| On October 31, 2008, LFB entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement”) with GTC to purchase for $15,000,000 a secured convertible note in the principal amount of $15,000,000 (the “Secured Convertible Note”) and a warrant to purchase up to 2,319,354 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant”). Completion of the transaction was subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including receipt of approval of the transaction by GTC’s stockholders, and the transaction was consummated on December 22, 2008. The Secured Convertible Note matures on June 30, 2012 and accrues interest at a rate equal to 8% per annum. Accrued interest is payable in cash in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing on December 31, 2008. On or before June 1, 2009, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an intercreditor agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”) between LFB and General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE Capital”), GTC has the right to redeem the Secured Convertible Note at a price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. After June 1, 2009, the Secured Convertible Note may only be prepaid with LFB’s consent. After June 1, 2009, LFB has the right to convert all or a portion of the Secured Convertible Note into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or other combination or subdivision of the Common Stock. The Warrant is exercisable, in full or in part, to purchase up to 2,319,354 shares of Common Stock at a cash exercise price of $3.10 per share at any time before December 22, 2013. The exercise price of the Warrant and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant will be proportionately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or other combination or subdivision of the Common Stock. If the Secured Convertible Note is repaid in full, LFB will have the right, subject to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, to require GTC to redeem the Warrant for a redemption price of $1,500,000, which may include the repurchase of shares of Common Stock previously issued upon prior exercise of the Warrant. If GTC repays the Secured Convertible Note at maturity and LFB exercises its redemption right under the Warrant, GTC has the option to pay the redemption price in shares of Common Stock based on the fair market value of the stock on the date LFB exercises its redemption right. Under the terms of the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, upon conversion of the Secured Convertible Note in full or in part from time to time on or after June 1, 2009, and as long as LFB owns at least 21% of the outstanding Common Stock on an as converted basis, LFB will have the right to designate to GTC’s Board of Directors the maximum number of directors permissible under the Marketplace Rules of NASDAQ, which is equal to the product, rounded up to the nearest whole number, of (i) LFB’s ownership percentage of GTC’s equity, multiplied by (ii) the total number of directors on GTC’s Board (including LFB’s designated directors). Assuming that GTC’s equity capitalization remains unchanged and that, except for the conversion, LFB’s ownership remains unchanged, upon any conversion of the Secured Convertible Note, LFB would have the right to designate 50% of the total number of directors on GTC’s Board of Directors. Under the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, GTC has also secured its obligations under the Secured Convertible Note by granting to LFB a first priority lien on its intellectual property and a second priority lien on all of its other assets, and on December 22, 2008 entered into a Security Agreement, a Patent and License Security Agreement and a Trademark and License Security Agreement with LFB. In addition, under the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, GTC’s obligations under the Secured Convertible Note are also secured by a grant to LFB of rights and licenses with respect to certain technologies, inventions and patent rights under the Amended and Restated Joint Development and Commercialization Agreement dated June 30, 2008 between GTC, LFB and the other parties named therein. On June 18, 2009, LFB entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “2009 Purchase Agreement”) with GTC, pursuant to which GTC agreed to issue to LFB $12,000,000 of newly-designated Series E-1 convertible preferred stock (the “E-1 Preferred Stock”) and $13,500,000 of newly-designated Series E-2 convertible preferred stock (the “E-2 Preferred Stock” and, together with the E-1 Preferred Stock, the “Series E Preferred Stock”) in a private placement transaction. GTC also granted LFB the option to purchase up to 50% of each of the total of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and Series E-2 Preferred Stock issued at closing, exercisable at any time in the six month period following closing (the “Option”). In connection with the 2009 Purchase Agreement, LFB also entered into a loan agreement with GTC pursuant to which GTC issued to LFB a $4.5 million secured convertible note (the “2009 Convertible Note”), the principal amount of which would be convertible into shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock at the closing. Conversion of the 2009 Convertible Note into E-1 Preferred Stock and issuance of the Series E-1 Preferred Stock, the Series E-2 Preferred Stock and the Option was subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including the receipt of approval of GTC’s shareholders. The required shareholder approval was obtained at a special meeting of GTC’s stockholders held on July 30, 2009, and the transaction was completed on July 31, 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the 2009 Purchase Agreement and of the Series E Preferred Stock, half of the gross proceeds of the sale of the Series E Preferred Stock, or $12,750,000, was set aside for one year for the payment of dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock and the “make-whole