented by (i) one or more
employees or agents of Celularity of its Affiliates or other
persons acting under the authority on the other hand and (ii) one
or more employees or agents of Sanuwave or its Affiliates or other
persons acting under its authority on the other hand, shall be
jointly owned by both Parties (“Joint IP”). Inventorship shall be
determined by applying the patent laws of the United States,
including, in the case of New Inventions jointly invented outside
the United States, as if such new inventions were invented in the
United States. The Parties shall discuss in good faith the filing,
prosecution, maintenance, enforcement, defense of and patent
applications relating to such Joint IP, as well as each
Party’s right to use, any such Joint IP. In the absence of an
agreement of the Parties, each Party shall have the right to
practice, use, grant licenses to practice and use, any Joint IP
without the other Party’s consent and has no duty to account
to the other Party for such practice, use and license; provided,
however, that Sanuwave shall not have any rights to Celularity
Know-How, Celularity Technology, Celularity Marks, Celularity
Patents and/or Celularity’s Confidential Information unless
otherwise permitted under this Agreement. Sanuwave hereby makes all
assignments to Celularity in order to effect Celularity’s
ownership in and to Celularity Inventions, and agrees, at
Celularity’s cost and expense, to take all further actions
requested by Celularity in order to perfect the foregoing
assignment. All rights assigned to Celularity by Sanuwave shall be
deemed to be Celularity Know-How or Celularity Patents, as
applicable.
7.3. Enforcement
of Celularity Patents.
(a) Notification. If either Party becomes
aware of any existing or threatened infringement of the Celularity
Patents (an “Infringement”), which infringing
activity involves the using, making, importing, offering for sale
or selling of any Licensed Product or a competitive product or
otherwise adversely affects or is reasonably expected to adversely
affect the Commercialization of any Licensed Product, it shall
promptly notify the other Party in writing to that effect and the
Parties shall consult with each other regarding any actions to be
taken with respect to such Infringement.
(b) Actions
Controlled by Celularity; Sanuwave’s Back-Up Enforcement
Right. Celularity shall have the first right to bring an
appropriate suit or take other action against any Third Party
engaged in any Infringement, at Celularity’s cost and
expense. If, after its receipt or delivery of notice thereof under
Section 7.3(a), Celularity (i) notifies Sanuwave that it will not
bring any claim, suit or action to prevent or abate such
Infringement or (ii) fails to commence a suit to prevent or abate
such Infringement within one hundred and eighty (180) days,
Sanuwave shall have the right, but not the obligation, to commence
a suit or take action to prevent or abate such Infringement under
the Celularity Patents at its own cost and expense. Expenses of,
and recoveries on, suits under this Section 7.3(b) shall be handled
as provided in Section 7.3(e).
(c) Collaboration.
Each Party shall provide to the enforcing Party reasonable
assistance in such enforcement, at such enforcing Party’s
request and expense, including joining such action as a party
plaintiff if required by applicable Laws to pursue such action. The
enforcing Party shall keep the other Party regularly informed of
the status and progress of such enforcement efforts and shall
reasonably consider the other Party’s comments on any such
efforts. The enforcing Party shall consult with the other Party as
to any important aspects of such enforcement, including
determination of litigation strategy and filing of material papers
to the competent court. The non-enforcing Party shall be entitled
to separate representation in such matter by counsel of its own
choice and at its own expense, but such Party shall at all times
cooperate fully with the enforcing Party.
(d) Settlement.
Neither Party shall settle any claim, suit or action that it brings
under Section 7.3(b) in a manner that would negatively impact the
applicable Celularity Patents (e.g., shorten the life of such
Patents or narrow their scope) without the prior written consent of
the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned, or delayed.
(e) Expenses
and Recoveries. The term “Revenue” includes all fees,
minimum royalties, payments, compensation, or consideration of any
kind (including without limitation in-kind payments, forbearance in
connection with settlement, equity amounts taken in lieu of cash,
or discounts below fair market value of equity) received by either
Party or its Affiliates, without regard to which entity pays,
transfers or otherwise provides the Revenue, or how the Revenue is
structured, denominated, or paid transferred or provided. The
enforcing Party bringing a claim, suit or action under Section
7.3(b) shall be solely responsible for any expenses incurred by
such Party as a result of such claim, suit or action. If such Party
receives Revenue in such claim, suit or action, such Revenue shall
be allocated first to the reimbursement of any expenses incurred by
the Parties in such litigation (including, for this purpose, a
reasonable allocation of expenses of internal counsel), and any
remaining amounts shall be allocated as follows: (i) if Celularity
is the Party bringing the suit, then the rest of the remaining
recovery shall be allocated to Celularity; and (ii) if instead
Sanuwave exercised its back-up right to enforce, then the rest of
the remaining recovery shall be allocated to
Celularity.
7.4. Infringement
of Third-Party Rights in the Territory.
(a) If
any Licensed Product Commercialized by or on behalf of Sanuwave
becomes the subject of a Third Party claim or assertion of
infringement of such Third Party’s intellectual property,
including any Patent, issued in the Territory, Sanuwave shall
promptly notify Celularity and the Parties shall negotiate in good
faith and agree on and enter into a “common interest
agreement” wherein the Parties agree to their shared, mutual
interest in the outcome of such potential dispute, and thereafter,
the Parties shall promptly meet to consider the claim or assertion
and the appropriate course of action. Subject to Sections 2.4 and
12.5, Celularity shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
defend any such infringement claim, provided that all costs and
expenses relating to, and arising from, the defense of any such
infringement claim shall be divided equally between the Parties.
Sanuwave shall provide all reasonable assistance to Celularity and
reasonably cooperate in the defense of any such action. At each
quarterly JSC meeting, Celularity shall provide to Sanuwave an
update on the status and defense of such infringement claim during
the previous calendar quarter and any other information with
respect thereto as reasonably requested by Sanuwave.
(b) Celularity
shall not settle or consent to judgment of any infringement claim
without the prior written consent of Sanuwave, such consent not to
be unreasonably delayed, conditioned, or withheld; provided,
however, that if such settlement or consent to judgment does not
impose any liability on, or materially affect the rights or
obligations of, Sanuwave, Celularity shall have the right to settle
such claim or consent to judgment (e.g., a monetary liability that
is fully satisfied by Celularity on behalf of Sanuwave). In the
event the Parties cannot reach consensus within five (5) Business
Days after they have met and attempted to reach consensus regarding
settlement of any such infringement claim (an “Infringement Dispute”), the
settlement of such Infringement Dispute shall be referred to the
JSC for resolution; provided, however, that the provisions of
Section 3.1(c)(ii) shall not apply with respect to that particular
matter and the Parties’ resolution thereof.
7.5. Patent
Marking. Sanuwave and its Affiliates shall mark each
Licensed Product marketed and sold by Sanuwave or its Affiliates
hereunder with appropriate patent numbers or indicia.
7.6. Trademarks.
(a) Product Marks. Sanuwave shall have the
right to brand the Licensed Products and create all Licensed
Product labels using Sanuwave-related trademarks and any other
trademarks and trade names it determines appropriate (including the
Celularity Marks as set forth in Section 7.6(b) below) for the
Licensed Products, which may vary by country or within a country
(collectively, the “Product
Marks”). The Parties acknowledge and agree that the
Licensed Products shall be co-branded as mutually agreed upon in
writing by the Parties and that Sanuwave shall give the proper
attribution on each Licensed Product to Celularity as provider of
the Celularity Technology or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by
the Parties. The Parties shall mutually agree upon the form and
substance of such attribution rights. In the event that Sanuwave
desires to brand a Licensed Product using an alternative name,
Sanuwave shall first propose such alternative name to Celularity
and Celularity may provide comments on the alternative name, which
shall be considered in good faith by Sanuwave. For clarity, Sanuwave has the
right to brand Biovance and Interfyl using alternative names and
Sanuwave’s Product Marks (excluding the Celularity Marks)
provided that Sanuwave shall pay for the costs associated with such
branding, including design, labor and material costs and
expenses.
(b) Celularity
Marks. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Celularity hereby grants to Sanuwave an exclusive
license to use and display (with the right to grant sublicenses to
any (i) sublicensees permitted under Section 2.3 and (ii)
distributors and other Third Parties who perform activities
directly on behalf of Sanuwave, provided that such sublicense is
incidental to the activities performed by such Third Party), during
the Term and in the Field in the Territory, to the Biovance and/or
Interfyl trademark, as applicable, as set forth in Exhibit B, to identify the
Licensed Products (each, a “Celularity Mark” and collectively,
the “Celularity
Marks”), (i) on the Licensed Product itself, (ii) as
part of the Product Marks and (iii) on any other labels,
Promotional Materials or Regulatory Materials used in connection
with any Licensed Product, provided that if Sanuwave, upon the
consent of Celularity, brings an enforcement action with respect to
any Celularity Mark, Sanuwave shall reimburse Celularity for the
expenses Celularity reasonably incurs in connection therewith
(including, without limitation, costs associated with hiring
consultants, attorneys’ fees and preparation and filing of
any applications, renewals or other documentation with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, foreign counterparts, or other
relevant agency). Sanuwave shall give reasonable prior advance
notice to Celularity regarding any use or display of the Celularity
Marks and shall provide Celularity with a sample embodying such use
or display, for Celularity’s prior review and approval to
ensure such use or display complies with Celularity’s
reasonable trademark guidelines, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Sanuwave shall use
its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to follow Celularity’s
reasonable trademark guidelines at all times as to the use of the
Celularity Marks. If Celularity changes such trademark guidelines:
(x) Celularity shall, if practical, provide Sanuwave with at least
thirty (30) days prior written notice of such changes, (y) such
changes shall not apply to any materials that are in inventory or
on order as of the effective date of such notice and (z) Sanuwave
shall be solely responsible for any expense of implementing such
changes, including on packaging, promotional materials and other
items if such changes are required by Law, and if such changes are
not required by Law, each Party shall bear equal responsibility for
any expense of implementing such changes. Other than as expressly
set forth herein, use of the Celularity Marks shall not confer on
Sanuwave any right to or interest in such trademark, and Sanuwave
acknowledges and agrees that all use of the Celularity Marks and
the goodwill generated thereby shall inure solely to the benefit of
Celularity. Sanuwave shall not use, adopt, file, register, seek to
register or take any other action to use or establish rights in any
mark anywhere in the world which is comprised of, derivative of, a
combination with, or otherwise confusingly similar to, any
Celularity Mark or file any application to register any trademark
or trade name that is confusingly similar to the Celularity
Marks.
(c) Ownership;
No Challenge. Subject to Section 7.6(b), above, Sanuwave
shall own all right, title and interest in and to the Product Marks
(excluding the Celularity Marks). All use of the Product Marks
(excluding the Celularity Marks) and the goodwill generated thereby
shall inure solely to the benefit of Sanuwave. Other than in
connection with the Celularity Marks, Celularity shall not use,
adopt, file, register, seek to register, or take any other action
to use or establish rights in any mark anywhere in the world which
is comprised of, derivative of, a combination with, or otherwise
confusingly similar to, any Product Mark. For the avoidance of
doubt, subject to Section 7.6(b) above, this Section 7.6(c) does
not grant Sanuwave any right to or interest in the Celularity
Marks, and Sanuwave acknowledges and agrees that all use of the
Celularity Marks and the goodwill generated thereby shall inure
solely to the benefit of Celularity.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
8.1. Mutual
Representations and Warranties. Each Party hereby represents
and warrants to the other Party as follows:
(a) Organization.
As of the Effective Date, such Party is an entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state
of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite legal
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted. Such Party not in violation of
any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation, formation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents.
(b) Authorization;
Enforcement. Such Party has the requisite corporate
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and no further consent or action is required by
it, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement has
been duly executed by such Party and is the valid and binding
obligation of such Party enforceable against such Party in
accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general
equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and
(ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies.
(c) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Party of this Agreement and the consummation by such Party of the
transactions contemplated hereby does not, and will not, (i)
conflict with or violate any provision of such Party’s
certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, (ii) in any material respect,
conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument or other
understanding to which such Party is a party or by which any
property or asset of such Party is bound, or affected, or (iii) in
any material respect, result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which such
Party is subject, or by which any property or asset of such Party
is bound or affected.
8.2. Additional
Representations and Warranties of Celularity. Celularity
represents and warrants to Sanuwave as follows, as of the Effective
Date:
(a) It
has sufficient legal and/or beneficial title, ownership or license
to the Celularity Technology to grant the licenses to Sanuwave as
purported to be granted pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) Celularity
has not licensed from any Third Party any intellectual property
rights included in the Celularity Technology, and, to
Celularity’s Knowledge, no such license is
required;
(c) Celularity
has not received any written claim or notice from any Third Party
asserting or alleging that the Celularity Technology infringes any
intellectual property rights of such Third Party, and, to
Celularity’s Knowledge, the Celularity Technology does not
infringe any intellectual property rights of any Third
Party;
(d) It
has not received any written notice from any Third Party asserting
or alleging that any research or development of any Licensed
Product by Celularity as of the Effective Date infringed or
misappropriated the intellectual property rights of such Third
Party;
(e) There
are no pending, and to Celularity’s Knowledge, no threatened,
adverse actions, suits or proceedings against Celularity involving
Celularity Technology, or any Licensed Product;
(f) The
Celularity Patents include all Patents that Cover the Licensed
Products which are Controlled by Celularity and/or its Affiliates
on the Effective Date;
(g) To
Celularity’s Knowledge (i) the Celularity Marks have been
properly filed and registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and is valid and in full force and effect, and (ii)
Celularity has the right to use and license the Celularity Marks,
free and clear of any liens or encumbrances;
(h) To
Celularity’s Knowledge, there are no pending legal suits or
proceedings involving the Celularity Technology or any Licensed
Product; and to there are no threatened legal suits or proceedings
in the Territory involving the Celularity Technology or any
Licensed Product; and
(i) There
are no current pending, or to Celularity’s Knowledge,
threatened in writing, product liability, warranty or other similar
claims by any Third Party (whether based in contract or tort and
whether relating to personal injury, including death, property
damage or economic loss) arising from the marketing or sale of any
Licensed Product.
8.3. Mutual
Covenants.
(a) No
Debarment. In the course of, and with respect, the
Commercialization of the Licensed Products, each Party shall not
use any employee or consultant who has been debarred , excluded or
disqualified under applicable Law by any Governmental Authority,
or, to such Party’s Knowledge, is the subject of debarment,
exclusion or disqualification proceedings by any Governmental
Authority. Each Party shall notify the other Party promptly upon
becoming aware that any of its employees or consultants has been
debarred, excluded or disqualified under applicable Law, or is the
subject of debarment, exclusion or disqualification proceedings by
any Governmental Authority.
(b) Compliance.
Each Party and its Affiliates shall comply in all material respects
with all applicable Laws in the Commercialization of Licensed
Products and performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including the statutes, regulations and written directives of the
FDA and any Regulatory Authority having jurisdiction in the
Territory, the FD&C Act, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act,
the federal Anti-Kickback Law (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b)), the
statutes, regulations and written directives of Medicare, Medicaid
and all other federal health care programs (as defined in 42 U.S.C.
§ 1320a-7b(f)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et.
seq.), the administrative False Claims Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(a)),
the United States Public Health Service Act, the Physician Payment
Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h), the United States Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and all regulations
promulgated thereunder, each as may be amended from time to
time.
(c) Disclaimer.
Sanuwave understands that the Licensed Products are the subject of
ongoing clinical research and development and that Celularity
cannot assure the safety or efficacy of any Licensed Product. In
addition, Celularity makes no warranties except as set forth in
this Article 8 concerning the Celularity Technology. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR NON-MISAPPROPRIATION OF THIRD PARTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE MADE OR GIVEN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A
PARTY, AND ALL IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER
ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED.
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1. Indemnification by Celularity.
Celularity shall indemnify and hold harmless Sanuwave, and its
directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates and contractors
(collectively, the “Sanuwave
Indemnitees”), from and against all losses,
liabilities, damages and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs (collectively, “Liabilities”), resulting from any
claims, demands, actions or other proceedings by any Third Party
(including Claims based upon products liability)
(“Claims”) to
the extent resulting from or relating to (a) the breach or
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Celularity in
this Agreement; (b) the breach by Celularity of any covenant or any
of its obligations under this Agreement; (c) Celularity’s
failure to comply with any applicable federal, state or local Laws
in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder;
(d) any design (latent, patent or inherent) defect of the Licensed
Products, provided that the Licensed Products are Commercialized in
accordance with this Agreement and are used in the Field in the
Territory; or (e) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Celularity or any of its Affiliates. The foregoing indemnity
obligation shall not apply to the extent that (i) the Sanuwave
Indemnitees fail to comply with the indemnification procedures set
forth in Section 9.3 and Celularity’s defense of the relevant
Claims is prejudiced by such failure, or (ii) any Claim arises
from, is based on, or results from any activity set forth in
Sections 9.2(a), 9.2(b), 9.2(c), 9.2(d), 9.2(e) or 9.2(f) for which
Sanuwave is obligated to indemnify the Celularity Indemnitees under
Section 9.2.
9.2. Indemnification
by Sanuwave. Sanuwave shall indemnify and hold harmless
Celularity, and its directors, officers, employees, agents,
Affiliates and contractors (collectively, the “Celularity Indemnitees”), from and
against all Liabilities resulting from any Claims by any Third
Party to the extent resulting from or relating to (a) the breach or
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Sanuwave in
this Agreement; (b) the breach by Sanuwave of any covenant or any
of its obligations under this Agreement; (c) Sanuwave’s
failure to comply with any applicable federal, state or local Laws
in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder;
(d) improper Commercialization of the Licensed Products by or on
behalf of Sanuwave or any representations regarding the Licensed
Products made by Sanuwave in breach of this Agreement; (e) any
gross negligence or willful misconduct of Sanuwave or any of its
Affiliates; or (f) any manufacturing defects of the Licensed
Products manufactured by Sanuwave or by a Third Party on behalf of
Sanuwave. The foregoing indemnity obligation shall not apply to the
extent that (i) the Celularity Indemnitees fail to comply with the
indemnification procedures set forth in Section 9.3 and
Sanuwave’s defense of the relevant Claims is prejudiced by
such failure, or (ii) any Claim arises from, is based on, or
results from any activity set forth in Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b),
9.1(c), 9.1(d), or 9.1(e) for which Celularity is obligated to
indemnify the Sanuwave Indemnitees under Section 9.1.
9.3. Indemnification
Procedures. The Party claiming indemnity under this Article
9 (the “Indemnified
Party”) shall give written notice to the Party from
whom indemnity is being sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly
after learning of such Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall have the
right to assume and conduct the defense of the Claim with counsel
of its choice, and the Indemnified Party may participate in and
monitor such defense with counsel of its own choosing at its sole
expense. The Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party
with reasonable assistance, at the Indemnifying Party’s
expense, in connection with the defense of the Claim for which
indemnity is being sought. Each Party shall not settle or
compromise any Claim without the prior written consent of the other
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned. If the Parties cannot agree as to the application of
the foregoing Sections 9.1 and 9.2, each may conduct separate
defenses of the Claim, and each Party reserves the right to claim
indemnity from the other in accordance with this Article 9 upon the
resolution of the underlying Claim.
9.4. Limitation
of Liability. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, INCLUDING
LOST PROFITS, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY BREACH OF THIS
AGREEMENT EXCEPT FOR FRAUD OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, BREACH OF EITHER
PARTY’S CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, A PARTY’S
INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, REGARDLESS OF ANY NOTICE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY DAMAGES
PAID TO A THIRD PARTY IN A THIRD PARTY ACTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSIDERED SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR
INDIRECT DAMAGES FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT.
9.5. Insurance.
Each Party shall, at all times during the Term of this Agreement
and for five (5) years thereafter, obtain and maintain at its own
expense the following types of insurance, with limits of liability
not less than those specified below:
(a) Commercial
general liability insurance against claims for bodily injury and
property damage which shall include contractual coverage and
product liability coverage, with limits of not less than $2,000,000
per occurrence and not less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate (which
may be met by a combination of primary, excess and umbrella
coverage).
(b) Workers
compensation and employers’ liability with limits to comply
with the statutory requirements of the state(s) in which the
Agreement is to be performed. The policy shall include
employers’ liability for not less than $1,000,000 per
accident.
(c) All
policies shall be issued by insurance companies with an A.M.
Best’s rating of Class A-, V (or its equivalent) or higher
status. Each Party shall deliver certificates of insurance
evidencing coverage to the other Party promptly after the execution
of this Agreement and annually thereafter. All policies provided
for herein shall expressly provide that such policies shall not be
cancelled, terminated or altered without at least thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the insured Party, and each insuring Party
shall immediately notify the insured Party in the event that a
policy provided for herein is cancelled, terminated or
altered.
CONFIDENTIALITY
10.1. Confidentiality. During the Term and for
a period of five (5) years thereafter, each Party shall maintain
all Confidential Information of the other Party in trust and
confidence and shall not, without the written consent of the other
Party, disclose any Confidential Information of the other Party to
any Third Party or use any Confidential Information of the other
Party for any purpose other than as necessary in connection with
the exercise of rights or discharge of obligations under this
Agreement. The confidentiality obligations of this Section 10.1
shall not apply to Confidential Information to the extent that the
receiving Party can establish by competent evidence that such
Confidential Information: (a) is publicly known prior or subsequent
to disclosure without breach of confidentiality obligations by such
Party or its employees, consultants or agents; (b) was in such
Party’s possession at the time of disclosure without any
restrictions on further disclosure; (c) is received by such
receiving Party, without any restrictions on further disclosure,
from a Third Party who has the lawful right to disclose it and
without restriction on disclosure; or (d) is independently
developed by employees or agents of the receiving Party who had no
access to the disclosing Party’s Confidential
Information.
10.2. Authorized
Disclosure. Nothing herein shall preclude a Party from
disclosing the Confidential Information of the other Party to the
extent:
(a) such disclosure is reasonably
necessary (i) for the filing or prosecuting of Patents as
contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) to comply with the requirement
of Regulatory Authorities with respect to obtaining and maintaining
Regulatory Clearance and/or Approval (or any pricing and
reimbursement approvals) of any Licensed Product; or (iii) for
prosecuting or defending litigations as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(b) such
disclosure is reasonably necessary to its employees, agents,
consultants or contractors on a need-to-know basis for the sole
purpose of performing its obligations or exercising its rights
under this Agreement; provided that in each case, the disclosees
are bound by written obligations of confidentiality and non-use
consistent with those contained in this Agreement;
(c) such
disclosure is reasonably necessary to any bona fide potential or
actual investor, acquiror, merger partner, or other financial or
commercial partner for the sole purpose of evaluating an actual or
potential investment, acquisition or other business relationship;
provided that in each case, the disclosees are bound by written
obligations of confidentiality and non-use consistent with those
contained in this Agreement;
(d) such
disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable Laws,
including regulations promulgated by applicable security exchanges,
a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative
subpoena or order.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event a Party is required to make a disclosure of
the other Party’s Confidential Information pursuant to any of
Sections 10.2(a) through 10.2(d), such Party shall promptly notify
the other Party of such required disclosure and to the extent
commercially reasonable, shall use reasonable efforts to obtain, or
to assist the other Party in obtaining, a protective order
preventing or limiting the required disclosure.
10.3. Return
of Confidential Information. Promptly after the termination
or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, each Party shall
return to the other Party all tangible manifestations of such other
Party’s Confidential Information at that time in the
possession of the receiving Party.
10.4. Publicity;
Terms of the Agreement; Confidential Treatment.
(a) The
Parties agree that the terms of this Agreement (including without
limitation any exhibits and schedules hereto) shall be considered
Confidential Information of each Party, subject to the special
authorized disclosure provisions set forth in Section 10.2 and this
Section 10.4.
(b) If
either Party desires to make a public announcement concerning the
material terms of this Agreement, such Party shall give reasonable
prior advance notice of the proposed text of such announcement to
the other Party for its prior review and approval (except as
otherwise provided herein), such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. A Party commenting on such a
proposed press release shall provide its comments, if any, within
three (3) Business Days after receiving the press release for
review. In addition, to the extent required by applicable Laws,
including regulations promulgated by applicable security exchanges,
each Party shall have the right to make a press release announcing
the achievement of each milestone under this Agreement as it is
achieved, and the achievements of Regulatory Clearances and/or
Approvals in the Territory as they occur, subject to the other
Party’s consent as to form and substance of such
announcement, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or delayed. In relation to the other Party’s review and
approval of such an announcement, such other Party may make
specific, reasonable comments on such proposed press release within
the prescribed time for commentary, but shall not withhold its
consent to disclosure of the information that the relevant
milestone has been achieved and triggered a payment hereunder.
Neither Party shall be required to seek the permission of the other
Party to repeat any information regarding the terms of this
Agreement that has already been publicly disclosed by such Party,
or by the other Party, in accordance with this Section 10.4,
provided such information remains accurate as of such
time.
(c) In
addition, the Parties acknowledge that either or both Parties may
be obligated to file under applicable law and regulation a copy of
this Agreement with the USA Securities and Exchange Commission or
similar stock exchange authorities or other governmental
authorities. Each Party shall be entitled to make such a required
filing; provided,
however, that it requests
confidential treatment of the commercial terms and sensitive
technical terms hereof and thereof to the extent such confidential
treatment is reasonably available to such Party. In the event of
any such filing, each Party shall provide the other Party with a
copy of this Agreement marked to show provisions for which such
Party intends to seek confidential treatment and shall reasonably
consider and incorporate the other Party’s comments thereon
to the extent consistent with the legal requirements, with respect
to the filing Party, governing disclosure of material agreements
and material information that must be publicly filed.
10.5. Technical
Publication. Neither Party may publish peer reviewed
manuscripts or give other forms of public disclosure such as
abstracts and media presentations (such disclosure collectively,
for purposes of this Section 10.5, “publication”), of results of
studies carried out under this Agreement, without the opportunity
for prior review by the other Party, except to the extent required
by applicable Laws. A Party seeking publication shall provide the
other Party the opportunity to review and comment on any proposed
publication that relates to the Licensed Product at least thirty
(30) days (or at least ten (10) days in the case of abstracts and
media presentations) prior to its intended submission for
publication. The other Party shall provide the Party seeking
publication with its comments in writing, if any, within twenty
(20) days (or within five (5) days in the case of abstracts and
media presentations) after receipt of such proposed publication.
The Party seeking publication shall consider in good faith any
comments thereto provided by the other Party and shall comply with
the other Party’s reasonable request to remove any and all of
such other Party’s Confidential Information from the proposed
publication. In addition, the Party seeking publication shall delay
the submission for a period up to sixty (60) days in the event that
the other Party can demonstrate reasonable need for such delay in
order to accommodate the preparation and filing of a patent
application. If the other Party fails to provide its comments to
the Party seeking publication within such twenty (20) day period
(or five (5) day period, as the case may be), such other Party
shall be deemed not to have any comments, and the Party seeking
publication shall be free to publish in accordance with this
Section 10.5 after the thirty (30) day period (or ten (10) day
period, as the case may be) has elapsed. The Party seeking
publication shall provide the other Party a copy of the publication
at the time of the submission. Each Party agrees to acknowledge the
contributions of the other Party and its employees in all
publications as scientifically appropriate.
ARTICLE 11
TERM AND TERMINATION
11.1. Term. This Agreement shall commence on
the Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated in accordance
with the terms of this Article 11, shall continue for a period of
five (5) years (the “Initial
Term”). Upon expiration of the Initial Term, this
Agreement will automatically renew for additional one (1) year
periods (each period, a “Renewal Term” and together with
the Initial Term, the “Term”) unless either Party gives
written notice of termination at least one hundred and eighty (180)
days prior to the expiration of the then-current term, which shall
cause this Agreement to terminate at the end of the then-current
term.
11.2. Termination
by Celularity.
(a) For
Patent Challenge. Celularity may terminate this Agreement in
its entirety immediately upon written notice to Sanuwave if
Sanuwave or its Affiliates, directly or through the assistance of a
Third Party, challenges the validity, enforceability or scope of
any Celularity Patent anywhere in the world.
(b) For Failure to Meet
Thresholds.
(i) In the event that
gross sales of all Licensed Products during the second Launch Year
are less than (x) Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) or
alternatively, (y) the new gross sales volume agreed to by the
Parties for the Licensed Products pursuant to Section 6.3, as the
case may be (the “Minimum
Sales Threshold”), Celularity shall have the right to
terminate the Agreement in its entirety, on ninety (90) days’
written notice to Sanuwave (a “Sales Threshold Default”), which
notice of such Sales Threshold Default must be delivered to
Sanuwave within thirty (30) calendar days following the delivery of
the royalty report for the fourth Launch Year Quarter of the second
Launch Year (a “Sales
Threshold Default Notice”). Upon receipt of a Sales
Threshold Default Notice, Sanuwave may cure the Sales Threshold
Default solely for the second Launch Year by (i) paying to
Celularity an amount equal to the difference between the Quarterly
License Fees for the four Launch Year Quarters of the second Launch
Year and the aggregate royalties which would be due to Celularity
if gross annual sales of all the Licensed Products for the second
Launch Year were Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (or the
alternative Minimum Sales Threshold, as the case may be) or (ii) by
demonstrating with reasonable documentation that the gross annual
sales of all Licensed Products will reach an annualized run rate of
Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (or the alternative Minimum
Sales Threshold for all Licensed Products) as of the second Launch
Year Quarter of the third Launch Year.
(ii) In
the event gross annual sales of all Licensed Products for the third
Launch Year or any subsequent Launch Year thereafter are less than
Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or the alternative Minimum Sales
Threshold for all Licensed Products, as the case may be) each of
Celularity and Sanuwave shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement in its entirety upon six months’ prior written
notice to the other Party, which notice of such termination must be
delivered to the other Party within ninety (90) calendar days
following the delivery of the royalty report for the fourth Launch
Year Quarter of the applicable Launch Year. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that in the third Launch Year the gross
annual sales of all the Licensed Products are less than Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or the alternative Minimum Sales
Threshold for all the Licensed Products, as the case may be), the
Parties may discuss alternative options to the termination of this
Agreement with respect to the Licensed Products, including, without
limitation, the sale of all rights in and to the Licensed Products
to Sanuwave.
11.3. Termination
for Breach.
(a) Subject
to Section 11.3(b), each Party shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement in its entirety upon written notice to the other
Party if the other Party materially breaches its obligations under
this Agreement (including, but not limited to, failure of a Party
to exert Commercially Reasonable Efforts in accordance with the
terms set forth in this Agreement) and, after receiving written
notice identifying such material breach in reasonable detail, fails
to cure such material breach within sixty (60) days from the date
of such notice.
(b) If
the alleged breaching Party disputes in good faith the existence or
materiality of a breach specified in a notice provided by the other
Party in accordance with Section 11.3(a), and such alleged
breaching Party provides the other Party notice of such dispute
within the applicable cure period, then the non-breaching Party
shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement under Section
11.3(a) unless and until an arbitrator, in accordance with Article
12, has determined that the alleged breaching Party has materially
breached the Agreement and such breaching Party fails to cure such
breach within the applicable cure period (measured as commencing
after the arbitrator’s decision). It is understood and agreed
that during the pendency of such dispute, all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall remain in effect and the Parties
shall continue to perform all of their respective obligations
hereunder.
11.4. Termination
for Bankruptcy. To the extent permitted under applicable
Laws, if at any time during the Term of this Agreement, an Event of
Bankruptcy (as defined below) relating to either Party (the
“Bankrupt
Party”) occurs, the other Party (the
“Non-Bankrupt
Party”) shall have, in addition to all other legal and
equitable rights and remedies available hereunder, the option to
terminate this Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice to the
Bankrupt Party. It is agreed and understood that if the
Non-Bankrupt Party does not elect to terminate this Agreement upon
the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy, except as may otherwise
be agreed with the trustee or receiver appointed to manage the
affairs of the Bankrupt Party, the Non-Bankrupt Party shall
continue to make all payments required of it under this Agreement
as if the Event of Bankruptcy had not occurred, and the Bankrupt
Party shall not have the right to terminate any license granted
herein. The term “Event of
Bankruptcy” means: (a) filing, in any court or agency
pursuant to any statute or regulation of any state or country, (i)
a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency, (ii) for reorganization or
(iii) for the appointment of (or for an arrangement for the
appointment of) a receiver or trustee of the Bankrupt Party or of
its assets; (b) with respect to the Bankrupt Party, being served
with an involuntary petition filed in any insolvency proceeding,
which such petition is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after
the filing thereof; (c) proposing or being a party to any
dissolution or liquidation when insolvent; or (d) making an
assignment for the benefit of creditors. Without limitation, the
Bankrupt Party’s rights under this Agreement shall include
those rights afforded by 11 USAC. § 365(n) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) and any
successor thereto. If the bankruptcy trustee of a Bankrupt Party as
a debtor or debtor-in-possession rejects this Agreement under 11
USAC. § 365(o) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Non-Bankrupt Party
may elect to retain its rights licensed from the Bankrupt Party
hereunder (and any other supplementary agreements hereto) for the
duration of this Agreement and avail itself of all rights and
remedies to the full extent contemplated by this Agreement and 11
USAC. § 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, and any other relevant
Laws.
11.5. Termination
for Safety, Legal or Economic Risks. Either Party may
terminate this Agreement on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product
basis, or in the entirety, immediately upon thirty (30) days prior
written notice to the other Party if a Party is advised in writing
by its outside legal counsel that it is not advisable for such
Party to continue the Commercialization of such Licensed Product in
the Territory to the extent permitted by this Agreement as a result
of an actual, threatened or perceived significant safety, legal or
economic risk regarding such Licensed Product as the result of any
Law, decree, resolution, Liabilities resulting from any Claim, or
any decision of a Governmental Authority or Regulatory Authority or
change in the interpretation of any current Law, decree, resolution
or decision by a Governmental Authority or Regulatory Authority,
provided that a Party may only terminate this Agreement in the
entirety if the actual, threatened or perceived significant safety,
legal or economic risk relates to the Licensed Products as a
whole.
11.6. Termination
for Infringement. This Agreement may be terminated by a
non-defaulting Party solely with respect to a Licensed Product upon
the issuance of a final order or decree issued in a bona fide
proceeding by or before a competent judicial authority that such a
Licensed Product infringed the intellectual property rights of a
Third Party, if, after receiving such issuance of a final order or
decree of infringement, the other Party who is obligated under the
applicable laws or this Agreement to cure the infringement, as
applicable, fails to or is unable to cure such infringement within
sixty (60) days from the date of issuance.
11.7. Effects
of Expiration or Early Termination.
