Exhibit 10.2
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 6, 2024, between Incannex Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature page hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and together, the “Purchasers”). Each of the Company and each Purchaser shall individually be referred to herein as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below), the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers, desire to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
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 and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“$” means United States dollars.
“Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.7.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(j).
“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.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Aggregate Outstanding Amount” means the sum of (a) the outstanding and unpaid Aggregate Principal Amount plus (b) the aggregate accrued and unpaid interest owing to all Purchasers on such Aggregate Principal Amount.
“Aggregate Principal Amount” means the sum of the First Closing Principal Amount, the Second Closing Principal Amount and the Third Principal Amount, and any Subsequent Closing Amount.
“Aggregate Subscription Amount” means up to $9,000,000, and such additional amount as Company and the Requisite Holders may agree.
“Applicable Effective Date” shall mean with respect to a Note any of the First Registration Effectiveness Date, the Second Registration Effectiveness Date, the Third Registration Effectiveness Date, the Fourth Registration Effectiveness Date, or the Fifth Registration Effectiveness Date, as applicable, if the Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion of such Note are registered in the related Registration Statement.
“Arena” means Arena Business Solutions Global SPC II, Ltd.
“Arena ELOC” shall mean an equity line of credit facility with Arena.
“Australian Security Documents” means that certain Australian law governed Security Agreement and Guarantee, General Security Deed, Specific Security Deed and Security Trust Deed Poll to be executed and/or delivered by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, as applicable.
“BHCA” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(kk).
“Blue Sky Laws” means state securities or “blue sky” laws.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“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 are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Buy-In Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(d).
“Closing” means any closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means any of the First Closing Date, Second Closing Date, Third Closing Date, or each Subsequent Closing Date, as the context shall require.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. “Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company having a par value per share of $0.0001, 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 which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preference shares, 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, shares of Common Stock.
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“Confidential Information” means all confidential, proprietary or non-public information, documentation or data (whether written, oral or electronic communications) regarding the Company or any of its Affiliates received by a Purchaser or its Representatives, in each case, regardless of whether or not such information, documentation or data is marked or otherwise identified as “confidential”. Confidential Information also includes information of third parties where the Company its Affiliates have an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. Confidential Information will not, however, include information which (a) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by a Purchaser or its Representatives in violation of this Agreement, (b) is or becomes available to a Purchaser or any of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a third-party or (c) is or has been independently developed by a Purchaser and/or its Representatives without use of or reference to any Confidential Information.
“Conversion Cap” means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date hereof calculated in accordance with the listing standards and rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, including Rule 5635(d) (or any successor provisions thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, once Shareholder Approval is obtained, the Conversion Cap shall cease to exist.
“Convertible Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(g).
“Debentures” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(a).
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Schedules of the Company attached hereto.
“Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.
“Disqualification Event” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(mm).
“Environmental Laws” means any federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
“Escrow Agent” means Lucosky Brookman, LLP.
“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement among the Company, the Purchasers and the Escrow Agent to be executed and delivered in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Holders, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(s).
“Exchange” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock, restricted share units or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any share or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise, exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder, (c) other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with share splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, and (d) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, and (e) securities issued pursuant to the Arena ELOC.
“Exercise Price” means the exercise price set forth in the Warrants (as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Warrants).
“Export Control Laws” means export control laws and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, including the United States Export Administration Regulations and any other equivalent or comparable export control laws and regulations of other countries.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“Federal Reserve” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(kk).
“First Closing” means the Closing of the sale and purchase of Debentures and Warrants on the First Closing Date.
“First Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“First Closing Principal Amount” means $3,333,333.
“First Closing Subscription Amount” means $3,000,000 (i.e., the aggregate amount to be paid by the Purchasers for the purchase of the Debentures and Warrants to be issued by the Company on the First Closing Date, reflecting that such Debentures are to be issued with a 10% original issue discount to the face amount thereof).
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“First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the first Registration Statement to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no later than the 60th calendar day following the First Closing Date (or, in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, no later than the 90th calendar day following the First Closing Date); provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that the first Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date otherwise required above, provided, further, if such First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.
“Future Financing” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.15.
“Future Financing Terms” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.15.
“GAAP” means the United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“Guarantee” means the Guarantee made by the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries in favor of the Purchasers, in the form Exhibit C attached hereto, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, any municipality, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through share or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing, including any central bank stock exchange regulatory body arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
“Hazardous Materials” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Environmental Laws.
“Import Control Laws” means import control laws and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, including those administered by the United States Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agencies, and any other equivalent or comparable import control laws and regulations of other countries.
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(bb).
“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.10.
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“Intellectual Property” means: (a) patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, revisions, extensions or reexaminations thereof; (b) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, brands, slogans, and other source identifiers, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, together with all of the goodwill associated with the foregoing; (c) copyrights, and other works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), and moral rights, and registrations and applications for registration, renewals and extensions thereof; (d) trade secrets and know-how (including ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice)), customer and supplier lists, improvements, protocols, processes, methods and techniques, research and development information, industry analyses, algorithms, architectures, layouts, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, methodologies, proposals, industrial models, technical data, financial and accounting data (including pricing and cost information), and all other data, databases and database rights; (e) Internet domain names and social media accounts; (f) rights of privacy and publicity and all other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind or description recognized under applicable laws; (g) copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in whatever form or medium; and (h) all legal rights arising from items (a) through (f), including the right to prosecute and perfect such interests and rights to sue, oppose, cancel, interfere, and enjoin based upon such interests, including such rights based on past infringement, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Issuer Covered Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(mm).
“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(n).
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.17.
“MFN Right” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.15.
“Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(ll).
“Nasdaq” means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.
“New Securities” means, collectively, equity or debt securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity or debt securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity or debt securities.
“Notice Termination Time” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.16(b).
“OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(jj).
“Offer Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.16(a).
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“Organizational Documents” means with respect to any entity, the memorandums of association, articles of association, certificates of incorporation, certificates of formation, by-laws, operating agreements, constitutions, registration statements and equivalent organizational documents of such entity, each as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, for such entity.
“Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Perfection Certificate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“Permitted Lien” means a Permitted Lien as defined in the form of Debenture.
“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.
“Public Information Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b).
“Public Information Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b).
“Purchaser” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, among the Company and the Purchasers, to be executed and delivered in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Holders.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by the Purchasers as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, disposing, or other release into or through the environment, and any abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Materials.
“Released Claims” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.23.
“Remedies Exceptions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents and other representatives.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(e).
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“Required Minimum” means, as of any date, a number equal to two times (2x) the greater of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (ii) the maximum aggregate number potentially issuable in the future pursuant to the Transaction Documents as of such date, including any Underlying Shares, ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.
“Required Minimum Failure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.11(a).
“Required Minimum Failure Payments” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.11(a).
“Requisite Holders” means, as of any time, the holders of Debentures representing fifty and one basis point percent (50.01%) or more of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount.
“Reserved Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“Reserved Shares Deficit” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.
“Restricted Person” means: (a) any individual or entity that is a citizen or resident of, located in, or organized under the laws of, or acting for or on behalf of, a Sanctioned Country; (b) the government of any Sanctioned Country; (c) any government that is the subject or target of restrictions under Sanctions Law; or (d) any individual or entity that is, or any entity that is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or acts for or on behalf of individuals or entities that are designated on any of the following lists, as updated, substituted, or replaced from time to time:
(i) | the United Nations Security Council’s “Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List”; |
(ii) | the lists of persons subject to Sanctions Laws, as administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including OFAC’s “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List,” the “Foreign Sanctions Evaders,” and the “Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List”; |
(iii) | the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security’s “Entity List,” “Denied Persons List,” or “Unverified List”; |
(iv) | the U.S. Department of State’s list of debarred parties and lists of individuals and entities that have been designated pursuant to sanctions and/or non-proliferation statutes that it administers and related executive orders; |
(v) | the European Union Commission’s “Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions” or individuals or entities that are listed in any Annex to EU Council Regulation 833/2014 (as amended); |
(vi) | Her Majesty’s Treasury of United Kingdom’s “Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK”; and |
(vii) | any additional list promulgated, designated, or enforced by a Sanctions Authority. |
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“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.