payments” (each as described below). The Series E Preferred Stock carries cumulative dividends at the rate per share of 10% per annum, payable in cash (i) semiannually on January 1 and July 1, beginning on January 1, 2010, (ii) on each date that Series E Preferred Stock is converted and (iii) on the five-year redemption date. On or after the fifth anniversary of the original issue date of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock, GTC has the right to redeem, and LFB has the right to cause GTC to redeem, all of the outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock. Upon the occurrence of certain other triggering events, LFB has the right to require GTC to redeem all of the outstanding Series E Preferred Stock at a price equal to the sum of the Series E Preferred Stock’s stated value, all accrued but unpaid dividends, and all liquidated damages and other costs, expenses or amounts due in respect of the Series E Preferred Stock. The Series E-1 Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.63 per share, which is equal to the NASDAQ official closing price of the Common Stock on the date immediately preceding the signing of the 2009 Purchase Agreement. The Series E-2 Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.2368, which, in accordance with the terms of the 2009 Purchase Agreement, is equal to the lesser of $2.63 or the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the date that GTC’s stockholders approved the transaction. Upon the conversion of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock before the first anniversary of the original issue date, GTC must pay to LFB a “make-whole payment” in cash in an amount equal to $500 per $1,000 of the stated value of each share of the Series E Preferred Stock converted, less the amount of any dividends previously paid. On October 30, 2009, LFB elected to convert all 12,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 13,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock that it had purchased on July 31, 2009 into an aggregate of 10,598,144 shares of Common Stock. In addition, on October 30, 2009, LFB exercised the Option under the 2009 Purchase Agreement to purchase 6,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 6,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $1,000 per share. The closing of this transaction was completed on November 3, 2009. On January 6, 2010, LFB elected to convert all 6,000 shares of Series E-1 Preferred Stock and 6,750 shares of Series E-2 Preferred Stock that it had purchased on November 3, 2009 into an aggregate of 5,299,071 shares of Common Stock. On November 2, 2009, LFB entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “2009 Stock Purchase Agreement”) with GTC, pursuant to which GTC agreed to issue and sell, and LFB agreed to purchase, 3,387,851 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $1.07 per share, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on October 30, 2009. The closing of this transaction was completed on November 5, 2009. Under the terms of the 2009 Purchase Agreement, and consistent with the terms of the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, LFB has the right to participate in all of GTC’s future offerings of Common Stock or securities exercisable or convertible into Common Stock to purchase the number of shares in proportion to its then pro rata ownership of GTC’s Common Stock, on an as converted basis. LFB also has a right of first refusal and right of first negotiation with respect to any proposed sale by GTC of Common Stock or securities exercisable or convertible into Common Stock. Under the terms of the 2009 Purchase Agreement, and as long as LFB owns at least 21% of GTC’s Common Stock on an as-converted basis, LFB has the right to designate to GTC’s Board of Directors the maximum number of directors permissible under the Marketplace Rules of NASDAQ. The maximum number of directors LFB could designate would be equal to the product, rounded up to the nearest whole number, of (i) LFB’s ownership percentage of GTC’s equity, multiplied by (ii) the total number of directors on GTC’s Board (including LFB’s designated directors). LFB’s equity ownership percentage under NASDAQ rules is currently 82.4%. On June 15, 2010, LFB entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with GTC to purchase for $7,000,000 a secured convertible note in the principal amount of $7,000,000 (the “2010 Secured Convertible Note”). The transaction was consummated on June 15, 2010. The 2010 Secured Convertible Note matures on June 15, 2013 and accrues interest at a rate equal to 4% per annum, which is payable upon maturity. The 2010 Secured Convertible Note may only be prepaid with LFB’s consent. LFB has the right to convert all or a portion of the 2010 Secured Convertible Note into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to $0.42 per share, subject to adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or other combination or subdivision of the Common Stock. On September 13, 2010, LFB sent a letter (the “Letter”) to the independent members of GTC’s board of directors seeking to initiate discussions with respect to a potential going private transaction to cash out the Company’s minority stockholders. Such a transaction is proposed to be structured as a purchase by LFB of shares of Common Stock in a private placement transaction such that LFB would own (after conversion of the Secured Convertible Note, the 2010 Secured Convertible Note and the Series D convertible preferred stock held by LFB) at least 90% of the outstanding Common Stock, followed by a statutory short-form merger in accordance with Massachusetts law. No financial terms have been proposed or discussed. It is expected that a special committee consisting solely of independent and disinterested directors will be formed to negotiate the terms of any such transaction on behalf of GTC. A copy of the Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 11 and is incorporated herein by reference. |