(a) General. Upon the expiration or
termination of this Agreement (i) all licenses and rights granted
to Sanuwave under Section 2.1 of this Agreement or with respect to
each Licensed Product, as applicable, shall terminate, (ii)
Sanuwave shall immediately transfer and assign to Celularity or its
designee all materials, Know-How, Regulatory Materials, licenses,
Third Party agreements and other items as are reasonably necessary
for Celularity to continue the Commercialization of the Licensed
Product(s) and (iii) Sanuwave shall immediately cease all sales,
marketing and distribution of the Licensed Product(s), subject to
Section 11.7(c), below.
(b) Additional Effects of Termination.
Without limiting the generality of Section 11.7(a), the following
rights and consequences shall apply upon termination:
(i) Regulatory Materials; Data. To the
extent permitted by applicable Laws, Sanuwave shall transfer and
assign to Celularity all Regulatory Materials to extent such
Regulatory Materials are not owned by Celularity, and related data
and Know-How relating to the Licensed Product(s) and shall treat
the foregoing as Confidential Information of Celularity (and not of
Sanuwave) under Article 10; provided that Sanuwave shall be allowed
to retain any such materials that a Regulatory Authority requires
Sanuwave to retain under applicable Laws.
(ii) Sanuwave
Assignment. Sanuwave hereby irrevocably assigns to
Celularity, effective upon such Termination by Celularity for
Cause, a non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide, fully transferrable,
irrevocable license (with the right to grant sublicenses through
multiple tiers) to all intellectual property, including all Patents
and Know-How (i) Controlled by Sanuwave (or its Affiliates) as of
the effective date of such termination and (ii) reasonably
necessary or useful for the Commercialization of the Licensed
Product(s) in the Field.
(iii) Trademarks.
Sanuwave shall assign to Celularity all right, title and interest
in and to the Product Marks (excluding any such marks that include,
in whole or part, any corporate name or logo of Sanuwave)
throughout the Territory.
(iv) Transition
Assistance. In the event this Agreement terminates other
than for Celularity’s breach for the Agreement in accordance
with Section 11.3(a), Sanuwave shall provide such assistance, at no
cost to Celularity, for a period of ninety (90) days as may be
reasonably necessary or useful for Celularity to continue
Commercializing the Licensed Product(s) throughout the Territory,
including assigning or amending as appropriate, upon request of
Celularity, any agreements or arrangements with Third Party vendors
to Commercialize the Licensed Product(s). To the extent that any
such contract between Sanuwave and a Third Party is not assignable
to Celularity, Sanuwave shall reasonably cooperate with Celularity
to arrange to continue to provide such services for a reasonable
time after termination. Sanuwave shall not, during such applicable
notice period, take any action that could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse impact on the further Commercialization of
any Licensed Product.
(v) Inventories.
Subject to Section 11.7(c) below, in the event this Agreement
terminates other than for Celularity’s breach for the
Agreement in accordance with Section 11.3(a), then Celularity shall
have the right to purchase from Sanuwave any and all of the
inventory of the Licensed Product(s) held by Sanuwave as of the
effective date of termination at a price equal to Sanuwave’s
actual cost to acquire of such inventory from Celularity.
Celularity shall notify Sanuwave within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of termination whether Celularity elects to exercise
such right.
(vi) Termination
for Celularity Breach
a.
During the Initial Term, upon termination of this Agreement in its
entirety by Sanuwave pursuant to Section 11.3 due to
Celularity’s breach of this Agreement which is not caused by
Celularity’s fraud or criminal misconduct, as
Sanuwave’s sole and exclusive remedy (in addition to such
termination), Celularity shall pay to Sanuwave, as liquidated
damages, one of the following amounts depending upon the effective
date of such termination: (1) $9,000,000 if this Agreement
terminates before the first anniversary of the Effective Date; (B)
$7,000,000 if this Agreement terminates on or after the first
anniversary of the Effective Date and before the second anniversary
of the Effective Date; (3) $5,000,000 if this Agreement terminates
on or after the second anniversary of the Effective Date and before
the third anniversary of the Effective Date; (4) $3,000,000 if this
Agreement terminates on or after the third anniversary of the
Effective Date and before the fourth anniversary of the Effective
Date; or (5) $2,000,000 if this Agreement terminates on or after
the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date and before the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date. The foregoing shall not apply to
any termination of this Agreement for Celularity’s breach
pursuant to Section 11.3 during a Renewal Term; provided, however, nothing in this
Agreement shall affect Sanuwave’s right to enforce any
remedies available to it at law, in equity, by statute, or by
contract with respect to such breach of Celularity during such
Renewal Term.
b.
Notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 11.7(b)(vi)(a), if
this Agreement terminates during the Initial Term while Sanuwave
otherwise is meeting its financial commitments to Celularity,
because Celularity grants an exclusive license under Celularity
Technology to any Third Party to market and commercialize any
Licensed Product or because Celularity is marketing and
commercializing any Licensed Product internally in the Territory,
then Sanuwave’s liquidated damages remedy shall be as
follows: Sanuwave’s revenues under this Agreement for the
twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the month prior
to termination multiplied by its Market Revenue Multiple.
“Market Revenue Multiple” shall mean the market
capitalization for Sanuwave, based on the last trading day for its
common stock on the date prior to the termination date, divided by
all of its revenue as most recently reported publicly by Sanuwave;
provided, however, that if Sanuwave is no longer trading as a
public company, the Market Revenue Multiple shall be the price paid
by the acquirer of Sanuwave in such a transaction.
(c) Sanuwave’s
Right to Sell Off. In the event this Agreement terminates
other than for Sanuwave’s breach of the Agreement in
accordance with Section 11.3(a), then Celularity, at its option,
shall (i) have the right to purchase from Sanuwave any and all of
the inventory of Licensed Products held by Sanuwave as of the
effective date of termination in accordance with the terms of
Section 11.7(b), above, or (ii) permit Sanuwave, for a period of
ninety days (90) from the effective date of termination, to market,
distribute, offer to sell and sell off then-existing inventory of
Licensed Products then on hand (the period referred to in this
Section 11.7(c)(ii), the “Sell-Off Period”). If Celularity
elects to allow Sanuwave to sell off its then-existing inventory of
Licensed Products in accordance with Section 11.7(c)(ii), following
the expiration of the Sell Off Period, Sanuwave shall immediately
cease all sales, marketing and distribution of the then-existing
inventory Licensed Products on hand as of the end of such Sell-Off
Period, and Celularity, at its option, shall (x) have the right to
purchase from Sanuwave any and all of the inventory of Licensed
Products held by Sanuwave as of the last date of the Sell-Off
Period at a price equal to Sanuwave’s actual cost to acquire
or manufacture such inventory, or (y) instruct Sanuwave to destroy
or donate (to a recognized not-for-profit charitable organization,
provided however, that such inventory is not further re-sold or
distributed for profit) such remaining inventory.
For
clarity, Sanuwave shall continue to perform all of its obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the Commercialization of
Licensed Products until the effective date of termination and shall
not modify in any material respects such activities from past
practices during such period.
11.8. Survival.
Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not affect any
rights or obligations of the Parties under this Agreement that have
accrued prior to the date of termination or expiration.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the following provisions
shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement: 1,
6.2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and this Section 11.8.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
12.1. Disputes.
The Parties recognize that disputes as to certain matters may from
time to time arise that relate to either Party’s rights
and/or obligations hereunder. It is the objective of the Parties to
establish procedures to facilitate the resolution of disputes
arising under this Agreement in an expedient manner by mutual
cooperation and without resort to litigation. To accomplish this
objective, the Parties agree to follow the procedures set forth in
this Article 12 to resolve any controversy or claim arising out of,
relating to or in connection with any provision of this Agreement,
if and when a dispute arises under this Agreement.
12.2. Internal
Resolution. With respect to all disputes arising between the
Parties under this Agreement, including any alleged breach under
this Agreement or any issue relating to the interpretation or
application of this Agreement, if the Parties are unable to resolve
such dispute within thirty (30) days after such dispute is first
identified by either Party in writing to the other, the Parties
shall refer such dispute to the Executive Officers of the Parties
for attempted resolution by good faith negotiations within thirty
(30) days after such notice is received, including at least one (1)
in-person meeting of the Executive Officers within twenty (20) days
after such notice is received. If the Executive Officers are not
able to resolve such dispute referred to them within such thirty
(30) day period, then Section 13.11 shall control.
12.3. Patent
and Trademark Disputes. Any dispute, controversy or claim
relating to the scope, validity, enforceability or infringement of
any Patent Covering the manufacture, use, importation, offer for
sale or sale of any Licensed Product or of any trademark rights
relating to any Licensed Product shall be submitted to a court of
competent jurisdiction in the country in which such Patent or
trademark rights were granted or arose.
12.4. Equitable
Relief. Each Party shall be entitled to seek injunctive and
other appropriate equitable relief from a court of competent
jurisdiction in the context of a bona fide emergency or prospective
irreparable harm to prevent or curtail any actual or threatened
breach of either Party’s rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the necessity of posting a bond. The rights and
remedies provided to each Party in this Section 12.4 are cumulative
and in addition to any other rights and remedies available to such
Party at law or in equity.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1. Entire
Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, together with the
exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which are hereby
incorporated herein, represents the entire agreement and
understanding between the Parties with respect to its subject
matter and supersedes and terminates any prior and/or
contemporaneous discussions, representations or agreements, whether
written or oral, of the Parties regarding the subject matter
hereto, and supersedes, as of the Effective Date, all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the Parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof (including for the Prior
CDA, provided that non-public and proprietary information disclosed
by either Party under the Prior CDA shall be deemed to be
Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement).
There are no covenants, promises, agreements, warranties,
representations, conditions or understandings, either oral or
written, between the Parties other than as are set forth in this
Agreement. Amendments or changes to this Agreement shall be valid
and binding only if in writing and signed by duly authorized
representatives of the Parties.
13.2. Force
Majeure. Both Parties shall be excused from the performance
of their obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such
performance is prevented by force majeure and the nonperforming
Party promptly provides notice of the prevention to the other
Party. Such excuse shall be continued so long as the condition
constituting force majeure continues and the nonperforming Party
takes reasonable efforts to remove the condition. For purposes of
this Agreement, force majeure shall mean conditions beyond the
control of the Parties, including an act of God, war, civil
commotion, terrorist act, labor strike or lock-out, epidemic,
pandemic, outbreak of an infectious disease, failure or default of
public utilities or common carriers, destruction of production
facilities or materials by fire, earthquake, storm or like
catastrophe, and failure of plant or machinery (provided that such
failure could not have been prevented by the exercise of skill,
diligence, and prudence that would be reasonably and ordinarily
expected from a skilled and experienced person engaged in the same
type of undertaking under the same or similar circumstances). If a
force majeure persists for more than ninety (90) days, then the
Parties shall discuss in good faith the modification of the
Parties’ obligations under this Agreement in order to
mitigate the delays caused by such force majeure.
13.3. Notices.
Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing, shall specifically refer to this Agreement,
and shall be addressed to the appropriate Party at the address
specified below or such other address as may be specified by such
Party in writing in accordance with this Section 13.3, and shall be
deemed to have been given for all purposes (a) when received, if
hand-delivered or sent by confirmed facsimile or a reputable
courier service, or (b) three (3) Business Days after mailing, if
mailed by first class certified or registered airmail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested.
If to
Celularity:
Celularity
Inc.
Attn.:
General Counsel
33
Technology Drive
Warren,
NJ 07059-5148
If to
Sanuwave:
Sanuwave Health,
Inc.
Attn.:
General Counsel
3360
Martin Farm Rd Ste 100
Suwanee,
GA 30024
13.4. No
Strict Construction; Headings. This Agreement has been
prepared jointly by the Parties and shall not be strictly construed
against either Party. Ambiguities, if any, in this Agreement shall
not be construed against any Party, irrespective of which Party may
be deemed to have authored the ambiguous provision. The headings of
each Article and Section in this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to limit or
expand on the meaning of the language contained in the particular
Article or Section. Except where the context otherwise requires,
the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders, and the
word “or” is used in the inclusive sense (and/or). The
term “including” as used herein means including,
without limiting the generality of any description preceding such
term.
13.5. Assignment.
Neither Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that either
Party may assign this Agreement without the consent of the other
Party, effective upon written notice to the other Party thereof, to
(i) an Affiliate of such Party, provided that the Party hereunder
who assigns this Agreement agrees in writing to continue to be
bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and (ii) any Person who acquires all or substantially all of such
Party’s assets or that is the surviving entity in a merger,
recapitalization, combination or other similar transaction with
such assigning Party and who agrees in writing to be bound by and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Further,
Celularity may assign without Sanuwave’s consent its rights
to payments received under this Agreement. Any permitted assignment
shall be binding on the successors of the assigning Party. Any
attempted or purported assignment in violation of this Section 13.5
shall be null and void.
13.6. Performance
by Affiliates. Each Party may discharge any obligations and
exercise any right hereunder through any of its Affiliates. Each
Party hereby guarantees the performance by its Affiliates of such
Party’s obligations under this Agreement and shall cause its
Affiliates to comply with the provisions of this Agreement in
connection with such performance. Any breach by a Party’s
Affiliate of any of such Party’s obligations under this
Agreement shall be deemed a breach by such Party, and the other
Party may proceed directly against such Party without any
obligation to first proceed against such Party’s
Affiliate.
13.7. Further
Actions. Each Party agrees to execute, acknowledge and
deliver such further instruments, and to do all such other acts, as
may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the purposes
and intent of this Agreement.
13.8. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be
construed, to the extent feasible, so as to render the provision
enforceable, and if no feasible interpretation would save such
provision, it shall be severed from the remainder of this
Agreement. The remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect, unless the severed provision is essential and
material to the rights or benefits received by either Party. In
such event, the Parties shall negotiate, in good faith, and
substitute a valid and enforceable provision or agreement that most
nearly implements the Parties’ intent in entering into this
Agreement.
13.9. No
Waiver. No provision of this Agreement can be waived except
by the express written consent of the Party waiving compliance.
Except as specifically provided for herein, the waiver from time to
time by either Party of any of its rights or its failure to
exercise any remedy shall not operate or be construed as a
continuing waiver of same or of any other of such Party’s
rights or remedies provided in this Agreement.
13.10. Independent
Contractors. For all purposes under this Agreement, Sanuwave
and Celularity and their respective Affiliates are independent
contractors with respect to each other, and shall not be deemed to
be an employee, agent, partner or legal representative of the other
Party. This Agreement does not grant any Party or its employees,
consultants or agents any authority (express or implied) to do any
of the following without the prior express written consent of the
other Party: create or assume any obligation; enter into any
agreement; make any representation or warranty; serve or accept
legal process on behalf of the other Party; settle any claim by or
against the other Party; or bind or otherwise render the other
liable in any way.
13.11. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to its choice of law provisions
that would require the application of the laws of a different
jurisdiction. The Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the County
and State of New York for the adjudication of disputes arising out
of or relating to this Agreement.
13.12. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together
shall constitute the same legal instrument. Facsimile or PDF
execution and delivery of this Agreement by any Party shall
constitute a legal, valid and binding execution and delivery of
this Agreement by such Party. The Parties to this document agree
that a copy of the original signature (including an electronic
copy) may be used for any and all purposes for which the original
signature may have been used. The Parties agree they will have no
rights to challenge the use or authenticity of this document based
solely on the absence of an original signature.
[Signature
page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have
executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the
Effective Date.
CELULARITY INC.
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SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
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By:
/s/ Robert J. Hariri, MD,
PhD
Name:
Robert J. Hariri, MD, PhD
Title:
Chairman & CEO
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By:
/s/ Kevin A. Richardson,
II
Name:
Kevin A. Richardson, II
Title:
CEO
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Exhibit 10.3
THIS
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE
CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT.
CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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$4,000,000
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August
6, 2020
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of Celularity Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Seller”), on or before
August 6, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), in
accordance with the terms of this Convertible Promissory Note (this
“Note”), the principal
amount of $4,000,000 or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note (the
“Outstanding
Principal Balance”), together with interest on the
Outstanding Principal Balance at the rates and on the dates set
forth in this Note.
This
Note is issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Purchase
Agreement”), between the Company and the
Seller.
This
Note is expressly subordinate to the secured promissory notes
issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below)
(as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Debt”), pursuant
to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain
Subordination Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between
Agent and the Seller (the “Subordination
Agreement”). The “Note Purchase Agreement”
shall mean and refer to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase and
Security Agreement dated as of August 6, 2020 by and among NH
Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP (in such capacity,
“Agent”), the Company and the other parties
thereto.
1. Payment of Principal. The
Company shall repay the Outstanding Principal Balance in full on
the Maturity Date. The Company may prepay the Outstanding Principal
Balance in full upon two business days advance written notice to
the Seller, without premium or penalty. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not make any payments on the
Outstanding Principal Amount or accrued and unpaid interest to the
extent such payments would violate the Subordination Agreement;
provided, however, that the Company may use the
proceeds from an equity financing consummated after the date hereof
to repay the Outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and
unpaid interest as long as the Company has not been informed that a
Potential Default or an Event of Default (each as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement) has occurred and is
continuing.
2. The Company shall
pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the Outstanding Principal
Balance with any repayment or prepayments of principal. The Seller
shall record in its records the date and amount of any repayment or
prepayment of principal made pursuant to this Note and the
Outstanding Principal Balance so recorded is rebuttable presumptive
evidence of such principal amount owing and unpaid pursuant to this
Note. The Seller’s failure to so record any such amount or
any error in so recording any such amount does not limit or
otherwise affect the obligations of the Company under this Note to
repay the Outstanding Principal Balance together with all interest
accruing thereon.
3. Payment of Interest. The Note
shall accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance at a
rate equal to 12.0% per annum. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be
payable at maturity. Following the occurrence of an Event of
Default (as defined in Section 6), the Note shall
accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance from the date
of such Event of Default until such Event of Default has been
waived in writing at a rate equal to 5.0% per annum in excess of
the interest rate then applicable to the Outstanding Principal
Balance, such interest being payable on demand. All computations of
interest under this Note are made on the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days.
4. Payment. The Company shall make
all payments required under this Note in lawful money of the United
States of America at the principal office of the Seller or at such
other place as the Seller may from time to time designate to the
Company.
5. Conversion.
(A)
At any time on or
after January 1, 2021 (the “Convertibility Date”), at
the election of the Seller at its sole discretion, the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, will be convertible into a number of shares of the
Company’s common stock equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance on the date of such
conversion, together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon,
by (b) $0.10 (as adjusted for any subdivisions, combinations or
reclassifications of the Company’s common stock), and rounded
down to the nearest whole number (the “Conversion Shares”). For
the avoidance of doubt, the Seller may at any time after the
Maturity Date at its sole discretion elect for the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, to be paid in full rather than electing a conversion of
the Outstanding Principal Balance pursuant to this Section 5.
(B)
The Seller may
effect a conversion pursuant to this Section 5 by giving the
Company 30 days prior written notice thereof (the
“Conversion
Notice”). The Conversion Notice shall notice shall
notify the Company of Seller’s intention to effectuate a
conversion pursuant to this Section 5 and shall indicate the date
of such conversion, which date shall be not less than 30 days from
the date of such Conversion Notice (the “Conversion Date”). No
original of the Conversion Notice shall be required. The Company
may prepay the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with any
accrued but unpaid interest thereon, prior to the Conversion
Date.
(C)
Mechanics of
Conversion
(i)
Not later than
three (3) Trading Days (as defined below) after the Conversion Date
(the “Share Delivery
Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Seller a certificate representing the Conversion
Shares representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired
upon conversion of this Note. Upon any conversion under this
Section 4, in lieu
of any fractional shares to which the Seller would otherwise be
entitled, the Company shall pay to the Seller cash equal to such
fraction multiplied by $0.10 (as adjusted for any subdivisions,
combinations or reclassifications of the Company’s common
stock). For purposes hereof, the term “Trading Day”
means a day on which the principal Trading Market (as defined
below) is open for business. The term “Trading Market”
means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the common
stock of the Company 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, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
(ii)
Obligation Absolute. The
Company’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion
Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof is absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Seller to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment
against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any
breach or alleged breach by the Seller or any other Person of any
obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of
law by the Seller or any other person, and irrespective of any
other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of
the Company to the Seller in connection with the issuance of such
Conversion Shares; provided,
however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by
the Company of any such action that the Company may have against
the Seller. In the event the Seller shall elect to effect a
conversion pursuant to this Section 5, the Company may not refuse
conversion based on any claim that the Seller or anyone associated
or affiliated with the Seller has been engaged in any violation of
law, agreement or for any other reason and the Company shall issue
the Conversion Shares, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing
herein shall limit the Seller’s right to pursue all remedies
available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without
limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive
relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the
Seller from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other
section hereof or under applicable law.
(D)
The Company
covenants that it will at all times from and after the
Convertibility Date reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued shares of common stock for the sole purpose
of issuance upon conversion of this Note, free from preemptive
rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Seller, not less than such aggregate number of
shares of the common stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion
of this Note hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of
Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(E)
The issuance of
certificates for shares of the common stock on conversion of this
Note shall be made without charge to the Seller for any documentary
stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue
or delivery of such certificates.
(F)
Upon the conversion
of the Note, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the Conversion Shares to
be registered for resale on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 or any
other applicable form, at the sole discretion of the Company, if
Form S-3 is not available to the Company) as soon as practicable
after the Conversion Date, and to cause such registration statement
to remain effective until all of the Conversion Shares are sold or
the holder is entitled to sell all of the unsold Conversion Shares
pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
without volume limitations.
6. Covenants. So long as any of
the Outstanding Principal Balance remains outstanding, the Company
shall not:
(A)
incur, create,
assume or become liable in any manner with respect to indebtedness
for borrowed money in excess of $30,000,000 (including indebtedness
hereunder);
(B)
directly or
indirectly, (i) make any dividend or distribution on or in respect
of any of its equity interests or (ii) redeem, repurchase or
otherwise retire any of its equity interests; or
(C)
be a party to any
merger, consolidation or exchange of stock, or sell or otherwise
transfer all or substantially all of its assets or equity
interests.
7. Default; Acceleration. Upon the
occurrence of any one of the following events (each an
“Event of
Default”):
(A)
the Company’s
failure to pay any portion of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance
on the date such obligations are due or are declared due (whether
by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or otherwise) or (ii)
interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance within 30 days of the
date when such obligations are due or are declared due (whether by
scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or
otherwise);
(B)
the Company fails
or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of its other covenants,
conditions or agreements contained in this Note and, in the case of
the covenants in Section
6, such failure or neglect continues for a period of 30 days
after the Company becomes aware of such failure or
neglect;
(C)
any representation
or warranty made in the Purchase Agreement by the Company proves to
be false or incorrect in any material respect;
(D)
the Company
(i) defaults in the payment of any indebtedness for borrowed
money (after expiration of any applicable cure period) or
(ii) defaults in the observance or performance of any
agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness for borrowed
money (after expiration of any applicable cure period), the effect
of which default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of
such indebtedness to cause, such indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity;
(E)
a proceeding under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency,
readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed by or
against the Company; the Company makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or takes any action to authorize any of the
foregoing; or, in the case of an involuntary proceeding filed
against the Company, such proceeding is not discharged or dismissed
within 60 days; or
(F)
the Company
voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves or the Company is dissolved
or becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay its debts as they
become due;
the
Seller may declare the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be, and upon such
declaration all of such principal and interest shall become,
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
further notice of any kind; provided that if an Event of
Default described in clause (E) above exists or
occurs, the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, automatically, without notice
of any kind, becomes immediately due and payable.
8. Expenses. The Company shall pay
all reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and legal expenses, incurred by the Seller in endeavoring to
collect any amounts payable under this Note which are not paid when
due, whether by declaration or otherwise, without duplication of
any similar amounts for which the Company is liable under the
Purchase Agreement.
9. Governing Law. This Note is
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
10. Jurisdiction. The Company and
the Seller irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or,
to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction,
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the
“Chosen
Courts”) solely in respect of the interpretation and
enforcement of the provisions of this Note and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any Action (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or
of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such
Action may not be brought or is not maintainable in the Chosen
Courts or that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or that
the venue thereof may not be appropriate or that this Note or any
such document may not be enforced in or by the Chosen Courts, and
the Company and the Seller irrevocably agree that all claims
relating to such Action or transactions will be heard and
determined in the Chosen Courts.
11. JURY TRIAL. EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE SELLER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS NOTE IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE. EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE SELLER CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER, (B) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER
VOLUNTARILY AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION
10.
12. Amendments. Neither this Note
nor any provision hereof may be amended, modified or waived except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by
the Company and the Seller.
13. Successors and Assigns. This
Note applies to, inures to the benefit of, and binds the successors
and assigns of the Company and the Seller. The Company may not
assign its obligations under this Note without the written consent
of the Seller.
14. Notices. All notices and other
communications provided for in this Note must be in writing and
delivered in the manner provided in the Purchase
Agreement.
15. Severability. Any provision of
this Note held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction is, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without
effecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Note; and the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction does not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
16. No Implied Waivers. No failure
to exercise and no delay in exercising any right or remedy under
this Note operates as a waiver thereof. No single or partial
exercise of any right or remedy under this Note, or any abandonment
or discontinuance thereof, precludes any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver or
consent under this Note is applicable to any events, acts or
circumstances except those specifically covered
thereby.
17. Integration. This Note and the
Purchase Agreement constitute the entire contract between the
Company and the Seller relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
18. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated
Note. In case this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall issue a new Note of like date, tenor
and denomination and deliver the same in exchange and substitution
for and upon surrender and cancellation of any mutilated Note, or
in lieu of any Note lost, stolen or destroyed, upon receipt of
evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Note.
[Signature page
follows]
Executed and
delivered as of the date first written above.
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SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
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By:
/s/ Kevin A. Richardson
II
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Name:
Kevin A. Richardson II
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Title:
CEO
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TOCONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
6
Exhibit 10.4
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is dated as of August 6, 2020, between SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and the purchasers identified on the signature page hereto
(including their successors and assigns, the
“Purchasers,”
and each individually a “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers are executing and
delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from
securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Company desires to sell to the Purchasers, and each
Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the
Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: the
following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of
the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of
the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the
applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the
Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount, (ii)
the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each
case, have been satisfied or waived, and (iii) the Company has
received the full Subscription Amount for such Securities in
immediately available funds, but in no event later than the third
Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company,
par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into
which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the
Company or the Subsidiaries that would entitle the holder thereof
to acquire, at any time, Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant 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.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or
other restriction.
“Person” means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit,
investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect
as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission
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 Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such rule.
“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the
Warrant Shares.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued to
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (including any additional
shares of Common Stock issued to Purchase pursuant to Section
6.1).
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as
defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but
shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount” means the aggregate amount to be
paid for the Securities purchased hereunder as specified below the
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsidiary” means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Exhibit 21.1 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2019, and shall, where applicable, also include
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal
Trading Market is open for trading.
“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,
the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the
Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“VWAP”
means, for any date, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or, if such date is not a Trading Day,
the nearest preceding Trading Day) on the primary 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. Eastern Time
to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
“Warrants” means warrants
to purchase shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit
A, which will be
exercisable commencing the Closing Date until the third anniversary
of the Closing Date, at an exercise price per share of the
Company’s Common Stock equal to $0.25.
“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Purchase
of Common Stock and Warrants; Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms
and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.3, below, substantially concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, the amount of
shares of Common Stock and Warrants as set forth on the signature
page hereto. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of the Company or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree. The parties agree that the Closing may occur
remotely by the electronic delivery of the closing documents set
forth in Section 2.2(a) and (b), with delivery of original,
executed documents to follow promptly
thereafter.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common
Stock, equal to the number of shares Common Stock set forth on the
signature page hereto; and
(iii) a
Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of such Purchaser’s Shares.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser; and
(ii) immediately
available funds equal to the Purchaser’s Subscription Amount
by wire transfer in accordance with the Company’s written
wire instructions to the account as set forth on the signature page
hereto.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section
2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The
obligations of the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section
2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) the
Company shall have entered into definitive agreements to consummate
the transactions contemplated by that certain letter of intent
between the Company and Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”)
dated as of June 7, 2020 to acquire the UltraMIST assets and for
partnership rights for Celularity’ wound care biologic
products and such transactions shall be consummated simultaneously
with or immediately following the Closing;
(v) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(vi) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock
shall not have been suspended by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”)
or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, from the date
hereof and at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in
securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium
have been declared either by the United States or New York State
authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material
adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, makes
it reasonably impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the
Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except as described in the SEC
Reports (as defined in Section 3.1(h), below) or any information
contained or incorporated therein, which collectively shall be
deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or
otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in
the corresponding section of the SEC Reports, the Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser
that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock
or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no
subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries, or any of
them, in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.
(b) Organization and
Qualification. The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated
or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, except to the extent that any such default would
not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material
adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability
to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”),
provided that none of the following alone shall be deemed, in and
of itself, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect: (i) a change in
the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or (ii) a
change in general economic conditions or affecting the industry in
which the Company operates generally (as opposed to
Company-specific changes), so long as such changes do not have a
materially disproportionate effect on the Company. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, and no Proceeding has been instituted in
any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking
to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, and
no further action is required by the Company, the board of
directors of the Company (the “Board of
Directors”) or
the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or
therewith, other than in connection with the Required Approvals.
This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(d) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents
and Approvals. The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver,
authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing
or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or
other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required
pursuant to Section 4.5 of this Agreement and (ii) such filings
as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the
Securities. The
Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens imposed by the Company. Assuming the accuracy of each of
the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in
Section 3.2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the
Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the
Securities Act.
(g) Capitalization.
As of the date hereof, the capitalization of the Company is
described in Schedule 3.1(g) attached hereto. The Company has not
issued any capital stock since its most recently filed Form 8-K
current report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”), other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the
Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee
stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a
result of the purchase and sale of the Securities or as disclosed
in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants,
scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The
issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive
rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
Other than the Required Approvals, no further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others
is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no stockholders agreements,
voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or,
to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the
Company’s stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports;
Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two
years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law or regulation to file such material)
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein, are collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of
the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except
as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the
notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may
not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in
all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of 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 recurring
adjustments.
(i) Absence of Material
Changes. Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the
SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other
than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B)
liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made
with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method
of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its
stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans.
(j) No Undisclosed
Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except for the issuance of the
Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in the
SEC Reports, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or
development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to
occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or
financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the
Company under applicable securities laws on a registration
statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance
and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been
publicly announced.
(k) Absence of
Litigation. There is
no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an
“Action”)
that (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer
thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws
or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty that would be required to be
disclosed in SEC Reports. There has not been, and, to the knowledge
of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any current or former director or officer
of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or
other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act.
(l) Employee
Relations. No labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company that would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. To the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or
any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all United States federal, state, local and foreign
laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours,
except where the failure to be in compliance would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or
in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is
in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court,
arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except, in each case, as
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n) Regulatory
Permits. The Company
and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as currently conducted as described in the SEC Reports,
except where the failure to possess such permits would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“Material
Permits”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or adverse modification of
any Material Permit.
(o) Title to
Assets. The Company
and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in
all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of
federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither
delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except
where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) Intellectual
Property Rights.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and
other similar intellectual property rights that are used in and
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as
currently conducted as described in the SEC Reports and which the
failure to so have would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received notice (written or otherwise) that the
conduct of its business as currently conducted as described in the
SEC Reports violates or infringes upon the intellectual property
rights of others, except for such conflicts or infringements that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
Company, all of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and
its Subsidiaries are enforceable. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy and
confidentiality of all of their Intellectual Property Rights,
except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Insurance.
The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including,
but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at
least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the
Company nor any 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 without a
significant increase in cost.
(r) Transactions with
Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to
any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money
from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to any
officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case, in excess of
$150,000, other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. The Company is
in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that are effective as of
the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(t) Internal Accounting
and Disclosure Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and
forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined
in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
(u) Investment Company
Status. The Company
is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
and for so long as the Purchasers hold any Securities, will not be
or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company
Act”). The
Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not
become an “investment company” subject to registration
under the Investment Company Act. To the Company’s knowledge,
the Company is not controlled by an “investment
company.”
(v) Listing and
Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the 12 months
preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is,
and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable
future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements.
(w) Application of
Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to
render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the
Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could become applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the
Purchaser and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including,
without limitation, as a result of the Company’s issuance of
the Securities and the Purchaser’s ownership of the
Securities.
(x) Disclosure.
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company
confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has provided the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any
information that it believes constitutes material, non-public
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. The press releases
disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the
date of this Agreement, each as of the date of its issuance, 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 and when made, not misleading. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser does not make
and has not made any representations or warranties with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, other than those specifically
set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(y) No Integrated
Offering. Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalves, has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that
would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable
shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any
of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(z) Solvency.
As disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company does not currently
generate significant recurring revenue. The SEC Reports set forth,
as of the date hereof, all outstanding secured and unsecured
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the
Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) 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 consolidated 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 (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect
to any Indebtedness, except where such default would not reasonably
be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Tax
Status. Except for
matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United
States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and
franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and
other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary
know of no basis for any such claim.
(bb) Anti-Bribery.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the
Company or any Subsidiary, any officer, employee, agent or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign
or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate
funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its
behalf of which the Company is aware) that is in violation of law,
or (iv) violated, in any material respect, any provision of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the
“FCPA”).
(cc) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of
Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely
in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to
the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Purchaser is not
acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and
the transactions contemplated thereby, and any advice given by the
Purchaser or any of its respective representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s
purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the
Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely
on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(dd) Acknowledgement
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in the Transaction Documents
to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged
by the Company that: (i) the Purchaser has not been asked by the
Company to agree, nor has the Purchaser agreed, to desist from
purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the
Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities
issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified
term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by the
Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales
or “derivative” transactions, before or after the
closing of this or future private placement transactions, may
negatively impact the market price of the Company’s
publicly-traded securities; (iii) the Purchaser, and
counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which
the Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may
have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv)
the Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) the Purchaser may engage in
hedging activities at various times during the period that the
Securities are outstanding and (z) such hedging activities (if any)
could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity
interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging
activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such
aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any
of the Transaction Documents.
(ee) Regulation
M Compliance. The
Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf
has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, or purchased,
or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any
compensation for soliciting another Person to purchase any other
securities of the Company.
(ff) No
Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director,
officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any
Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation,
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”)).
(gg) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never
been, and so long as any of the Securities are held by any of the
purchasers, shall become, a U.S. real property holding corporation
within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon
Purchaser’s request.