“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.
“Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country or territory that is the target of comprehensive economic or trade sanctions under Sanctions Laws. As of the date of this Agreement, Sanctioned Countries include the Crimea Region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria.
“Sanctions Authority” means the United Nations Security Council; U.S. Department of the Treasury; the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Department of State; the European Union Council or Commission (including any present or future member state of the European Union); Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom; and any other government or regulatory body, institution or agency with authority to enact Sanctions Laws in any country and/or territory with jurisdiction over any Party.
“Sanctions Laws” means all economic, trade, or financial sanctions statutes, regulations, executive orders, decrees, judicial decisions, restrictive measures, or other acts having the force of law enacted, adopted, administered, imposed, or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority.
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) thereof (including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein).
“Second Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“Second Closing Principal Amount” means $3,333,333.
“Second Closing Subscription Amount” means $3,000,000 (i.e., the aggregate amount to be paid by the Purchasers for the purchase of the Debentures and Warrants to be issued by the Company on the Second Closing Date, reflecting that such Debentures are to be issued with a 10% original issue discount to the face amount thereof).
“Second Registration Statement Effectiveness Date” means, the Second Closing Date.
“Securities” means the Debentures, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Security Agreement” means a Security Agreement, among the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Security Documents” means, the Security Agreement, the Guarantee, the Australian Security Documents, and such other documents and filings as in the discretion of the Purchasers shall be necessary or advisable to provide for (i) a first priority perfected security interest in the assets of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, and (ii), subject to the terms of the Security Agreement, a subordinated first priority perfected security interest over the research and development incentive rebates received and receivable by the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries.
“Shareholder Approval” means such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq (or any successor entity) from the shareholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of all of the Underlying Shares in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock pursuant to the Transactions to the Purchasers.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.
“Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.
“Software” means all computer software (in object code or source code format), data and databases, and related documentation and materials.
“Standard Settlement Period” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1(c).
“Subsequent Closing” means the Closing of the sale and purchase of Debentures and Warrants on a Subsequent Closing Date.
“Subsequent Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“Subsequent Closing Principal Amount” means, such amount as the Company and the Requisite Holders shall agree in respect of such Subsequent Closing.
“Subsequent Closing Subscription Amount” means the aggregate amount to be paid by the Purchasers for the purchase of the Debentures and Warrants to be issued by the Company on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, reflecting that such Debentures are to be issued with a 10% original issue discount to the face amount thereof).
“Subsequent Registration Statement Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Registration Statement to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, no later than such date agreed among the Company and the Requisite Holders.
“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means any subsidiary or multiple subsidiaries of the Company and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof, including in connection with and following the date of the Merger.
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“Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, provincial, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, share capital, severances, stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, real property, personal property, unclaimed property, withholding, excise, production, value added, goods and services, 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.
“Third Closing” means the Closing of the sale and purchase of Debentures and Warrants on the Third Closing Date.
“Third Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“Third Closing Principal Amount” means, $3,333,333.
“Third Closing Subscription Amount” means $3,000,000 (i.e., the aggregate amount to be paid by the Purchasers for the purchase of the Debentures and Warrants to be issued by the Company on the Third Closing Date, reflecting that such Debentures are to be issued with a 10% original issue discount to the face amount thereof).
“Third Registration Statement Effectiveness Date” means, the Third Closing Date.
“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, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Guarantee and the Security Agreement.
“Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the current transfer agent of the Company and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Trustee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(l).
“Trust Account” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(l).
“Trust Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(l).
“Trust Fund” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.3(l).
“Underlying Shares” means the Warrant Shares and the Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of the Debentures, in each case without respect to any limitation or restriction on the conversion of the Debentures or the exercise of the Warrants.
“Variable Rate Transaction” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.12(b).
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“VWAP” means, as of any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the per share daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, for the nearest preceding Trading Day) on the 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. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is listed on the OTCQB or OTCQX, the per share volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, for the nearest preceding Trading Day) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on any Trading Market or OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock is then reported on The Pink Open Market (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 (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Requisite Holders and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Warrants” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“Warrant Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1(b).
ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Debentures and Warrants.
(a) Debentures. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (i) on the First Closing Date, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser participating in the First Closing and each such Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, a 10% original issue discount secured convertible debenture issued by the Company in amount equal to such portion of the First Closing Principal Amount as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, (ii) on the Second Closing Date, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser participating in the Second Closing and each such Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, a 10% original issue discount secured convertible debenture issued by the Company in amount equal to such portion of the Second Closing Principal Amount as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, (iii) on the Third Closing Date, if the Requisite Holders agree to proceed with the third Closing, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing and each such Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, a 10% original issue discount secured convertible debenture issued by the Company in amount equal to such portion of the Third Closing Principal Amount as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, and (iv) on each Subsequent Closing Date, if any, the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser participating in such Subsequent Closing and each such Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company, a 10% original issue discount secured convertible debenture issued by the Company in amount equal to such portion of the Subsequent Closing Principal Amount as is set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement, (each such 10% original issue discount secured convertible debenture, as may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Debenture”, and collectively, the “Debentures”). Each Debenture shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto with the blanks appropriately filled and shall mature on the date that is eighteen (18) months from the First Closing Date.
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(b) Warrants. As additional consideration for each Purchaser’s purchase of a Debenture hereunder, the Company shall issue to each Purchaser, simultaneously with the issuance of each Debenture purchased by such Purchaser from the Company on the applicable Closing Date, a warrant to purchase the Company’s Common Stock (each, as the same may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Warrant”, and collectively, the “Warrants”). Each such Warrant shall, among other things, (i) provide for the purchase by the applicable Purchaser of a number of shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) equal to 25% of the total principal amount of the related Debenture purchased by such Purchaser on the applicable Closing Date hereunder divided by 115% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such Closing Date, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in such Warrant; (ii) be exercisable at the Exercise Price; and (iii) be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
(c) Closings. Initially, there may be up to three (3) Closings until such time as the earlier to occur of (1) subscriptions for the sale of the Debentures hereunder in an aggregate principal amount equal to the initial Aggregate Subscription Amount are funded by the Purchasers and (2) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.1. So long as the Company and the Requisite Holders agree, there may be additional Subsequent Closings in such amounts as the Company and Requisite Holders approve.
(i) Subject to Section 6.1, the Purchasers participating in the First Closing and the Company shall consummate the First Closing on the Trading Day on which all conditions to each such Purchaser’s obligation set forth in Section 3.1(a) and the Company’s obligation set forth in Section 3.1(b), in each case, have been satisfied or waived, unless the Parties mutually agree in writing to consummate the First Closing on a different date (the “First Closing Date”).
(ii) Subject to Section 6.1 and provided that all conditions precedent to the obligations of such Purchaser set forth in Section 3.2(a) and the Company’s obligation set forth in Section 3.2(b), in each case, have been satisfied or waived on or prior to the Second Closing Date (as defined below), each Purchaser participating in the Second Closing and the Company shall consummate the Second Closing on the thirtieth (30th) day following the First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date (or if such day is not a Trading Day, on the next succeeding Trading Day) (the “Second Closing Date”); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the respective obligations of the Purchasers participating in the Second Closing and the Company to consummate the Second Closing shall be contingent on the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, unless the Company and the Requisite Holders mutually agree in writing to waive any such conditions: (x) the median daily turnover of the Common Stock on the Company’s principal Trading Market for the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ended as of the last Trading Day immediately preceding the proposed Second Closing Date is greater than $150,000, and (y) the 5-Day VWAP of the Common Stock as of the last Trading Day immediately preceding the proposed Second Closing Date is in excess of 150% of the Floor Price (the “Second Closing Price and Liquidity Condition”); provided further, that if the Second Closing Price and Liquidity Conditions are not satisfied, the Company and the Purchasers shall have the option, but not any obligation, to consummate the Second Closing on such modified terms as the Company and the Requisite Holders shall mutually agree in writing.
