Exhibit 10.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 15, 2006, among INOVIO BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, INOVIO ASIA PTE LTD., a company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore (“IAPL”) and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”); and
WHEREAS, IAPL is a company incorporated in Singapore under the Companies Act, (Chapter 50) of Singapore and has at the date of this Agreement an issued share capital of US$16,000,000.00 consisting of 6,584,365 issued and fully paid-up ordinary shares and as to which one hundred percent (100%) of such Ordinary Shares are held by the Company;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, IAPL desires to issue and allot to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to subscribe for the Shares (as defined below) on the Closing Date;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to grant to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to receive from the Company, in conjunction with the issue of the Shares by IAPL, the Put (as defined below) on the Closing Date;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement the Purchasers desire to grant the Company, and the Company desires to obtain from the Purchasers, in conjunction with the issue of the Shares by IAPL, the Call (as defined below) on the Closing Date; and
WHEREAS, the Shares will be subject to mandatory automatic exchange for the Exchange Consideration (as defined below) on the Automatic Exchange Date (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company, IAPL and each Purchaser agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated in this Section 1.1:
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“AMEX” means the American Stock Exchange.
“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 144.
“Automatic Exchange” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(a).
“Automatic Exchange Date” means the first day following the expiration of three months from the Closing Date.
“business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of California generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions to close.
“Call” means the right of the Company to require the holders of the Shares to exchange the Shares for the Exchange Consideration pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.2(b).
“Closing” means the closing of the issue, allotment and subscription of the Shares and the grant of the Call and the Put pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the third business day after all conditions to Closing in Section 2.2 hereof have been satisfied or waived, or such later date as is mutually acceptable to the parties.
“Closing Price” means the average of the closing price per share of the Common Stock as reported on the AMEX for each of the fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the day this Agreement is executed, or if executed after 4:30 p.m. EDT on a Trading Day then for each of the fifteen (15) consecutive Trading Days ending on that day.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, US$0.001 par value per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company Counsel” means Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson & Graham LLP.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange” means the exchange of the Shares for the Exchange Consideration upon the exercise of the Call or the Put or the occurrence of the Automatic Exchange Date.
“Exchange Agent” means Singapore Counsel, Company Counsel and the Company’s transfer agent in their designated roles to complete an Exchange, as identified in the Letter of Transmittal to be provided pursuant to Section 4.3(b).
“Exchange Consideration” means the Exchange Shares and Exchange Warrants to purchase Exchange Warrant Shares issuable upon an Exchange of the Shares, based on the Exchange Ratio set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Exchange Shares” means the shares of the Common Stock exchangeable with the Shares upon an Exchange.
“Exchange Warrants” means the Common Stock Purchase Warrants, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issuable to Purchasers in conjunction with the Exchange Shares upon an Exchange, which warrants shall be exercisable immediately upon issuance for a term of five (5) years and have an exercise price equal to US$2.87(1) per share.
“Exchange Warrant Shares” means the shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Warrants.
“IAPL Board” means the Board of Directors of IAPL.
“Inovio Financing” means the sale and purchase of shares of the Company’s Common Stock and Warrants pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain purchasers named therein, dated of even date herewith and to close concurrently with the Closing.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).
“Lead Purchaser” shall mean Broadven Ltd.
“License Agreement” means that certain agreement between the Company and IAPL dated September 15, 2006 granting IAPL an exclusive royalty-free license to the Licensed Rights in exchange for 6,584,364 Ordinary Shares of IAPL.
“Licensed Rights” means the rights to use certain of the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights explicitly identified in the License Agreement related to the treatment human cancers comprising solid tumors with Bleomycin or an additional chemotherapeutic agent using the Company’s electroporation technology in China, Hong
(1) Insert 118% of the Per Share Purchase Price of the Ordinary Shares.
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Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand and such other countries as the Company and IAPL may agree in writing from time to time.
“Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Majority Purchasers” shall mean Purchasers holding a majority of the Shares.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s or IAPL’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document; 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) changes in general economic conditions or changes affecting the industry in which the Company or IAPL operates generally (as opposed to Company-specific changes) so long as such changes do not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
“Ordinary Shares” means the issued and fully paid-up ordinary shares from time to time in the share capital of IAPL.
“Ordinary Shareholder” means a holder of Ordinary Shares of IAPL.
