Exhibit 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made as of the 29 day of January, 2021, by and among United Medicines Biopharma Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England with company number 12973576 and with its registered office at The Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Babraham Research Campus, Babraham, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB22 3FH (the “Company”), and each of the investors listed on Schedule A hereto, each of which is referred to in this Agreement as an “Investor”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subscription Agreement (as defined below).
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WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to a certain Subscription Agreement relating to the Company of even date herewith (the “Subscription Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Subscription Agreement and to induce the Investors to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Investors and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investors to cause the Company to register (i) the Ordinary Shares of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) underlying the A Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and (ii) the other Ordinary Shares held by the Investors party hereto, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
1.1 “Affiliate” means, in relation to a person, any corporation or other business entity that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person or any venture capital fund or any other investment fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by or under common control with one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management or advisory company with, such person. For purposes of this definition, the term “ control” (including, the correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means:
| (a) | the direct or indirect ownership of more than 50% of the stock having the right to vote for directors thereof (or general partnership interests); or |
| (b) | the ability to otherwise control the decisions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body thereof or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof. |
1.2 “Articles of Association” means the Company’s Articles of Association, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
1.3 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
1.4 “Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.