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(iii) Subject to Section 6.1 and provided that all conditions precedent to the obligations of such Purchaser set forth in Section 3.3(a) and the Company’s obligation set forth in Section 3.3(b), in each case, have been satisfied or waived on or prior to the Third Closing Date (as defined below), the Purchasers participating in the Third Closing and the Company shall consummate the Third Closing on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Second Registration Statement Effectiveness Date (or if such day is not a Trading Day, on the next succeeding Trading Day) (the “Third Closing Date”); provided that the Company and Requisite Holders have mutually agreed in writing to permit the Third Closing, which for the avoidance of doubt no Party is obligated to do.
(iv) Subject to Section 6.1 and provided that all conditions precedent to the obligations of such Purchaser set forth in Section 3.4(a) and the Company’s obligation set forth in Section 3.4(b), in each case, have been satisfied or waived on or prior to, if any, a Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below), the Purchasers participating in a Subsequent Closing and the Company shall consummate such Subsequent Closing on such Trading as the Company and such Purchasers have mutually agreed; provided that the Company and Requisite Holders have mutually agreed in writing to permit such Subsequent Closing, which for the avoidance of doubt no Party is obligated to do (each, a “Subsequent Closing Date”).
2.2 First Closing Deliveries.
(a) Company First Closing Deliveries. On or prior to the First Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser participating in the First Closing the following, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) a Debenture in an original principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s portion of the First Closing Principal Amount as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto, duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) a Warrant duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iv) the duly executed Guarantee;
(v) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(vi) the Security Documents duly executed by the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, as applicable;
(vii) a perfection certificate, duly executed by the Company, and each Significant Subsidiary (the “Perfection Certificate”);
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(viii) a duly executed Escrow Agreement executed by the Company and the Escrow Agent;
(ix) certificates of appropriate officials as to the existence and good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, dated as of a date reasonably close to the First Closing Date;
(x) a certificate, dated as of such First Closing Date, duly executed, and delivered by an officer of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, certifying the resolutions of the Company’s and each Significant Subsidiary’s Board of Directors, manager or others performing similar functions with respect to the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, then in full force and effect authorizing, all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Significant Subsidiary of each Transaction Document to be executed to which the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(xi) an opinion of Rimôn, US counsel and an opinion of Australian counsel to the Company, regarding the due authorization, good standing and corporate authority of the Company to enter into, and the enforceability of, this Agreement, the Debentures, the Warrants and any other Transaction Documents to be executed by the Company hereunder on or prior to the First Closing Date;
(xii) copies of the Company’s and each of its Significant Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents as in effect on the First Closing Date;
(xiii) all information regarding any Action against the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates thereof, including but not limited to any settlements, inquiries or subpoenas, since the Company’s inception;
(xiv) proof of the financing received from FC Securities Pty Ltd of no less than AU$6,500,000.00 in relation to the Australian research and development tax incentives for the Company’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2024;
(xv) all information requested by such Purchaser as part of its know-your-customer requirements; and
(xvi) such other approvals, opinions of counsel to the Company, or documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
(b) Purchaser First Closing Deliveries. On or prior to the First Closing Date, each Purchaser participating the First Closing shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
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(iii) the Security Documents, duly executed by such Purchaser, as applicable;
(iv) the Escrow Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(v) copies of all documents necessary to release all security interests in all the tangible and intangible assets, including patents and patent applications, related to the Company’s drug candidate IHL-42X (“IHL-42X Assets”) upon and in accordance with the related provisions set forth in the Security Agreement; and
(vi) such Purchaser’s First Closing Subscription Amount, minus applicable legal fees and expenses of such Purchaser to be reimbursed to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.2, by wire transfer to the Escrow Agent to the account specified in Schedule 2.1(c) hereto.
2.3 Second Closing Deliveries.
(a) Company Second Closing Deliveries. On or prior to the Second Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser participating the Second Closing the following, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser:
(i) a Debenture in an original principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s portion of the Second Closing Principal Amount as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto, duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(ii) a Warrant duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) certificates of appropriate officials as to the existence and good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) of the Company and, the Significant Subsidiaries, dated as of a date reasonably close to the Second Closing Date;
(iv) a certificate, dated as of such Second Closing Date, duly executed, and delivered by an officer of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, certifying the resolutions of the Company’s and each Significant Subsidiary’s Board of Directors, manager or others performing similar functions with respect to the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, then in full force and effect authorizing, all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Significant Subsidiary of each Transaction Document to be delivered to which the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(v) an opinion of counsel to the Company;
(vi) all information regarding any Action against the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates thereof, including but not limited to any settlements, inquiries or subpoenas, since the prior Closing Date; and
(vii) such other approvals, opinions of counsel to the Company, or documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
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(b) Purchaser Second Closing Deliveries. On or prior to the Second Closing Date, each Purchaser participating in the Second Closing shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company such Purchaser’s Second Closing Subscription Amount, minus applicable legal fees and expenses of such Purchaser to be reimbursed to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.2, by wire transfer to the Escrow Agent to the account specified in Schedule 2.1(c) hereto.
2.4 Third Closing Deliveries.
(a) Company Third Closing Deliveries. Provided that the Company and the Requisite Holders have mutually agreed to proceed with the Third Closing, on or prior to the Third Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing the following, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser:
(i) a Debenture in an original principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s portion of the Third Closing Principal Amount as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto, duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(ii) a Warrant duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) certificates of appropriate officials as to the existence and good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, dated as of a date reasonably close to the Third Closing Date;
(iv) a certificate, dated as of such Third Closing Date, duly executed, and delivered by an officer of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary certifying the resolutions of the Company’s and each Significant Subsidiary’s Board of Directors, manager or others performing similar functions with respect to the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, then in full force and effect authorizing, all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Significant Subsidiary of each Transaction Document to be delivered to which the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(v) an opinion of counsel to the Company;
(vi) all information regarding any Action against the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates thereof, including but not limited to any settlements, inquiries or subpoenas, since the prior Closing Date; and
(vii) such other approvals, opinions of counsel to the Company, or documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
(b) Purchaser Third Closing Deliveries. On or prior to the Third Closing Date, each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company such Purchaser’s Third Closing Subscription Amount minus applicable legal fees and expenses of such Purchaser to be reimbursed to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.2, by wire transfer to the Escrow Agent to the account specified in Schedule 2.1(c) hereto.
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2.5 Subsequent Closing Deliveries.
(a) Company Subsequent Closing Deliveries. Provided that the Company and the Requisite Holders have mutually agreed to proceed with a Subsequent Closing, on or prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser participating in such Subsequent Closing the following, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser:
(i) a Debenture in an original principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s portion of the applicable Subsequent Principal Amount as set forth on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto, as duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(ii) a Warrant duly executed by the Company, registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(iii) certificates of appropriate officials as to the existence and good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, dated as of a date reasonably close to such Subsequent Closing Date;
(iv) a certificate, dated as of such Subsequent Closing Date, duly executed, and delivered by an officer of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary certifying the resolutions of the Company’s and each Significant Subsidiary’s Board of Directors, manager or others performing similar functions with respect to the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, then in full force and effect authorizing, all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Significant Subsidiary of each Transaction Document to be delivered to which the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(v) an opinion of counsel to the Company;
(vi) all information regarding any Action against the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates thereof, including but not limited to any settlements, inquiries or subpoenas, since the prior Closing Date; and
(vii) such other approvals, opinions of counsel to the Company, or documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
(b) Purchaser Subsequent Closing Deliveries. On or prior to each Subsequent Closing Date, each Purchaser participating in such Subsequent Closing shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company such Purchaser’s Subsequent Closing Subscription Amount minus applicable legal fees and expenses of such Purchaser to be reimbursed to such Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.2, by wire transfer to the Escrow Agent to the account specified in Schedule 2.1(c) hereto.