(hh) Bank
Holding Company Act.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is
subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHCA”),
and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “Federal
Reserve”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns
or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of
the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or
twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or
any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the
Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or
policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to
regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(ii) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the applicable money
laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”), and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
threatened.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to the
Company:
(a) Organization;
Authority. The
Purchaser is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or similar power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) Validity;
Enforcement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by the
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership,
limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the
part of the Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered
by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(c) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this
Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in
a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, or decree (including
federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser,
except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such
conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of such Purchaser to
perform its obligations hereunder or consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby on a timely
basis.
(d) No Public Sale or
Distribution; No Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser understands
that the Securities are “restricted securities” and
have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law and is
acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not
with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or
any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or
indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this
representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s
right to sell the Securities otherwise in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws). The Purchaser is
acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its
business.
(e) Accredited Investor
Status. Such
Purchaser is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants
it will be, an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act.
(f) Reliance on
Exemptions. Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and
sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of the United States federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy
of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and
understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility
of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
(g) Experience of the
Purchaser. The
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has
such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has
requested, received, reviewed and considered all information it
deemed relevant in making an informed decision to purchase the
Securities. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an
investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(h) Access to
Information. The
Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review
the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares
and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to
information about the Company and its financial condition, results
of operations, business, properties, management and prospects
sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the
opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company
possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense
that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with
respect to the investment. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees
that neither the placement agent, if any, nor any Affiliate of the
placement agent, if any, has provided the Purchaser with any
information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such
information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the placement
agent, if any, nor any Affiliate has made or makes any
representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the placement agent, if any, and any of its Affiliates may have
acquired non-public information with respect to the Company that
the Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with
the issuance of the Securities to the Purchaser, neither the
placement agent, if any, nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a
financial advisor or fiduciary to the
Purchaser.
(i) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is
not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
(j) Certain Transactions
and Confidentiality.
Such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or
pursuant to any understanding with the Purchaser, directly or
indirectly, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales,
of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of
the time that the Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or
oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company
setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.
Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such
Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation,
its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors,
employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of
doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation
or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the
identification of the availability of, or securing of, available
shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar
transactions in the future.
(k) Ownership of
Securities. The
Purchaser, together with the Purchaser’s Affiliates and
associates and any Person with which the Purchaser is acting
jointly or in concert, will upon Closing beneficially own less than
10% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, and,
solely for purposes of calculating such beneficial ownership for
purposes of this Agreement, any such Person will be deemed to
beneficially own any shares of Common Stock that such Person
otherwise has the right to acquire within 60 days (including upon
the occurrence of a contingency or the making of a payment)
pursuant to any convertible security, agreement, arrangement,
pledge or understanding, whether or not in
writing.
(l) No Governmental
Review. Such
Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency
or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the
fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor
have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the
offering of the Securities.
(m) Brokers or
Finders. Neither
such Purchaser nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144)
or any of their respective officers or directors has employed any
broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial
advisory fee, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fee,
and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for such
Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any of their respective
officers or directors in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(n) Transfer or Resale. Such Purchaser
understands that the Securities may only be disposed of in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection
with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an
Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 3.2(o), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred
Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer,
any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a
Purchaser under this Agreement.
(o) Legends. Such Purchaser understands that
the book-entry or other instruments representing the Securities
shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form
(and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
Securities):
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS
SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED 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.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations
contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect the
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
4.1 Best
Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to
timely satisfy each of the covenants and the conditions to be
satisfied by it as provided in Section 2.3 of this
Agreement.
4.2 Blue Sky.
The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably
determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to
qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the
applicable Closing under applicable securities or “Blue
Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall
provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any
Purchaser.
4.3 Exercise
Procedures. The form
of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the
totality of the procedures required of the Purchasers in order to
exercise the Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, 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 in order to exercise the
Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchasers to exercise their
Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and
shall deliver Warrants Shares in accordance with the terms,
conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.4 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require
shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction
unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such
subsequent transaction.
4.5 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day immediately
following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b)
file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission within the
time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of
such press release, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all
material, non-public information delivered to the Purchaser by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor
any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser
or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company
believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior
thereto such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement
with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that each
Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company.
4.7 Use
of Proceeds. The
Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for general corporate purposes, repayment of
Indebtedness, business development, working capital and general and
administrative expenses and shall not use such proceeds in
violation of FCPA, OFAC regulations and Anti-Money Laundering Laws,
except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to
result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.8 Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. The Purchaser covenants that neither
it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales,
including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities
during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement
and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial
press release as described in Section 4.5. The Purchaser covenants
that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the
initial press release as described in Section 4.5, the Purchaser
will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of
this transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company
expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Purchaser does not
make any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will
not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the
Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial
press release as described in Section 4.5, (ii) the Purchaser shall
not be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in
any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable
securities laws from and after the time that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced
pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.5
and (iii) the Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality
to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the
initial press release as described in Section
4.5.
ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
5.1 Registration;
Definitions.
(a)
Following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement covering the resale of all of
the Registrable Securities (as defined below) (the
“Registration
Statement”). The Registration Statement required
hereunder will be on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 or any other applicable
form, at the sole discretion of the Company, if Form S-3 is not
available to the Company). Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file
the Registration Statement with the Commission as promptly as
possible after the Closing Date, but not later than sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), and shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof (and in any event, no
later than one hundred twenty (120) days following the Closing Date
or one hundred fifty (150) days following the Closing Date if the
SEC has elected to review the Registration Statement (the
“Effectiveness
Deadline”)) , and (ii) keep the Registration Statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date when
all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement
have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant
to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Holder (as defined
below) pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect,
addressed and acceptable to the Company’s counsel, the
Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the
“Effectiveness
Period”). By 9:30 a.m. EDT on the Trading Day
following the date that the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission, the Company shall file with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act the
final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to
such Registration Statement.
(b) The
term “Registrable
Securities” means (i) the Shares, (ii) the Warrant
Shares, and (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing;
provided, however, that securities will only be treated as
Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (x) have not
been sold (A) pursuant to a registration statement; (B) to or
through a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or
a public securities transaction; and/or (C) in a transaction exempt
from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act under Section 4(a)(1) thereof so that all transfer
restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto, if any,
are removed upon the consummation of such sale; (y) are held by a
Holder (as defined below) or a permitted transferee; and (z) are
not eligible for sale without volume limitations pursuant to Rule
144 (or any successor thereto) under the Securities
Act.
(c) The
term “Holder” means any person owning or having the
right to acquire Registrable Securities or any permitted transferee
of a Holder.
5.2 Registration
Procedures; Company. In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations set
forth in Section 5.1 above, the Company shall:
(a)
Not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement or any related prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto (i) furnish to the Holders copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed (other than those documents
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference to the extent
requested by such Person), which documents will be subject to the
review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers, directors,
counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to
such inquiries as will be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of
respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within
the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file the
Registration Statement or any such prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities have reasonably objected in good faith,
provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing
no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Holders have been so
furnished copies of such documents.
(b)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep
the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and
prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities.
(c)
Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or,
if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension
of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(d)
Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
(e)
Furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, forthwith upon request (i) 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 (ii) such other
information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder
of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the
selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to
such form.
5.3 Registration
Procedures; Purchaser. In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations set
forth in Section 5.1 above:
(a)
Each Purchaser shall cooperate with the Company, as requested by
the Company, in connection with the preparation and filing of any
Registration Statement hereunder. Each Purchaser shall provide the
Company with such information that the Company may reasonably
request from such Purchaser as may be required in connection with
such registration including, without limitation, all such
information as may be requested by the Commission or FINRA or any
state securities commission and all such information regarding the
Purchaser, the Registrable Securities held by such Purchaser and
the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities.
Each Purchaser agrees to provide such information requested in
connection with such registration within two (2) Trading Days after
receiving such written request. The Company will not be responsible
for any delays in filing or obtaining or maintaining the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement caused by any
Purchaser’s failure to timely provide a completed Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire or such other information requested by
the Company.
(b) If, in the good faith judgment of the Company,
it would be detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for the
Registration Statement to be filed or for resales of Registrable
Securities to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement due to
(i) the existence of a material development or potential material
development involving the Company that the Company would be
obligated to disclose in the Registration Statement, which
disclosure would be premature or otherwise inadvisable at such time
or would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its
stockholders or (ii) a proposed filing of or use of an existing
registration statement in connection with a Company-initiated
registration of any class of its equity securities, which, in the
good faith judgment of the Company, would adversely affect or
require premature disclosure of the filing or use of such
Company-initiated registration (notice thereof, a
“Blackout
Notice”), upon receipt of
a Blackout Notice from the Company, each Purchaser will immediately
discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement (the period during which such disposition is
discontinued, the “Blackout
Period”) covering such
Registrable Securities until (A) the Company advises such Purchaser
that the Blackout Period has terminated and (B) such Purchaser
receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus, if
necessary; provided, however, that (x) no Blackout Period will exceed thirty
(30) consecutive days, (y) during any three hundred sixty-five
(365) day period such Blackout Periods will not exceed an aggregate
of sixty (60) days, and (z) the first day of any Blackout Period
must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any
prior Blackout Period. If so directed by the Company, each
Purchaser shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of
destruction) all copies in such Purchaser’s possession (other
than a limited number of file copies) of the prospectus covering
such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt
of such notice.
(c) If any Purchaser determines to engage an
underwriter (other than such Purchaser) in connection with the
offering of any Registrable Securities (an
“Underwritten
Offering”), such
Purchaser will enter into and perform its obligations under an
underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including,
without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering, and
will take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities. Such Purchaser shall consult with the Company prior to
any Underwritten Offering and shall defer such Underwritten
Offering for a reasonable period upon the request of the
Company.
(d)
No Purchaser will take any action with respect to any distribution
deemed to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement, which
would constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act
or any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
5.4 Registration
Expenses. All fees and expenses
of the Company incident to the performance of or compliance with
Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 hereof by the Company will be borne by
the Company.
5.5 Indemnification.
In the event that any Registrable Securities are included in a
Registration Statement:
(a) To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does,
indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Holder and each of its
directors, officers, managers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons
with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each of the directors,
officers, managers, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling Persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any
losses, obligations, claims, damages, liabilities, contingencies,
judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs (including, without
limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs
of defense and investigation), 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 a 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 any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the
effective date of such Registration Statement, or 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 or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any
rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the
matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being,
collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section
5.5(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons,
promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for
any 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 5.5(a): (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 furnished in writing to the Company by
such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for
use in connection with the preparation of such Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
any preliminary or final prospectus, and (ii) shall not be
available to a particular Holder to the extent such Claim is based
on a failure of such Holder to deliver or to cause to be delivered
the prospectus made available by the Company (to the extent
applicable), including, without limitation, a corrected prospectus,
if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 5.2(a) and then only
if, and to the extent that, following the receipt of the corrected
prospectus no grounds for such Claim would have existed; and (iii)
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 or
delayed. 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 any of the
Registrable Securities by any of the Holders pursuant to Section
3.2(n).
(b) In connection with
any Registration Statement in which a Holder is participating, such
Holder agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless
and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set
forth in Section 5.5(a), the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, 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 furnished to the Company by
such Holder expressly for use in connection with such Registration
Statement or any preliminary or final prospectus; and, subject to
Section 5.5(c) and the below provisos in this Section 5.5(b), such
Holder will reimburse an Indemnified Party any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim;
provided, however, the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 5.5(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution
contained in Section 5.6 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 or delayed, provided further that such Holder
shall be liable under this Section 5.5(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 applicable 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 any of the Registrable Securities by
any of the Holders pursuant to Section 3.2(n).
(c) Promptly after
receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case
may be) under this Section 5.5 of notice of the commencement of any
action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall,
if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 5.5, 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, an Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have the
right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such
counsel to be paid by the indemnifying party if: (i) the
indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Claim and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as
the case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to
any such Claim (including, without limitation, any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
(as the case may be) and the indemnifying party, and such
Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be)
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is
likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying
party (in which case, if such Indemnified Person or such
Indemnified Party (as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying
party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the indemnifying party, then the indemnifying party
shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party, provided
further that in the case of clause (iii) above the indemnifying
party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses
of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be). The Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) shall reasonably
cooperate 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 (as the case may be) which relates to such
action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) reasonably
apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any
settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party
shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or
proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided,
however, the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold,
delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person (as the case may be), 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 (as the case may be) of a release from all liability in
respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not
include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified
Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the
indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) 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 (as the case may be) under this Section
5.5, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially
and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or
otherwise in this Agreement, a Holder shall be entitled, as to
itself and any of its related Indemnified Parties, including
without limitation its agents and representatives, maintain the
control of the defense of any action for which it (or they) may
seek indemnification hereunder, and the Company and its counsel
shall fully cooperate in such defense as such Holder and its
counsel may request, all at the cost and expense of the Company
(including without limitation, the attorneys’ fees and other
costs and expenses of the Holders and their related Indemnified
Parties’ legal counsel). Any amounts for which the Company is
responsible pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be
paid promptly to, or as directed by, such Holder from time to time,
and may be offset by such Holder, at its discretion, against any
amounts from time to time owed by such Holder to the Company under
the Transaction Documents.
(d) No Person involved
in the sale of Registrable Securities who is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to
indemnification from any Person involved in such sale of
Registrable Securities who is not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnification
required by this Section 5.5 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.
(f) The indemnity and
contribution 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.
5.6 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 5.5 to the fullest extent
permitted by law; provided, however: (i) no contribution shall be
made under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable
for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section
5.5 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of
Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable
Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and
(iii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be
limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such
seller from the applicable sale of such Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 5.6, no Holder shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the
applicable sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Claim
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under
Section 5.5(b), by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
5.7 Cutback.
In connection with filing the Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof, the obligations of the Company set forth in
this Article V are subject to any limitations on the
Company’s ability to register the full complement of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with Rule 415 under the
Securities Act or other regulatory limitations. To the extent the
number of such shares that can be registered is limited, the
Company shall file a subsequent registration agreement that will
provide, among other things, that the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register additional tranches of
Registrable Securities as soon as permissible thereafter under
applicable laws, rules and regulations so that all of such
Registrable Securities are registered as soon as reasonably
practicable.
5.8 Sales
by Purchasers. Each Purchaser
shall sell any and all Registrable Securities (as defined below)
purchased hereby in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, if any, or otherwise in compliance with the
requirements for an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. No Purchaser will make any sale, transfer or other
disposition of the Shares in violation of federal or state
securities or “blue sky” laws and
regulations.
5.9 Piggy-Back
Registrations. If at any time
during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective
Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities
and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission 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 stock option or other
employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder
a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15)
days after the date of such notice, any such Holder may so request
in writing, the Company shall include in such registration
statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
Holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter
cutbacks applicable to all holders of registration rights and any
limitations imposed by applicable law.
5.10 Effect
of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of any
Registration Statement. If (i)
the Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the
Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1 of this
Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing
Deadline (a “Filing
Failure”) or (B) not
declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness
Deadline (an “Effectiveness
Failure”), (ii) other
than during a Blackout Period, on any day after the effective date
of a Registration Statement sales of all of the Registrable
Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement
cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration
Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is
necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration
Statement, a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely
list) the shares of Common Stock on a Trading Market, or a failure
to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or by
reason of a stop order) or the prospectus contained therein is not
available for use for any reason (a “Maintenance
Failure”), or (iii) if
the Company fails to file with the SEC any required reports under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act such that it is not in
compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable)
(a “Current Public Information
Failure”) as a result of
which any of the Purchasers are unable to sell those Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement without
restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume
restrictions), then, as partial relief for the damages to any
holder by reason of any such delay in, or reduction of, its ability
to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall
not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in
equity), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable
Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in
cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of such Purchaser’s
Subscription Amount (1) on the date of such Filing Failure,
Effectiveness Failure, Maintenance Failure or Current Public
Information Failure, as applicable, and (2) on every thirty (30)
day anniversary of (I) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure
is cured; (II) an Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness
Failure is cured; (III) a Maintenance Failure until such
Maintenance Failure is cured; and (IV) a Current Public Information
Failure until the earlier of (i) the date such Current Public
Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such public
information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144 (in each
case, pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days).
In no event shall the aggregate Registration Delay Payments (as
defined below) accruing under this Section 5.10 exceed six percent
(6%) of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount. The payments to
which a holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled pursuant
to this Section 5.10 are referred to herein as
“Registration Delay
Payments.” Following the
initial Registration Delay Payment for any particular event or
failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or failure,
as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or
failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured
prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such event or failure,
then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on the third
(3rd)
Trading Day after such cure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no
single event or failure with respect to a particular Registration
Statement shall give rise to more than one type of Registration
Delay Payment with respect to such Registration Statement (other
than a Filing Failure and Effectiveness Failure relating to the
same Registration Statement), (ii) no Registration Delay Payments
shall be owed to a Purchaser (ith respect to any period during
which all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be
sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144
(including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without
the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1)
(or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable, and (iii) with respect to any
Registrable Securities excluded from a Registration Statement by
election of a Purchaser.
5.11 Waivers.
With the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding at
least a majority of the Registrable Securities that are then
outstanding, any provision of this Article V may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or
prospectively and either for a specified period of time or
indefinitely) or amended, which waiver will be applicable to all
Holders, and will be deemed to have been consented to by all
Holders. Upon the effectuation of each such waiver or amendment,
the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the
Holders, if any, who have not previously received notice thereof or
consented thereto in writing.
ARTICLE VI
ANTI-DILUTION ADJUSTMENT
6.1 Potential
Issuance of Additional Shares Post-Nasdaq
Listing. If the
Company lists its shares of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital
Market and for the five (5) Trading Day period immediately
following such listing (the “Measurement
Period”) the
average VWAP of the Common Stock for the Measurement Period (the
“Post-Listing
Threshold Price”) is less than $0.20 per share
(as adjusted for any stock split, dividend or other
distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the
Common Stock), then the Purchaser shall be issued an additional
number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the quotient obtained
by dividing (x) the Subscription Amount, by (y) the Post-Listing
Threshold Price, minus (ii) the number of Shares originally issued
to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (as adjusted for any stock
split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar
event with respect to the Common Stock), rounded down to the
nearest whole share. Any additional issuance of shares pursuant to
this Section 6.1 shall be made within five (5) Trading Days
following the Measurement Period. For the avoidance of doubt, there
can be no assurance that the Company’s shares of Common Stock
will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other national
stock exchange.
6.2 Limitation
on Issuance of Additional Shares. The Company shall not issue to
Purchaser any additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
6.1, and Purchaser shall not have the right to such additional
shares, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance,
the Purchaser (together with the Purchaser’s Affiliates, and
any other Persons acting as a group together with the Purchaser or
any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates), 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 Purchaser shall
exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any securities of the Company (including,
without limitation, any other securities convertible into Common
Stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous
to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in
the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6.2,
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 Purchaser that the Company
is not representing to the Purchaser that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Purchaser
is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this Section 6.2 applies, the determination of whether the
additional shares of Common Stock are issuable to the Purchaser
pursuant to Section 6.1 (in relation to other securities owned by
the Purchaser together with any Affiliates) shall be in the sole
discretion of the Purchaser, 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 6.2, in determining the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Purchaser 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 Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of a Purchaser, the Company shall within two (2) Trading
Days confirm orally and in writing to the Purchaser the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding pursuant to prior
sentence. 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 by the
Purchaser or its Affiliates 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 any additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 6.1. The Purchaser, upon not less than 61
days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6.2,
provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event
exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of any
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6.1 and the
provisions of this Section 6.2 shall continue to apply. Any such
increase or decrease 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 6.2 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.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination.
If the Closing shall not been consummated by August 14, 2020, this
Agreement shall automatically terminate without any further action
by the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such termination
will affect the right of either party to sue for any breach by the
other party.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Fees
and Expenses. Except
as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the
contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all
other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and
other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of
any Securities to the Purchaser.
8.2 Entire
Agreement. The
Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules
thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
8.3 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required
or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature page
attached hereto 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 at the facsimile number set forth on the signature page
attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
(2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service, (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given,
or (e) upon delivery, when sent by electronic mail (provided that
the sending party does not receive an automated rejection notice).
The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such
notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature
page attached hereto.
8.4 Amendments;
Waivers. No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an
amendment, by the Company and the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate amount of Securities issued hereunder, or, in the
case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such
waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect
to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of
any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of
either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair
the exercise of any such right.
8.5 Headings.
The headings of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to
limit or affect the interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
8.6 Successors
and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may
not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. Following the
Closing, the Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under
this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or
transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in
writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by
the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchaser.”
8.7 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns only, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except that each
Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the
Company with respect to Section 5.5.
8.8 Governing
Law. All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or
its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such
court, or that such court is an improper or inconvenient venue for
such suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect
for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. If either party shall commence an suit, action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in
addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 5.5, the
prevailing party in such suit, action or proceeding shall be
reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’
fees and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such suit, action or
proceeding.
8.9 Survival.
Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 7, the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2
shall survive the Closing, and the agreements and covenants
contained in Article IV shall survive the Closing until fully
performed. Each Purchaser shall be responsible only for its own
representations, warranties, agreements, and covenants
hereunder.
8.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical
counterparts, both of which when taken together shall be considered
one and the same agreement and this Agreement shall become
effective when each party has delivered its signature to the other
party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format
data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed), with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
8.11 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
8.12 Further
Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall
execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates,
instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
8.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions
of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever the Purchaser
exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then the Purchaser
may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion, from time to time,
upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or
election, in whole or in part, without prejudice to its future
actions and rights.
8.14 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the
Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance
under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary
damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction
Documents and the Company therefore agrees that the Purchasers
shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief
in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages
and without posting a bond or other security.
8.15 Payment
Set Aside. To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the
Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise, or any
part thereof, are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, disgorged or
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then, to the
extent of any such restoration, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
8.16 Independent
Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The
obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are
several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser,
and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the
performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein
or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any
Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute
the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or
any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without
limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the
other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any
other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by
its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the
Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all
Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the
convenience of the Company and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any of the Purchasers.
8.17 Liquidated
Damages. The
Company’s obligation to pay any amounts owing under the
Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and
shall not terminate until all unpaid amounts have been paid,
notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant
to which such amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.
8.18 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the
effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the
Transaction Documents or any amendments
thereto.
8.19 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN
ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY
EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY
DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE PARTIES EACH
KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND
EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
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Address
for Notice:
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee,
GA 30024
Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
E-mail:
kevin.richardson@sanuwave.com
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By:
Name:
Kevin A. Richardson II
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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Fax:
678-569-0881
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Murray Indick, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster
LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California
94105
Phone: (415)
268-7000
E-mail address: MIndick@mofo.com
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PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by an authorized signatory
as of the date first indicated above.
Signature of
Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:
Name of Authorized
Signatory:
Title of Authorized
Signatory:
Email Address of Authorized
Signatory:
Facsimile Number of Authorized
Signatory:
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of the Securities to Purchaser (if not same as
address for notice):
EIN Number (if
applicable):
DTC Participant Number:
EXHIBIT 10.5
SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
NOTE
AND WARRANT PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Issue
Date: August 6, 2020
$15,000,000
This
NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of August 6, 2020, by
and among NH EXPANSION CREDIT FUND
HOLDINGS LP (“North
Haven Expansion”), as agent (in such capacity,
together with its successors or permitted assigns,
“Agent”), the
Holders from time to time signatory hereto, including North Haven
Expansion in its capacity as a Holder (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the
“Holders”), and
SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.,
a Nevada corporation (“Issuer”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Issuer
wishes to issue the Notes and the Warrants (each as defined below),
and the Holders desire to purchase from Issuer the Notes and the
Warrants. This Agreement sets forth the terms on which the Holders
will (i) purchase the Notes and Warrants from Issuer and Issuer
will issue the Notes and Warrants, and (ii) repay the amounts owing
to the Holders under the Notes.
1.1 Payments
and Prepayments
(a) Purchase.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Issue
Date, each Holder shall purchase secured promissory notes, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D (as amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Notes,” and each, a
“Note”), in an
aggregate original principal amount of Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000), in accordance with each Holder’s Commitment as
set forth on Schedule
1.1 hereto, and warrants to purchase shares of common stock
of Issuer in an aggregate amount of two percent (2.00%) of
Issuer’s fully-diluted capital stock as of the Issue Date,
after giving effect to the Celularity Acquisition and the Equity
Financing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, and on terms, and
subject to adjustments, as set forth therein (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Warrants,” and each, a
“Warrant”).
(b) Payment.
All unpaid principal and accrued interest is due and payable in
full on the Maturity Date. The Notes may not be prepaid, except as
set forth in subsection
(d).
(c) Mandatory
Prepayment Upon an Acceleration. If the Notes are
accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Issuer
shall immediately pay to Holders an amount equal to the sum of: (i)
all outstanding principal of the Notes plus accrued but unpaid
interest on the Notes, (ii) (x) the Prepayment Fee, if such
acceleration occurs after the Initial Prepayment Date, or (y) the
Prepayment Amount, if such acceleration occurs prior to the Initial
Prepayment Date and (iii) all other sums, if any, that shall have
become due and payable pursuant to the Note Documents, including
interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due amounts,
and the Put Amount (unless the Warrant was earlier exercised in
full and the Put Amount paid).
(d) Permitted
Prepayment of the Notes. Issuer shall have the option to
prepay the Notes, in whole but not in part, provided Issuer
provides written notice to Holders of its election to prepay the
Notes at least five (5) Business Days prior to such prepayment. In
the case of any prepayment pursuant to this Section 1.1(d), Issuer shall
pay, on the date of such prepayment, (A) all outstanding principal
of the Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes, (B) (x)
the Prepayment Fee, if such prepayment occurs after the Initial
Prepayment Date, or (y) the Prepayment Amount, if such prepayment
occurs prior to the Initial Prepayment Date, and (C) all other
sums, if any, that shall become due and payable, including interest
at the Default Rate with respect to any past due
amounts.
(e) AHYDO
Catch-Up Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, commencing with the first accrual period (as
defined in IRC Section 1272(a)(5)) following the fifth
(5th)
anniversary of the “issue date” of the Notes (as
defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-2(a)(2)), and
continuing with each accrual period thereafter, the Issuer shall be
permitted to pay in respect of the Notes, on or before the end of
such accrual period, an amount in cash equal to (but not exceeding)
the amount required to be paid to the extent necessary to prevent
the Notes from being treated as an “applicable high yield
discount obligation” within the meaning of the IRC, such
amount to be determined by Issuer in consultation with
Holder.
1.2 Interest
(a) Interest
Rate. Subject to Section 1.2(b), the principal
amount outstanding on the Notes shall accrue interest, consisting
of (i) interest payable in cash quarterly in arrears on the last
day of each fiscal quarter (each, a “Payment Date”), at a per annum
rate equal to the sum of (A) the greater of (x) the Prime Rate in
effect as of each Payment Date, and (y) three percent (3.00%), plus
(B) nine percent (9.00%); and (ii) interest (I) not paid when due
in accordance with Section 1.2(a)(i) above for any reason,
including but not limited to any blockage under any intercreditor
or subordination agreement, and (II) at a rate of three percent
(3.00%) per annum (collectively, the “Deferred Interest”), which shall
be compounded by being added to the principal amount of the Notes
on each Payment Date and which shall be payable in cash upon the
earliest to occur of (x) the Maturity Date, (y) prepayment of the
Notes, or (z) acceleration of the maturity of the Notes upon an
Event of Default.
(b) Default
Rate. Immediately upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to five (5) percent (5.00%) above the
rate that is otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default Rate”). Payment or
acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in this
Section 1.2(b) is
not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not
constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice
or limit any rights or remedies of Agent or any
Holder.
(c) 360-Day
Year. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual number of days elapsed.
(d) Payments.
Agent will invoice Issuer for payments of any amounts due
hereunder, and Issuer shall promptly pay such amounts invoiced
within three (3) Business Days. Payments received after 3:00 p.m.
Eastern time are considered received at the opening of business on
the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and
additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to
accrue. Payments received by Agent with respect to Obligations will
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority (including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto) (“Taxes”) except as required by any
Governmental Authority, applicable law, regulation or international
agreement, in which case, except to the extent such withholding or
deduction is on account of Excluded Taxes, the amount due with
respect to such payment or other sum payable hereunder will be
increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making
of such required withholding or deduction (including any
withholding or deduction made with respect to such additional
amounts payable pursuant to this sentence), each Holder receives a
net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no
withholding or deduction been required. Issuer will, upon request,
furnish each Holder with proof reasonably satisfactory to each
Holder indicating that Issuer has made such withholding payment;
provided, however, that Issuer need not make any withholding
payment if the amount or validity of such withholding payment is
contested in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and
as to which payment in full is bonded or reserved against by
Issuer. The agreements and obligations of Issuer contained in this
Section 1.2(d) shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
(e) Expense
Deposit. Issuer has paid to Agent an expense deposit of
Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) (the “Expense Deposit”) to initiate
Holders’ due diligence review process. The Expense Deposit
shall be applied to the payment of Holder Expenses incurred through
the Issue Date, with any remaining amounts promptly remitted to
Issuer.
1.3 Fees.
Issuer shall pay to Agent, for disbursement to Holders (except
otherwise indicated) according to their pro rata percentage of the
Commitment:
(a) Origination
Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable fee in an amount of two
percent (2.00%) of the original principal amount of each Note, on
the Issue Date;
(b) Prepayment
Amount. The Prepayment Amount, if due pursuant to
Section 1.1(c) or
Section
1.1(d);
(c) Prepayment
Fee. The Prepayment Fee, if due pursuant to Section 1.1(c) or Section 1.1(d);
(d) Monitoring
Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable monitoring fee in an
amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) (i) on the Issue Date
and (ii) on each anniversary thereof; provided that such fee shall
be (x) solely for the account of and payable to North Haven
Expansion; and (y) pro-rated based on the number of days elapsed
for any period not constituting a full year (and refunded to the
extent of any excess payment); and
(e) Holder
Expenses. All Holder Expenses incurred through and after the
Issue Date promptly upon request.
2.
CONDITIONS TO NOTE
ISSUANCE.
The
obligation of each Holder to purchase the Note(s) under this
Agreement on the Issue Date (as set forth in Section 1.1(a)) is subject to
the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to issuance set
forth on Schedule 1 hereto; provided that each Holder that has
signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by
or acceptable or satisfactory to such Holder.
3.
CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST
Issuer
hereby grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of each Holder, to
secure the payment and performance in full of all of the
Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges to
Agent, the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products
thereof. Issuer hereby authorizes Agent to file financing
statements, without notice to Issuer, at Issuer’s expense,
with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect or protect
Agent’s interest or rights hereunder. If this Agreement is
terminated, Agent’s Lien in the Collateral granted hereunder
shall continue until the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity
obligations, and any other obligations which, by their terms, are
to survive the termination of this Agreement) are repaid in full in
cash. Upon payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than
inchoate indemnity obligations, and any other obligations which, by
their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement),
Agent’s Lien shall be automatically released and all rights
therein shall revert to Issuer, at which time Agent shall promptly
execute and deliver to Issuer, at Issuer’s expense, all
documents (including relevant certificates, securities and other
instruments) that Issuer shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination or release and shall perform such other actions
reasonably requested by Issuer to effect such release, including
delivery of certificates, securities and instruments.
Without
limiting the foregoing: Issuer hereby pledges, assigns and grants
to Agent, for the ratable benefit of each Holder, a security
interest in all the Shares, together with all proceeds and
substitutions thereof, all cash, stock and other moneys and
property paid thereon, all rights to subscribe for securities
declared or granted in connection therewith, and all other cash and
noncash proceeds of the foregoing, as security for the performance
of the Obligations. Subject to the prior satisfaction of the Senior
Debt, or upon the written consent of the Senior Lender, the
certificate or certificates for the Shares (if any) will be
delivered to Agent, accompanied by an instrument of assignment duly
executed in blank by Issuer. To the extent required by the terms
and conditions governing the Shares, Issuer shall cause the books
of each entity whose Shares are part of the Collateral and any
transfer agent to reflect the pledge of the Shares. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
hereunder, but subject to the prior satisfaction of the Senior
Debt, Agent may effect the transfer of any securities included in
the Collateral (including but not limited to the Shares) into the
name of Agent and cause new (as applicable) certificates
representing such securities to be issued in the name of Agent or
its transferee. Subject to the prior satisfaction of the Senior
Debt, or upon the written consent of the Senior Lender, Issuer will
execute and deliver such documents, and take or cause to be taken
such actions, as Agent may reasonably request to perfect or
continue the perfection of Agent’s security interest in the
Shares. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, Issuer shall be entitled to exercise any voting rights
with respect to the Shares and to give consents, waivers and
ratifications in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be
cast or consent, waiver or ratification given or action taken which
would be inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement or
which would constitute or create any violation of any of such
terms. All such rights to vote and give consents, waivers and
ratifications shall terminate upon the occurrence and continuance
of an Event of Default. Agent reserves the right, subject to the
prior satisfaction of the Senior Debt, or upon the written consent
of the Senior Lender, to take such steps in any jurisdiction of
organization of any Foreign Subsidiary to perfect and maintain the
perfection of any security interest granted with respect to the
Shares (and any assets, as applicable) of any Foreign Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Issuer shall not
be required to take any steps to obtain, perfect or maintain the
perfection of any Lien granted with respect to the Collateral if
and for so long as, in the sole judgment of Agent, the cost,
difficulty, burden or consequences of obtaining, perfecting or
maintaining a Lien in such Collateral exceeds the practical
benefits to the Holders afforded thereby.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.
Issuer
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Due
Organization and Qualification. Issuer and each Subsidiary
is duly existing and in good standing in its jurisdiction of
organization or formation and is qualified and licensed to do
business and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that
it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its
business.
(b) Authorization,
Power and Authority. The execution, delivery and performance
by Issuer of the Note Documents to which it is a party:
(i) have been duly authorized, and constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditor’s rights or by general principles of equity; (ii) do
not conflict with Issuer’s organizational documents; (iii) do
not contravene, conflict or violate any applicable order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any
Governmental Authority by which Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their property or assets may be bound or affected; (iv)
do not require any action by, or approval from, any Governmental
Approval from, any Governmental Authority (except such Governmental
Approvals which have already been obtained and are in full force
and effect); and (v) do not conflict with, contravene, constitute a
default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or
acceleration of, any material agreement by which Issuer is
bound.
(c) Collateral.
Issuer has good title to, rights in, and the power to transfer each
item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien
hereunder, free and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted
Liens. Issuer has no Collateral Accounts at or with any bank or
financial institution except for the Collateral Accounts described
in the Perfection Certificate delivered to the Holders in
connection herewith and which Issuer has taken such actions as are
reasonably necessary to give Agent a perfected security interest
therein. The Accounts are bona fide, existing obligations of the
Account Debtors.