“Per Share Purchase Price” means US$2.43 (2), subject to adjustment for reverse and forward share splits, share dividends, share combinations and other similar transactions of the Ordinary Shares that occur after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date.
“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.
“Preferred Exchange” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3(l).
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
(2) Insert 102% of the Closing Price; provided, however, that if the Closing Price is less than the closing market price of the Common Stock on the on the day prior to the date definitive documents are signed (or the day such definitive documents are signed, if after 4:30 p.m. EDT) (the "Market Price"), the Per Share Purchase Price shall be equal to 102% of the Market Price; provided, however, that if (i) 105% of the Closing Price remains less than or equal to the Market Price on the pricing day, or (ii) such calculation results in a Per Share Price greater than $2.80, the parties shall be under no obligation to further negotiate in good faith the consummation of this transaction.
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“Put” means the right of the Purchasers to require the Company to exchange the Shares for the Exchange Consideration pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1.
“Recent Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(i).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the Company and each Purchaser, in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Exchange Shares and the Exchange Warrant Shares (or other Registrable Securities as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
“Regulation S” means Regulation S, as amended from time to time, promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Shares, the Call, the Put and the Exchange Shares, Exchange Warrants and the Exchange Warrant Shares underlying the Call, the Put and the Automatic Exchange.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities and Futures Act” means the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Shares” means the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.
“Singapore Counsel” means Rajah & Tann.
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the amount set forth below such Purchaser’s signature block on the signature page hereto, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subscription Amounts” means the total of each Subscription Amount from all Purchasers.
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“Subsidiary” means any entity more than 50% of the voting interest of which is held (directly or indirectly) by the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Terminating Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2(c).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Form of Call Notice, the Form of Put Notice, the Exchange Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“United States Dollars” or “US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE AND SUBSCRIPTION
2.1 Closing. On the Closing Date, (a) each Purchaser shall subscribe for, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, and IAPL shall issue and allot to each Purchaser, the number of Shares set forth with respect to such Purchaser on Schedule 2.1 under the caption “Purchased Shares,” (b) the Company shall grant each Purchaser a Put with respect to the Shares which it has subscribed for pursuant hereto, and (c) each Purchaser shall grant the Company a Call with respect to the Shares which it has subscribed for pursuant hereto. The aggregate number of Shares subscribed by all of the Purchasers hereunder shall be up to 2,201,644.(3) Prior to the Closing, the Subscription Amount payable by each Purchaser in the Closing, together with all other available closing deliverables as set out in Section 2.2, shall be placed in escrow pending the Closing pursuant to a closing escrow agreement among the Company, IAPL, the Lead Purchaser (for itself and on behalf of the Purchasers) and Fenwick & West LLP (the latter, serving as the “Escrow Agent”), which agreement shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”). Upon satisfaction of the conditions to the obligations of the parties set forth in Section 2.2, the Closing shall occur at the Los Angeles offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree on the Closing Date.
(3) Insert quotient of total gross proceeds to be received by IAPL divided by Per Share Purchase Price.
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2.2 Closing Conditions; Deliveries.
(a) The obligations of each Purchaser to purchase the Share, to pay the Subscription Amount therefore and to grant the Call are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Lead Purchaser of each of the following conditions:
(i) All representations and warranties of the Company and IAPL contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date and all covenants of the Company shall have been performed if due prior to such date.
(ii) There shall have been delivered into escrow, pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement, Subscription Amounts in cash of at least US$4,000,000.
(iii) On the Closing Date, IAPL shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (each document to be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead Purchaser and to counsel for the Lead Purchaser):
(A) this Agreement duly executed by IAPL;
(B) a copy of, and written acknowledgement by Singapore Counsel of, irrevocable instructions duly signed by an authorized signatory of the Company addressed to Singapore Counsel to deliver to such Purchaser, no later than the third Trading Day after the Closing Date, one or more certificates evidencing the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares duly issued and allotted, equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser.