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ARTICLE III. CLOSING CONDITIONS
3.1 Conditions Precedent to First Closing.
(a) Conditions to each Purchaser’s Obligation. The obligation of each Purchaser participating in the First Closing to consummate the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the First Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by such Purchaser in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Company, contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect in each case, both when made and on the First Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such First Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed hereunder at or prior to the First Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a);
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect since the date hereof;
(v) such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Company, dated as of the First Closing Date, certifying, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above;
(vi) such Purchaser shall have received confirmation satisfactory to it that all approvals of Governmental Authorities and other approvals for the transactions contemplated herein have been obtained, and all waiting periods, if applicable, have expired;
(vii) at any time following the execution of this Agreement, none of the Company nor any of Significant Subsidiaries shall have issued, or agreed to issue, any equity, equity linked or debt financing other than an Exempt Issuance or as specifically referenced herein without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders;
(viii) the Common Stock shall have been listed for trading on Nasdaq, and the Company shall maintain the listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq;
(ix) other than Permitted Liens, there shall be no Lien encumbering any property or assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; and
(x) such Purchaser shall complete and be satisfied with its review of all due diligence; and such Purchaser’s investment committee shall have approved the terms of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
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(b) Conditions to the Company’s Obligation. The obligation of the Company to consummate the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the First Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers participating in the First Closing contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or any similar qualifier, in all respects) when made and on the First Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such First Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers hereunder required to be performed at or prior to the First Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) each Purchaser participating in the First Closing shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b).
3.2 Conditions Precedent to Second Closing.
(a) Conditions to each Purchaser’s Obligation. The obligation of each Purchaser participating in the Second Closing to consummate the Second Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the Second Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by such Purchaser in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Company, contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse, in all respects) in each case, both when made and on the Second Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Second Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed hereunder, under any Debenture, under any Warrant or under any other Transaction Document shall have been performed as required in accordance with their respective terms;
(iii) the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.3(a);
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(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect since the date hereof;
(v) no Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred or be continuing;
(vi) such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Company, dated as of the Second Closing Date, certifying, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) above;
(vii) from the date hereof to the Second Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Second 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, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities on the Second Closing Date; and
(viii) Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(b) Conditions to the Company’s Obligation. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Second Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the Second Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers participating in the Second Closing contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or any similar qualifier, in all respects) when made and on the Second Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Second Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers hereunder required to be performed at or prior to the Second Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) each Purchaser participating in the Second Closing shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.3(b).
3.3 Conditions Precedent to Third Closing.
(a) Conditions to each Purchaser’s Obligation. The obligation of each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing to consummate the Third Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the Third Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by such Purchaser in its sole discretion:
(i) the Company and the Requisite Holders shall have mutually agreed to proceed with the Third Closing in their respective sole discretion;
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(ii) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) in each case, both when made and on the Third Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Third Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(iii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed hereunder, under any Debenture, under any Warrant or under any other Transaction Document shall have been performed as required in accordance with their respective terms;
(iv) the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.4(a);
(v) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect since the date hereof;
(vi) no Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred or be continuing;
(vii) such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Company, dated as of the Third Closing Date, certifying, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) above; and
(viii) from the date hereof to the Third Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Third 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, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities on the Third Closing Date.
(b) Conditions to the Company’s Obligation. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Third Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the Third Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or any similar qualifier, in all respects) when made and on the Third Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Third Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
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(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers hereunder required to be performed at or prior to the Third Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) each Purchaser participating in the Third Closing shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.4(b).
3.4 Conditions Precedent to a Subsequent Closing.
(a) Conditions to a Purchaser’s Obligation. The obligation of a Purchaser to consummate a Subsequent Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the applicable Subsequent Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by such Purchaser in its sole discretion:
(i) the Company and the Requisite Holders shall have mutually agreed to proceed with such Subsequent Closing in their respective sole discretion;
(ii) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) in each case, both when made and on applicable Subsequent Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Subsequent Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(iii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed hereunder, under any Debenture, under any Warrant or under any other Transaction Document shall have been performed as required in accordance with their respective terms;
(iv) the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.5(a);
(v) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect since the date hereof;
(vi) no Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Debentures) shall have occurred or be continuing;
(vii) such Purchaser shall have received a certificate of an officer of the Company, dated as of the Subsequent Closing Date, certifying, as to the fulfillment of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) above; and
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(viii) from the date hereof to the Subsequent Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market and, at any time prior to the Fourth 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, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities on such Subsequent Closing Date.
(b) Conditions to the Company’s Obligation. The obligation of the Company to consummate a Subsequent Closing is subject to the satisfaction on or before the applicable Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:
(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers participating in such Subsequent Closing contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or any similar qualifier, in all respects) when made and on the applicable Subsequent Closing Date with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Subsequent Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Purchasers hereunder required to be performed at or prior to such Subsequent Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) each Purchaser participating in such Subsequent Closing shall have delivered or caused to be delivered each of the items set forth in Section 2.5(b).
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. To induce each Purchaser to purchase the Securities, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser and agrees with each Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date, as follows:
(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule 4.1(a). All Significant Subsidiaries of the Company are indicated on Schedule 4.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital shares or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding capital shares 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.
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(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. 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, could 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, prospects 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 or Subsidiaries’ 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”) 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 and each Subsidiary 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 to which the Company and/or such Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, 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 each Subsidiary party thereto, as applicable, and the consummation by the Company and/or each such Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and/or each such Subsidiary, as applicable, and no further action is required by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders or any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary’s board of managers or others performing similar functions with respect to such Subsidiary, or any Subsidiary’s shareholders, herewith or therewith, other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Company and/or any Subsidiary is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and any Subsidiary party thereto, as applicable, and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company and each such Subsidiary, enforceable against the Company and each such Subsidiary 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 (the “Remedies Exceptions”).
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Subsidiary of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company and/or any such Subsidiary is a party, as applicable, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company and each such Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as applicable, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s Organizational 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, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, 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 could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is 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 and/or any such Significant Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 5.6, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws, (iv) such filings as are required to perfect the security interest in the collateral granted to the Purchasers pursuant to the Security Documents and (v) Shareholder Approval (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 other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. On the date of this Agreement, the Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital shares a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Shares equal to or greater than the Required Minimum.
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(g) Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of the Company consists of (A) 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value 0.0001 per share of which 17,642,832 shares of common stock are issued and outstanding and (B) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which none are issued and outstanding. 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 and as disclosed in the Forms, 3, 4, and 5 filed by directors and officers of the Company with the SEC and as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(g) (i), 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 Common Stock or the share capital of any Subsidiary, 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 or share capital of any Subsidiary (collectively “Convertible Securities”), which Schedule 4.1(g)(i) includes for any such Convertible Securities, the number and type of such Convertible Securities issued and outstanding, and the number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents into or for which such Convertible Securities are currently convertible, exercisable or exchangeable, as applicable, the conversion price or exercise price of such Convertible Securities, as applicable, the maturity or exercise period of such Convertible Securities, as applicable, and the current holder of such Convertible Securities. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.1(g)(i), there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. Except as set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed on December 20, 2023, the Company does not have any share appreciation rights or “phantom share” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding capital shares of the Company are duly authorized, 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. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no shareholders’ agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital shares to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(h) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all SEC Reports 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) on a timely basis. The Company’s SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the Company’s 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 Company’s 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 GAAP, 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 and for 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, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the Company’s SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could 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 shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any capital shares, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company share option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, 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, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j) 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”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any such Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. 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 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.