(d) Intellectual
Property. Issuer is the sole owner of the Intellectual
Property which it owns or purports to own except for (a)
non-exclusive licenses granted to its customers in the ordinary
course of business, (b) over-the-counter software that is
commercially available to the public, and (c) material Intellectual
Property licensed to Issuer and noted on the Perfection
Certificate. Each Patent which it owns or purports to own and which
is material to Issuer’s business is valid and enforceable,
and no part of the Intellectual Property which Issuer owns or
purports to own and which is material to Issuer’s business
has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part.
Issuer has not received any written notice of any claim that any
part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third
party except to the extent such claim would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on Issuer’s
business. All Intellectual Property material to the business of
Issuer and its Subsidiaries that is owned by Issuer or a Subsidiary
is set forth in the Perfection Certificate.
(e) Financial
Statements, Financial Condition. All consolidated financial
statements for Issuer and its Subsidiaries delivered to Agent
fairly present in all material respects Issuer’s consolidated
financial condition and results of operations as of the date
thereof and for the period represented thereby, and there has not
been any material deterioration in Issuer’s consolidated
financial condition since the date of the most recent financial
statements submitted to Agent.
(f) Solvency.
The fair salable value of Issuer’s consolidated assets
(including goodwill minus disposition costs) exceeds the fair value
of its consolidated liabilities; Issuer is not left with
unreasonably small capital after the transactions in this
Agreement; and Issuer and its Subsidiaries as a whole are able to
pay their debts (including trade debts) as they
mature.
(g) Perfection
Certificate. All information set forth on the Perfection
Certificate is accurate and complete in all material respects,
provided that Issuer may from time to time update certain
information in the Perfection Certificate after the Issue Date to
reflect updated information resulting from changes not restricted
by this Agreement or as otherwise approved in writing by Holders,
and, from and after such update, all references to the Perfection
Certificate in this Agreement shall be the Perfection Certificate
as so updated; provided, however, any
representations, warranties or covenants in this Agreement
specifically relating to a date certain (including the Issue Date)
shall not be so modified by such updates to the Perfection
Certificate.
(h) Material
Agreements. Neither Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
default under any agreement to which it is a party or by which it
is bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on Issuer’s or such
Subsidiary’s business.
(i) Compliance
with Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption
Laws. Issuer and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, agents, or representatives will not, directly
or, to the knowledge of Issuer and its Subsidiaries, indirectly,
use the proceeds from any Note, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture
partner or any other person (i) to fund or facilitate any
activities or business of or with any individual, entity or
government that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more
persons that are, at the time of such funding or facilitation, the
subject of any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes
administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security
Council, the Council of the European Union or Her Majesty’s
Treasury (United Kingdom), or any other relevant sanctions
authority) (collectively, “Sanctions”), or resident, located
or organized in any country or territory that is the subject of
comprehensive territorial Sanctions (currently including, Crimea,
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria) (each, a “Sanctioned Jurisdiction”); or (ii)
in any other manner that would result in a violation of any
Sanctions by Issuer, any Holder or any other person. Neither Issuer
nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Issuer, any
Affiliates, directors, officers, or employees of Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries, is the subject of any Sanctions or resident,
located or organized in a Sanctioned Jurisdiction. Issuer and its
Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with (i)
Sanctions; (ii) applicable anti-corruption laws, rules, and
regulations, including without limitation the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act, each as may be amended, and
any rules or regulations thereunder (collectively,
“Anti-Corruption
Laws”); and (iii) applicable anti-money laundering
laws, rules, and regulations, including without limitation the
Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended from time
(collectively, “Anti-Money
Laundering Laws”). Neither Issuer nor its
Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents,
or representatives will use, directly or, to the knowledge of
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, indirectly, the proceeds of the
financing in any manner or for any purpose that would result in a
violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws
by Issuer, or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any Holder or any
other person or entity. Issuer has instituted and maintained and
will continue to maintain policies, procedures and controls
reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with all
Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws, and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and
with the representations and warranties contained in this
subsection.
(j) Regulatory
Compliance. Issuer is not an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. Issuer is not engaged as one of its important
activities in extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations
X, T and U of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors). Issuer (a)
has complied in all respects with all Requirements of Law the
noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on its business, and (b) has not violated
any Requirements of Law the violation of which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on its business. None of
Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or
assets has been used by Issuer or any Subsidiary or, to
Issuer’s knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing,
producing, storing, treating, or transporting any hazardous
substance other than legally. Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries
have obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, made
all declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all
Governmental Authorities that are necessary to continue their
respective businesses as currently conducted, except to the extent
that failure to obtain, make or file the same could not reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on its
business.
(k) Investments.
Issuer does not own any stock, partnership, or other ownership
interest or other equity securities except for Permitted
Investments.
(l) Tax
Returns and Payments. Issuer has timely filed all required
tax returns and reports, and Issuer has timely paid all foreign,
federal, state and local taxes, assessments, deposits and
contributions owed by Issuer except (a) to the extent such taxes
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as such
reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, (b)
if such taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions do not,
individually or in the aggregate, exceed Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000) or (c) to the extent that such filings and
payments may be made pursuant to automatic extensions. Issuer is
unaware of any claims or adjustments proposed for any of
Issuer’s prior tax years which could result in additional
taxes becoming due and payable by Issuer in excess of Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
(m) Shares.
Issuer has full power and authority to create a first lien on the
Shares (subject only to Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement to have superior priority to
Agent’s Lien in this Agreement) and no disability or
contractual obligation exists that would prohibit Issuer from
pledging the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. Except with respect
to the Lien in favor of the Senior Lender, to Issuer’s
knowledge, there are no subscriptions, warrants, rights of first
refusal or other restrictions on transfer relative to, or options
exercisable with respect to the Shares. The Shares have been and
will be duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and
non-assessable. To Issuer’s knowledge, the Shares are not the
subject of any present or threatened suit, action, arbitration,
administrative or other proceeding, and Issuer knows of no
reasonable grounds for the institution of any such
proceedings.
(n) Full
Disclosure. No written representation, warranty or other
statement of Issuer or any Subsidiary in any certificate or written
statement given to Agent or any Holder, as of the date such
representation, warranty, or other statement was made, taken
together with all such written certificates and written statements
given to Agent or any Holder, contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements contained in the certificates or statements not
misleading (it being recognized by Agent and the Holders that the
projections and forecasts provided by Issuer in good faith and
based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by such
projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or
forecasted results).
(o) Definition
of “Knowledge.” For purposes of the Note
Documents, whenever a representation or warranty is made to
Issuer’s knowledge or awareness, to the “best of”
Issuer’s knowledge, or with a similar qualification,
knowledge or awareness means the actual knowledge, after reasonable
investigation, of any Responsible Officer.
5.1 Government
Compliance. Issuer shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary,
to (i) maintain its legal existence and good standing in its
jurisdiction of organization or formation and maintain
qualification in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so
qualify could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on Issuer’s or such Subsidiary’s business or
operations; (ii) comply with all laws, ordinances and regulations
to which it is subject; provided, that any such
noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Issuer’s business shall not be
deemed to be a breach of the foregoing covenant (iii) obtain all
material Governmental Approvals necessary for the performance by
Issuer or any Subsidiary of its obligations under the Note
Documents to which it is a party, promptly provide copies of any
such obtained Governmental Approvals to Agent; (iv) timely file all
required material tax returns and reports, and pay prior to
delinquency all federal and state and material foreign and local
taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Issuer or
such Subsidiary, except to the extent payment is deferred in
connection with taxes being contested by appropriate proceedings
promptly and diligently instituted and conducted with notification
to Agent and posting a bond or taking any other steps required to
prevent the governmental authority levying such contested taxes
from obtaining a Lien upon any of the Collateral that is other than
a “Permitted Lien”, and (v) maintain and comply with,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and comply
with, in force all licenses, approvals and agreements, the loss of
which or failure to comply with which would reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on Issuer’s business or
operations.
5.2 Financial
Statements, Reports, Certificates.
Issuer
shall:
(a) Deliver
to each Holder for as long as this Agreement is outstanding: (i) as
soon as available, but no later than forty-five (45) days after the
last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, income
statement and cash flow statement covering Issuer’s
consolidated operations for such quarter certified by a Responsible
Officer and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent; (ii) as soon
as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the
end of Issuer’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial
statements of Issuer prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied, together with an unqualified opinion on such financial
statements from an independent certified public accounting firm
reasonably acceptable to Agent (it being understood that
Issuer’s accounting firm as of the Issue Date shall be
acceptable to Agent); (iii) promptly after approval by
Issuer’s board of directors (but in no event later than
thirty (30) days after last day of Issuer’s fiscal year), and
promptly but in any event within ten (10) days after any update
from time to time thereto, annual operating budgets for such fiscal
year (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow
statements, by month) as approved by Issuer’s board of
directors, together with annual financial projections for such
fiscal year (on a quarterly basis) as approved by Issuer’s
board of directors, and any related business forecasts used in the
preparation of such annual financial projections; (iv) a prompt
report of any legal actions pending or threatened in writing
against Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that could result in
damages or costs to Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) or more or invalidation of
any material Intellectual Property; (v) a prompt report of all
returns, recoveries, disputes and claims, individually or in the
aggregate in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), with
Account Debtors of Issuer or any Subsidiary; (vi) prompt notice of
an event that materially and adversely affects the value of the
Intellectual Property owned by Issuer or any Subsidiary or could
have a material adverse effect on Issuer’s business; (vii)
any financial statements, notices, reports or other information not
delivered pursuant to this Agreement provided to Senior Lender or
holders of Subordinated Debt and any amendments or other agreements
entered into with respect to the Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt;
and (viii) any budgets, sales projections, operating plans and
other information or reports as Agent may reasonably request from
time to time. In the event that Issuer becomes subject to the
reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, within five (5) days
of filing, Issuer shall deliver to Holders all reports on Form
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or notify Holders that a link thereto has been posted on
Issuer’s or another website on the Internet. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, in the case of documents required
to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) and included in
materials otherwise filed with the SEC, (x) Issuer shall be deemed
to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.2(a) to the extent
such documents are included in materials filed with the SEC in
compliance with the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act,
and (y) such documents may be delivered electronically and if so
delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on
which Issuer posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on
Issuer’s website on the internet at Issuer’s website
address; provided, however, Issuer shall promptly notify Agent in
writing (which may be by electronic mail) of the posting of any
such documents.
(b) Together
with financial statements pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) and (ii),
deliver a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer.
(c) Allow
Agent to audit or inspect Issuer’s Collateral at reasonable
times during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance
notice to Issuer. Such audits or inspections shall be conducted no
more often than once every twelve (12) months, unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such
inspections and audits shall occur as often as Agent shall
determine is necessary.
(d) [reserved].
(e) Deliver
to Agent a copy of Issuer’s Articles of Incorporation, as
amended in connection with such equity financing and an updated
capitalization table in form acceptable to Agent in connection with
the next Compliance Certificate.
(f) Deliver
to Agent, within five (5) Business Days after the same are sent or
received, copies of all material correspondence, reports, documents
and other filings with any Governmental Authority that could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any of
the Governmental Approvals material to Issuer’s or any
Subsidiary’s business or otherwise could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
(g) Allow
representatives of Agent to attend (to the extent in person, one
person reasonably acceptable to Issuer at the sole cost and expense
of Issuer, or by conference call) all meetings of Issuer’s
board of directors in a non-voting observer capacity, and provide
such representatives with copies of all notices, minutes, written
consents, and other materials that it provides to members of
Issuer’s board of directors, at the time it provides them to
such members, provided that Issuer may redact (i) any portions of
such materials that are subject to attorney-client privilege, and
(ii) any portions of such materials result in a conflict of
interest between any Holder and its representative or their
respective affiliates or representatives, on the one hand, and
Issuer or its affiliates or representatives on the other hand,
concerning the financing transaction between Issuer and Holders or
other matters involving any Holder or their affiliates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Issuer may exclude such
representatives from portions of any meeting if (i) the attendance
by such representatives during such portion of the meeting would
jeopardize or otherwise impair the attorney-client privilege, or
(ii) if attendance at such meeting could result in a conflict of
interest between Holders and its representative or their respective
affiliates or representatives, on the one hand, and Issuer or its
affiliates or representatives on the other concerning the financing
transaction between Issuer and Holders or other matters involving
Holders or their Affiliates.
5.3 Collateral.
Issuer shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary, to (i) maintain good
title to, rights in, and the power to transfer each item of the
Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder, free
and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens; (ii)
maintain possession of all Collateral, except for third party
bailees in the ordinary course of business, Inventory in transit
and movable items of personal property such as laptop computers;
and (iii) maintain all Equipment and personal property in good
operating condition and Inventory in good marketable condition,
free from material defects.
5.4 Inventory;
Returns. Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to,
keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, free from
material defects. Returns and allowances between Issuer or a
Subsidiary and its Account Debtors shall follow Issuer’s
customary practices as they exist at the Issue Date.
5.5 Insurance.
Issuer shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, keep its business
and the Collateral insured for risks and in amounts standard for
companies in Issuer’s industry and location. Insurance
policies shall be in a form, with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies that are not Affiliates of Issuer, and in
amounts that are standard for companies in Issuer’s industry
and location and reasonably satisfactory to Agent; it being
understand that Issuer’s insurance in effect as of the Issue
Date is acceptable to Agent. All property policies covering real
and personal property with respect to Issuer shall have a lender
loss payable endorsement showing Agent as lender loss payee, and
all commercial general, products and auto liability policies shall
show, or have endorsements showing, Agent as an additional insured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Issuer shall have the option of
applying proceeds with respect to any Collateral of any casualty
policy of Issuer in an amount up to Three Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($350,000) toward the replacement or repair of destroyed or
damaged property, or the purchase of property that is otherwise
useful to Issuer’s business; provided that any such replaced
or repaired property (i) shall be of equal or like value as the
replaced or repaired Collateral and (ii) shall be deemed Collateral
in which Agent has been granted a security interest, subject to
Permitted Liens, and (b) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, except to the extent required
to be applied to the prepayment of any Senior Debt, all proceeds
with respect to Collateral payable under such casualty policy
shall, at the option of Agent, be payable to Agent, for the ratable
benefit of each Holder, on account of the Obligations.
5.6 Collateral
Accounts. Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, maintain Collateral Accounts other than those
described in the Perfection Certificate delivered to Holders in
connection herewith, or of which Issuer has given Holders notice
and taken such actions as are necessary to give Agent a perfected
security interest therein pursuant to a Control Agreement in
accordance with this Section. For each Collateral Account that
Issuer or any Subsidiary at any time maintains, Issuer shall cause
the applicable bank or financial institution at or with which any
Collateral Account is maintained to execute and deliver a Control
Agreement with respect to such Collateral Account to perfect
Holder’s Lien in such Collateral Account. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Issuer shall be permitted to maintain, and shall not be
required to deliver Control Agreements with respect to, its
Collateral Accounts with SunTrust Bank (the “SunTrust Accounts”), provided that
(i) the SunTrust Accounts shall not at any time maintain more than
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) in the aggregate and (ii)
the SunTrust Accounts must be closed, and the balances therein
transferred to a Collateral Account subject to a Control Agreement
in favor of Agent, by no later than August 14, 2020.
5.7 Litigation
Cooperation. From the date hereof and continuing through the
termination of this Agreement, Issuer shall, and shall cause any
Subsidiary, to make available to Holders, without expense to any
Holder, Issuer, its Subsidiaries, and its officers, employees and
agents and books and records, to the extent that any Holder may
deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any
third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against any Holder
with respect to any Collateral or relating to Issuer or its
Subsidiaries.
5.8 Intellectual
Property. Issuer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to
(a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of
the Intellectual Property that is material to its business; (b)
promptly advise Agent in writing of infringements of its
Intellectual Property that could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the value of its Intellectual
Property; and (c) not allow any Intellectual Property material to
Issuer’s or any Subsidiary’s business to be abandoned,
forfeited or dedicated to the public without Agent’s written
consent. Issuer and Guarantors are and shall remain the sole owner
of its Intellectual Property, except for (a) non-exclusive licenses
granted to its customers in the ordinary course of business, (b)
over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the
public, and (c) material Intellectual Property licensed to Issuer
and noted on the Perfection Certificate. Except as noted on the
Perfection Certificate, no Issuer or Subsidiary is a party to, nor
is it bound by, any Restricted License. Issuer shall provide
written notice to Agent within thirty (30) days of it or any
Subsidiary entering or becoming bound by any Restricted License
(other than over-the-counter software that is commercially
available to the public). Issuer shall take such steps as Agent may
reasonably request to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any
person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (i) any Restricted
License to be deemed “Collateral” and for Agent to have
a security interest in it that might otherwise be restricted or
prohibited by law or by the terms of any such Restricted License,
whether now existing or entered into in the future, and (ii) Agent
to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any Collateral
to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Agent’s
rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Note
Documents. As used in this Agreement, the term “non-exclusive
license” shall include any license that provides limited
exclusivity to the licensee based on geography outside the United
States or distinct market segments (provided, in all events, such
license is not actually, tantamount to, or deemed to be for
accounting purposes, a sale or other transfer of the underlying
Intellectual Property).
If
Issuer or any Subsidiary (i) obtains any patent, registered
trademark or servicemark, registered copyright, registered mask
work, or any pending application for any of the foregoing, or (ii)
applies for any patent or the registration of any trademark or
servicemark, then Issuer shall provide written notice thereof in
the Compliance Certificate delivered to Agent pursuant to
Section 5.2(b) and
shall execute such IP Agreements and other documents and take such
other actions as Agent shall reasonably request to perfect and
maintain a perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens)
in favor of Agent for the ratable benefit of the Holders in such
property. Issuer shall upon Agent’s request provide to Agent
copies of all applications that filed by it or a Subsidiary for
patents or for the registration of trademarks, servicemarks,
copyrights or mask works, together with evidence of the recording
of the IP Agreement necessary for Agent to perfect and maintain a
perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in such
property. If Issuer or any Subsidiary decides to register any
copyrights or mask works in the United States Copyright Office
which Issuer determines to be material to Issuer’s or such
Subsidiary’s business, Issuer shall: (x) provide Agent with
at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of Issuer’s
intent to register such copyrights or mask works together with a
copy of the application it intends to file with the United States
Copyright Office (excluding exhibits thereto); (y) execute an IP
Agreement and such other documents and take such other actions as
Agent may reasonably request in its good faith business judgment to
perfect and maintain a perfected security interest (subject to
Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent for the ratable benefit of
Holders in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered
with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) record such IP
Agreement with the United States Copyright Office contemporaneously
with filing the copyright or mask work application(s) with the
United States Copyright Office. Upon Agent’s request, Issuer
shall provide to Agent copies of all applications filed by it or a
Subsidiary for patents or for the registration of trademarks,
servicemarks, copyrights or mask works, together with evidence of
the recording of the IP Agreement necessary for Agent to perfect
and maintain a perfected security interest (subject to Permitted
Liens) in such property.
5.9 Use
of Proceeds. Issuer shall use the proceeds of the Notes: (i)
as working capital and to fund its general corporate and business
requirements and not for personal, family, household or
agricultural purposes, (ii) to repay the Existing Indebtedness in
full on the Issue Date and (iii) to finance a portion of the
Celularity Acquisition.
5.10 Holder
Meetings. Issuer will, (i) within ninety (90) days after the
close of each fiscal year of Issuer, at the request of any Holder,
hold a meeting (at a mutually agreeable location and time or, at
the option of any Holder, by conference call), at which meeting
shall be reviewed the financial results of the previous fiscal
year, the financial condition of Issuer and its Subsidiaries and
the projections and business plan for the following fiscal year, as
well as the prospects of the business of Issuer and its
Subsidiaries and any other matters that any Holder may wish to
discuss, and (ii) within forty-five (45) days after the close of
the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, at the request
of any Holder and upon reasonable prior notice, participate in a
conference call to review the financial results of the fiscal
quarter then ended, as well as prospects of the business of Issuer
and its Subsidiaries and any other matters that any Holder may wish
to discuss.
5.11 Formation
or Acquisition of Subsidiaries. If Issuer forms any new
Subsidiary or acquires any new Subsidiary after the Issue Date,
Issuer shall (a) cause such Subsidiary to provide to Agent a
Guaranty of this Agreement, together with such appropriate
collateral security documents, including any Control Agreements,
all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (b)
provide to Agent appropriate certificates and powers and financing
statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership
interest held in such Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, and (c) provide to Agent all other
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Agent. Without limiting the foregoing, Agent reserves the right to
take appropriate steps, as Agent reasonably determines, to perfect
the security interest granted over the assets of, or equity
interests in, any Foreign Subsidiary, in each case, in the relevant
jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign
Subsidiary.
5.12 SBA
PPP Loan.
() Issuer shall use
all of the proceeds of the SBA PPP Loan exclusively for CARES
Forgivable Uses in the manner required under the CARES Act to
obtain forgiveness of the largest possible amount of the SBA PPP
Loan, which as of the date hereof requires that Issuer use not less
than sixty percent (60.00%) of the SBA PPP Loan proceeds for CARES
Payroll Costs.
(a) On the date of
delivery of each Compliance Certificate following the SBA PPP Loan
Date, Issuer shall deliver to Agent (x) a report on the use of the
proceeds of the SBA PPP Loan and supporting documentation with
respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent or (y) such other, similar report and/or
documentation as is provided to the SBA and/or the SBA PPP Loan
Lender related.
(b) Issuer shall (i)
maintain all records required to be submitted in connection with
the forgiveness of the SBA PPP Loan, (ii) apply for forgiveness of
the SBA PPP Loan in accordance with regulations implementing
Section 1106 of the CARES Act within thirty (30) days after the
last day of the eight (8) week period immediately following the SBA
PPP Loan Date and (iii) provide Holder with a copy of its
application for forgiveness and all supporting documentation
required by the SBA or the SBA PPP Loan Lender in connection with
the forgiveness of the SBA PPP Loan.
5.13 Further Assurances. Subject to the last
sentence of Section
3, Issuer shall execute any further instruments and take
further action as Agent may reasonably request to perfect or
continue Agent’s Lien in the Collateral or to effect the
purposes of this Agreement.
Issuer
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, do any of the
following, without Holders’ prior written
consent:
6.1 Dispositions.
Convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of
(collectively, “Transfer”) all or any part of its
business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory in the
ordinary course of business, (b) of Accounts in the ordinary course
of business (and otherwise made in accordance with this Agreement),
(c) of worn-out, unused, obsolete or surplus Equipment; (d) in
connection with Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; (e) made
in accordance with Section 6.3, (f) by any Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor to (x) Issuer or any Guarantor and (y) any other
Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor; and (g) other Transfers in an
aggregate amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) in
any fiscal year.
6.2 Changes
in Business, Management, Ownership, or Business Locations.
(a) Engage in any business other than the businesses currently
engaged in by Issuer or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or
reasonably related thereto or contemplated by Issuer’s
research and development plan as approved by its board of
directors; (b) cease doing business, liquidate or dissolve; (c)
suffer Issuer’s chief executive officer to cease holding such
office without a replacement being appointed within ninety (90)
days; (d) permit or suffer a Change in Control of Issuer or any
Subsidiary. Issuer shall not, without at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice to Agent: (1) add any new offices or business
locations, unless such new offices or business locations contain
less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in Issuer’s
assets or property, (2) change its jurisdiction of organization,
(3) change its organizational structure or type, (4) change its
legal name, or (5) change any organizational number (if any)
assigned by its jurisdiction of organization.
6.3 Mergers
or Acquisitions. Merge or consolidate with any other Person,
or acquire all or substantially all of the capital stock or
property of another Person, except that a Subsidiary may merge or
consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Issuer, provided that
if a Guarantor or Issuer is a party to such transaction, such
Guarantor or Issuer shall be the surviving entity.
6.4 Indebtedness:
Encumbrance; Investments; Distributions. (a) Create, incur,
assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness; (b) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
of any kind upon any of its property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired except Permitted Liens; (c) make any Investment
except for Permitted Investments; and (d) pay any dividends or make
any distribution or payment or redeem, retire or purchase any
capital stock except for Permitted Distributions.
6.5 Minimum
Liquidity. Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall at all times
maintain Liquidity, on a consolidated basis, of at least Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000); provided, that, the proceeds of the
SBA PPP Loan shall not be considered for purposes of compliance
with this Section 6.5.
6.6 Transactions
with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit
to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of Issuer,
except for (i) transactions with any Affiliate of Issuer that are
in the ordinary course of Issuer’s business (including but
not limited to the payment of ordinary course compensation and
benefits to Issuer’s or such Subsidiary’s employees),
upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to Issuer
or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in an arm’s length
transaction with a non-affiliated Person, (ii) transactions between
or among Issuer and its Subsidiaries which are expressly permitted
by this Agreement and any other, (iii) equity and bridge financings
constituting Subordinated Debt with Issuer’s existing
investors and (iv) the Subordinated Notes. The participation of any
then-existing investors of Issuer in future bona fide equity
financings and subordinated note financings of Issuer and
transactions between Issuer and its Subsidiaries that are not
otherwise restricted pursuant hereto shall not be deemed to be a
violation of this Section (including any equity financings or
subordinated note financings led by such investors of
Issuer).
6.7 Subordinated
Debt. (a) Make or permit any payment on any Subordinated
Debt, except (i) under the terms of the subordination,
intercreditor, or other similar agreement to which such
Subordinated Debt is subject and (ii) in the case of any cash
payment on any Subordinated Note, solely to the extent that (A)
immediately prior, and after giving pro forma effect, to such
payment, no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or could reasonably be expected to result therefrom,
including with respect to Section 6.5, and (B) such payment shall
be made solely with the proceeds from an substantially
contemporaneous equity financing consummated after the Issue Date,
or (b) amend any provision in any document relating to the
Subordinated Debt which would increase the amount thereof, provide
for earlier or greater principal, interest, or other payments
thereon, or adversely affect the subordination thereof to
Obligations owed to Holders, except as may be permitted by the
subordination, intercreditor or other similar agreement to which
such Subordinated Debt is subject; provided, however, that the
issuance of equity securities upon conversion of Subordinated Debt
shall not be prohibited by the foregoing.
6.8 Compliance.
Become an “investment company” or a company controlled
by an “investment company” under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended or undertake as one of its important
activities extending credit to purchase or carry margin stock (as
defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System), or use the proceeds of the Notes for that purpose;
fail to (a) meet the minimum funding requirements of the ERISA, (b)
permit a Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, as defined in
ERISA, to occur; or (c) comply with the Federal Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other law or regulation; if the failure of any
of the conditions described in clauses (a) through (c) could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
Issuer’s business or operations or could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Any one
of the following shall constitute an event of default (an
“Event of
Default”) under this Agreement:
7.1 Payment
Default. Issuer fails to (a) make any payment of principal
or interest due under any Note on its due date, or (b) pay any
other Obligations within three (3) Business Days of the date when
due (which three (3) Business Day grace period shall not apply to
payments due on the Maturity Date or the date of acceleration
pursuant to section 8.1 hereof).
7.2 Covenant
Default.
(a) Issuer
fails or neglects to perform any obligation in Sections 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8 or
5.10 or violates any covenant in Section 6; or
(b) Issuer
fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any other term,
provision, condition, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement or any other Note Documents, and as to any such default
other than those specified in Section 7.1 or 7.2 (a), Issuer has failed to
cure such default within ten (10) days of the occurrence of such
default; and as to any default (other than those specified in this
Section 7) under such other term, provision, condition, covenant or
agreement that can be cured, has failed to cure the default within
ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof; provided, however, that
if the default cannot by its nature be cured within the ten (10)
day period or cannot after diligent attempts by Issuer be cured
within such ten (10) day period, and such default is likely to be
cured within a reasonable time, then Issuer shall have an
additional period (which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30)
days) to attempt to cure such default, and within such reasonable
time period the failure to cure the default shall not be deemed an
Event of Default (but no credit extensions shall be made during
such cure period).
7.3 Material
Adverse Change. A Material Adverse Change
occurs.
7.4 Attachment;
Levy; Restraint on Business. (a) (i) The service of process
seeking to attach, by trustee or similar process, any funds of
Issuer or any Subsidiary, or (ii) a notice of lien, levy, or
assessment is filed against any of Issuer’s or a
Subsidiary’s assets by any Government Authority, and the same
under subclauses (i) and (ii) hereof are not, within twenty (20)
days after the occurrence thereof, discharged or stayed (whether
through the posting of a bond or otherwise); (b) any material
portion of Issuer’s or a Subsidiary’s assets is
attached, seized, levied on, or comes into possession of a trustee
or receiver, or any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents
Issuer or a Subsidiary from conducting any part of its business; or
(c) the delivery of a notice of foreclosure or exclusive control to
any entity holding or maintaining Issuer’s or a
Subsidiary’s deposit accounts or accounts holding securities
by any Person (other than by Agent or any Holder) seeking to
foreclose or attach any such accounts or securities.
7.5 Insolvency.
(a) Issuer or any Subsidiary is unable to pay its debts (including
trade debts) as they become due or otherwise becomes insolvent; (b)
Issuer or any Subsidiary begins an Insolvency Proceeding; or (c) an
Insolvency Proceeding is begun against Issuer or any Subsidiary and
is not dismissed or stayed within forty-five
(45) days.
7.6 Other
Agreements. There is a default in any agreement to which
Issuer is a party with a third party or parties which consists of
the failure to pay any Indebtedness at maturity or which results in
a right by such third party or parties, whether or not exercised,
to accelerate the maturity of Indebtedness in an aggregate amount
in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000); provided, however,
that (i) the Event of Default under this Section 7.6 caused by the
occurrence of a breach or default under such other agreement shall
be cured or waived for purposes of this Agreement upon Agent
receiving written notice from the party asserting such breach or
default of such cure or waiver of the breach or default under such
other agreement, if at the time of such cure or waiver under such
other agreement (x) Agent has not declared an Event of Default
under this Agreement and/or exercised any rights with respect
thereto; (y) any such cure or waiver does not result in an Event of
Default under any other provision of this Agreement or any other
Note Document; and (z) in connection with any such cure or waiver
under such other agreement, the terms of any agreement with such
third party are not modified or amended in any manner which could
in the good faith business judgment of Agent be materially less
advantageous to Issuer or any Guarantor; and (ii) this Section 7.6 shall not apply to
any Subordinated Debt or Subordinated Note, any breach or default
with respect to which shall be governed by Section 7.10.
7.7 Judgments.
One or more judgments, orders, or decrees for the payment of money
in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, of at least One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000) shall be rendered against Issuer and
shall remain unsatisfied, unvacated, or unstayed for a period of
ten (10) days after the entry thereof.
7.8 Misrepresentations.
Issuer or any Person acting for Issuer makes any representation,
warranty, or other statement now or later in this Agreement, any
other Note Document or in any writing delivered to Agent or any
Holder or to induce Agent or any Holder to enter this Agreement or
any other Note Document, and such representation, warranty, or
other statement is incorrect in any material respect when
made.
7.9 Senior
Debt. A default or breach occurs and is continuing under any
agreement with respect to Senior Debt and all applicable cure
periods have elapsed; provided, however, that the Event of Default
under this Section
7.9 caused by the occurrence of a breach or default with
respect to the Senior Debt shall be cured or waived for purposes of
this Agreement upon Agent receiving written notice from the Senior
Lender of such cure or waiver of the breach or default with respect
to the Senior Debt, if at the time of such cure or waiver with
respect to the Senior Debt (x) Agent has not declared an Event of
Default under this Agreement and/or exercised any rights with
respect thereto; (y) any such cure or waiver does not result in an
Event of Default under any other provision of this Agreement or any
other Note Document; and (z) in connection with any such cure or
waiver with respect to the Senior Debt, the terms of the Senior
Debt are not modified or amended in any manner which could in the
good faith business judgment of Agent be materially less
advantageous to Issuer or any Guarantor.
7.10 Subordinated
Debt. Any document, instrument, or agreement evidencing the
subordination of any Subordinated Debt shall for any reason be
revoked or invalidated or otherwise cease to be in full force and
effect; any Person shall be in breach thereof or contest in any
manner the validity or enforceability thereof or deny that it has
any further liability or obligation thereunder; or there shall
occur any default or event of default (howsoever defined) under any
Subordinated Note.
7.11 Guaranty.
(a) Any Guaranty terminates or ceases for any reason to be in full
force and effect; (b) any Guarantor does not perform any obligation
or covenant under any Guaranty within any applicable cure or grace
period in any Guaranty; (c) the liquidation, winding up, or
termination of existence of any Guarantor; (d) there is a material
impairment in the perfection or priority of Agent’s Lien in
the Collateral, taken as a whole, provided by Guarantor or in the
value of such Collateral; or (e) if any of the circumstances
described in Section 7.3 through 7.8 occurs with respect to a
Guarantor.
7.12 Governmental
Approvals. Any Governmental Approval material to Issuer or
any Subsidiary’s business shall have been (a) revoked,
rescinded, suspended, modified in an adverse manner or not renewed
in the ordinary course for a full term, or (b) subject to any
decision by a Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with
respect to any applications for renewal of any of such Governmental
Approval or that could result in the Governmental Authority taking
any of the actions described in clause (a) above, and such decision
or such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or
non-renewal (i) will cause, or could reasonably be expected to
cause, a Material Adverse Change, or (ii) adversely affects the
legal qualifications of Issuer or any Subsidiary to hold such
Governmental Approval in any applicable jurisdiction and such
revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or non-renewal
could reasonably be expected to affect the status of or legal
qualifications of Issuer or any Subsidiary to hold any Governmental
Approval in any other jurisdiction, that will cause, or could
reasonably be expected to cause, a Material Adverse
Change.
8.