(C) the Closing Escrow Agreement duly executed by IAPL;
(D) a legal opinion of Singapore Counsel, in the form of Exhibit D hereto;
(E) the License Agreement duly executed by IAPL; and
(F) A certificate a Director of IAPL (the “Director’s Certificate”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Purchaser, certifying on behalf of the Board of Directors of IAPL as follows:
(1) that attached to the Director’s Certificate is a true and complete copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of IAPL;
(2) that attached to the Director’s Certificate are true and complete copies of the resolutions of the IAPL Board authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, instruments and certificates required to be executed by it in connection herewith and approving the consummation of the transactions in the manner contemplated hereby and by such other Transaction Documents including, but not limited to, the issuance and allotment of the Shares; and
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(3) the names and true signatures of the officers of IAPL signing this Agreement and all other documents executed on behalf of IAPL to be delivered in connection with this Agreement;
(G) A certificate executed by the chief executive officer of IAPL stating that the representations and warranties of IAPL hereunder are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that IAPL has performed all obligations to be performed prior to such date.
(iv) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (each document to be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead Purchaser and to counsel for the Lead Purchaser):
(A) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(B) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(C) the Closing Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(D) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit E hereto;
(E) the License Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(F) the Securities Purchase Agreement for the Inovio Financing, duly executed by the Company;
(G) A certificate of the Secretary of the Company (the “Secretary’s Certificate”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Purchaser, certifying in his capacity as an officer of the Company as follows:
(1) that attached to the Secretary’s Certificate is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to the Closing Date;
(2) that attached to the Secretary’s Certificate is a true and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Company, as amended to the Closing Date;
(3) that attached to the Secretary’s Certificate are true and complete copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Inovio Board”) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, instruments and certificates required to be executed by it in connection herewith and approving the consummation of the transactions in the manner contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents including, but not limited to, the authorization and issuance of the Put, the Exchange Shares, the Exchange Warrants and the Exchange Warrant Shares on the terms set forth herein;
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(4) the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company signing this Agreement and all other documents executed on behalf of the Company to be delivered in connection with this Agreement; and
(5) such other matters as the Lead Purchaser may reasonably request;
(H) Confirmation from AMEX or written confirmation from the Company, based upon (and summarizing) a discussion with AMEX confirming, that the Company’s issuance of the Exchange Consideration, the structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Inovio Financing, and the pricing of the Securities does not require approval of the Company’s stockholders;
(I) A certificate executed by the chief executive officer of the Company stating that the representations and warranties of the Company hereunder are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has performed all obligations to be performed prior to such date; and
(J) A certificate of good standing of the Company as of a recent date.
(v) AMEX shall have notified the Company that the Exchange Shares, the Exchange Warrant Shares, the shares of the Common Stock to be purchased in the Inovio Financing and the shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants to be issued in the Inovio Financing have been approved for listing on AMEX.
(b) The obligations of IAPL to issue and allot the Shares to each Purchaser hereunder are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by IAPL of each of the following conditions:
(i) All representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date and all covenants of such Purchaser shall have been performed if due prior to such date.
(ii) There shall have been delivered into escrow, pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement, Subscription Amounts in cash of at least US$4,000,000.
(iii) The Company shall have obtained confirmation from AMEX that the Company’s issuance of the Exchange Consideration, the structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Inovio Financing, and the pricing of the Securities does not require approval of the Company’s stockholders.
(iv) On the Closing Date, such Purchaser shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to IAPL the following:
(A) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser, accompanied by an Application for Shares, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J, duly executed by such Purchaser;
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(B) the Closing Escrow Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser, or the Lead Purchaser on behalf of such Purchaser; and
(C) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to IAPL pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement.
(v) The Majority Purchasers shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to IAPL written notice of the Majority Purchasers’ intended appointee to the IAPL Board.
(c) The obligation of the Company to issue the Put hereunder are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company of each of the following conditions:
(i) All representations and warranties of such Purchaser contained herein shall remain true and correct as of the Closing Date and all covenants of such Purchaser shall have been performed if due prior to such date;
(ii) There shall have been delivered into escrow, pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement, Subscription Amounts in cash of at least US$4,000,000;
(iii) The Company shall have obtained confirmation from AMEX that the Company’s issuance of the Exchange Consideration, the structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Inovio Financing, and the pricing of the Securities does not require approval of the Company’s stockholders;
(iv) On the Closing Date, such Purchasers shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Company the following:
(A) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(B) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(C) the Closing Escrow Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser, or the Lead Purchaser on behalf of such Purchaser.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(a)(iv)(H), 2.2(b)(iii) and 2.2(c)(iii) shall not be satisfied by the date 60 business days after the date of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall be obligated to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any items delivered pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be returned by the Escrow Agent to the appropriate party pursuant to the terms of the Closing Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company
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