(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, which could 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 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) 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 could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, 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 described in the Company’s SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could 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 modification of any Material Permit.
(o) Title to Assets. The Company and the Significant 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 Significant 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 Significant Subsidiaries; and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state, foreign or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance.
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(p) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Significant 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 intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the Company’s SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) and shall not transfer Intellectual Property Rights to other existing Subsidiaries as long as there is any Debenture outstanding. None of, and neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the Company’s SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality, and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have 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.
(r) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. 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 or from 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, shareholder, member or partner, 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 share option agreements under any share option plan of the Company.
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(s) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. Except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the applicable Closing Date. Except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, 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 and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries 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 disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries 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 internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(t) Certain Fees. Except for a commission of 3.5% that may be payable to Jones Trading Institutional Services LLC, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. No Purchaser shall have any obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 4.1(t) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(u) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to each Purchaser as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(v) Investment Company. 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, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 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 of 1940, as amended.
(w) Registration Rights. Other than the Purchasers pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Arena ELOC, no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.
(x) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. 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.
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(y) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Company’s 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 Organizational Documents or the laws of its country of incorporation that is or could become applicable to a Purchaser as a result of such 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 such Purchaser’s ownership of a Security.
(z) 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 each Purchaser or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to a Purchaser regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transaction Documents and disclosure schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser is making make or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 4.2 hereof.
(aa) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf 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 (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) subject to receipt of Shareholder Approval, any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.
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(bb) Solvency; Indebtedness. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the applicable Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, the Company will have sufficient cash to operate its business as currently operated for a period of 12 months from the applicable Closing Date, subject to receipt of proceeds from the Arena ELOC and/or the proceeds from the issuance of securities in other capital raisings. The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the applicable Closing Date. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries currently have no outstanding Indebtedness and do not intend to enter into any agreement with respect to Indebtedness other than with Indebtedness secured by research and development incentives granted by the Australian government. 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.
(cc) 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.
(dd) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act). The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(ee) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any 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) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
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(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding each Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each 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 no Purchaser is 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 a Purchaser or any of its respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to such Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each 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.
(gg) 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, 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 to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(hh) Share Option Plans. Each share option granted by the Company under the Company’s share option plan then in effect was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s share option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such share option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No share option granted under the Company’s share option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, share options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of share options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(ii) Office of Foreign Assets Control. 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 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(jj) 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 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.
(kk) Money Laundering. 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, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action 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.
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(ll) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to each Purchaser a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(mm) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
(nn) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify each Purchaser in writing, prior to the applicable Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.
(oo) No Side Letters. Neither the Company nor any Affiliates of the Company have entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Person in connection with the issuance or transfer of securities to such Person in connection with a direct or indirect investment in the Company, including but not limited to the transfer or assignment of “founder shares” to such Person.
4.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. To induce the Company to issue the Securities, each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company and acknowledges and agrees with the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date), as follows:
(a) Organization; Authority. Such 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 the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such 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.
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(b) Own Account. 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 in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to an effective Registration Statement covering the resale of such Securities or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants or converts any Debentures it will be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) under the Securities Act.
(d) Experience of such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser can 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.
(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not, to such Purchaser’s knowledge, purchasing the Securities because 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, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
(f) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the Company’s 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 Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities, (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 of the Company possess or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
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(g) Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such 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 such 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, and in any event from 10 days prior to the date 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).
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 4.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, as applicable, 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 transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE V.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 Transfer Restrictions
(a) 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 5.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to 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 the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of the applicable Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(b) Each Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 5.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS [EXERCISABLE] [CONVERTIBLE]] HAS [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD 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. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON [EXERCISE] [CONVERSION] OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER- DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate time and at the applicable Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities have been registered for resale pursuant to a Registration Statement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of selling shareholders thereunder.
(c) Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 5.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement (including any Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall, at its expense, cause its counsel, or at the option of a Purchaser, counsel determined by such Purchaser, to issue a legal opinion to the Transfer Agent or such Purchaser promptly if required by the Transfer Agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder, or if requested by such Purchaser, respectively subject to compliance with the holding period requirements of Rule 144 (for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall pay all costs associated with such opinions). If all or any portion of a Debenture is converted or Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 5.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of (A) two (2) Trading Days and (B) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to such Purchaser by crediting the account of such Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend. In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to such Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, 2% of the total of the value of the Underlying Shares for which the removal of the legend is sought (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) for each full month that said opinion is not delivered after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend.
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(d) In addition to a Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 5.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day five (5) Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered without a legend and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate representing the Securities so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Underlying Shares that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the average of the closing sale prices of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Underlying Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).
(e) Each Purchaser agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 5.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
5.2 Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against a Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other shareholders of the Company.
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5.3 Furnishing of Information; Public Information.
(a) Until the time that no Purchaser owns any Securities, the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
(b) At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof and ending at such time that all of the Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company (i) shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to a Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to such Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the Aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (prorated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for such Purchaser to transfer the Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, provided that such liquidated damages shall not exceed in the aggregate to twenty-five percent (25.0%) of such Purchaser’s portion of the Aggregate Subscription Amount. The payments to which each Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit a Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
5.4 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 in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or 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.
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5.5 Conversion and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of “Notice of Exercise” included in the Warrants and the form of “Notice of Conversion” included in the Debentures set forth the totality of the procedures required of a Purchaser to exercise the Warrants or convert the Debentures, respectively. Without limiting the preceding sentences, no ink-original Notice of Exercise or Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise or Notice of Conversion form be required to exercise the Warrants or convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchaser to exercise its Warrants or convert its Debentures. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.
5.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. (a) The Company shall by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents, and other material agreements entered into in connection therewith as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the each that it shall have caused to have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information with respect to the Company delivered to such Purchaser by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Parties acknowledge and agree that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and each Purchaser or any of their Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the Transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the Parties shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of a Purchaser, or without the prior consent of a Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of a Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchaser with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).
5.7 Shareholder Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that a Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that a Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any rights under such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and such Purchaser.
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5.8 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 5.6, 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 constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company, or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates delivers any material, non-public information to a Purchaser without such Purchaser’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that such Purchaser shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice delivered or received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Transaction Document 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 Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
5.9 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes of the Company and the Subsidiaries and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than for payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation, (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations, (e) to lend, give credit or make advances to any officers, directors, employees or affiliates of the Company, or (f) to lend, give credit, or make advances to any person or entity, other than a Subsidiary.
5.10 Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.10, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, employees, professional advisors, attorneys, agents and any Affiliate thereof (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) (each, and “Indemnified Person”) harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities, obligations, contingencies, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Indemnified Persons in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Indemnified Person, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is solely based upon a material breach of such Indemnified Person’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Indemnified Person may have with any such shareholder or any violations by such Indemnified Person of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Indemnified Person which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any action shall be brought against any Indemnified Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person. Any Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Indemnified Person, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Indemnified Person under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by an Indemnified Person effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Indemnified Person’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Indemnified Person in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 5.10 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Indemnified Person against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
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5.11 Reservation and Listing of Securities; Shareholder Approval.
(a) The Company shall at all times maintain a reserve of the Required Minimum from its duly authorized Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amounts as may then be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents. If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date (a “Required Minimum Failure”), then, in addition to a Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to such Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of the Aggregate Subscription Amount of such Purchaser’s Securities on the day of a Required Minimum Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (prorated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the date such Required Minimum Failure is cured; provided that such liquidated damages shall not exceed in the aggregate to twenty-five percent (25.0%) of such Purchaser’s portion of the Aggregate Subscription Amount. The payments to which the Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 5.11(a) are referred to herein as “Required Minimum Failure Payments.” Required Minimum Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Required Minimum Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Required Minimum Failure is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Required Minimum Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Required Minimum Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Nothing herein shall limit a Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Required Minimum Failure, and such Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Required Minimum Failure, the Company’s Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s memorandum and articles of association to increase the number of authorized but unissued Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 75th day after the first date on which such Required Minimum Reservation Failure occurred.