AGENT’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Rights
and Remedies. While an Event of Default occurs and continues
Agent may, without notice or demand, do any or all of the
following: (a) declare all Obligations immediately due and payable
(but if an Event of Default described in Section 7.5 occurs all
Obligations are immediately due and payable without any action by
Agent or any Holder); (b) stop extending credit for Issuer’s
benefit under this Agreement or under any other agreement between
Issuer and any Holder; (c) settle or adjust disputes and claims
directly with Account Debtors for amounts on terms and in any order
that Agent consider advisable, notify any Person owing Issuer money
of Agent’s security interest in such funds, and verify the
amount of such account; (d) make any payments and do any acts it
considers necessary or reasonable to protect the Collateral and/or
its security interest in the Collateral; (e) apply to the
Obligations any amount held by any Holder owing to or for the
credit or the account of Issuer; (f) ship, reclaim, recover, store,
furnish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for sale,
and sell the Collateral; (g) deliver a notice of exclusive control,
any entitlement order, or other directions or instructions pursuant
to any Control Agreement or similar agreements providing control of
any Collateral; (h) demand and receive possession of Issuer’s
Books; and (i) exercise all rights and remedies available to Agent
under the Note Documents or at law or equity, including all
remedies provided under the Code (including disposal of the
Collateral pursuant to the terms thereof). Issuer shall assemble
the Collateral if Agent requests and make it available as Agent
designates. Agent may enter premises where the Collateral is
located, take and maintain possession of any part of the
Collateral, and pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien
which appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and
pay all expenses incurred. Issuer grants Agent a license to enter
and occupy any of its premises, without charge, to exercise any of
Agent’s rights or remedies. Agent is hereby granted a
non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right, solely pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 8.1, to use, without charge,
Issuer’s labels, patents, copyrights, mask works, rights of
use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service
marks, and advertising matter, or any similar property as it
pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of,
advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral and, in connection
with Agent’s exercise of its rights under this Section,
Issuer’s rights under all licenses and all franchise
agreements inure to Agent’s benefit; provided such license
and rights shall only be exercisable in connection with the
disposition of Collateral upon Agent’s exercise of its
remedies hereunder. Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Agent as its
lawful attorney-in-fact, exercisable only upon the occurrence and
only during the continuance of an Event of Default, to: (i) endorse
Issuer’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or
security; (ii) sign Issuer’s name on any invoice or bill of
lading for any Account or drafts against Account Debtors; (iii)
settle and adjust disputes and claims about the Accounts directly
with Account Debtors, for amounts and on terms Agent determines
reasonable; (iv) make, settle, and adjust all claims under
Issuer’s insurance policies; (v) pay, contest or settle any
Lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, and adverse claim in
or to the Collateral, or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise
take any action to terminate or discharge the same; and (vi)
transfer the Collateral into the name of Agent or any Holder or a
third party as the Code permits. Issuer hereby appoints Agent as
its lawful attorney-in-fact to sign Issuer’s name on any
documents necessary to perfect or continue the perfection of
Agent’s security interest in the Collateral regardless of
whether an Event of Default has occurred until all Obligations
(other than inchoate indemnity obligations, and any other
obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination
of this Agreement) have been satisfied in full. Agent’s
foregoing appointment as Issuer’s attorney in fact, and all
of Agent’s rights and powers, coupled with an interest, are
irrevocable until all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity
obligations, and any other obligations which, by their terms, are
to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been fully
repaid and performed. Issuer waives demand, notice of default or
dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, notice of any default,
nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension,
or renewal of accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guarantees held by Agent on which Issuer is liable. If Issuer fails
to pay any amounts or furnish any required proof of payment due to
third persons or entities, as required under the terms of this
Agreement, then Agent or any Holder may do any or all of the
following: (x) make payment of the same or any part thereof; or (y)
obtain and maintain insurance policies of the type discussed in
Section 5.5, and
take any action with respect to such policies as Agent or such
Holder deems prudent. Any amounts paid or deposited by Agent or any
Holder shall constitute Holder Expenses, shall be immediately due
and payable, shall bear interest at the Default Rate and shall be
secured by the Collateral. Any payments made by Agent or any Holder
shall not constitute an agreement by Agent or any Holder to make
similar payments in the future or a waiver by Agent or any Holder
of any Event of Default under this Agreement.
8.2 Application
of Payments and Proceeds. All payments received by Agent or
any Holder prior to an Event of Default shall be applied as
follows: (1) first, to Holder Expenses then due and owing; and (2)
second to all payments on each Note then due and owing
(provided,
however, if such
payments are not sufficient to pay the whole amount then due, such
payments shall be applied first to fees, then unpaid interest, then
to the remaining amount then due). After the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent and Holders may apply
any funds in its possession, whether from payments, proceeds
realized as the result of any collection of Accounts or other
disposition of the Collateral, or otherwise, to the Obligations in
such order as Agent shall determine in its sole discretion. Any
surplus shall be paid to Issuer or other Persons legally entitled
thereto; Issuer shall remain liable to Agent and Holders for any
deficiency. If Agent or any Holder, in its good faith business
judgment, directly or indirectly enters into a deferred payment or
other credit transaction with any purchaser at any sale of
Collateral, Agent and Holders shall have the option, exercisable at
any time, of either reducing the Obligations by the principal
amount of the purchase price or deferring the reduction of the
Obligations until the actual receipt by Agent and Holders of cash
therefor.
8.3 Agent’s
and Holders’ Liability for Collateral. So long as
Agent complies with the Code regarding the safekeeping of the
Collateral (including Section 9-207 of the Code) in the possession
or under the control of Agent, neither Agent nor any Holder shall
be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the
Collateral; (b) any loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any
diminution in the value of the Collateral; or (d) any act or
default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or other Person.
Issuer bears all risk of loss, damage or destruction of the
Collateral.
8.4 No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. Agent’s and
Holders’ failure, at any time or times, to require strict
performance by Issuer of any provision of this Agreement or any
other Note Document shall not waive, affect, or diminish any right
of Agent and Holders thereafter to demand strict performance and
compliance herewith or therewith. No waiver hereunder shall be
effective unless signed by Agent and the Required Holders and then
is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which
it is given. Agent’s and Holders’ rights and remedies
under this Agreement and the other Note Documents are cumulative.
Holder has all rights and remedies provided under the Code, by law,
or in equity. Agent’s or Holders’ exercise of one right
or remedy is not an election, and Agent’s or Holders’
waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver.
Agent’s or Holders’ delay in exercising any remedy is
not a waiver, election, or acquiescence.
8.5 Share
Collateral. Issuer recognizes that Agent may be unable to
effect a public sale of any or all the Collateral comprising shares
of Issuer’s Subsidiaries, by reason of certain prohibitions
contained in federal securities laws and any other applicable
securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one
or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers
which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such
securities for their own account for investment and not with a view
to the distribution or resale thereof or other applicable
restrictions. Issuer acknowledge and agree that any such private
sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if
such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such
circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to
have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Holder shall be
under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Shares for the
period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register
such securities for public sale under federal securities laws or
under applicable state or foreign securities laws.
All
notices or other communication by any party to this Agreement or
any other Note Document must be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been validly served, given, or delivered: (a) upon the earlier
of actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit in the
U.S. mail, first class, registered or certified mail return receipt
requested, with proper postage prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when
sent by electronic mail or facsimile transmission; (c) one (1)
Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with
all charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by
messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be
notified and sent to the address, facsimile number, or email
address indicated below its signature block on the signature page
hereof. Agent or Issuer may change its mailing or electronic mail
address or facsimile number by giving the other parties written
notice thereof in accordance with the terms of this Section 9.
10.
CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE, JURY TRIAL WAIVER
New
York law governs the Note Documents without regard to principles of
conflicts of law. Issuer, Agent and each Holder each submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in New York
County, City of New York, New York; provided, however, that nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude Agent or
any Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any
other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other
security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other
court order in favor of Agent or any Holder. Issuer expressly
submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action
or suit commenced in any such court, and Issuer hereby waives any
objection that it may have based upon lack of personal
jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby
consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is
deemed appropriate by such court.
TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ISSUER, AGENT AND
EACH HOLDER EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE
NOTE DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT,
TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A
MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANYWHERE ELSE, EACH PARTY AGREES THAT IT SHALL NOT
SEEK FROM ANY OTHER PARTY UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING
ANY THEORY IN TORTS), ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES. EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS
COUNSEL.
This
Section 10 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
11.1 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement binds and is for the benefit of
the successors and permitted assigns of each party hereto. Issuer
may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations under it
without Agent’s prior written consent (which may be granted
or withheld in Agent’s discretion).
11.2 Indemnification.
Issuer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Agent and each Holder
and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or
attorneys, or any other Person affiliated with or representing
Agent or any Holder (each, an “Indemnified Person”) harmless
against: (a) all obligations, demands, claims, and liabilities
(collectively, “Claims”) asserted by any other
party in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Note
Documents; and (b) all losses or Holder Expenses incurred, or paid
by such Indemnified Person from, following, or arising from
transactions between Agent, any Holder and Issuer (including
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and
expenses), except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), for Claims
and/or losses directly caused by such Indemnified Person’s
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
11.3 Amendments
in Writing; Integration. All amendments to this Agreement
must be in writing and signed by the Required Holders and Issuer.
This Agreement and the other Note Documents represent the entire
agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior
negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings,
representations, warranties, and negotiations among the parties
hereto about the subject matter of this Agreement and the other
Note Documents merge into this Agreement and the other Note
Documents. Issuer acknowledges that it is not relying on any
representation or agreement made by Agent or any Holder or any
employee, attorney or agent thereof, other than the specific
agreements set forth in this Agreement and the Note
Documents.
11.4 Miscellaneous.
All sums payable by Issuer pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
other Note Documents shall be payable without notice or demand and
shall be payable in United States Dollars without set-off or
reduction of any manner whatsoever. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate
counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, are an
original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement. All
covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement
continue in full force until this Agreement has terminated pursuant
to its terms and all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity
obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to
survive the termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied. The
obligation of Issuer in Section 11.2 to indemnify Agent
and each Holder shall survive until the statute of limitations with
respect to such claim or cause of action shall have
run.
11.5 Register.
MS Expansion Credit GP, L.P., acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of Issuer, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of any
assignment with respect to the Note Documents delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of any
Holder of any Note from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Issuer,
Agent and each Holder shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the Holder
of each Note for all purposes hereof and thereof. The Register
shall be available for inspection by Issuer, Agent and any Holder
from time to time, at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice. If a Holder sells a participation,
such Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a
non-fiduciary agent of Issuer, maintain a register on which it
enters the name and address of each such participant and the
principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s
interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Note Documents
(the “Participant
Register”); provided that a Holder shall not have any
obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant
Register (including the identity of any participant or any
information relating to a participant’s interest in this
Agreement or any other obligations under any Note Document) to any
Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to
establish that such obligation is in registered form under Section
5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries
in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error, and Issuer Agent and each Holder shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of
such participation for all purposes of this Agreement
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
11.6 Purchase
Price Allocation. Issuer and each Holder acknowledges and
agrees that the Notes and Warrants are parts of an investment unit
within the meaning of Section 1273(c)(2) of the IRC. Issuer and
each Holder further agree as between them, that the fair market
value of each Warrant is Two Million One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand
Nine Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,142,970) and that, pursuant to
Treas. Reg. § 1.1273-2(h), Two Million One Hundred Forty-Two
Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,142,970) of the issue
price of the investment unit of each Holder will be allocable to
the Warrant of such Holder and the balance shall be allocable to
the Note issued to such Holder. Issuer and each Holder agree to
prepare their federal income tax returns in a manner consistent
with the foregoing. Issuer agrees that it shall not (and shall
cause its Subsidiaries not to) challenge or support any challenge
to the agreed-upon value of the Warrants.
11.7 Time
of Essence. Time is of the essence for the performance of
all Obligations in this Agreement.
11.8 Severability
of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement is severable
from every other provision in determining the enforceability of any
provision.
11.9 Correction
of Note Documents. Agent may correct patent errors and fill
in any blanks in the Note Documents consistent with the agreement
of the parties hereto so long as Agent provides Issuer with prior
written notice of such correction and allows Issuer at least ten
(10) days to object to such correction. In the event of such
objection, such correction shall not be made except by an amendment
signed by Agent and Issuer.
11.10 Confidentiality.
In handling any confidential information, Agent and each Holder
shall exercise the same degree of care that it exercises for its
own proprietary information, but disclosure of information may be
made: (a) to its Subsidiaries or Affiliates so long as such
Subsidiaries or Affiliates are subject to this Section 11.10; (b)
to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in this
Agreement (provided, however, that any prospective transferee or
purchaser shall have entered into an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as this Section 11.10); (c) as
required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other order; (d) to its
regulators or as otherwise required in connection with its
examination or audit; (e) as it consider appropriate in exercising
remedies under the Note Documents; and (f) to its third-party
service providers so long as such service providers are subject to
the same or similar confidentiality requirements. Confidential
information does not include information that either: (i) is in the
public domain or in Agent’s or any Holder’s possession
when disclosed to it, or becomes part of the public domain after
disclosure to Agent or any Holder; or (ii) is disclosed to Agent or
any Holder by a third party, if Agent or a Holder does not know
that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the
information.
12.1 Appointment,
Powers and Immunities. Each Holder hereby irrevocably
appoints and authorizes North Haven Expansion to act as its agent
hereunder and under the other Note Documents with such powers as
are specifically delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement
and the other Note Documents, together with such other powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent shall have no duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement
and the other Note Documents and shall not be a trustee for any
Holder. Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in
this Agreement or the other Note Documents, or in any certificate
or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by
any of them under, this Agreement or the other Note Documents, or
for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement, the other Note Documents, or any
other document referred to or provided for herein or therein, or
for the collectability of the Obligations or for the validity,
effectiveness or value of any interest or security granted herein
or for the value of any Collateral or for the validity or
effectiveness of any assignment, mortgage, pledge, security
agreement, financing statement, document or instrument, or for any
failure by any Issuer to perform any of its obligations hereunder
or under the other Note Documents. Agent may employ agents and
attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable, except as to money
or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the
negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Agent nor any of its
directors, officers, members, managers, employees or agents shall
be liable or responsible for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it or them hereunder or under the other Note Documents or
in connection herewith or therewith, except for its or their own
gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this
Agreement.
12.2 Reliance
by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any
certification, notice or other communication (including any thereof
by telephone, facsimile transmission, or email) believed by it to
be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on
behalf of the proper person or persons, and upon advice and
statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other
experts selected by Agent. As to any matters not expressly provided
for by this Agreement or the other Note Documents, Agent shall in
all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, hereunder or under the Note Documents in accordance with
instructions signed by the Required Holders, and such instructions
of the Required Holders and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the
Holders.
12.3 Knowledge
of Default; Cross Defaults. Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of the occurrence of a Potential Default or Event of
Default, unless Agent has received notice from a Holder or an
Issuer specifying such default or event of default and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default.” If Agent receives
such a notice of the occurrence of a Potential Default or Event of
Default, Agent shall give notice thereof to the Holders. Upon
becoming aware of the occurrence of a Potential Default or Event of
Default, a Holder shall give notice thereof to Agent.
12.4 Rights
as a Holder. With respect to its Commitment and its Notes,
Agent, in its capacity as a Holder hereunder, shall have the same
rights and powers hereunder as any other Holder and may exercise
the same as though it were not acting as an Agent, and the term
“Holder” or “Holders” shall, unless the
context otherwise indicates, include Agent in its individual
capacity.
12.5 Indemnification.
The Holders shall indemnify Agent ratably in accordance with the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes made by the Holders, for
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and
nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement or any of the other Note Documents or any other documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (but excluding,
unless a default or event of default has occurred and is
continuing, normal administrative costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its agency duties hereunder) or the enforcement
of any of the terms hereof or of any such other documents, provided
that no Holder shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the
extent they arise from the gross negligence, breach of the Note
Documents, or willful misconduct of the party to be
indemnified.
12.6 Failure
to Act. Except for action expressly required of Agent
hereunder, Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing
or refusing to act hereunder or thereunder unless it shall be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all
liability, cost and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of
taking or continuing to take any such action.
12.7 Resignation
or Removal of Agent. If at any time Agent deems it
advisable, in its sole discretion, it may submit to each of the
Holders a written notification of its resignation as Agent under
this Agreement, such resignation to be effective on the thirtieth
(30th) day after the date of such notice. Agent may be removed at
any time, with or without cause, by vote of the Required Holders.
Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall
have the right to appoint a successor Agent from among the Holders.
If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required
Holders and accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after
the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the
retiring Agent may, on behalf of Holders, appoint a successor
Agent, which successor Agent shall be either an existing Holder or
a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $100,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and
the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations under this Agreement. Issuer and the Holders shall
execute such documents as shall be necessary to effect such
appointment. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as
Agent, the provisions of this Section 12.7 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was Agent under this Agreement.
12.8 Purchase
Decision. Each Holder acknowledges that none of Agent or the
other Holders has made any representation or warranty to it, and
that no act by Agent or a Holder hereinafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of any Issuer, shall be deemed to constitute
any representation or warranty by Agent or such Holder to any other
Holder. Each Holder represents to the other Holders that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any other Holder and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate,
made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of Issuer, and all applicable bank, lending,
interest rate and securities regulatory laws relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to
enter into this Agreement and to purchase Notes hereunder. Each
Holder also represents that it will, independently and without
reliance upon any other Holder and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement and the other Note
Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Issuer.
Except for any notices, reports and other documents expressly
herein required to be furnished to other Holders by a Holder, such
Holder shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide such
other Holders with any credit or other information concerning the
business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of any Issuer which may come into the
possession of any of such Holder.
12.9 Holders'
Representations Regarding IRS Withholding; Delivery of Tax
Forms. Each Holder represents and agrees as
follows:
(a) Such
Holder will furnish to Agent and Issuer, upon request, such forms,
certifications, statements and other documents as Agent and Issuer
may request from time to time to evidence such Holder's exemption
from the withholding of any tax imposed by any jurisdiction or to
enable Agent and Issuer to comply with any applicable laws or
regulations relating thereto;
(b) Without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, if such Holder is not created
or organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, such Holder further represents and warrants (i) that it is
engaged in the conduct of a business within the United States and
that the payments made hereunder are or are reasonably expected to
be effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business
and are or will be includible in its gross income; or (ii) if such
Holder is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business with which such
payments are effectively connected, that such Holder is entitled to
the benefits of a tax convention which exempts the income from U.S.
withholding tax and that it has satisfied all requirements to
quality for the exemption from tax;
(c) Such
Holder will, immediately upon the request of Agent or Issuer,
furnish to it Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN-E of the Internal Revenue
Service, or such other forms, certifications, statements or
documents, duly executed and completed by Holder as evidence of
such Holder's exemption from the withholding of U.S. tax with
respect thereto. If such Holder determines that, as a result of any
change in applicable law, regulation, or treaty or in any official
application or interpretation thereof, it ceases to quality for
exemption from any tax imposed by any jurisdiction with respect to
payments made hereunder, such Holder shall promptly notify Agent
and Issuer of such fact and Agent and Issuer may, but shall not be
required to withhold the amount of any such applicable tax from
amounts paid to such Holder hereunder. Issuer and Agent shall not
be obligated to make any payments hereunder to such Holder in
respect of such Holder's Note or Notes until such Holder shall have
furnished to Issuer and Agent the requested form, certification,
statement or document and may withhold the amount of such
applicable tax from amounts paid to such Holder hereunder;
and
(d) Such
Holder shall reimburse, indemnify and hold Issuer and Agent
harmless for all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
upon, incurred by or asserted against Issuer and Agent due to its
reliance upon the representation hereby made that such Holder is
exempt from withholding of tax. Unless Agent and Issuer receive
written notice to the contrary, such Holder shall be deemed to have
made the representations contained in this Section 12.9 and in each
subsequent tax year of such Holder.
12.10 Expenses
of Agent; Annual Agent Fee.
(a) Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Agent shall not
be entitled to compensation or reimbursement of expenses from the
Holders, unless such expenses are approved by the Required Holders,
but may receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses from
Issuer under a separate agreement with Issuer.
(b) If
the Holders at any time replace North Haven Expansion as Agent with
a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Holders, then Issuer shall
be jointly and severally obligated to reimburse such Agent for its
fees charged and expenses incurred in serving as Agent to the
extent that they do not exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000)
during any year.
13.1 Definitions.
Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed
following GAAP. Calculations and determinations must be made
following GAAP (except for (i) non-compliance with FAS 123R in
monthly reporting and (ii) with respect to unaudited financial
statements, for the absence of footnotes and subject to year-end
audit adjustments), provided that if at any time any change in GAAP
would affect the computation of any financial ratio or covenant
requirement set forth in any Note Documents, and either Issuer.
Agent or any Holder shall so request, Issuer, Agent and the Holders
shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or covenant
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP; provided, further, that until so amended, (a)
such ratio or covenant requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) Issuer
shall provide Agent and the Holders financial statements and other
documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of
such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to
such change in GAAP), provided, however, that (x) any obligations
of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in
the future) that is not (or would not be) a capital lease
obligation under GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date shall not be
treated as a capital lease obligation solely as a result of the
adoption of changes in GAAP. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings set forth below. All other terms
contained in this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, shall have
the meaning provided by the Code to the extent such terms are
defined therein.
“Account” is any
“account” as defined in the Code with such additions to
such term as may hereafter be made, and includes, without
limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing to a
Person.
“Account Debtor” is any
“account debtor” as defined in the Code with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Affiliate” of any Person is a
Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly the Person, any
Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control
with the Person, and each of that Person’s senior executive
officers, directors, partners and, for any Person that is a limited
liability company, that Person’s managers and
members.
“Agent” is defined in the
preamble.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4(i).
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4(i).
“Books” are all books and records
including ledgers, federal and state tax returns, records regarding
a Person’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business
operations or financial condition, and all computer programs or
storage or any equipment containing such information.
“Business Day” is any day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are
closed.
“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748), or the CARES Act
and applicable rules and regulations, promulgated under the Small
Business Act (in each case as amended from time to
time).
“CARES Payroll Costs” means
“payroll costs” as defined in 15 U.S.C.
636(a)(36)(A)(viii) (as added to the Small Business Act by Section
1102 of the CARES Act).
“CARES Forgivable Uses” means uses
of proceeds of an SBA PPP Loan that are eligible for forgiveness
under Section 1106 of the CARES Act.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a)
marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed
by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having
maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of
acquisition; (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1)
year after its creation and having the highest rating from either
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.; (c) certificates of deposit, time deposits
or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than one (1) year
after issue; and (d) any market fund that has at least ninety-five
percent (95%) of its assets invested in Cash Equivalents of the
kinds described in clauses (a) through (c) of this
definition.
“Celularity” means Celularity Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
“Celularity Acquisition” means the
acquisition by Issuer of certain assets under, as defined in, and
subject to the terms of the Celularity Acquisition
Documents.
“Celularity Acquisition Documents”
means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 6,
2020, by and between Issuer, as purchaser, and Celularity, as
seller, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and all
principal instruments and agreements and/or other agreements
executed and/or delivered in connection therewith; all in form and
content reasonably acceptable to Agent and substantially in the
forms attached hereto as Annex Y.
“Celularity Subordinated Note”
means that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of August
6, 2020, by and between Issuer and Celularity, in the original
principal amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000); provided the
same is subject to a subordination agreement in form and content
reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Change in Control” means any
event, transaction, or occurrence (other than (i) the sale or
issuance of Issuer’s equity securities and/or Subordinated
Debt in a bona fide private equity financing or series of private
equity financings with Issuer’s existing investors as of the
Issue Date and (ii) the Equity Financing) as a result of which (i)
with respect to Issuer, any “person” (as such term is
defined in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act that
is not a stockholder of Issuer as of the Issue Date (other than a
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of Issuer) is or becomes a beneficial owner (within
the meaning Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of Issuer, representing
forty-nine percent (49.00%) or more of the combined voting power of
Issuer’s then outstanding securities (determined on a fully
diluted basis), or with respect to a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary
ceases to be wholly-owned by Issuer or a Subsidiary; or (ii) during
any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, individuals
(x) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on
the first day of such period, (y) whose election or nomination to
that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals
referred to in clause (x) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or
equivalent governing body or (z) whose election or nomination to
that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (x) and (y) above constituting
at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of
that board or equivalent governing body, cease for any reason other
than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors
then in office.
“Code” is the Uniform Commercial
Code, as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect
in the State of New York; provided, that, to the extent that the
Code is used to define any term herein or in any Note Document and
such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions
of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or
Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that,
by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection, or priority of, or remedies with respect
to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of
New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction
solely for purposes on the provisions thereof relating to such
attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of
definitions relating to such provisions.
“Collateral” is any and all
properties, rights and assets of Issuer described on Exhibit A.
“Collateral Account” is any Deposit
Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account of Issuer or any
Domestic Subsidiary.
“Commodity Account” is any
“commodity account” as defined in the Code with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Compliance Certificate” is that
certain certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
“Commitment” means, with respect to
a Holder, the commitment of such Holder to purchase Notes from
Issuer for the aggregate purchase price set forth opposite such
Holder’s name on Schedule 1.1 hereto, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
“Contingent Obligation” is, for any
Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or not, of
that Person for (a) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of
credit or other obligation of another such as an obligation
directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or
sold with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is
directly or indirectly liable; (b) any obligations for undrawn
letters of credit for the account of that Person; and (c) all
obligations from any interest rate, currency or commodity swap
agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other
agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against
fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity
prices; but “Contingent Obligation” does not include
endorsements in the ordinary course of business. The amount of a
Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined amount of the
primary obligation for which the Contingent Obligation is made or,
if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
for it determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may
not exceed the maximum of the obligations under any guarantee or
other support arrangement.
“Control Agreement” is any control
agreement entered into among the depository institution at which
Issuer or a Domestic Subsidiary maintains a Deposit Account or the
securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which Issuer
maintains a Securities Account or a Commodity Account, Issuer or
such Domestic Subsidiary, and Agent pursuant to which Agent obtains
control (within the meaning of the Code) over such Deposit Account,
Securities Account, or Commodity Account.
“Copyrights” are any and all
copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations
and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work
thereof, whether published or unpublished and whether or not the
same also constitutes a trade secret.
“Corporate Resolutions” are those
resolutions substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
B.
“Default Rate” is defined in
Section
1.2(b).
“Deferred Interest” has the meaning
set forth in Section
1.2(a) of this Agreement.
“Deposit Account” is any
“deposit account” as defined in the Code with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Dollars,” “dollars” and “$” each mean lawful money of the
United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” is any
Subsidiary which is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Disbursement Letter” is that
certain form attached hereto as Annex X.
“Equipment” is all
“equipment” as defined in the Code with such additions
to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without
limitation all machinery, fixtures, goods, vehicles (including
motor vehicles and trailers), and any interest in any of the
foregoing.
“Equity Financing” is
Issuer’s receipt of gross cash proceeds from the issuance of
its common stock, from investors reasonably acceptable to Agent, of
at least Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($23,500,000); provided, that, at least Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000) of the Equity Financing shall be used for
Issuer’s working capital needs.
“Equity Financing Documents” means
the documents evidencing the Equity Financing, in form and content,
and on terms and conditions, reasonably acceptable to
Agent.
“ERISA” is the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, and its regulations.
“Event of Default” is defined in
Section
7.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of
the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Agent or any
Holder (or any successor or assign of Agent or any Holder) or
required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent or any
Holder (or any successor or assign of Agent or any Holder)
(a) any Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however
denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each
case, (ii) imposed as a result of Agent’s or any
Holder’s (or such successor’s or assign’s) being
organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its
applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing
such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or
(ii) imposed as a result of a present or former connection
between Agent or any Holder (or such successor or assign) and the
jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from
Agent or any Holder (or such successor or assign) having executed,
delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under,
received payments under, received or perfected a security interest
under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any
Note Document (other than the Warrants), or sold or assigned an
interest in the Note or any Note Document (other than the
Warrants)), (b) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed
with respect to an applicable interest in any Obligation pursuant
to a law in effect on the date on which (i) Agent or any
Holder (or such successor or assign) acquires such interest in such
Obligation or (ii) Agent or any Holder (or such successor or
assign) changes its lending office, except in each case to the
extent that, pursuant to Section 1.2(d), amounts with respect to
such Taxes were payable either to such successor’s or
assign’s applicable predecessor or assignor immediately
before such successor or assign became a party hereto or to Agent
or any Holder (or such successor or assign) immediately before it
changed its lending office and (c) any U.S. federal
withholding Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the
IRC, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor
version of such law that is substantively comparable and not
materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future
regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement
entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the IRC; provided
that, following an Event of Default, subsections (b) and (c) shall
not be considered “Excluded Taxes” to the extent Agent
or any Holder (or any successor or assign of Agent or any Holder)
assigns its interests in the Note or any Note Document (other than
the Warrants) following such Event of Default.
“Existing HealthTronics Seller
Notes” means (a) that certain Promissory Note, dated
as of August 1, 2005, by and among SanuWave, Issuer and
HealthTronics, in the original principal amount of $2,000,000, and
(b) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of August 1, 2005, by
and among SanuWave, Issuer and HealthTronics, in the original
principal amount of $2,000,000, in each case, as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time
“Existing Indebtedness” is the
indebtedness of Issuer in connection with (a) the Existing
HealthTronics Seller Notes; (b) the Short-Term Notes; and (c) the
Existing Line of Credit.
“Existing Line of Credit” means
that certain Line of Credit Agreement, dated as of December 29,
2017, in the original principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand
Seventy Dollars ($370,000), by and between Issuer and A. Michael
Stolarski, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Existing Short-Term Notes” means
each of (a) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of June 5, 2020,
in the original principal amount of One Million Two Hundred Ten
Thousand Dollars ($1,210,000), issued by Issuer in favor of LGH
Investments, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, (b) that
certain promissory note, dated as of December 13, 2019, in the
original principal amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars
($110,000), issued by Issuer in favor of George Johnson, and (c)
that certain promissory note, dated as of December 13, 2019, issued
by Issuer in favor of Kerri Johnson, in the original principal
amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000); in each case, as
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time
“Expense Deposit” is defined in
Section
1.2.
“Foreign Subsidiary” is a
Subsidiary that is not an entity organized under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia.
“GAAP” is generally accepted
accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements
of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other Person as may be approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination.
“General Intangibles” is all
“general intangibles” as defined in the Code in effect
on the date hereof with such additions to such term as may
hereafter be made, and includes without limitation, all
Intellectual Property, payment intangibles, royalties, contract
rights, goodwill, franchise agreements, purchase orders, customer
lists, route lists, telephone numbers, domain names, claims, income
and other tax refunds, security and other deposits, options to
purchase or sell real or personal property, rights in all
litigation presently or hereafter pending (whether in contract,
tort or otherwise), insurance policies (including without
limitation key man, property damage, and business interruption
insurance), payments of insurance and rights to payment of any
kind.
“Governmental Approval” is any
consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise,
permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice,
of, issued by, from or to, or other act by or in respect of, any
Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” is any
nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange
and any self-regulatory organization.
“Guarantor” is any Person providing
a Guaranty in favor of Agent. As of the Issue Date,
“Guarantor” means each of SANUWAVE and SanuWave
Services.
“Guaranty” is that certain
Unconditional Guaranty executed as of the Issue Date by each
Guarantor in favor of Agent, guaranteeing payment and performance
of all Obligations, as the same may from time to time be amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“HealthTronics” means
HealthTronics, Inc., a Georgia corporation.
“HealthTronics Subordinated Note”
means that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of August
6, 2020, by and between Issuer and HealthTronics, in the original
principal amount of One Million Three Hundred Seventy Two Thousand
Seven Hundred Forty Three Dollars ($1,372,743); provided the same
is subject to a subordination agreement in form and content
reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Holder” or “Holders” is defined in the
preamble hereof.
“Holder Expenses” are all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket audit fees and expenses,
costs, and expenses (including reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) for preparing,
amending, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the
Note Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred by
Agent’s or any Holder’s representatives in attending
Issuer’s board meetings, and in connection with appeals or
Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred by Agent or any
Holder with respect to Issuer.
“Indebtedness” is, with respect to
Issuer or any Subsidiary, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or
the deferred price of property or services, such as reimbursement
and other obligations for surety bonds and letters of credit, (b)
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, (c) capital lease obligations, and (d) Contingent
Obligations with respect to Indebtedness described in clauses (a)
through (c) of this definition.
“Indemnified Person” is defined in
Section
11.2.
“Initial Prepayment Date” is
September 30,
2023.
“Insolvency Proceeding” is any
proceeding by or against any Person under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law,
including assignments for the benefit of creditors, compositions,
extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.
“Inventory” is all
“inventory” as defined in the Code in effect on the
date hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be
made, and includes without limitation all merchandise, raw
materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in
process and finished products, including without limitation such
inventory as is temporarily out of Issuer’s custody or
possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any
documents of title representing any of the above.
“Investment” is any beneficial
ownership interest in any Person (including stock, partnership
interest or other securities), and any loan, advance or capital
contribution to any Person.
“Intellectual Property” means, with
respect to any Person, means all of such Person’s right,
title, and interest in and to the following:
(a) its
Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents;
(b) any
and all trade secrets and trade secret rights, including, without
limitation, any rights to unpatented inventions, know-how,
operating manuals;
(c) any
and all source code;
(d) any
and all design rights which may be available to such
Person;
(e) any
and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future
infringement of any of the foregoing, with the right, but not the
obligation, to sue for and collect such damages for said use or
infringement of the Intellectual Property rights identified above;
and
(f) all
amendments, renewals and extensions of any of the Copyrights,
Trademarks or Patents.
“IP Agreement” is each Intellectual
Property Security Agreement executed and delivered by Issuer and
each Guarantor to Agent dated as of the Issue Date, or any
subsequently delivered similar agreement.
“IRC” means the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Issue Date” is the date of
issuance of this Agreement, as indicated on the cover page
hereof.
“Issuer” is defined in the preamble
hereof.
“Lien” is a claim, mortgage, deed
of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security interest or other
encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by
operation of law or otherwise against any property.
“Liquidity” is, at any time, the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash
Equivalents held at such time by Issuer and its Subsidiaries in
Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts that are subject to Control
Agreements in favor of Agent and (ii) undrawn availability under
the Senior Debt.
“Material Adverse Change” is (a) a
material impairment in the perfection or applicable priority of
Agent’s Lien in the Collateral, taken as a whole, or in the
value of such Collateral; (b) a material adverse change in the
business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of
Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (c) a material
impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the
Obligations.
“Maturity Date” is September 30,
2025.
“NFS Master Equipment Lease” means
that certain Master Equipment Lease, dated as of January 19, 2018,
by and between NFS Leasing, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, and
Issuer, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time; provided that, as of the
Issue Date, the principal amount of the Indebtedness thereunder is
Four Hundred Fifty Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars and
Twenty Cents ($456,139.20); provided the same is subject to a
subordination agreement in form and content reasonably acceptable
to Agent.
“Note” is defined in the preamble
hereof.
“Note
Documents” are, collectively, this Agreement, the
Warrants, the IP Agreements, the Perfection Certificate, any
Guaranty, the Security Agreement, the Disbursement Letter and any
other present or future agreement between Issuer any Guarantor
and/or for the benefit of Agent or any Holder in connection with
this Agreement, all as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Obligations” are Issuer’s
obligation to pay when due any debts, principal, interest, Holder
Expenses and other amounts Issuer owes Agent or any Holder now or
later under this Agreement or the other Note Documents (other than
the Warrants), including, without limitation, interest accruing and
Holder Expenses incurred after Insolvency Proceedings begin, and
the performance of Issuer’s duties under the Note Documents
(other than the Warrants), and including interest accruing after
Insolvency Proceedings begin and debts, liabilities, or obligations
of Issuer assigned to Agent or any Holder.
