Exhibit 10.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 25, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is made and entered into by and among Larimar Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the investors set forth on the signature pages hereto (each, including each Person that becomes an Investor in accordance with Section 6(d) hereof, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, the Investors, including the Deerfield Funds (as defined below) and the Company were parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Existing Registration Rights Agreement”), dated as of June 8, 2020 (the “Original Effective Date”);
WHEREAS, following the Original Effective Date and prior to the Effective Date, certain of the Investors acquired shares of common stock (the “Merger Shares”) of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of December 17, 2019, by and among the Company, Zordich Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”) and Chondrial Therapeutics, Inc. (“Chondrial”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Chondrial, with Chondrial surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Registration Statement (File No. 333-239510) on Form S-3, which registered the resale of an aggregate of 12,860,272 shares of Common Stock and was declared effective by the SEC as of July 14, 2020 (the “Existing Registration Statement”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Existing Registration Statement and prospectus included therein constitute a Registration Statement and Prospectus (each as defined in this Agreement), respectively, under this Agreement;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, the Deerfield Funds and certain other investors signatory thereto entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of the Effective Date, pursuant to which each of the Deerfield Funds purchased a Pre-Funded Warrant (as defined in the Purchase Agreement”) and the Company agreed to amend and restate the Existing Registration Rights Agreement as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Deerfield Funds, constituting the Required Investors (within the meaning of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement) and the Company are authorized to amend the Existing Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to Section 6(b) thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
“Block Trade” means an offering and/or sale of Registrable Securities by any Investor on a block trade or underwritten basis (whether firm commitment or otherwise) without substantial marketing efforts prior to pricing, including, without limitation, a same day trade, overnight trade or similar transaction.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.