(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such Common Stock to be approved for listing or quotation on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to each Purchaser evidence of such listing or quotation and (iv) maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.
(d) The Company shall hold a meeting of shareholders at the earliest practicable date after the date hereof, but not later than the date that is 90 days from the date hereof, unless held earlier, for the purpose of obtaining Shareholder Approval, with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such Shareholder Approval if not already obtained by the date hereof.
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5.12 Subsequent Equity Sales.
(a) From (i) the First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date until 60 days after the First Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, (ii) the Second Registration Statement Effectiveness Date until 60 days after the Second Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, (iii) the Third Registration Statement Effectiveness Date until 60 days after the Third Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, and (iv) any Subsequent Statement Effectiveness Date until 60 days after such Subsequent Registration Statement Effectiveness Date, neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, except as permitted under the Arena ELOC, and as set forth in Section 5.12(c) below.
(b) From the date hereof until such time as the Purchaser does not hold any of the Debentures, the Company shall be prohibited, unless agreed to by the Purchaser, from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction. “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive, additional Common Stock either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange rate or other price that is based upon, and/or varies with, the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity securities or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company, as applicable, or the market for the Common Stock or (ii) enters into, or effects a transaction under, any agreement, including, but not limited to, an equity line of credit, whereby the Company, as applicable, may issue securities at a future determined price; provided for the avoidance of doubt, “Variable Rate Transaction” shall not include any issuance of any Securities hereunder or under any Transaction Documents and/or any issuance of securities upon the exercise, exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder, issued under any Transaction Document, or any Securities issued and outstanding as of the date hereof or the Arena ELOC. The Purchaser shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5.12 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance, except that no Variable Rate Transaction, excluding the Arena ELOC shall be an Exempt Issuance.
5.13 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 5.6. 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 5.6, the Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (a) 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 5.6, (b) 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 5.6 and (c) the Purchaser shall not have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 5.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case that the Purchaser is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
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5.14 Blue Sky Filings. 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 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.
5.15 Most Favored Nation. The Purchaser, whether or not participating in a particular in offering of New Securities (a “Future Financing”), shall have the right, exercisable at any time prior to the Notice Termination Time (defined below) for such Future Financing, to accept the securities and terms of such Future Financing in lieu of the Securities and the terms of this Agreement (“MFN Right”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. If the Company receives such notice from the Purchaser of the exercise of its MFN Right on or prior to the Notice Termination Time for such Future Financing, then: (i) effective upon the closing of such Future Financing, the terms of the Securities (and, if and to the extent relevant, the underlying securities) then held by the Purchaser and this Agreement (collectively, “Present Terms”) shall automatically be amended by (x) substituting the form, mix and Present Terms of such securities (and, if and to the extent relevant, the underlying securities) with those of the securities issued in the Future Financing (and, if and to the extent relevant, the underlying securities) (the “Future Financing Terms”) and (y) incorporating by reference, mutatis mutandis, the Future Financing Terms in lieu of the Present Terms; and (ii) thereafter, upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Purchaser, the parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other in order to further or better evidence or effect such substitution(s) and amendment(s), and to otherwise carry out the intent and purposes of this Section 5.15, including the physical exchange of securities. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the MFN Right shall also apply to an Exempt Issuance except for issuances pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Exempt Issuance.
5.16 Participation in Future Financings. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.16 and applicable securities laws, if at any time prior to the first anniversary of the of the most recent Closing, the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Company shall first offer to the Purchasers the opportunity to purchase up to twenty-five percent (25%) of such New Securities. Such offer may only be accepted with the prior written approval of the Requisite Holders. If accepted by the Requisite Holders, the Requisite Holders providing such approval and each of the other Purchasers shall be afforded the opportunity to purchase their Pro Rata Portions (as defined below) of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of such New Securities. The Purchasers shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as they deem appropriate among themselves and their Affiliates.
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(a) The Company shall give notice no fewer than five (5) Business Days in advance of the proposed date of the sale of New Securities (the “Offer Notice”) to each Purchaser, stating (a) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (b) the number of such New Securities to be offered, and (c) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.
(b) By notification to the Company within five (5) days after the Offer Notice is given (the “Notice Termination Time”), each Purchaser may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, their Pro Rata Portion of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of such New Securities. “Pro Rata Portion” means the ratio of (x) Securities purchased by a Purchaser participating under this Section 5.16(b) and (y) the sum of the aggregate Securities purchased by all Purchasers participating under this Section 5.16(b). The closing of any sale pursuant to this Section 5.16(b) shall occur within the later of ninety (90) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Section 5.16.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5.16 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance.
5.17 Purchaser’s Exercise/Conversion Limitation upon Reserved Shares Deficit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any Transaction Document, if at any time, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance by the Company in order to fulfill its obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Reserved Shares”) is less than the aggregate number of shares then issuable upon the exercise and conversion in full of all then outstanding Debentures and Warrants (a “Reserved Shares Deficit”), the Company and each Purchaser agrees that such Purchaser shall not be entitled to exercise or convert Debentures or Warrants for a number of shares of Common Stock greater than the Purchaser’s portion of the Aggregate Subscription Amount of the Reserved Shares until such time as the number of Reserved Shares is equal to or greater than the aggregate number of shares then issuable upon the exercise and conversion in full of all then outstanding Debentures and Warrants. Within one (1) day of the occurrence of a Reserved Shares Deficit, the Company shall provide notice to each Purchaser of the number of Reserved Shares and the Reserved Shares Deficit, and within one (1) day of the cure of any Reserved Shares Deficit, the Company shall provide notice to each Purchaser of such cure.
5.18 Capital Changes. Until the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the First Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake a reverse or forward share split or reclassification of the Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders. Such consent shall not be required if such action is taken to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, as applicable.
5.19 Due Diligence Review. The Company shall (i) provide such information and assistance as each Purchaser may reasonably request, (ii) grant such access to the Company and its representatives as may be reasonably necessary for their due diligence, and (iii) participate in a reasonable number of meetings and due diligence sessions in order to facilitate the due diligence efforts of each Purchaser.
5.20 Non-Circumvention Agreement. The Company shall not, in any manner circumvent or attempt to circumvent the Transactions contemplated hereunder and shall not enter into direct or indirect offers, negotiations or transactions with a third party in lieu of the Transactions hereunder.
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ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any Party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of: (a) the mutual written agreement of each of the Parties hereto to terminate this Agreement; and (b) written notice by the Company to the Purchasers or by all of the Purchasers to the Company if the First Closing has not been consummated on or prior to the 90th calendar day after the execution of this Agreement.
(b) If the Second Closing has not been consummated on or before the date that is six (6) months following the First Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Purchaser, by written notice to the Company, as to the Purchaser’s obligation hereunder to consummate the second Closing only and without any effect on the obligations of the other Parties hereunder or the rights and obligations of any Party under any other Transaction Documents.
(c) If the Third Closing has not been consummated on or before the date that is ten (10) months following the First Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Purchaser, by written notice to the Company, as to the Purchaser’s obligation hereunder to consummate the third Closing only and without any effect on the obligations of the other Parties hereunder or the rights and obligations of any Party under any other Transaction Documents.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(a), nor any termination of the Purchaser’s obligation to consummate the Second Closing pursuant to Section 6.1(b), will relieve any Party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of such termination, and each Party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach..