“Participant Register” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.5.
“Patents” means all patents, patent
applications and like protections including without limitation
improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues,
extensions and continuations-in-part of the same.
“Payment Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section
1.2(a).
“Perfection
Certificate” is the completed certificate signed by
Issuer and each Guarantor, entitled “Perfection
Certificate” delivered by Issuer to Holders in connection
with this Agreement, as updated by Issuer from time to time in
accordance with Section
4(g).
“Permitted Distributions”
are
(a) any
conversion of Issuer’s convertible securities into other
securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities or
otherwise in exchange thereof,
(b) the
payment of dividends solely in common stock by Issuer;
(c) the
payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional
shares
(d) the
repurchase by Issuer of its stock from former employees, directors
or consultants pursuant to stock repurchase agreements so long as
an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such repurchase
and would not exist after giving effect to such repurchase,
provided such repurchase does not exceed in the aggregate of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) per fiscal year;
and
(e) any
distributions by a Subsidiary to Issuer.
“Permitted Indebtedness”
is:
(a) Issuer’s
Indebtedness to Holders under this Agreement and the other Note
Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the Issue Date and shown on the Perfection
Certificate;
(c) Indebtedness
with respect to surety bonds and similar obligations not to exceed
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), in each case incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(d) Indebtedness
incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received
in the ordinary course of business and Indebtedness to trade
creditors;
(e) Subordinated
Debt;
(f) Indebtedness
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) secured by a Permitted Lien described in clause
(c) of the defined term “Permitted Liens”;
(g) Senior
Debt;
(h) Indebtedness
that constitutes a Permitted Investment under clause (f) of the
defined term “Permitted Investments”;
(i) unsecured
Indebtedness consisting of the SBA PPP Loan;
(j) unsecured
Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not past due;
(k) Indebtedness
incurred under that certain NFS Master Equipment Lease
(l) extensions,
refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any
items of Permitted Indebtedness described in clause (b) above,
provided that the principal amount thereof is not increased other
than the amount of any reasonably premiums or the terms thereof,
taken as a whole, are not modified to impose materially more
burdensome terms upon Issuer or its Subsidiary, as the case may be;
and
(m) other unsecured
Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000).
“Permitted
Investments” are:
(a) Investments shown
on the Perfection Certificate and existing on the Issue
Date;
(b) Cash
Equivalents;
(c) Investments
consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit
or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
Issuer;
(d) Investments
consisting of Deposit Accounts;
(e) Investments
accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 6.1;
(f) Investments
(i) in any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or in Issuer, (ii)
between Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, and (iii) by Issuer
or a Subsidiary which is a Guarantor in a Subsidiary which is not a
Guarantor in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal
year;
(g) Investments
consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and
other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of
business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors
relating to the purchase of equity securities of Issuer pursuant to
employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by
Issuer’s board of directors;
(h) Investments
(including debt obligations) received in connection with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in
settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with,
customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(i) Investments
consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other
credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not
Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business; provided that this
paragraph (i) shall not apply to Investments of Issuer in any
Subsidiary;
(j) joint
ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of
Issuer’s business consisting of the non-exclusive licensing
of technology, the development of technology or the providing of
technical support, provided that any cash investments by Issuer do
not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in the
aggregate in any fiscal year;
(k) other
Investments in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
and
(l) the
Celularity Acquisition.
“Permitted Liens” are:
(a) Liens existing on
the Issue Date and shown on the Perfection Certificate or arising
under this Agreement and the other Note Documents;
(b) Liens
for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies,
either not delinquent or being contested in good faith and for
which Issuer maintains adequate reserves on its Books, provided that no notice of any
such Lien has been filed or recorded under the IRC and the Treasury
Regulations adopted thereunder;
(c) Purchase
money Liens upon any equipment or other personal property acquired
by Issuer to secure (i) the purchase price of such equipment or
other personal property, or (ii) lease obligations or indebtedness
incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of
such equipment or other personal property; provided that such Liens are
confined solely to the equipment or other personal property so
acquired and the amount secured does not exceed the acquisition
price thereof.
(d) Liens
of carriers, warehousemen, suppliers, or other Persons that are
possessory in nature arising in the ordinary course of business in
the aggregate so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory,
securing liabilities in the aggregate amount not to exceed One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and which are not delinquent or
remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings which proceedings have the
effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject
thereto;
(e) Liens
to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment
insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than
Liens imposed by ERISA);
(f) Liens
incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the
indebtedness secured by Liens described in clauses (a) through (c)
above, provided
that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be
limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the
principal amount of the indebtedness may not increase;
(g) leases
or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of
business, and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or
sublicenses of property (other than real property or Intellectual
Property) granted in the ordinary course of Issuer’s business
(or, if referring to another Person, in the ordinary course of such
Person’s business), if the leases, subleases, licenses and
sublicenses do not prohibit granting Agent or any Holder a security
interest;
(h) Liens
securing Subordinated Debt;
(i) deposits to secure
the performance of leases, statutory obligations, stay, and appeal
bonds, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business not representing an obligation for
borrowed money in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000);
(j) non-exclusive
licenses of Intellectual Property granted to third parties in the
ordinary course of business and licenses of Intellectual Property
that could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed
property that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and
that may be exclusive as to territory only as to discrete
geographical areas outside of the United States;
(k) Liens
arising from attachments or judgments, orders, or decrees in
circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under
Sections 7.4 and
7.7;
(l) Liens
securing Senior Debt; and
(m) Liens
securing obligations under the NFS Master Equipment
Lease.
“Person” is any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint
stock company, estate, entity or government agency.
“Potential Default” means the
occurrence of any event or condition which, with the giving of
notice, the passage of time, or both, could constitute an Event of
Default.
“Prepayment Amount” means, for any
prepayment that occurs prior to the Initial Prepayment Date,
including in connection with a Change in Control or an acceleration
of the Notes prior to the Initial Prepayment Date, an amount equal
to the total of all the cash interest remaining to be paid from the
date of prepayment through the Initial Prepayment Date, with the
interest rate for the period from the date of prepayment through
the Initial Prepayment Date calculated at the then-current Prime
Rate, plus one hundred three percent (103.00%) of the principal
amount calculated to be outstanding on the Initial Prepayment Date
(including the accretion of the Deferred Interest through that
date); all as calculated by Holder and deemed to be correct absent
manifest error.
“Prepayment Fee” means, for any
prepayment that occurs on or after the Initial Prepayment Date, an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100.00%) of the accreted value
of the Notes then outstanding, plus all accrued but unpaid cash
interest, plus all Deferred Interest, at the time of such
prepayment, whether by mandatory or voluntary prepayment,
acceleration or otherwise.
“Prime Rate” means the
Prime Rate published in the Money Rates section of the Eastern
Edition of The Wall Street Journal or any successor publication
thereto; provided
that if such rate of interest, as set forth from time to time in
the Money Rates section of the Eastern Edition of the Wall Street
Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason, as determined by
Agent, the “Prime Rate” shall mean such other rate of
interest publicly announced from time to time by Agent as the prime
rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening
of business on the day specified in the public announcement of a
change in the Prime Rate.
“Purchase Price” means Fifteen
Million Dollars ($15,000,000).
“Register” is defined in Section
11.5.
“Required Holders” means, at any
time, the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding; provided that, for so
long as North Haven Expansion is a holder of a Note, North Haven
Expansion shall be considered a Required Holder.
“Requirement of Law” is as to any
Person, the organizational or governing documents of such Person,
and any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” is any of the
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Operating Officer and Controller of Issuer.
“Restricted License” is any
material license agreement with respect to which Issuer or a
Subsidiary is the licensee (a) that validly prohibits or otherwise
restricts Issuer from granting a security interest in
Issuer’s or such Subsidiary’s interest in such license
or agreement or any other property, or (b) for which a default
under or termination of could interfere with Agent’s or a
Holder’s right to sell any Collateral.
“Sanctions” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4(i).
“SANUWAVE” means SANUWAVE, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“SanuWave Services” means SanuWave
Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“SBA” means the U.S. Small Business
Administration.
“SBA PPP Loan” means a loan
incurred by Issuer under 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) (as added to the
Small Business Act by Section 1102 of the CARES Act) in the
original principal amount of Four Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Three
Hundred Thirty Five Dollars ($454,335), as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“SBA PPP Loan Date” means the date
on which Issuer receives the proceeds of the SBA PPP
Loan.
“SBA PPP Loan Lender” means the
lender making the SBA PPP Loan.
“Securities Account” is any
“securities account” as defined in the Code with such
additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Security Agreement” is that
certain Security Agreement executed as of the Issue Date by each
Guarantor in favor of Agent, securing repayment of the
Unconditional Guaranty, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Senior Debt” means the
Indebtedness outstanding to Senior Lender on terms acceptable to
Agent, provided that (i) a Subordination Agreement is in effect,
and (ii) the aggregate principal amount outstanding thereunder
shall not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).
“Senior Lender” means any bank
providing Senior Debt on terms acceptable to Agent.
“Shares” is one hundred percent
(100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, membership
units or other securities owned or held of record by Issuer or
Issuer’s Subsidiaries, in any Subsidiary.
“Small Business Act” means the
Small Business Act (15 U.S. Code Chapter 14A – Aid to Small
Business).
“Stolarski” means A. Michael
Stolarski, an individual.
“Stolarski Subordinated Note” means
that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of August 6,
2020, by and between Issuer and Stolarski, in the original
principal amount of Two Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred
Eleven and 26/100 Dollars ($223,511.26); provided the same is
subject to a subordination agreement in form and content reasonably
acceptable to Agent.
“Subordination Agreement” means a
subordination agreement by and between Senior Lender and Holder
reasonably acceptable to Holder.
“Subordinated Debt” is indebtedness
incurred by Issuer subordinated to all of Issuer’s now or
hereafter indebtedness to Holders (pursuant to a subordination,
intercreditor, or other similar agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and entered into between Agent
and the other creditor), on terms reasonably acceptable to Agent.
For the avoidance of doubt, “Subordinated Debt” shall
include the Subordinated Notes.
“Subordinated Notes” means each,
and “Subordinated
Note” means either, of (a) the Celularity Subordinated
Note, (b) the HealthTronics Subordinated Note and (c) the Stolarski
Subordinated Note.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to
any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such
other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless the context
otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary herein shall be
a reference to a Subsidiary of Issuer.
“SunTrust Accounts” is defined in
Section
5.6.
“Taxes” is defined in Section 1.2(d).
“Trademarks” means any trademark
and servicemark rights, whether registered or not, applications to
register and registrations of the same and like protections, and
the entire goodwill of the business of Issuer connected with and
symbolized by such trademarks.
“Transfer” is defined in
Section
6.1.
“Warrant” is defined in Section
1.1(a).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first written above.
ISSUER:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
Title: Chief Financial
Officer
Address for
Notice:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, Georgia
30024
Attn:
Lisa E. Sundstrom, Chief Financial Officer
Email:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
with a
copy, not constituting notice, to:
Morrison &
Foerster LLP
425
Market Street
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: Murray
Indick
Email:
MIndick@mofo.com
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first written above.
AGENT AND HOLDER:
NH
EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP
By: MS
Expansion Credit GP, L.P.
Its:
General Partner
By: MS
Expansion Credit GP Inc.
Its:
General Partner
Address
for Notice:
1585
Broadway, 39th Floor
New
York, NY 10036
Attn:
Debra Abramovitz
Expansion_credit_reporting@morganstanley.com
with a
copy to:
1585
Broadway, 37th Floor
New
York, NY 10036
Attn:
William Reiland
and
555
California Street, 14th Floor
San
Francisco, CA 94104
Attn:
Melissa Daniels
with a
copy, not constituting notice, to:
Barnes
& Thornburg LLP
655 W.
Broadway, Suite 900
San
Diego, CA 92101
Attn:
Troy Zander
SCHEDULE 1
Conditions to Note Issuance
Issuer
shall have delivered to Agent and Holders or Agent and Holders
shall have received the following, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent and Holders, duly executed by all parties
thereto, as applicable:
6.
the Security
Agreement;
7.
the Equity
Financing Documents;
8.
evidence of
Issuer’s receipt of the Equity Financing;;
9.
the Celularity
Acquisition Documents (including the Celularity Subordinated
Note);
10.
the HealthTronics
Subordinated Note;
11.
subordination
agreements with respect to each of (i) the Celularity Subordinated
Note; (ii) the HealthTronics Subordinated Note; (iii) the NFS
Master Equipment Lease; and (iv) the Stolarski Subordinated
Note;
12.
evidence of
Issuer’s consummation of the Celularity
Acquisition;
13.
one or more payoff
letters in respect of the Existing Indebtedness;
14.
evidence that
(i) the Existing Indebtedness will be satisfied in full from
the Note proceeds; (ii) any Liens securing the Existing
Indebtedness will be terminated; and (iii) any documents
and/or filings evidencing the perfection of such Liens, including
without limitation any financing statements and/or control
agreements, have or will, concurrently with the Note issuance, be
terminated;
15.
a Control Agreement
with respect to each Deposit Account and Securities Account
existing as of the Issue Date;
16.
a
landlord’s waiver (or consent) with respect to each of
Issuer’s leased locations; provided that Issuer shall (i)
deliver to Agent the same with respect to Issuer’s leased
location at 3360 Martin Farm Road, Suite 100, Suwanee, Georgia
30024 within five (5) Business Days of the Issue Date, or such
later date as Agent specifies in its sole discretion, and (ii) with
respect to the leased location at 11495 Valley View Road, Eden
Prairie, MN 55344, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver
the same within sixty (60) days of the Issue Date, or such later
date as Agent specifies in its sole discretion;
17.
(i) Issuer’s
certificate of incorporation, as amended to date; and (ii) a copy
of its signed bylaws, as amended to date;
18.
duly executed
signatures to the completed Corporate Resolutions;
19.
the Perfection
Certificate;
20.
the Stolarski
Subordinated Note;
21.
legal opinions of
(x) Morrison & Foerster LLP, as counsel to Issuer and
Guarantors; and (y) Hutchinson & Steffon, PLLC, as Nevada
counsel to Issuer;
22.
evidence
satisfactory to Agent that the insurance policies required by
Section 5.5 hereof
are in full force and effect, together with, within ten (10)
Business Days of the Issue Date, or such later date as Agent
specifies in its sole discretion, appropriate evidence showing
Agent as loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or
endorsements in favor of Agent;
23.
payment of the fees
and Holder Expenses then due as specified in Section 1.3
hereof.
SCHEDULE 1.1
Holders and Commitments
|
|
|
Lender
|
Commitment Amount
|
Commitment Percentage
|
NH
EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP
|
$15,000,000.00
|
100.00%
|
TOTAL
|
$15,000,000.00
|
100.00%
|
EXHIBIT A
The
Collateral consists of all of Issuer’s right, title and
interest in and to the following personal property wherever
located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or
arising:
All
goods, Accounts (including but not limited to health-care
receivables), Equipment, Inventory, contract rights or rights to
payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements,
General Intangibles, commercial tort claims, documents, instruments
(including any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible
or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, fixtures, letters of credit
rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a
writing), securities, and all other investment property, supporting
obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, wherever located, equity interests of any Subsidiary, and
all Issuer’s Books relating to the foregoing, and any and all
claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all
substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions
and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and
insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.
EXHIBIT B
OMNIBUS OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
SANUWAVE, INC.
SANUWAVE SERVICES, LLC
August
6, 2020
This
Omnibus Officer’s Certificate is being delivered pursuant to
Schedule 1 of
that certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“NWPSA”), by
and among SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Issuer”), the
Holders from time to time party thereto and NH Expansion Credit
Fund Holdings LP, as the agent (in such capacity, together with it
successors and permitted assigns, the “Agent”). Each
of the Issuer, SANUWAVE, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and SanuWave
Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, are
hereinafter referred to each as a “Company.”
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings given to such terms in the NWPSA. The undersigned
Chief Financial Officer of each Company hereby certifies, solely in
such capacity and not in any individual capacity, as
follows:
1.
I am the duly
elected and qualified Chief Financial Officer of each
Company.
2.
Attached hereto as
Exhibit A is a
true, correct and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by
the board of directors or sole member, as applicable, of each
Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the
Note Documents to which such Company is a party; and such
resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded
and are in full force and effect as of the date
hereof.
3.
Attached hereto as
Exhibit B is a
true, correct and complete copy of the bylaws or limited liability
company agreement, as applicable, of each Company as in effect on
the date hereof and except as reflected therein there have been no
amendments, restatements or other modifications.
4.
Attached hereto as
Exhibit C is a
true, correct and complete copy of the certificate of
incorporation, restated certificate of incorporation or certificate
of formation, as applicable, of each Company as in effect on the
date hereof and except as reflected therein there have been no
amendments, restatements or other modifications.
5.
Attached hereto as
Exhibit D is a
good standing certificate for each Company issued by its
jurisdiction of organization.
6.
Attached hereto as
Exhibit E is a
true, correct and complete copy of the certificate of incumbency
for each Company certifying that the named individuals therein are
duly elected and appointed officers of such Company holding the
offices set forth opposite their names therein, and that such
officers are authorized to sign, execute, and deliver the Note
Documents and the signatures set out opposite the names of such
officers are their genuine signatures.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first
set forth above.
____________________________________
Name:
Lisa E. Sundstrom
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
I,
Kevin A. Richardson II, in my capacity as Chief Executive Officer
of each Company, do hereby certify in the name and on behalf of
each Company that Lisa E. Sundstrom is the duly elected and
qualified Chief Financial Officer of each Company and that the
signature appearing above is her genuine signature.
____________________________________
Name:
Kevin A. Richardson II
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit A
Resolutions
[See
attached]
Exhibit B
Governing Documents
[See
attached]
Exhibit C
Charters
[See
attached]
Exhibit D
Good Standing Certificates
[See
attached]
Exhibit E
Incumbency
[See
attached]
EXHIBIT C
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
TO:
NH EXPANSION CREDIT
FUND HOLDINGS LP
Date:
FROM:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
This
Compliance Certificate (this “Certificate”),
for the period ended [__________] [__], 20[__], is furnished
pursuant to Section 5.2(b) of that
certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement, dated as
of August 6, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“NWPSA”;
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in the NWPSA), by and among
SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a [Nevada][Delaware] corporation
(“Issuer”),
each Holder from time to time party thereto (collectively, the
“Holders”
and each individually, a “Holder”)
and NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP, as agent (in such
capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the
“Agent”).
The undersigned, a Responsible Officer of Issuer,
hereby certifies to Agent and the Holders, as applicable, on behalf
of Issuer (and not in any individual capacity),
that:
(a) all
representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement and the
Note Documents are true, accurate and complete, in all material
respects as of the date hereof, provided that the materiality
qualifier is not applicable to any representation or warranty that
is already qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof;
(b) Issuer
is in compliance with the terms of the Note Documents to which it
is a party;
(c) no
Event of Default exists under the Agreement;
(d) [attached
hereto as Annex A is a list of any
intellectual property obtained by Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof,
in each case, in which a notice is required to be delivered in
accordance with the last paragraph of Section 5.8;]1;
(e) [attached
hereto as Annex B is a report on the
use of proceeds of the SBA PPP Loan and supporting documentation
with respect thereto, or such other similar report and/or
documentation provided to the SBA and/or the SBA PPP Loan Lender,
in each case, in accordance with Section 5.12(b).]2
Attached are the
required documents supporting the certification.
Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes/No under
“Complies” column.
Reporting Covenant
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Required
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Complies
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Quarterly
financial statements
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Quarterly
within 45 days
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Yes
No
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Annual
financial statement (CPA Audited) + CC
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FYE
within 90 days
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Yes
No
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Annual
operating budget (monthly) and projections (quarterly)
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Within
30 days of FYE and 10 days after any update
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Yes
No
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10-Q,
10-K and 8-K
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Within
5 days after filing with SEC
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Yes
No
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Financial Covenant
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Required
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Complies
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Minimum Liquidity
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$5,000,000, at all times
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Yes No
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Left Blank]
Other Matters
1.
Are any legal
actions pending or threatened against Issuer or Subsidiary which
could reasonably be expected to result in damages of $75,000 or
more?
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide a brief summary.]
2.
Have there been any
material returns, recoveries, disputes and claims with Account
Debtors of Issuer or any Subsidiary
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide a brief summary.]
3.
Has there been any
event that materially and adversely affects value of IP (owned by
Issuer or Subsidiary)
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide a brief summary.]
4.
Since the last
Compliance Certificate Issuer has delivered, has Issuer changed:
(i) the address of its chief executive office, (ii) its legal name,
or (iii) its state of incorporation? If so, please give details
is:
5.
Have there been any
amendments of or other changes to the Operating Documents of
Issuer?
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide copies of any such amendments with this Compliance
Certificate.]
6.
Have there been any
amendments to or notices provided with respect to Senior Debt or
Subordinated Debt?
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide copies thereof with this Compliance
Certificate.]
7.
Has Issuer sent or
received any material correspondence, reports, documents or made
other filings with any Governmental Authority that could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on any of the
Governmental Approvals material to Issuer’s or any
Subsidiary’s business or that could otherwise reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
☐
Yes
☐
No
[If Yes, please
provide a brief summary.]
8.
Set forth below are
any new Collateral Accounts of Issuer and any Subsidiary not
previously disclosed to Agent and the Holders on a Perfection
Certificate or a previously delivered Compliance
Certificate:
Issuer
/ Subsidiary
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Institution
Name and Address
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Account
Number
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Balance
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Control
Agreement
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☐ Yes ☐ No
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☐ Yes ☐ No
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[Signature Page
Follows]
The
following are the exceptions with respect to the certification
above: (If no exceptions exist, state “No exceptions to
note.”)
SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
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[Signature Page to Compliance
Certificate]
ANNEX A
[See
attached]
[Annex A to Compliance
Certificate]
ANNEX B
[See
attached]
[Annex B to Compliance
Certificate]
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
$15,000,000.00
AUGUST 6,
2020
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC., a Nevada corporation
(“Issuer”), hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to NH EXPANSION CREDIT FUND
HOLDINGS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its
registered successors and permitted assigns, “Holder”), at the
Holder’s lending office, or at such other place as Holder may
from time to time designate in writing, in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, the
principal sum of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), pursuant
to the terms of that certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “NWPSA”), by and among
Issuer, NH EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP, as Agent for the
noteholders, Holder and each other noteholder from time to time
party thereto. All capitalized terms used herein (which are not
otherwise specifically defined herein) shall be used in this
Secured Promissory Note (this “Note”) as defined in the
NWPSA.
This
Note is issued in accordance with the provisions of the NWPSA and
is entitled to the benefits and security of the NWPSA and the other
Note Documents, and reference is hereby made to the NWPSA for a
statement of the terms and conditions under which this Note was
made and is required to be repaid.
The
outstanding principal balance evidenced by this Note shall be
payable in full on the Maturity Date, or on such earlier date as
provided for in the NWPSA.
Issuer
promises to pay interest from the date hereof until payment in full
hereof on the unpaid principal balance of this Note at the per
annum rate or rates set forth in the NWPSA. Interest on the unpaid
principal balance of this Note shall be payable on the dates and in
the manner set forth in the NWPSA. Interest as aforesaid shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of the NWPSA.
Upon
and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and as provided in
the NWPSA, the principal outstanding under this Note may be
declared, and immediately upon such declaration shall become, due
and payable without demand, notice or legal process of any kind;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.5(b) or Section 7.5(c) of
the NWPSA, the principal outstanding under this Note shall
automatically be due and payable, without demand, notice or
acceleration of any kind whatsoever.
Payments received
in respect of this Note shall be applied as provided in the
NWPSA.
Issuer
hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of
presentment, demand, nonpayment and protest.
No
waiver by any Holder of any one or more defaults by Issuer in the
performance of any of its obligations under this Note shall operate
or be construed as a waiver of any future default or defaults,
whether of a like or different nature, or as a waiver of any
obligation of Issuer to any other Holder under the
NWPSA.
No
provision of this Note may be amended, waived or otherwise modified
unless such amendment, waiver or other modification is in writing
and is signed or otherwise approved by Issuer, Holder and the
Required Holders under the NWPSA, to the extent required under
Section 11.3 of the NWPSA.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW
PRINCIPLES.
Whenever possible
each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in case any
provision of or obligation under this Note shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Whenever in this
Note reference is made to Holder or Issuer, such reference shall be
deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective
successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Note shall
be binding upon Issuer and its successors and permitted assigns,
and shall inure to the benefit of Holder and its successors and
permitted assigns.
In
addition to, and without limitation, of any of the foregoing, this
Note shall be deemed to be a Note Document and shall otherwise be
subject to all of the general terms and conditions contained in
Section 8.4 and Article 11 of the NWPSA, mutatis mutandis.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Issuer has caused this Secured Promissory Note to
be executed as of the date first written above.
ISSUER:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
Address for
Notice:
SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, Georgia
30024
Attn:
Lisa E. Sundstrom, Chief Financial Officer
Email:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
[Signature Page to Secured
Promissory Note]
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK
ANNEX X
(Form
of Disbursement Letter)
[see
attached]
DISBURSEMENT LETTER
August 6, 2020
The
undersigned, a Responsible Officer of SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC., a Nevada
corporation (“Issuer”),
hereby certifies to NH EXPANSION
CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP (“North Haven
Expansion”), as agent (in such capacity, together with
its successors and permitted assigns, the “Agent”), and the Holders from time
to time signatory to the NWPSA (as defined below), including North
Haven Expansion in its capacity as a Holder (each, a
“Holder”
and collectively, the “Holders”)
in connection with that certain Note and Warrant Purchase and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
Issuer, the Agent and the Holders from time to time party thereto
(as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “NWPSA”;
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in the NWPSA) that:
1.
The representations
and warranties made by Issuer in Section 4 of the NWPSA and
in the other Note Documents are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date hereof.
2.
No event or
condition has occurred that would constitute an Event of Default
under the NWPSA or any other Note Document.
3.
Issuer is in
compliance with the covenants and requirements contained in
Sections 5 and
6 of the
NWPSA.
4.
All conditions
referred to in Section 3 of the NWPSA to
the purchase of the Notes to be made on or about the date hereof
have been satisfied or waived by Holder.
5.
No Material Adverse
Change has occurred and is continuing.
6.
The proceeds of the
Notes shall be disbursed pursuant to the instructions set forth on
Exhibit A
attached hereto.
[Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
Dated
as of the date first set forth above.
ISSUER:
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SANUWAVE
HEALTH, INC.
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AGENT AND HOLDER:
NH
EXPANSION CREDIT FUND HOLDINGS LP
By: MS
Expansion Credit GP, L.P.
Its:
General Partner
By: MS
Expansion Credit GP Inc.
Its:
General Partner
[Signature Page to Disbursement
Letter]
Exhibit A
[See
attached]
[Exhibit A to Disbursement
Letter]
ANNEX Y
(Celularity
Acquisition Documents)
[see
attached]
Exhibit 10.6
August
6, 2020
Russell
Newman
President
and CEO
HealthTronics,
Inc.
9825
Spectrum Drive, Bldg 3
Austin,
TX 78717
Dear
Mr. Newman:
Reference is made to those two certain promissory notes issued by
SANUWAVE, Inc. (“Borrower”) to HealthTronics, Inc.
(“HealthTronics”) in August 2005 each in the original
principal amount of $2,000,000 (as amended from time to time, the
“Notes”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Notes.
Through the date hereof, the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Notes is $5,372,743 (the “Outstanding
Principal”) and the accrued interest under the Notes is
$2,291,047 (plus a per diem amount of $2,100 for each day after the
date hereof but prior to the Repayment Date (as defined below), the
“Accrued Interest”).
Borrower’s
parent, SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (“SANUWAVE”), is
contemplating a private offering of its common stock and warrants
to purchase common stock to take place on or about the date of this
letter agreement (the “Offering”). In order to
facilitate the Offering and for other good and valuable
consideration, SANUWAVE, Borrower and HealthTronics hereby agree
that if the Offering is consummated that:
1.
At the closing of
the Offering, SANUWAVE shall pay to HealthTronics an amount in cash
equal to $4,000,000 as a payment on the Outstanding
Principal.
2.
At the closing of
the Offering, HealthTronics shall, automatically and without the
need to take any other action, be deemed to exercise all
outstanding Class K Warrants in SANUWAVE held by HealthTronics (the
“Class K Warrants”) and the exercise price of such
Class K Warrants shall be deemed paid by HealthTronics by
forgiveness of a portion of the Accrued Interest in an amount equal
to $636,000 which is equal to the aggregate exercise price for all
such Class K Warrants.
3.
At the closing of
the Offering, HealthTronics shall purchase a number of shares of
SANUWAVE common stock and warrants to purchase common stock
(“New
Warrants”) in the Offering (in the same ratio of
common stock relative to warrants as such securities are being
purchased by all of the other purchasers in the Offering) at the
purchase price per unit thereof in the Offering (which shall be the
same purchase price per unit for all purchasers participating in
the Offering), which purchase price shall be deemed paid by
HealthTronics by forgiveness of the remaining Accrued Interest
after deducting the aggregate exercise price of the Class K
Warrants pursuant to paragraph 2 above. HealthTronics shall sign a
securities purchase agreement in the same form as the other
investors in the Offering (other than with respect to the
satisfaction of the purchase price, as described in this paragraph
3) and attached hereto as Exhibit A.
4.
At the closing of
the Offering, HealthTronics shall be issued a convertible
promissory note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B in the
principal amount equal to $1,372,743 (the “HealthTronics
Note”), which purchase price shall be deemed paid by
HealthTronics by forgiveness of the remaining Outstanding Principal
after deducting the cash payment made pursuant to paragraph 1
above.
5.
Upon receipt of the
cash payment in accordance with paragraph 1 above, the exercise of
the Class K Warrants in accordance with paragraph 2 above, the
purchase of the SANUWAVE common stock and warrants to purchase
common stock in accordance with paragraph 3 above, and the purchase
of the HealthTronics Note in accordance with paragraph 4 above, all
outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Notes shall be
deemed repaid and the Notes shall be terminated and of no further
force or effect (such date, the “Repayment
Date”).
6.
Upon the occurrence
of the Repayment Date, without further action on the part of the
parties hereto: (i) all indebtedness owing from Borrower to
HealthTronics under the Notes shall be deemed to have been paid and
discharged in full; (ii) all unfunded commitments to make credit
advances to Borrower or any other person under the Notes shall be
terminated; (iii) all liens, pledges, security interests, financing
statements, encumbrances, mortgages, and other liens of every type
at any time prior to the Repayment Date granted to or held by
HealthTronics as security for the Notes (the
“Encumbrances”) shall be terminated and released; and
(iv) all other obligations of Borrower under the Notes or under the
Security Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2015, between
HealthTronics and Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as amended) (the
Notes and such Security Agreement, each, a “Note
Document”) shall be deemed terminated; provided, however, those obligations that
are expressly specified in any Note Document as surviving such Note
Document’s termination shall survive in accordance with their
terms; and provided, further, that to the extent
that any payments or proceeds (or any portion thereof) received by
HealthTronics shall be subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or a fraudulent conveyance or preferential, set aside or
required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, debtor-in-possession
or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law,
common law or equitable cause, then to the extent that the payment
or proceeds is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by
HealthTronics, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy
or reorganization or otherwise, the obligations or part thereof
which were intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continue
to be in full force and effect, as if the payment or proceeds had
never been received by HealthTronics, and this letter agreement
shall in no way impair the claims of HealthTronics with respect to
the revived obligations.
7.
From and after the
Repayment Date, HealthTronics: (i) authorizes Borrower, or
Borrower's designee, at Borrower's sole cost and expense to file
any UCC3 termination statements necessary or desirable to terminate
all UCC financing statements and other Encumbrances of record filed
in HealthTronics' favor in respect of the Notes with respect to
Borrower and its subsidiaries, and any other termination or release
documents as may be necessary or desirable to effect the release
contemplated hereby with respect to the Notes, including, without
limitation, intellectual property security interest releases and
(ii) shall execute and deliver to Borrower or its designee any
other documents reasonably requested by Borrower to release or
terminate any other Encumbrances in respect of the Notes with
respect to the assets of SANUWAVE, Borrower or its subsidiaries.
All such agreements, documents, and instruments which are requested
by Borrower to be delivered by HealthTronics on or after the
Repayment Date shall be prepared at Borrower's expense and any
costs or expenses incurred by HealthTronics with respect to such
items (including all reasonable and documented attorneys' fees)
shall be reimbursed promptly by Borrower on demand. Borrower hereby
waives any and all claims and releases HealthTronics and its
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and each of the
foregoing’s officers, directors, managers, employees,
attorneys, and representatives and agents from all claims,
liabilities, damages, fees, costs and expenses associated with,
caused by, or arising from HealthTronics’ preparation of any
the aforementioned documents.
8.
From and after the
Offering, so long as HealthTronics holds (i) any shares of
SANUWAVE’s common stock acquired by HealthTronics pursuant to
(A) the exercise of the Class K Warrants pursuant to paragraph 2
above, (B) the exercise of New Warrants, (C) the acquisition of
shares of such common stock pursuant to paragraph 3 above, or (D)
the conversion of the HealthTronics Note, (ii) any New Warrants, or
(iii) the HealthTronics Note (any shares of SANUWAVE’s common
stock held by HealthTronics as described in the foregoing clause
(i)(A) and (i)(C), and any shares of SANUWAVE’s common stock
that are issued or issuable to HealthTronics upon the exercise of
any of the warrants described in the foregoing clause (ii) or the
conversion of the HealthTronics Note described in the foregoing
clause (iii), are collectively referred to herein as the
“Subject
Shares”), each time that SANUWAVE proposes to register
for sale or re-sale (whether by SANUWAVE or any other person or
entity) any of SANUWAVE’s common stock under the Securities
Act of 1933 (each, a “Piggyback Registration”),
SANUWAVE shall give prompt (and in any event at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the Piggyback Registration) written notice to
HealthTronics of its intention to effect such a registration and
shall include in each such registration all Subject Shares that
HealthTronics elects to include in such registration, and SANUWAVE
shall be responsible for all fees and expenses (other than any
underwriter discounts, if applicable) of each such registration and
the applicable offering effected thereby.
9.
SANUWAVE represents
and warrants to HealthTronics that SANUWAVE is not subject to any
obligations that would be in conflict with the terms of this letter
agreement. SANUWAVE covenants and agrees that it shall not take any
actions that would cause the foregoing representations and
warranties to not be true and correct in any respect, either prior
to the Offering or while HealthTronics holds any Subject
Shares.
10.