6.2 Fees and Expenses. Prior to the First Closing, the Company agrees to reimburse each Purchaser for all of its legal fees and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement. At the Second Closing, Third Closing and any Subsequent Closing the Company has agreed to reimburse each Purchaser for its legal fees and expenses in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to be delivered at the Second Closing, Third Closing, and any Subsequent Closing, respectively. Accordingly, in lieu of the foregoing payments, the aggregate amount that the Purchaser is required to pay for the purchase of the Securities at each of the First Closing, Second Closing, Third Closing, and any Subsequent Closing shall be reduced by the amount of any such reimbursement obligation of the Company then due. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise noticed delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to a Purchaser. The reimbursement applicable under this Section 6.2 shall not exceed an amount to be agreed among the Company and the Purchasers.
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6.3 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.
6.4 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 shown in a delivery confirmation report generated by the sender’s email system which indicates that delivery of the email to the recipient’s email address has been completed, if such notice or communication is sent via e-mail prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day; (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission shown in a delivery confirmation report generated by the sender’s email system which indicates that delivery of the email to the recipient’s email address has been completed, if such notice or communication is sent via e-mail on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day; (c) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the Party to whom such notice is required to be given, sent to the address or email address of the applicable recipient Party set forth on the signature pages attached hereto, or as to any Party hereto, at such other address as shall be designated by such Party in a written notice to the other Parties delivered in accordance with this Section 6.4. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document 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.
6.5 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 Requisite Holders, 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 any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 6.5 shall be binding upon the Purchaser, any holder of Securities, and the Company.
6.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
6.7 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 Requisite Holders. Each Purchaser may, without the consent of the Company, assign its rights hereunder (i) to any of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the Exchange Act, and (ii) solely during the continuance of any Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Debentures), to any other Person, 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.” The Company’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, shall be required for a Purchaser to assign its rights hereunder to any Person that is not one of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the Exchange Act during any period in which an Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Debentures) is not then continuing, and in addition any such transferee must agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchaser.” In any event, for any successor or assignee of a Purchaser to validly assume the rights of a Purchaser hereunder, such successor or assignee must (i) be an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) not be a direct competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary, and shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the foregoing at the Company’s request.
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6.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 5.10.
6.9 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, Borough of Manhattan 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 Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such 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.
6.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive each of the respective Closings and the delivery of the Securities at each Closing.
6.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to each other Party, it being understood that the Parties need not sign the same counterpart. 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 was an original thereof.
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6.12 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. In addition, the Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to agree upon and substitute a valid and enforceable term, provision, covenant or restriction for any such that is held invalid, void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction.
6.13 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 a 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 such 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; provided, however, that, in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Debenture or exercise of a Warrant, such Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice concurrently with the return to such Purchaser of the aggregate exercise price paid to the Company for such shares and the restoration of such Purchaser’s right to acquire such shares pursuant to such Purchaser’s Warrant (including, issuance of a replacement warrant certificate evidencing such restored right).
6.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
6.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each Purchaser and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The Parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to a Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a 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 from, disgorged by or are 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.
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6.17 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each of the Company, on behalf of itself and all of its Subsidiaries hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any Action or Proceeding that may be brought by the Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company or any Subsidiary may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action after the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest more than the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company or any Subsidiary to a Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.
6.18 Liquidated Damages. The Company’s and each Subsidiary’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
6.19 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 Business Day, then such action may be taken, or such right may be exercised, on the next succeeding Business Day.
6.20 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. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward share splits, share dividends, share combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
6.21 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, 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.
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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.
INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Joel Latham | |
Name: | Joel Latham | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
Address for Notices:
Incannex Healthcare Inc.
Suite 105
8 Century Circuit
Norwest, NSW 2153, Australia
Attention:
Email:
with a copy to:
Rimon, P.C.
Level 2
50 Bridge Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Attention: Andrew Reilly
Email:
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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser:
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: /s/ Lawrence Cutler
Name of Authorized Signatory: Lawrence Cutler
Title of Authorized Signatory:___________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: ___________________
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory: _________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):
First Closing Subscription Amount:
First Closing Principal Amount:
First Closing Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrant)
Second Closing Subscription Amount:
Second Closing Principal Amount:
Second Closing Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrant)
Third Closing Subscription Amount:
Third Closing Principal Amount:
Third Closing Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrant)
Subsequent Closing Subscription Amount:
Subsequent Closing Principal Amount:
Subsequent Closing Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as set forth in the Warrant)
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Schedules
Schedule 2.1(c)
Schedule 4.1(a)
Subsidiary | Ownership | Jurisdiction | ||||
Incannex Healthcare Pty Ltd* | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Incannex Pty Ltd* | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Psychennex Pty Ltd* | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
APIRx Pharmaceutical USA, LLC | 100 | % | Delaware | |||
APIRx Pharmaceuticals Holding BV | 100 | % | IJsselstein, Netherlands | |||
Clarion Clinics Group Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Clarion Model Clinic Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Psychennex Licensing and Franchising Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia |
* | Significant Subsidiary |
Schedule 4.1(g)(i)
30,000 warrants, expiring on August 4, 2025, with an exercise price of $40.24 per warrant, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock.
30,000 warrants, expiring on August 4, 2025, with an exercise price of $45.37, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock.
30,000 warrants, expiring on August 4, 2025, with an exercise price of $50.30 per warrant, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock.
634,147 warrants, expiring on December 31, 2025, with an exercise price of $18.74 per warrant, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock.
1,059,191 warrants, expiring on April 30, 2026, with an exercise price of $16.44 per warrant, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock.
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Exhibit A
Form of Debenture
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES
Original Issue Date: _______
Original Principal Amount: $ _______
10% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE _______20261
THIS 10% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 10% Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debentures of INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), whose registered office is at Suite 105, 8 Century Circuit, Norwest, NSW 2153, Australia, designated as its 10% Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debenture due _____2026 (this debenture, the “Debenture” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “Debentures”).
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to________ or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $_____ on __ 2026 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof. All payments due hereunder (to the extent not converted into shares Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof) shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the address or otherwise pursuant to such instructions as the Holder shall provide to the Company by written notice made in accordance with the provisions of this Debenture. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
1 | 18 months from the First Closing Date. |
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“Alternate Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Alternate Conversion Floor Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, (h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Base Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).
“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 are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(v).
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“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital shares of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and the Warrants issued together with the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Execution Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Debenture Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Dilutive Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Dilutive Issuance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Dollars” and “$” mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Execution Date” means [_], 2024.2
“Floor Price” shall mean $[___]3.
“Floor Price Spread Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i).
“Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
2 | NTD: insert signing date of SPA. |
3 | Insert 20% of the closing price on the date preceding the signing date of the SPA |
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“Indebtedness” or “indebtedness” of any person shall mean, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (i)) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm), to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all capitalized lease obligations of such person, (f) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (g) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, and (h) all guarantees by such person of indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (g) above; provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other ordinary-course payables and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm, (B) accrued expenses, (C) prepaid or deferred revenue, (D) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, or (E) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP.
“Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of (a) 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, and (b) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.
“New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(f).
“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Optional Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional Redemption Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Optional Redemption Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 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 which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preference shares, 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.
“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Debenture (i.e., the date first written above), regardless of any transfers of the Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debenture.
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“Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, and (b) the indebtedness existing on the Execution Date set forth on Schedule 20 to the Perfection Certificate
“Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent by more than 30 days or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business which secure obligations which are not more than 30 days overdue, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a), (b), and (d) thereunder, (d) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (c) thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or leased, (e) Liens incurred on Australian research and development tax incentives in Australia for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2024 pursuant to the terms of a Senior Secured Research & Development facility with FC Securities PTY Ltd, as trustee for the Fixed Interest Receivables Securities Trust, which shall have a senior security interest pursuant to the terms of intercreditor agreement with the Purchasers in a form typical for transactions of this type.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September [ ], 2024, by and among the Company, and the Purchasers party thereto (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Execution Date, among the Company and the Purchasers of the Securities issued by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by the Holder as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).