SANUWAVE shall give
prompt written notice to HealthTronics in the event that SANUWAVE
reasonably believes that the Offering or any transactions
contemplated to be taken in connection therewith and herewith would
result in the Subject Shares representing five percent (5%) or more
of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of
SANUWAVE.
11.
If the Repayment
Date has not occurred by September 1, 2020, HealthTronics may at
any time thereafter terminate this letter agreement by written
notice to SANUWAVE, upon which this letter agreement shall be of no
further force or effect.
12.
SANUWAVE and
Borrower acknowledge and agree that HealthTronics has not waived,
and, unless and until the Repayment Date occurs, is not by this
letter agreement waiving, any Events of Default under the Notes
which may be continuing on the date hereof or any Events of Default
which may occur after the date hereof, and unless and until the
Repayment Date occurs, nothing contained herein shall be deemed or
constitute any such waiver. HealthTronics reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to exercise any or all rights or remedies
under the Notes and any agreements or documents related thereto,
applicable law and otherwise as a result of any Events of Default,
and HealthTronics has not waived any such rights or remedies, and,
unless and until the Repayment Date occurs, nothing in this letter
agreement, and no delay on HealthTronics’ part in exercising
such rights or remedies, should be construed as a waiver of any
such rights or remedies.
13.
Except as
specifically set forth herein, all provisions of the Notes, the
Security Agreement and the Class K Warrants remain unchanged and in
full force and effect, including, without limitation, with respect
to the accrual of interest on the Notes, which shall continue in
accordance with their terms.
14.
SANUWAVE shall
promptly (and in any event within 30 days after submission of an
invoice by HealthTronics) reimburse HealthTronics for its
reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the
negotiation of, and exercise and enforcement of rights under, this
letter agreement, and in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Offering and any subsequent
offering in which any Subject Shares are sold, provided that the
aggregate amount of such attorneys’ fees to be so reimbursed
shall not exceed $30,000.
15.
Except to the
extent expressly inconsistent with the other terms of this letter
agreement, Article VII of the Notes is hereby incorporated by
reference herein, mutatis
mutandis.
[signature page follows]
If you are amenable to these terms, kindly acknowledge your
acceptance by signing below and returning a copy to me via email
at kevin.richardson@sanuwave.com.
Please do not
hesitate to contact me to discuss this matter
further.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Kevin A. Richardson, II
Kevin
A. Richardson, II
Chairman
and CEO
SANUWAVE
Health, Inc. and SANUWAVE, Inc.
AGREED
TO AND ACCEPTED:
HealthTronics,
Inc.
By:
/s/ Russell
Newman________________
Russell
Newman
President and
CEO
EXHIBIT
A
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
B
HEALTHTRONICS
NOTE
Exhibit 10.7
THIS
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE
CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS
AVAILABLE AND THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE HOLDER
EVIDENCE OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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$1,372,743
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August
6, 2020
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of HealthTronics, Inc. (the
“Holder”), on or before
August 6, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), in
accordance with the terms of this Convertible Promissory Note (this
“Note”), the principal
amount of $1,372,743 or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note (the
“Outstanding
Principal Balance”), together with interest on the
Outstanding Principal Balance at the rates and on the dates set
forth in this Note.
This
Note is issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by
that certain letter agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Letter
Agreement”), among the Company, Sanuwave, Inc. and the
Holder.
This
Note is expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment and
collection to the secured promissory notes issued pursuant to that
certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement dated as
of August 6, 2020 (the “NWPSA”) by and among NH
Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP (in such capacity,
“Agent”), the Company and
the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Senior
Debt”), as more particularly described in, and subject
to the terms and conditions of, that certain Subordination
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between Agent and the
Holder. The Company has provided a true and complete copy of the
NWPSA to the Holder on the date hereof.
1. Payment of Principal. The
Company shall repay the Outstanding Principal Balance in full on
the Maturity Date. The Company may prepay the Outstanding Principal
Balance in full upon two business days advance written notice to
the Holder, without premium or penalty. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not make any payments on the
Outstanding Principal Amount or accrued and unpaid interest until
the Senior Debt is paid in full; provided, however, that the Company may use the
proceeds from an equity financing consummated after the date hereof
to repay the Outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and
unpaid interest as long as the Company is in compliance with all
covenants and obligations under the Senior Debt at such time and
will remain in compliance with all covenants and obligations under
the Senior Debt immediately following such repayment.
2. Payment of Interest. The Note
shall accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance at a
rate equal to 12.0% per annum. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be
paid by the Company at maturity and with any other repayment or
prepayments of any portion of the Outstanding Principal Balance.
Following the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in
Section 6), the
Note shall accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance
from the date of such Event of Default until such Event of Default
has been waived in writing at a rate equal to 2.0% per annum in
excess of the interest rate then applicable to the Outstanding
Principal Balance, such interest being payable on demand. All
computations of interest under this Note are made on the actual
number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
3. Payment. The Company shall make
all payments required under this Note in lawful money of the United
States of America at the principal office of the Holder or at such
other place as the Holder may from time to time designate to the
Company.
4. Conversion.
(A)
At any time on or
after January 1, 2021 (the “Convertibility Date”), at
the election of the Holder at its sole discretion, the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, will be convertible into a number of shares of the
Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Outstanding Principal
Balance on the date of such conversion, together with any accrued
but unpaid interest thereon, by (b) $0.10 (as adjusted for any
subdivisions, combinations or reclassifications of the
Company’s Common Stock), and rounded down to the nearest
whole number (the “Conversion Shares”). For
the avoidance of doubt, the Holder may at any time after the
Maturity Date at its sole discretion elect for the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, to be paid in full rather than electing a conversion of
the Outstanding Principal Balance and accrued and unpaid interest
pursuant to this Section
4.
(B)
The Holder may
effect a conversion pursuant to this Section 4 by giving the
Company at least ten days prior written notice thereof (the
“Conversion
Notice”). The Conversion Notice shall notify the
Company of Holder’s intention to effectuate a conversion
pursuant to this Section
4 and shall indicate the date of such conversion, which date
shall be not less than seven days from the date of such Conversion
Notice (the “Conversion Date”). No
original of the Conversion Notice shall be required. The Company
may prepay the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with any
accrued but unpaid interest thereon, prior to the Conversion Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a conversion pursuant to this
Section 4 is being
made in connection with (i) a proposed public offering of any
Common Stock (or other securities of the Company), (ii) a proposed
sale transaction involving a sale or disposition of all or a
majority of the Company’s stock or assets (by way of stock
sale, asset sale, merger, consolidation, or other manner), or (iii)
a proposed sale of outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company, then, at the election of the Holder,
such conversion may be conditioned upon the consummation of such
public offering, sale transaction, or sale of shares or other
securities, in which case such conversion shall be effective
immediately prior to the consummation of such public offering, sale
transaction, or sale of shares or other securities.
(C)
Mechanics of
Conversion
(i)
Not later than
three (3) Trading Days (as defined below) after the Conversion Date
(the “Share Delivery
Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Holder a certificate representing the number of
Conversion Shares being acquired upon conversion of this Note. Upon
any conversion under this Section 4, in lieu of any
fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled,
the Company shall pay to the Holder cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by $0.10 (as adjusted for any subdivisions, combinations
or reclassifications of the Company’s Common Stock). For
purposes hereof, the term “Trading Day” means a day on
which the principal Trading Market (as defined below) is open for
business. The term “Trading Market” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock of the
Company 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, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
(ii)
Obligation Absolute. The
Company’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion
Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof is absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment
against any individual or entity (each, a “Person”) or any action to
enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any
violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other
Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might
otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in
connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares;
provided, however, that
such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any
such action that the Company may have against the Holder. In the
event the Holder shall elect to effect a conversion pursuant to
this Section 4, the
Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the
Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been
engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason
and the Company shall issue the Conversion Shares, upon a properly
noticed conversion. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s
right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such
rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce
damages pursuant to any other section hereof or under applicable
law.
(D)
The Company
covenants that it will at all times from and after the
Convertibility Date reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose
of issuance upon conversion of this Note, free from preemptive
rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Holder, not less than such aggregate number of
shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion
of this Note hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of
Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and that
the issuance of such shares of Common Stock shall be free from
preemptive or similar rights on the part of the holders of any
shares of capital stock or securities of the Company or any other
Person, and free from all liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof. The Company will take all such action as may be
necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock will be so
issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of
any applicable requirements of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. and of any Trading Market upon which the
Common Stock may be listed. At any such time as the Common Stock is
listed on any Trading Market, the Company will, at its expense,
obtain promptly and maintain the approval for listing on each such
Trading Market, upon official notice of issuance, the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of this Note and maintain
the listing or quoting of such shares after their issuance so long
as the Common Stock is so listed or quoted.
(E)
The issuance of
certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Note shall be made without charge to the Holder for any documentary
stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue
or delivery of such certificates.
(F)
Without limiting
Holder’s rights under the Letter Agreement, upon the
conversion of the Note, the Company will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be registered for resale on Form S-3 (or
Form S-1 or any other applicable form, at the sole discretion of
the Company, if Form S-3 is not available to the Company) as soon
as practicable after the Conversion Date, and to cause such
registration statement to remain effective until all of the
Conversion Shares are sold or the Holder is entitled to sell all of
the unsold Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, without volume limitations.
5. Covenants. So long as any of
the Outstanding Principal Balance or any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon remains outstanding, the Company shall
not:
(A)
incur, create,
assume or become liable in any manner with respect to indebtedness
for borrowed money other than (i) the Senior Debt and (ii)
“Permitted Indebtedness” (as such term is defined in
the NWPSA as in effect on the date hereof, without giving effect to
any subsequent amendment, modification or change thereto unless
approved in writing by the Holder (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), provided that for
purposes of this Section 5(A), Subordinated Debt (as such term is
defined in the NWPSA as in effect on the date hereof (without
giving effect to any subsequent amendment, modification or change
thereto)) shall not be deemed to be Permitted Indebtedness other
than with respect to the principal and interest under the
Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Celularity
Note”), issued by the Company in favor of Celularity,
Inc., a Delaware corporation;
(B)
prepay any
principal or interest under the Celularity Note unless the Company
concurrently prepays a corresponding amount (in the aggregate) of
principal and interest under this Note;
(C)
directly or
indirectly, (i) make any dividend or distribution on or in respect
of any of its equity interests or (ii) redeem, repurchase or
otherwise retire any of its equity interests; or
(D)
be, or permit any
subsidiary of the Company to be, a party to any merger,
consolidation or exchange of stock, or sell or otherwise transfer,
or permit any subsidiary of the Company to sell or otherwise
transfer, all or substantially all of the Company’s or such
subsidiary’s assets or equity interests.
6. Default; Acceleration. Upon the
occurrence of any one of the following events (each an
“Event of
Default”):
(A)
the Company’s
failure to pay any portion of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance
on the date such obligations are due or are declared due (whether
by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or otherwise) or (ii)
interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance within ten days of
the date when such obligations are due or are declared due (whether
by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or
otherwise);
(B)
the Company fails
or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of its other covenants,
conditions or agreements contained in this Note and, in the case of
the covenants in Section 5(A) or Section 5(B), such failure or
neglect continues for a period of 10 days after the Company becomes
aware of such failure or neglect;
(C)
the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company (i) defaults in the payment of any
indebtedness for borrowed money (after expiration of any applicable
cure period) or (ii) defaults in the observance or performance
of any agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness for
borrowed money (after expiration of any applicable cure period),
the effect of which default is to cause, or to permit the holder or
holders of such indebtedness to cause, such indebtedness to become
due prior to its stated maturity;
(D)
a proceeding under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency,
readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed by or
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries; the Company or any
of its subsidiaries makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or takes any action to authorize any of the foregoing;
or, in the case of an involuntary proceeding filed against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, such proceeding is not
discharged or dismissed within 60 days; or
(E)
the Company or any
subsidiary of the company voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves or
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is dissolved or
becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay its debts as they
become due;
the
Holder may declare the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be, and upon such
declaration all of such principal and interest shall become,
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
further notice of any kind; provided that if an Event of
Default described in clause (D) or clause (E) above exists or
occurs, the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, automatically, without notice
of any kind, becomes immediately due and payable.
7. Expenses. The Company shall pay
all reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and legal expenses, incurred by the Holder in endeavoring to
collect any amounts payable under this Note which are not paid when
due, whether by declaration or otherwise.
8. Governing Law. This Note is
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
9. Jurisdiction. The Company and
the Holder irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or,
to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction,
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the
“Chosen
Courts”) solely in respect of the interpretation and
enforcement of the provisions of this Note and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action (each, an
“Action”) for the
interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that
it is not subject thereto or that such Action may not be brought or
is not maintainable in the Chosen Courts or that the Chosen Courts
are an inconvenient forum or that the venue thereof may not be
appropriate or that this Note or any such document may not be
enforced in or by the Chosen Courts, and the Company and the Holder
irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such Action or
transactions will be heard and determined in the Chosen
Courts.
10. JURY TRIAL. EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS NOTE IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE. EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE HOLDER CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER, (B) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER
VOLUNTARILY AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION
10.
11. Amendments. Neither this Note
nor any provision hereof may be amended, modified or waived except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by
the Company and the Holder.
12. Successors and Assigns. This
Note applies to, inures to the benefit of, and binds the successors
and assigns of the Company and the Holder. The Company may not
assign its obligations under this Note without the written consent
of the Holder.
13. Notices. Any notice, request,
instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to
the others will be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, by facsimile,
electronic mail or overnight courier:
If to Holder:
HealthTronics,
Inc.
9825
Spectrum Drive, Bldg 3
Austin,
TX 78717
Email:
russell.newman@healthtronics.com
Attention: Russell
Newman
with a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
HealthTronics,
Inc.
9825
Spectrum Drive, Bldg 3
Austin,
TX 78717
Email:
clint.davis@healthtronics.com
Attention: Clint
Davis
If to the Company:
SANUWAVE Health,
Inc.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, GA
30024
Email:
Lisa Sundstrom
Attention:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
with a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Morrison &
Foerster LLP
425
Market Street
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Email:
mindick@mofo.com
Attention: Murray
A. Indick
or to
such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by
the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice,
request, instruction or other document given as provided above will
be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if
delivered personally; three business days after deposit in the
mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon confirmation of
successful transmission if sent by facsimile or upon receipt of
electronic mail (provided that if given by
facsimile or electronic mail such notice, request, instruction or
other document will be followed up within one business day by
dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein); or
on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier,
if sent by an overnight courier.
14. Severability. Any provision of
this Note held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction is, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without
effecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Note; and the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction does not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
15. No Implied Waivers. No failure
to exercise and no delay in exercising any right or remedy under
this Note operates as a waiver thereof. No single or partial
exercise of any right or remedy under this Note, or any abandonment
or discontinuance thereof, precludes any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver or
consent under this Note is applicable to any events, acts or
circumstances except those specifically covered
thereby.
16. Integration. This Note and the
Letter Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the
Company and the Holder relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
17. Certain Waivers. The Company
hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest
and demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and expressly
agrees that this Note, or the payment of any principal or interest
hereunder, may be extended from time to time, without in any way
affecting the liability of the Company hereunder.
18. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated
Note. In case this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall issue a new Note of like date, tenor
and denomination and deliver the same in exchange and substitution
for and upon surrender and cancellation of any mutilated Note, or
in lieu of any Note lost, stolen or destroyed, upon receipt of
evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Note.
[Signature page
follows]
Executed and
delivered as of the date first written above.
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SANUWAVE HEALTH,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Kevin A. Richardson
II
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Name: Kevin A. Richardson
II
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Title:
CEO
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TOCONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
8
Exhibit 10.8
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is dated as of August 6, 2020, between SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and HealthTronics, Inc. (the “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser are executing and delivering
this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities
registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser are executing and delivering
this Agreement in connection with the transactions described in
that certain letter agreement among the Company, SANUWAVE, Inc. and
the Purchaser dated as of the date hereof (the
“Letter
Agreement”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Company desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the
Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: the
following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section
1.1:
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of
the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of
the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the
applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the
Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount, (ii)
the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each
case, have been satisfied or waived, and (iii) the Company has
received the full Subscription Amount for such Securities in
immediately available funds, but in no event later than the third
Trading Day following the date hereof.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company,
par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into
which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or
changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the
Company or the Subsidiaries that would entitle the holder thereof
to acquire, at any time, Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant 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.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or
other restriction.
“Person” means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit,
investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an
informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a
deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect
as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission
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 Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such rule.
“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the
Warrant Shares.
“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued to
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (including any additional
shares of Common Stock issued to Purchase pursuant to Section
6.1).
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as
defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but
shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of
borrowable shares of Common Stock).
“Subscription Amount” means the aggregate amount to be
paid for the Securities purchased hereunder as specified below the
Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and
next to the heading “Subscription Amount” in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subsidiary” means
any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Exhibit 21.1 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2019, and shall, where applicable, also include
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date
hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal
Trading Market is open for trading.
“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,
the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any
successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the
Letter Agreement, the HealthTronics Note (as such term is defined
in the Letter Agreement), the Warrants and any other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“VWAP”
means, for any date, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or, if such date is not a Trading Day,
the nearest preceding Trading Day) on the primary 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. Eastern Time
to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
“Warrants” means warrants
to purchase shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit
A, which will be
exercisable commencing the Closing Date until the third anniversary
of the Closing Date, at an exercise price per share of the
Company’s Common Stock equal to $0.25.
“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Purchase
of Common Stock and Warrants; Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms
and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.3, below, substantially concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company
agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, the amount of
shares of Common Stock and Warrants as set forth on the signature
page hereto. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set
forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the
offices of the Company or such other location as the parties shall
mutually agree. The parties agree that the Closing may occur
remotely by the electronic delivery of the closing documents set
forth in Section 2.2(a) and (b), with delivery of original,
executed documents to follow promptly thereafter. The payment of
the Subscription Amount by Purchaser shall be deemed paid by
Purchaser at the Closing by cancellation of indebtedness in
accordance with the Letter Agreement.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a
certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common
Stock, equal to the number of shares Common Stock set forth on the
signature page hereto;
(iii) a
Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of such Purchaser’s Shares; and
(iv) the
Letter Agreement duly executed by the Company.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the
following:
(i) this
Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser; and
(ii) the
Letter Agreement duly executed by the Purchaser.
(a) The
obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing
are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchaser required to
be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed; and
(iii) the
delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section
2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The
obligations of the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the
Closing are subject to the following conditions being
met:
(i) the
accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
(unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be
accurate as of such date);
(ii) all
obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been
performed;
(iii) the
delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section
2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) the
Company shall have entered into definitive agreements to consummate
the transactions contemplated by that certain letter of intent
between the Company and Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”)
dated as of June 7, 2020 to acquire the UltraMIST assets and for
partnership rights for Celularity’ wound care biologic
products and such transactions shall be consummated simultaneously
with or immediately following the Closing;
(v) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company since the date hereof; and
(vi) from
the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock
shall not have been suspended by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”)
or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, from the date
hereof and at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in
securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been
established on securities whose trades are reported by such
service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium
have been declared either by the United States or New York State
authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other national or international
calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material
adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, makes
it reasonably impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the
Securities at the Closing.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company. Except as described in the SEC
Reports (as defined in Section 3.1(h), below) or any information
contained or incorporated therein, which collectively shall be
deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or
otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in
the corresponding section of the SEC Reports, the Company hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser
that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing
Date:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock
or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any
Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no
subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries, or any of
them, in the Transaction Documents shall be
disregarded.
(b) Organization and
Qualification. The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated
or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents, except to the extent that any such default would
not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material
adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any
Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability
to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its
obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii), a “Material Adverse
Effect”),
provided that none of the following alone shall be deemed, in and
of itself, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect: (i) a change in
the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or (ii) a
change in general economic conditions or affecting the industry in
which the Company operates generally (as opposed to
Company-specific changes), so long as such changes do not have a
materially disproportionate effect on the Company. Each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, and no Proceeding has been instituted in
any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking
to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or
qualification.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, and
no further action is required by the Company, the board of
directors of the Company (the “Board of
Directors”) or
the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or
therewith, other than in connection with the Required Approvals.
This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(d) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents
and Approvals. The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver,
authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing
or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or
other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required
pursuant to Section 4.5 of this Agreement and (ii) such filings
as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws
(collectively, the “Required
Approvals”).
(f) Issuance of the
Securities. The
Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
all Liens imposed by the Company. Assuming the accuracy of each of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in
Section 3.2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the
Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the
Securities Act.
(g) Capitalization.
As of the date hereof, the capitalization of the Company is
described in Schedule 3.1(g) attached hereto. The Company has not
issued any capital stock since its most recently filed Form 8-K
current report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange
Act”), other
than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the
Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee
stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a
result of the purchase and sale of the Securities or as disclosed
in the SEC Reports, there are no outstanding options, warrants,
scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any
Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common
Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The
issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company
to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person
(other than the Purchaser) and will not result in a right of any
holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion,
exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of
such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive
rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
Other than the Required Approvals, no further approval or
authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others
is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Except as
disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no stockholders agreements,
voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the
Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or,
to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the
Company’s stockholders.
(h) SEC Reports;
Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two
years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the
Company was required by law or regulation to file such material)
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein, are collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”) on a
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of
filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration
of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC
Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of
the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except
as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the
notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may
not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in
all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of 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 recurring
adjustments.
(i) Absence of Material
Changes. Since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included within the
SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other
than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B)
liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s
financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made
with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method
of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its
stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans.
(j) No Undisclosed
Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except for the issuance of the
Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in the
SEC Reports, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or
development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to
occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or
financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the
Company under applicable securities laws on a registration
statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance
and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been
publicly announced.
(k) Absence of
Litigation. There is
no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator,
governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority
(federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an
“Action”)
that (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the
Securities or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary,
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer
thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws
or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty that would be required to be
disclosed in SEC Reports. There has not been, and, to the knowledge
of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any current or former director or officer
of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or
other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange
Act or the Securities Act.
(l) Employee
Relations. No labor
dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent
with respect to any of the employees of the Company that would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a
member of a union that relates to such employee’s
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe
that their relationships with their employees are good. To the
knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or
any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any
material term of any employment contract, confidentiality,
disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition
agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive
covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment
of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the
foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all United States federal, state, local and foreign
laws and regulations relating to employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours,
except where the failure to be in compliance would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Compliance.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or
in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or
credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
(whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is
in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court,
arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been
in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign,
federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental
protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except, in each case, as
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n) Regulatory
Permits. The Company
and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as currently conducted as described in the SEC Reports,
except where the failure to possess such permits would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“Material
Permits”), and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or adverse modification of
any Material Permit.
(o) Title to
Assets. The Company
and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in
all personal property owned by them that is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of
federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither
delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, except
where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) Intellectual
Property Rights.
Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and
other similar intellectual property rights that are used in and
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as
currently conducted as described in the SEC Reports and which the
failure to so have would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the
“Intellectual
Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received notice (written or otherwise) that the
conduct of its business as currently conducted as described in the
SEC Reports violates or infringes upon the intellectual property
rights of others, except for such conflicts or infringements that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
Company, all of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and
its Subsidiaries are enforceable. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy and
confidentiality of all of their Intellectual Property Rights,
except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Insurance.
The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including,
but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at
least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. Neither the
Company nor any 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 without a
significant increase in cost.
(r) Transactions with
Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to
any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money
from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to any
officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case, in excess of
$150,000, other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(s) Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. The Company is
in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that are effective as of
the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except where the
failure to be in compliance would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(t) Internal Accounting
and Disclosure Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls
and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and
forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by the most recently
filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the
“Evaluation
Date”). The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined
in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
(u) Investment Company
Status. The Company
is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt
of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of,
and for so long as the Purchaser holds any Securities, will not be
or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company
Act”). The
Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not
become an “investment company” subject to registration
under the Investment Company Act. To the Company’s knowledge,
the Company is not controlled by an “investment
company.”
(v) Listing and
Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the 12 months
preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market
on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is,
and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable
future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and
maintenance requirements.
(w) Application of
Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of
Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to
render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights
agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the
Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter
documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or
could become applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the
Purchaser and the Company fulfilling their obligations or
exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including,
without limitation, as a result of the Company’s issuance of
the Securities and the Purchaser’s ownership of the
Securities.
(x) Disclosure.
Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company
confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf
has provided the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any
information that it believes constitutes material, non-public
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. The press releases
disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the
date of this Agreement, each as of the date of its issuance, 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 and when made, not misleading. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser does not make
and has not made any representations or warranties with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, other than those specifically
set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(y) No Integrated
Offering. Assuming
the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalves, has,
directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that
would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable
shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any
of the securities of the Company are listed or
designated.
(z) Solvency.
As disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company does not currently
generate significant recurring revenue. The SEC Reports set forth,
as of the date hereof, all outstanding secured and unsecured
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the
Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indebtedness”
means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in
excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business), (y) 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 consolidated 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 (z) the present value of any lease payments
in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect
to any Indebtedness, except where such default would not reasonably
be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Tax
Status. Except for
matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the
Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United
States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and
franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and
other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary
know of no basis for any such claim.
(bb) Anti-Bribery.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the
Company or any Subsidiary, any officer, employee, agent or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign
or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate
funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its
behalf of which the Company is aware) that is in violation of law,
or (iv) violated, in any material respect, any provision of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the
“FCPA”).
(cc) Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of
Securities. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely
in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to
the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Purchaser is not
acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in
any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and
the transactions contemplated thereby, and any advice given by the
Purchaser or any of its respective representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s
purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the
Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely
on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated
hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(dd) Acknowledgement
Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in the Transaction Documents
to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged
by the Company that: (i) the Purchaser has not been asked by the
Company to agree, nor has the Purchaser agreed, to desist from
purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the
Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities
issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified
term; (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by the
Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales
or “derivative” transactions, before or after the
closing of this or future private placement transactions, may
negatively impact the market price of the Company’s
publicly-traded securities; (iii) the Purchaser, and
counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which
the Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may
have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv)
the Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counter-party in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that (y) the Purchaser may engage in
hedging activities at various times during the period that the
Securities are outstanding and (z) such hedging activities (if any)
could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity
interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging
activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such
aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any
of the Transaction Documents.
(ee) Regulation
M Compliance. The
Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf
has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to
cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, or purchased,
or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the
Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any
compensation for soliciting another Person to purchase any other
securities of the Company.
(ff) No
Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director,
officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any
Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation,
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”)).
(gg) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never
been, and so long as any of the Securities are held by the
Purchaser, shall become, a U.S. real property holding corporation
within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon
Purchaser’s request.
(hh) Bank
Holding Company Act.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is
subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHCA”),
and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “Federal
Reserve”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns
or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of
the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or
twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or
any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the
Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or
policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to
regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(ii) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the applicable money
laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”), and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
threatened.
(jj) Other
Securities Purchase Agreements and Warrants. Each of the other Persons that
are acquiring Common Stock and warrants to purchase Common Stock on
or about the date hereof is executing a securities purchase
agreement and a warrant agreement with respect to such
acquisitions, the provisions of which agreements (including with
respect to the purchase price for the Common Stock and the exercise
price for the warrants) are no more favorable to such Persons than
the provisions set forth in this Agreement and in the warrant
agreement attached as Exhibit A.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to the
Company:
(a) Organization;
Authority. The
Purchaser is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or similar power and
authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(b) Validity;
Enforcement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by the
Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership,
limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the
part of the Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered
by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
(c) No
Conflicts. The
execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of this
Agreement and the consummation by such Purchaser of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in
a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration
or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, or decree (including
federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser,
except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such
conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of such Purchaser to
perform its obligations hereunder or consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby on a timely
basis.
(d) No Public Sale or
Distribution; No Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser understands
that the Securities are “restricted securities” and
have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law and is
acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not
with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or
any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities law, has no present intention of
distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or
indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to
distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this
representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s
right to sell the Securities otherwise in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws).
(e) Accredited Investor
Status. Such
Purchaser is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants
it will be, an “accredited investor” as
defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act.
(f) Reliance on
Exemptions. Such
Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and
sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration
requirements of the United States federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy
of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and
understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility
of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.
(g) Experience of the
Purchaser. The
Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has
such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and
financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has
requested, received, reviewed and considered all information it
deemed relevant in making an informed decision to purchase the
Securities. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an
investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to
afford a complete loss of such investment.
(h) Access to
Information. The
Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review
the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company
concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares
and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to
information about the Company and its financial condition, results
of operations, business, properties, management and prospects
sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the
opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company
possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense
that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with
respect to the investment. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees
that neither the placement agent, if any, nor any Affiliate of the
placement agent, if any, has provided the Purchaser with any
information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such
information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the placement
agent, if any, nor any Affiliate has made or makes any
representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities
and the placement agent, if any, and any of its Affiliates may have
acquired non-public information with respect to the Company that
the Purchaser agrees need not be provided to it. In connection with
the issuance of the Securities to the Purchaser, neither the
placement agent, if any, nor any of its Affiliates has acted as a
financial advisor or fiduciary to the
Purchaser.
(i) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is
not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other
general solicitation or general advertisement.
(j) Certain Transactions
and Confidentiality.
Such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or
pursuant to any understanding with the Purchaser, directly or
indirectly, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales,
of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of
the time that the Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or
oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company
setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated
hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.
Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such
Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation,
its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors,
employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the
confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with
this transaction (including the existence and terms of this
transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of
doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation
or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the
identification of the availability of, or securing of, available
shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar
transactions in the future.
(k) Removed and
Reserved.
(l) No Governmental
Review. Such
Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency
or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the
fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor
have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the
offering of the Securities.
(m) Brokers or
Finders. Neither
such Purchaser nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144)
or any of their respective officers or directors has employed any
broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial
advisory fee, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fee,
and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for such
Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any of their respective
officers or directors in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(n) Transfer or Resale. Such Purchaser
understands that the Securities may only be disposed of in
compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection
with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an
Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 3.2(o), the Company may require the
transferor thereof to provide the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred
Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer,
any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a
Purchaser under this Agreement.
(o) Legends. Such Purchaser understands that
the book-entry or other instruments representing the Securities
shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form
(and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such
Securities):
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS
SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR ASSIGNED 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.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations
contained in Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect the
Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any
representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction
Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
4.1 Best
Efforts. Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to
timely satisfy each of the covenants and the conditions to be
satisfied by it as provided in Section 2.3 of this
Agreement.
4.2 Blue Sky.
The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably
determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to
qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchaser at the applicable
Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws
of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of
such actions promptly upon request of the Purchaser.
4.3 Exercise
Procedures. The form
of Notice of Exercise included in the Warrants set forth the
totality of the procedures required of the Purchaser in order to
exercise the Warrants. Without limiting the preceding sentences, 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 in order to exercise the
Warrants. No additional legal opinion, other information or
instructions shall be required of the Purchaser to exercise their
Warrants. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and
shall deliver Warrants Shares in accordance with the terms,
conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
4.4 Integration.
The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy
or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in
Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and
regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require
shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction
unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such
subsequent transaction.
4.5 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day immediately
following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b)
file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission within the
time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of
such press release, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all
material, non-public information delivered to the Purchaser by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
4.6 Non-Public
Information. Except with respect to the material terms and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor
any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide the Purchaser
or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company
believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior
thereto the Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement
with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such
information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company.
4.7 Use
of Proceeds. The
Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
hereunder for general corporate purposes, repayment of
Indebtedness, business development, working capital and general and
administrative expenses and shall not use such proceeds in
violation of FCPA, OFAC regulations and Anti-Money Laundering Laws,
except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to
result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.8 Certain
Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than as contemplated by the
Letter Agreement, the Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any
Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding
with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales,
of any of the Company’s securities during the period
commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such
time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first
publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as
described in Section 4.5. The Purchaser covenants that until such
time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press
release as described in Section 4.5, the Purchaser will maintain
the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly
acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Purchaser does not make any
representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage
in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after
the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as
described in Section 4.5, (ii) the Purchaser shall not be
restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any
securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities
laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial
press release as described in Section 4.5 and (iii) the Purchaser
shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or its
Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as
described in Section 4.5.
ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
5.1 Registration;
Definitions.
(a)
Following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement covering the resale of all of
the Registrable Securities (as defined below) (the
“Registration
Statement”). The Registration Statement required
hereunder will be on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 or any other applicable
form, at the sole discretion of the Company, if Form S-3 is not
available to the Company). Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file
the Registration Statement with the Commission as promptly as
possible after the Closing Date, but not later than sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), and shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof (and in any event, no
later than one hundred twenty (120) days following the Closing Date
or one hundred fifty (150) days following the Closing Date if the
SEC has elected to review the Registration Statement (the
“Effectiveness
Deadline”)) , and (ii) keep the Registration Statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date when
all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement
have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant
to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Holder (as defined
below) pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect,
addressed and acceptable to the Company’s counsel, the
Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the
“Effectiveness
Period”). By 9:30 a.m. EDT on the Trading Day
following the date that the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the Commission, the Company shall file with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act the
final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to
such Registration Statement.
(b) The
term “Registrable
Securities” means (i) the Shares, (ii) the Warrant
Shares, (iii) the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to
Purchaser upon the exercise of the Class K Warrants issued to
Purchaser by the Company, (iv) the shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable to Purchaser pursuant to the conversion of the
HealthTronics Note (as defined in the Letter Agreement) and (v) any
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event
with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that securities
will only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so
long as they (x) have not been sold (A) pursuant to a registration
statement; (B) to or through a broker, dealer or underwriter in a
public distribution or a public securities transaction; and/or (C)
in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act under Section 4(a)(1)
thereof so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends
with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the consummation of
such sale; (y) are held by a Holder (as defined below) or a
permitted transferee; and (z) are not eligible for sale without
volume limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor thereto)
under the Securities Act.
(c) The
term “Holder” means any person owning or having the
right to acquire Registrable Securities or any permitted transferee
of a Holder.
5.2 Registration
Procedures; Company. In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations set
forth in Section 5.1 above, the Company shall:
(a)
Not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement or any related prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto (i) furnish to the Holders copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed (other than those documents
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference to the extent
requested by such Person), which documents will be subject to the
review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers, directors,
counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to
such inquiries as will be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of
respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within
the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file the
Registration Statement or any such prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities have reasonably objected in good faith,
provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing
no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Holders have been so
furnished copies of such documents.
(b)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep
the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and
prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities.
(c)
Use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or,
if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension
of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(d)
Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
(e)
Furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, forthwith upon request (i) 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 (ii) such other
information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder
of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the
selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to
such form.
5.3 Registration
Procedures; Purchaser. In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations set
forth in Section 5.1 above:
(a)
The Purchaser shall cooperate with the Company, as requested by the
Company, in connection with the preparation and filing of any
Registration Statement hereunder. The Purchaser shall provide the
Company with such information that the Company may reasonably
request from such Purchaser as may be required in connection with
such registration including, without limitation, all such
information as may be requested by the Commission or FINRA or any
state securities commission and all such information regarding the
Purchaser, the Registrable Securities held by such Purchaser and
the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities.
The Purchaser agrees to provide such information requested in
connection with such registration within two (2) Trading Days after
receiving such written request. The Company will not be responsible
for any delays in filing or obtaining or maintaining the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement caused by the
Purchaser’s failure to timely provide a completed Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire or such other information requested by
the Company.
(b) If, in the good faith judgment of the Company,
it would be detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for the
Registration Statement to be filed or for resales of Registrable
Securities to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement due to
(i) the existence of a material development or potential material
development involving the Company that the Company would be
obligated to disclose in the Registration Statement, which
disclosure would be premature or otherwise inadvisable at such time
or would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its
stockholders or (ii) a proposed filing of or use of an existing
registration statement in connection with a Company-initiated
registration of any class of its equity securities, which, in the
good faith judgment of the Company, would adversely affect or
require premature disclosure of the filing or use of such
Company-initiated registration (notice thereof, a
“Blackout
Notice”), upon receipt of
a Blackout Notice from the Company, the Purchaser will immediately
discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement (the period during which such disposition is
discontinued, the “Blackout
Period”) covering such
Registrable Securities until (A) the Company advises such Purchaser
that the Blackout Period has terminated and (B) such Purchaser
receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus, if
necessary; provided, however, that (x) no Blackout Period will exceed thirty
(30) consecutive days, (y) during any three hundred sixty-five
(365) day period such Blackout Periods will not exceed an aggregate
of sixty (60) days, and (z) the first day of any Blackout Period
must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any
prior Blackout Period. If so directed by the Company, the Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or
destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction)
all copies in such Purchaser’s possession (other than a
limited number of file copies) of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of
such notice.
(c) If the Purchaser determines to engage an
underwriter in connection with the offering of any Registrable
Securities (an “Underwritten
Offering”), the Purchaser
will enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without
limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations,
with the managing underwriter of such offering, and will take such
other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities. The
Purchaser shall consult with the Company prior to any Underwritten
Offering and shall defer such Underwritten Offering for a
reasonable period upon the request of the
Company.
(d)
The Purchaser will not take any action with respect to any
distribution deemed to be made pursuant to the Registration
Statement, which would constitute a violation of Regulation M under
the Exchange Act or any other applicable rule, regulation or
law.
5.4 Registration
Expenses. All fees and expenses
of the Company incident to the performance of or compliance with
Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 hereof by the Company will be borne by
the Company.
5.5 Indemnification.
In the event that any Registrable Securities are included in a
Registration Statement:
(a) To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does,
indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Holder and each of its
directors, officers, managers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons
with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each of the directors,
officers, managers, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a
functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles
notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) of such
controlling Persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any
losses, obligations, claims, damages, liabilities, contingencies,
judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs (including, without
limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs
of defense and investigation), 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 a 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 any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the
effective date of such Registration Statement, or 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 or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any
rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the
matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being,
collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section
5.5(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons,
promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for
any 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 5.5(a): (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 furnished in writing to the Company by
such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for
use in connection with the preparation of such Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
any preliminary or final prospectus, and (ii) shall not be
available to a particular Holder to the extent such Claim is based
on a failure of such Holder to deliver or to cause to be delivered
the prospectus made available by the Company (to the extent
applicable), including, without limitation, a corrected prospectus,
if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 5.2(a) and then only
if, and to the extent that, following the receipt of the corrected
prospectus no grounds for such Claim would have existed; and (iii)
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 or
delayed. 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 any of the
Registrable Securities by any of the Holders pursuant to Section
3.2(n).
(b) In connection with
any Registration Statement in which a Holder is participating, such
Holder agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless
and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set
forth in Section 5.5(a), the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, 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 furnished to the Company by
such Holder expressly for use in connection with such Registration
Statement or any preliminary or final prospectus; and, subject to
Section 5.5(c) and the below provisos in this Section 5.5(b), such
Holder will reimburse an Indemnified Party any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim;
provided, however, the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 5.5(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution
contained in Section 5.6 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 or delayed, provided further that such Holder
shall be liable under this Section 5.5(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 applicable 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 any of the Registrable Securities by
any of the Holders pursuant to Section 3.2(n).
(c) Promptly after
receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case
may be) under this Section 5.5 of notice of the commencement of any
action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall,
if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 5.5, 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, an Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have the
right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such
counsel to be paid by the indemnifying party if: (i) the
indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Claim and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as
the case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to
any such Claim (including, without limitation, any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
(as the case may be) and the indemnifying party, and such
Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be)
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is
likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying
party (in which case, if such Indemnified Person or such
Indemnified Party (as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying
party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the indemnifying party, then the indemnifying party
shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party, provided
further that in the case of clause (iii) above the indemnifying
party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses
of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be). The Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) shall reasonably
cooperate 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 (as the case may be) which relates to such
action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) reasonably
apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any
settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party
shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or
proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided,
however, the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold,
delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person (as the case may be), 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 (as the case may be) of a release from all liability in
respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not
include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified
Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the
indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) 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 (as the case may be) under this Section
5.5, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially
and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or
otherwise in this Agreement, a Holder shall be entitled, as to
itself and any of its related Indemnified Parties, including
without limitation its agents and representatives, maintain the
control of the defense of any action for which it (or they) may
seek indemnification hereunder, and the Company and its counsel
shall fully cooperate in such defense as such Holder and its
counsel may request, all at the cost and expense of the Company
(including without limitation, the attorneys’ fees and other
costs and expenses of the Holders and their related Indemnified
Parties’ legal counsel). Any amounts for which the Company is
responsible pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be
paid promptly to, or as directed by, such Holder from time to time,
and may be offset by such Holder, at its discretion, against any
amounts from time to time owed by such Holder to the Company under
the Transaction Documents.
(d) No Person involved
in the sale of Registrable Securities who is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to
indemnification from any Person involved in such sale of
Registrable Securities who is not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(e) The indemnification
required by this Section 5.5 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.
(f) The indemnity and
contribution 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.
5.6 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 5.5 to the fullest extent
permitted by law; provided, however: (i) no contribution shall be
made under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable
for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section
5.5 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of
Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable
Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and
(iii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be
limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such
seller from the applicable sale of such Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 5.6, no Holder shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the
applicable sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Claim
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under
Section 5.5(b), by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
5.7 Cutback.
In connection with filing the Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof, the obligations of the Company set forth in
this Article V are subject to any limitations on the
Company’s ability to register the full complement of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with Rule 415 under the
Securities Act or other regulatory limitations. To the extent the
number of such shares that can be registered is limited, the
Company shall file a subsequent registration agreement that will
provide, among other things, that the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register additional tranches of
Registrable Securities as soon as permissible thereafter under
applicable laws, rules and regulations so that all of such
Registrable Securities are registered as soon as reasonably
practicable.
5.8 Sales
by Purchaser. The Purchaser
shall sell any and all Registrable Securities (as defined below)
purchased hereby in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, if any, or otherwise in compliance with the
requirements for an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Purchaser will not make any sale, transfer or other
disposition of the Shares in violation of federal or state
securities or “blue sky” laws and
regulations.
5.9 Piggy-Back
Registrations. If at any time
during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective
Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities
and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission 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 stock option or other
employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder
a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15)
days after the date of such notice, any such Holder may so request
in writing, the Company shall include in such registration
statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
Holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter
cutbacks applicable to all holders of registration rights and any
limitations imposed by applicable law.
5.10 Effect
of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of any
Registration Statement. If (i)
the Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the
Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1 of this
Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing
Deadline (a “Filing
Failure”) or (B) not
declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness
Deadline (an “Effectiveness
Failure”), (ii) other
than during a Blackout Period, on any day after the effective date
of a Registration Statement sales of all of the Registrable
Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement
cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration
Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is
necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration
Statement, a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely
list) the shares of Common Stock on a Trading Market, or a failure
to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or by
reason of a stop order) or the prospectus contained therein is not
available for use for any reason (a “Maintenance
Failure”), or (iii) if
the Company fails to file with the SEC any required reports under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act such that it is not in
compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable)
(a “Current Public Information
Failure”) as a result of
which the Purchaser is unable to sell those Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement without restriction under
Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions),
then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of
any such delay in, or reduction of, its ability to sell the
underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be
exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the
Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating
to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one
percent (1.0%) of the Purchaser’s Subscription Amount (1) on
the date of such Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure, Maintenance
Failure or Current Public Information Failure, as applicable, and
(2) on every thirty (30) day anniversary of (I) a Filing Failure
until such Filing Failure is cured; (II) an Effectiveness Failure
until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; (III) a Maintenance
Failure until such Maintenance Failure is cured; and (IV) a Current
Public Information Failure until the earlier of (i) the date such
Current Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that
such public information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144
(in each case, pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30)
days). In no event shall the aggregate Registration Delay Payments
(as defined below) accruing under this Section 5.10 exceed six
percent (6%) of such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount. The
payments to which a holder of Registrable Securities shall be
entitled pursuant to this Section 5.10 are referred to herein as
“Registration Delay
Payments.” Following the
initial Registration Delay Payment for any particular event or
failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or failure,
as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or
failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured
prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such event or failure,
then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on the third
(3rd)
Trading Day after such cure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no
single event or failure with respect to a particular Registration
Statement shall give rise to more than one type of Registration
Delay Payment with respect to such Registration Statement (other
than a Filing Failure and Effectiveness Failure relating to the
same Registration Statement), (ii) no Registration Delay Payments
shall be owed to a Purchaser (ith respect to any period during
which all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be
sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144
(including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without
the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1)
(or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable, and (iii) with respect to any
Registrable Securities excluded from a Registration Statement by
election of a Purchaser.
5.11 Waivers.
With the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding at
least a majority of the Registrable Securities that are then
outstanding, any provision of this Article V may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or
prospectively and either for a specified period of time or
indefinitely) or amended, which waiver will be applicable to all
Holders, and will be deemed to have been consented to by all
Holders. Upon the effectuation of each such waiver or amendment,
the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the
Holders, if any, who have not previously received notice thereof or
consented thereto in writing.
ARTICLE VI
ANTI-DILUTION ADJUSTMENT
6.1 Potential
Issuance of Additional Shares Post-Nasdaq
Listing. If the
Company lists its shares of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital
Market and for the five (5) Trading Day period immediately
following such listing (the “Measurement
Period”) the
average VWAP of the Common Stock for the Measurement Period (the
“Post-Listing
Threshold Price”) is less than $0.20 per share
(as adjusted for any stock split, dividend or other
distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the
Common Stock), then the Purchaser shall be issued an additional
number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the quotient obtained
by dividing (x) the Subscription Amount, by (y) the Post-Listing
Threshold Price, minus (ii) the number of Shares originally issued
to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (as adjusted for any stock
split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar
event with respect to the Common Stock), rounded down to the
nearest whole share. Any additional issuance of shares pursuant to
this Section 6.1 shall be made within five (5) Trading Days
following the Measurement Period. For the avoidance of doubt, there
can be no assurance that the Company’s shares of Common Stock
will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other national
stock exchange.
6.2 Limitation
on Issuance of Additional Shares. The Company shall not issue to
Purchaser any additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
6.1, and Purchaser shall not have the right to such additional
shares, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance,
the Purchaser (together with the Purchaser’s Affiliates, and
any other Persons acting as a group together with the Purchaser or
any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates), 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 Purchaser shall
exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any securities of the Company (including,
without limitation, any other securities convertible into Common
Stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous
to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in
the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6.2,
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 Purchaser that the Company
is not representing to the Purchaser that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Purchaser
is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this Section 6.2 applies, the determination of whether the
additional shares of Common Stock are issuable to the Purchaser
pursuant to Section 6.1 (in relation to other securities owned by
the Purchaser together with any Affiliates) shall be in the sole
discretion of the Purchaser, 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 6.2, in determining the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Purchaser 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 Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of a Purchaser, the Company shall within two (2) Trading
Days confirm orally and in writing to the Purchaser the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding pursuant to prior
sentence. 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 by the
Purchaser or its Affiliates 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 any additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 6.1. The Purchaser, upon not less than 61
days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6.2,
provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event
exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of any
additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6.1 and the
provisions of this Section 6.2 shall continue to apply. Any such
increase or decrease 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 6.2 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.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination.
If the Closing shall not been consummated by August 14, 2020, this
Agreement shall automatically terminate without any further action
by the parties hereto; provided, however, that no such termination
will affect the right of either party to sue for any breach by the
other party.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Fees
and Expenses. Except
as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the
contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its
advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all
other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and
other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of
any Securities to the Purchaser.
8.2 Entire
Agreement. The
Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules
thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged
into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
8.3 Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required
or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature page
attached hereto 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 at the facsimile number set forth on the signature page
attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second
(2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S.
nationally recognized overnight courier service, (d) upon actual
receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given,
or (e) upon delivery, when sent by electronic mail (provided that
the sending party does not receive an automated rejection notice).
The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such
notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature
page attached hereto.
8.4 Amendments;
Waivers. No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented
or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an
amendment, by the Company and the Purchaser, or, in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived
provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any
provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any
subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party
to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise
of any such right.
8.5 Headings.
The headings of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to
limit or affect the interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
8.6 Successors
and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may
not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. Following the
Closing, the Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under
this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or
transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in
writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by
the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the
“Purchaser.”
8.7 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns only, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except that each
Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the
Company with respect to Section 5.5.
8.8 Governing
Law. All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or
its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced
exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or
discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such
court, or that such court is an improper or inconvenient venue for
such suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect
for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law. If either party shall commence an suit, action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in
addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 5.5, the
prevailing party in such suit, action or proceeding shall be
reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’
fees and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such suit, action or
proceeding.
8.9 Survival.
Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 7, the
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2
shall survive the Closing, and the agreements and covenants
contained in Article IV shall survive the Closing until fully
performed. The Purchaser shall be responsible only for its own
representations, warranties, agreements, and covenants
hereunder.
8.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical
counterparts, both of which when taken together shall be considered
one and the same agreement and this Agreement shall become
effective when each party has delivered its signature to the other
party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format
data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed), with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
8.11 Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that
contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It
is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable.
8.12 Further
Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall
execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates,
instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
8.13 Rescission
and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions
of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever the Purchaser
exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction
Document and the Company does not timely perform its related
obligations within the periods therein provided, then the Purchaser
may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion, from time to time,
upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or
election, in whole or in part, without prejudice to its future
actions and rights.
8.14 Remedies.
In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, the
Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance
under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary
damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction
Documents and the Company therefore agrees that the Purchaser shall
be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in
any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and
without posting a bond or other security.
8.15 Payment
Set Aside. To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the
Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the Purchaser
enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise, or any
part thereof, are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered, disgorged or
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then, to the
extent of any such restoration, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
8.16 Liquidated
Damages. The
Company’s obligation to pay any amounts owing under the
Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and
shall not terminate until all unpaid amounts have been paid,
notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant
to which such amounts are due and payable shall have been
canceled.
8.17 Construction.
The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel
have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction
Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the
effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the
Transaction Documents or any amendments
thereto.
8.18 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. IN
ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY
EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY
DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE PARTIES EACH
KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND
EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
(Signature Pages Follow)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
authorized signatories as of the date first indicated
above.
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
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Address
for Notice:
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee,
GA 30024
Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
E-mail:
kevin.richardson@sanuwave.com
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By: /s/
Kevin A. Richardson II_______
Name:
Kevin A. Richardson II
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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Fax:
678-569-0881
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Murray Indick, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster
LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California
94105
Phone: (415)
268-7000
E-mail address: MIndick@mofo.com
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SIGNATURE
PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]
PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Securities
Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by an authorized signatory
as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: HealthTronics, Inc.
Signature of
Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Russell
Newman
Name of Authorized Signatory: Russell Newman
Title of Authorized Signatory: President and CEO
Email Address of Authorized Signatory:
russell.newman@healthtronics.com
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: N/A
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
9825 Spectrum Drive, Bldg 3
Austin, TX 78717
Address for Delivery of the Securities to Purchaser (if not same as
address for notice):
Subscription Amount: $1,655,047
Shares: 8,275,235
Warrants: 8,275,235
EIN Number (if applicable):
Exhibit 10.9
THIS
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE
CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS
AVAILABLE AND THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE HOLDER
EVIDENCE OF SUCH EXEMPTION.
CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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$223,511.26
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August
6, 2020
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of A. Michael Stolarski (the
“Holder”), on or before
August 6, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), in
accordance with the terms of this Convertible Promissory Note (this
“Note”), the principal
amount of $223,511.26 or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note (the
“Outstanding
Principal Balance”), together with interest on the
Outstanding Principal Balance at the rates and on the dates set
forth in this Note.
This
Note is issued in connection with the termination of that certain
Line of Credit Agreement between the Company and Holder dated
December 29, 2017, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”). Upon
the issuance of this Note, the Credit Agreement is hereby
terminated and of no further force or effect.
This
Note is expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment and
collection to the secured promissory notes issued pursuant to that
certain Note and Warrant Purchase and Security Agreement dated as
of August 6, 2020 (the “NWPSA”) by and among NH
Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP (in such capacity,
“Agent”), the Company and
the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Senior
Debt”), as more particularly described in, and subject
to the terms and conditions of, that certain Subordination
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between Agent and the
Holder. The Company has provided a true and complete copy of the
NWPSA to the Holder on the date hereof.
1. Payment of Principal. The
Company shall repay the Outstanding Principal Balance in full on
the Maturity Date. The Company may prepay the Outstanding Principal
Balance in full upon two business days advance written notice to
the Holder, without premium or penalty. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not make any payments on the
Outstanding Principal Amount or accrued and unpaid interest until
the Senior Debt is paid in full; provided, however, that the Company may use the
proceeds from an equity financing consummated after the date hereof
to repay the Outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and
unpaid interest as long as the Company is in compliance with all
covenants and obligations under the Senior Debt at such time and
will remain in compliance with all covenants and obligations under
the Senior Debt immediately following such repayment.
2. Payment of Interest. The Note
shall accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance at a
rate equal to 12.0% per annum. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be
paid by the Company at maturity and with any other repayment or
prepayments of any portion of the Outstanding Principal Balance.
Following the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in
Section 6), the
Note shall accrue interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance
from the date of such Event of Default until such Event of Default
has been waived in writing at a rate equal to 2.0% per annum in
excess of the interest rate then applicable to the Outstanding
Principal Balance, such interest being payable on demand. All
computations of interest under this Note are made on the actual
number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
3. Payment. The Company shall make
all payments required under this Note in lawful money of the United
States of America at the principal office of the Holder or at such
other place as the Holder may from time to time designate to the
Company.
4. Conversion.
(A)
At any time on or
after January 1, 2021 (the “Convertibility Date”), at
the election of the Holder at its sole discretion, the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, will be convertible into a number of shares of the
Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Outstanding Principal
Balance on the date of such conversion, together with any accrued
but unpaid interest thereon, by (b) $0.10 (as adjusted for any
subdivisions, combinations or reclassifications of the
Company’s Common Stock), and rounded down to the nearest
whole number (the “Conversion Shares”). For
the avoidance of doubt, the Holder may at any time after the
Maturity Date at its sole discretion elect for the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, to be paid in full rather than electing a conversion of
the Outstanding Principal Balance and accrued and unpaid interest
pursuant to this Section
4.
(B)
The Holder may
effect a conversion pursuant to this Section 4 by giving the
Company at least ten days prior written notice thereof (the
“Conversion
Notice”). The Conversion Notice shall notify the
Company of Holder’s intention to effectuate a conversion
pursuant to this Section
4 and shall indicate the date of such conversion, which date
shall be not less than seven days from the date of such Conversion
Notice (the “Conversion Date”). No
original of the Conversion Notice shall be required. The Company
may prepay the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with any
accrued but unpaid interest thereon, prior to the Conversion Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a conversion pursuant to this
Section 4 is being
made in connection with (i) a proposed public offering of any
Common Stock (or other securities of the Company), (ii) a proposed
sale transaction involving a sale or disposition of all or a
majority of the Company’s stock or assets (by way of stock
sale, asset sale, merger, consolidation, or other manner), or (iii)
a proposed sale of outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company, then, at the election of the Holder,
such conversion may be conditioned upon the consummation of such
public offering, sale transaction, or sale of shares or other
securities, in which case such conversion shall be effective
immediately prior to the consummation of such public offering, sale
transaction, or sale of shares or other securities.
(C)
Mechanics of
Conversion
(i)
Not later than
three (3) Trading Days (as defined below) after the Conversion Date
(the “Share Delivery
Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Holder a certificate representing the number of
Conversion Shares being acquired upon conversion of this Note. Upon
any conversion under this Section 4, in lieu of any
fractional shares to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled,
the Company shall pay to the Holder cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by $0.10 (as adjusted for any subdivisions, combinations
or reclassifications of the Company’s Common Stock). For
purposes hereof, the term “Trading Day” means a day on
which the principal Trading Market (as defined below) is open for
business. The term “Trading Market” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock of the
Company 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, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
(ii)
Obligation Absolute. The
Company’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion
Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof is absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment
against any individual or entity (each, a “Person”) or any action to
enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any
violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other
Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might
otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in
connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares;
provided, however, that
such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any
such action that the Company may have against the Holder. In the
event the Holder shall elect to effect a conversion pursuant to
this Section 4, the
Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the
Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been
engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason
and the Company shall issue the Conversion Shares, upon a properly
noticed conversion. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s
right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such
rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce
damages pursuant to any other section hereof or under applicable
law.
(D)
The Company
covenants that it will at all times from and after the
Convertibility Date reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose
of issuance upon conversion of this Note, free from preemptive
rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Holder, not less than such aggregate number of
shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion
of this Note hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of
Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and that
the issuance of such shares of Common Stock shall be free from
preemptive or similar rights on the part of the holders of any
shares of capital stock or securities of the Company or any other
Person, and free from all liens and charges with respect to the
issue thereof. The Company will take all such action as may be
necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock will be so
issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of
any applicable requirements of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. and of any Trading Market upon which the
Common Stock may be listed. At any such time as the Common Stock is
listed on any Trading Market, the Company will, at its expense,
obtain promptly and maintain the approval for listing on each such
Trading Market, upon official notice of issuance, the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of this Note and maintain
the listing or quoting of such shares after their issuance so long
as the Common Stock is so listed or quoted.
(E)
The issuance of
certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Note shall be made without charge to the Holder for any documentary
stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue
or delivery of such certificates.
(F)
Without limiting
Holder’s rights under the Letter Agreement, upon the
conversion of the Note, the Company will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be registered for resale on Form S-3 (or
Form S-1 or any other applicable form, at the sole discretion of
the Company, if Form S-3 is not available to the Company) as soon
as practicable after the Conversion Date, and to cause such
registration statement to remain effective until all of the
Conversion Shares are sold or the Holder is entitled to sell all of
the unsold Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, without volume limitations.
5. Covenants. So long as any of
the Outstanding Principal Balance or any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon remains outstanding, the Company shall
not:
(A)
incur, create,
assume or become liable in any manner with respect to indebtedness
for borrowed money other than (i) the Senior Debt and (ii)
“Permitted Indebtedness” (as such term is defined in
the NWPSA as in effect on the date hereof, without giving effect to
any subsequent amendment, modification or change thereto unless
approved in writing by the Holder (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), provided that for
purposes of this Section 5(A), Subordinated Debt (as such term is
defined in the NWPSA as in effect on the date hereof (without
giving effect to any subsequent amendment, modification or change
thereto)) shall not be deemed to be Permitted Indebtedness other
than with respect to the principal and interest under the
Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Celularity
Note”), issued by the Company in favor of Celularity,
Inc., a Delaware corporation;
(B)
prepay any
principal or interest under the Celularity Note unless the Company
concurrently prepays a corresponding amount (in the aggregate) of
principal and interest under this Note;
(C)
directly or
indirectly, (i) make any dividend or distribution on or in respect
of any of its equity interests or (ii) redeem, repurchase or
otherwise retire any of its equity interests; or
(D)
be, or permit any
subsidiary of the Company to be, a party to any merger,
consolidation or exchange of stock, or sell or otherwise transfer,
or permit any subsidiary of the Company to sell or otherwise
transfer, all or substantially all of the Company’s or such
subsidiary’s assets or equity interests.
6. Default; Acceleration. Upon the
occurrence of any one of the following events (each an
“Event of
Default”):
(A)
the Company’s
failure to pay any portion of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance
on the date such obligations are due or are declared due (whether
by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or otherwise) or (ii)
interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance within ten days of
the date when such obligations are due or are declared due (whether
by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or
otherwise);
(B)
the Company fails
or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of its other covenants,
conditions or agreements contained in this Note and, in the case of
the covenants in Section 5(A) or Section 5(B), such failure or
neglect continues for a period of 10 days after the Company becomes
aware of such failure or neglect;
(C)
the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company (i) defaults in the payment of any
indebtedness for borrowed money (after expiration of any applicable
cure period) or (ii) defaults in the observance or performance
of any agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness for
borrowed money (after expiration of any applicable cure period),
the effect of which default is to cause, or to permit the holder or
holders of such indebtedness to cause, such indebtedness to become
due prior to its stated maturity;
(D)
a proceeding under
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement of debt, insolvency,
readjustment of debt or receivership law or statute is filed by or
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries; the Company or any
of its subsidiaries makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or takes any action to authorize any of the foregoing;
or, in the case of an involuntary proceeding filed against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, such proceeding is not
discharged or dismissed within 60 days; or
(E)
the Company or any
subsidiary of the company voluntarily or involuntarily dissolves or
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is dissolved or
becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay its debts as they
become due;
the
Holder may declare the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be, and upon such
declaration all of such principal and interest shall become,
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
further notice of any kind; provided that if an Event of
Default described in clause (D) or clause (E) above exists or
occurs, the Outstanding Principal Balance, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, automatically, without notice
of any kind, becomes immediately due and payable.
7. Expenses. The Company shall pay
all reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and legal expenses, incurred by the Holder in endeavoring to
collect any amounts payable under this Note which are not paid when
due, whether by declaration or otherwise.
8. Governing Law. This Note is
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
9. Jurisdiction. The Company and
the Holder irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or,
to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction,
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the
“Chosen
Courts”) solely in respect of the interpretation and
enforcement of the provisions of this Note and hereby waive, and
agree not to assert, as a defense in any action (each, an
“Action”) for the
interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that
it is not subject thereto or that such Action may not be brought or
is not maintainable in the Chosen Courts or that the Chosen Courts
are an inconvenient forum or that the venue thereof may not be
appropriate or that this Note or any such document may not be
enforced in or by the Chosen Courts, and the Company and the Holder
irrevocably agree that all claims relating to such Action or
transactions will be heard and determined in the Chosen
Courts.
10. JURY TRIAL. EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS NOTE IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE. EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE HOLDER CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER, (B) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER
VOLUNTARILY AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION
10.
11. Amendments. Neither this Note
nor any provision hereof may be amended, modified or waived except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by
the Company and the Holder.
12. Successors and Assigns. This
Note applies to, inures to the benefit of, and binds the successors
and assigns of the Company and the Holder. The Company may not
assign its obligations under this Note without the written consent
of the Holder.
13. Notices. Any notice, request,
instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to
the others will be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, by facsimile,
electronic mail or overnight courier:
If to Holder:
A.
Michael Stolarski
If to the Company:
SANUWAVE Health,
Inc.
3360
Martin Farm Road, Suite 100
Suwanee, GA
30024
Email:
Lisa Sundstrom
Attention:
lisa.sundstrom@sanuwave.com
with a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Morrison &
Foerster LLP
425
Market Street
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Email:
mindick@mofo.com
Attention: Murray
A. Indick
or to
such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by
the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any notice,
request, instruction or other document given as provided above will
be deemed given to the receiving party upon actual receipt, if
delivered personally; three business days after deposit in the
mail, if sent by registered or certified mail; upon confirmation of
successful transmission if sent by facsimile or upon receipt of
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dispatch pursuant to one of the other methods described herein); or
on the next business day after deposit with an overnight courier,
if sent by an overnight courier.
14. Severability. Any provision of
this Note held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction is, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without
effecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Note; and the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction does not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
15. No Implied Waivers. No failure
to exercise and no delay in exercising any right or remedy under
this Note operates as a waiver thereof. No single or partial
exercise of any right or remedy under this Note, or any abandonment
or discontinuance thereof, precludes any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver or
consent under this Note is applicable to any events, acts or
circumstances except those specifically covered
thereby.
16. Integration. This Note and the
Letter Agreement constitutes the entire contract between the
Company and the Holder relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
17. Certain Waivers. The Company
hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest
and demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note, and expressly
agrees that this Note, or the payment of any principal or interest
hereunder, may be extended from time to time, without in any way
affecting the liability of the Company hereunder.
18. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated
Note. In case this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall issue a new Note of like date, tenor
and denomination and deliver the same in exchange and substitution
for and upon surrender and cancellation of any mutilated Note, or
in lieu of any Note lost, stolen or destroyed, upon receipt of
evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft or
destruction of such Note.
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AGREED
AND ACKNOWLEDGED:
A.
MICHAEL STOLARSKI
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Exhibit 99.1
SANUWAVE HEALTH COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
THE WOUND CARE ASSETS OF CELULARITY
CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY 1 P.M. EDT
SUWANEE, GA, August 10, 2020 - SANUWAVE Health,
Inc. (OTCQB: SNWV) today announced that it has completed the
acquisition of the wound care assets of Celularity, consisting of
the UltraMIST® Ultrasound Healing Therapy assets and
partnership rights for Celularity’s wound care biologic
products.
The funding for the acquisition consisted of a mix of funded term
debt, a seller note, and equity in the form of a private placement.
The private placement generated gross proceeds of approximately $24
million through the issuance of 119,125,000 shares of common stock
and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an equal number of
shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.20 per share of
common stock and accompanying warrants. The warrants will be exercisable immediately at an
exercise price of $0.25 per share and will expire three years after
the date of issuance. Over
60% of the private placement was purchased by existing investors
and insiders, and the remainder was purchased by certain healthcare
focused institutional and accredited investors.
H.C Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for
the private placement. Lake Street Capital Markets acted as
financial advisor for the acquisition and the private
placement.
William Blair & Company acted as the sole placement agent of
the debt financing.
The acquisition is expected to be a transformative event for
SANUWAVE and represents a strategically and financially compelling
growth opportunity for the company. The transaction broadens
SANUWAVE’s addressable market and combines two highly
complementary energy transfer technologies with two biologic skin
substitute products to create a platform of scale with an
end-to-end product offering in the advanced wound care market.
Furthermore, it uniquely positions SANUWAVE to address the entire
advanced wound care patient pathway from the initial stages of
treatment to closure. The treatment combination of the
UltraMIST® and the dermaPACE® System creates a
significant opportunity to demonstrate improved patient outcomes
over the current standard of care, initially for diabetic foot
ulcers and across all wound indications in the future.
SANUWAVE
will conduct an investor teleconference at 1:00 p.m. EDT on
Wednesday, August 12, 2020. A separate press release will be issued
providing the conference call information. More details regarding
the acquisition and the future plans will be shared and detailed on
the call.
About SANUWAVE Health, Inc.
SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTCQB:SNWV) (www.SANUWAVE.com)
is a shockwave technology company initially focused on the
development and commercialization of patented noninvasive,
biological response activating devices for the repair and
regeneration of skin, musculoskeletal tissue and vascular
structures. SANUWAVE’s portfolio of regenerative medicine
products and product candidates activate biologic signaling and
angiogenic responses, producing new vascularization and
microcirculatory improvement, which helps restore the body’s
normal healing processes and regeneration. SANUWAVE applies its
patented PACE®
technology in wound healing,
orthopedic/spine, plastic/cosmetic and cardiac conditions. Its lead
product candidate for the global wound care market,
dermaPACE®,
is US FDA cleared for the treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers.
The device is also CE Marked throughout Europe and has device
license approval for the treatment of the skin and subcutaneous
soft tissue in Canada, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
SANUWAVE researches, designs, manufactures, markets and services
its products worldwide, and believes it has demonstrated that its
technology is safe and effective in stimulating healing in chronic
conditions of the foot (plantar fasciitis) and the elbow (lateral
epicondylitis) through its U.S. Class III PMA approved
OssaTron® device,
as well as stimulating bone and chronic tendonitis regeneration in
the musculoskeletal environment through the utilization of its
OssaTron, Evotron® and
orthoPACE® devices
in Europe, Asia and Asia/Pacific. In addition, there are
license/partnership opportunities for SANUWAVE’s shockwave
technology for non-medical uses, including energy, water, food and
industrial markets.
About Celularity Inc.
Celularity, headquartered in Warren, N.J., is a clinical-stage cell
therapeutics company delivering transformative allogeneic cellular
therapies derived from the postpartum human placenta. Using
proprietary technology in combination with its IMPACT™
platform, Celularity is the only company harnessing the purity and
versatility of placental-derived cells to develop and manufacture
innovative and highly scalable off-the-shelf treatments for
patients with cancer, inflammatory, infectious, and age-related
diseases. To learn more, please visit www.celularity.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to
financial results and plans for future business development
activities and are thus prospective. Forward-looking statements
include all statements that are not statements of historical fact
regarding intent, belief or current expectations of SANUWAVE
Health, Inc. (the “Company”), its directors or its
officers, including, without limitation, any statements regarding
any expected benefits of the acquisition and its impact on the
Company. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the
Company’s ability to control. Actual results may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Among the key risks, assumptions and factors that may affect
operating results, performance and financial condition are risks
associated with the regulatory approval and marketing of the
Company’s product candidates and products, unproven
pre-clinical and clinical development activities, regulatory
oversight, the Company’s ability to manage its capital
resource issues, competition, and the other factors discussed in
detail in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement.
For additional information about the Company, visit
www.sanuwave.com.
Contact:
Millennium
Park Capital LLC
Christopher
Wynne
312-724-7845
cwynne@mparkcm.com
SANUWAVE
Health, Inc.
Kevin
Richardson II
CEO and
Chairman of the Board
978-922-2447
investorrelations@sanuwave.com