“Standard Settlement Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
“Surviving Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
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“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 or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“VWAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
Section 2. Interest. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture from and including the Original Issue Date at the rate of zero percent (0%) per annum, or upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, two percent (2.00%) per month (“Default Interest”). Accrued and unpaid Default Interest shall be due and payable monthly in arrears in cash on the first day of each month following the occurrence of any Event of Default, for Default Interest accrued through the last day of the prior month. Such interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture that is converted to Conversion Shares, provided that the Company delivers the Conversion Shares and pays the applicable Floor Price Spread Amount with respect to such conversion, if any, within the time period required by Section 4 hereof. Accrued and unpaid interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture Register”); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company represents and warrants that as of the Original Issue Date, the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner of this Debenture for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes is [Insert Holder Name].
Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) Different Denominations. This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) Investment Representations. This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.
(c) Reliance on Debenture Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 4. Conversion.
(a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at the time of each drawdown (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted in which case the Holder shall surrender this Debenture as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such conversion without delaying the Company’s obligation to deliver the shares on the Share Delivery Date. Any conversion hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable principal amount being converted provided that the Company delivers the Conversion Shares and pays the applicable Floor Price Spread Amount with respect to such conversion, if any, in accordance with this Section 4. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
(b) Conversion Price; Alternate Conversion Price. The conversion price of the Debenture in effect as of any Conversion Date shall be a price per share of Common Stock equal to $[__]4 (the “Conversion Price”) and subject to adjustment as provided herein; provided that, if the closing price of the Common Stock is less than the Conversion Price for five (5) or more Trading Days during any twenty (20) Trading Day period following the Original Issue Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert this Debenture at a price per share equal to the Alternate Conversion Price (each an “Alternate Conversion”) so long as no Alternate Conversion is at a price per share less than the Alternate Conversion Floor Price; and provided further that no conversion under this Debenture is at a price per share less than the Floor Price.
As used herein:
(A) | “Alternate Conversion Price” means the lower of (i) the then-current Conversion Price and (ii) ninety-five percent (95%) of the lowest daily VWAP during the five (5) Trading Days prior to the delivery by the Holder of the applicable Notice of Conversion, |
(B) | “Alternate Conversion Floor Price” means (i) initially, $1.50, (ii) thereafter, 50% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the date that is 6 months following Original Issue Date, and (iii) thereafter, 50% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the date that is 12 months following Original Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following an Event of Default pursuant to section 8(a)(i), (ii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) or (xviii), the “Alternate Conversion Floor Price” shall be the lower of (x) the Alternate Conversion Floor Price immediately prior to such Event of Default, and (y) 50% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of such Event of Default. Further to the foregoing, the Alternate Conversion Floor Price may be reduced at any time from the Alternate Conversion Floor Price then in effect upon the written consent of the Company and the Requisite Holders. |
4 | Insert price that is 115% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day preceding the date of the Issuance of the Note |
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(C) | “VWAP” means, as of any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the per share daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, for the nearest preceding Trading Day) on the 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. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if the Common Stock is listed on the OTCQB or OTCQX, the per share volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, for the nearest preceding Trading Day) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on any Trading Market or OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (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 (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company. |
(c) Mechanics of Conversion; Floor Price Spread Payments.
(i) Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount; Floor Price Spread Payments. The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion as of any Conversion Date hereunder shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by the Conversion Price as of such Conversion Date; provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, that if the Floor Price exceeds the Conversion Price on any Conversion Date, then (1) the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon the applicable conversion hereunder shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by the Floor Price as of such Conversion Date, and (2) the Company shall pay the Holder an amount in cash on the applicable Share Delivery Date with respect to such conversion (a “Floor Price Spread Amount”) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the amount obtained by subtracting the Conversion Price as of such Conversion Date from the Floor Price as of such Conversion Date by (B) the amount obtained by subtracting (x) the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by the Conversion Price as of such Conversion Date from (y) the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by the Floor Price as of such Conversion Date.
(ii) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion; Floor Price Spread Payments. Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of (i) the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Applicable Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the applicable conversion of this Debenture). On or after the earlier of (i) the six-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Applicable Effective Date, the Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. Any Floor Price Spread Amount payable with respect to a conversion of the Debenture as determined in accordance with Section 4(c)(i) above shall be due and payable by the Company in full on the Share Delivery Date for such conversion. As used herein, the term “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of any Notice of Conversion.
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(iii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.
(iv) Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are 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 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 the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, 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, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the 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.
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(v) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases a number of shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total 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 Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(vi) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and any other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public resale in accordance with such Registration Statement (subject to such Holder’s compliance with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement).
(vii) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
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(viii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
(d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, 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 (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) 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 and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture 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) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates or Attribution Parties) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, 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 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the 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 Company’s 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 one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. 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 Debenture, 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 Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Debenture or the other Transaction Documents, while the Company is listed on the Trading Market and prior to the receipt of the Shareholder Approval, the Holder and the Company agree that nothing in the Transaction Documents shall require the Company to issue any Common Stock to Lender to the extent such issuance would result in the aggregate number of Underlying Shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents to exceed the Conversion Cap. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.
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Section 5. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Share Dividends and Share Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in Common Stock on Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Debentures), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse share split) outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of Common Stock or any capital shares of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders 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) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase, or otherwise issues, any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price and/or the then Floor Price (such lower price, the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive Issuance”), then simultaneously with the consummation of each Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price and/or the Floor Price, as applicable, shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward share splits, recapitalizations and similar transactions following the date of the Purchase Agreement); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, the effect of any adjustment to the Conversion Price and/or Floor Price pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be to reduce and not increase the Conversion Price and/or Floor Price, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
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(c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase shares, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Debenture 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 Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares 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 Debenture, 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 conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders 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 not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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(e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock (not including any Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Debenture is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Debenture, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Debenture a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture which is convertible for a corresponding number of capital shares of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Debenture) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such capital shares (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such capital shares, such number of capital shares and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Debenture immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 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 5, 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 any treasury shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
(g) Notice to the Holder.
(i) Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion 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 of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital shares of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) 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 filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, at least twenty (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 Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery 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 convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 6. Mandatory Prepayment; Redemption.
(a) Mandatory Prepayment. If, at any time prior to the full repayment or full conversion of all amounts owed under this Debenture, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives cash proceeds from the issuance of equity or indebtedness (other than the issuance of other Debentures), in one or more financing transactions, whether publicly offered or privately arranged (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Arena ELOC), the Company shall, within one (1) Business Day of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary’s receipt of such proceeds, inform the Holder of such receipt via written notice (a “Mandatory Prepayment Notice”), whereupon the Holder shall have the right in its sole discretion to require, by written notice to the Company delivered within five (5) Business Days of the Holder’s receipt of any such Mandatory Prepayment Notice, that the Company immediately apply up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross cash proceeds received from the applicable financing transaction to prepay the Company’s then outstanding obligations under the Debentures (a “Mandatory Prepayment Exercise Notice”). The Company shall, within one (1) Business Day of the Company’s receipt of a Mandatory Prepayment Exercise Notice, prepay the Company’s then outstanding obligations under the Debentures; provided, such gross cash proceeds shall be applied to prepay all of the Debentures then outstanding pro rata in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amount of each Debenture at the time the Holder delivers the applicable Mandatory Prepayment Exercise Notice.
(b) Optional Redemption at Election of Company.
(i) Subject to the provisions of this Section 6(b), the Company may deliver a notice to the Holder at any time (an “Optional Redemption Notice”, and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional Redemption Notice Date”) of its irrevocable election to redeem all or any portion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the sum of (1) 110% of the portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture elected to be redeemed plus 100% of accrued but unpaid interest thereon and (2) all liquidated damages and other amounts then due in respect of the Debenture (the “Optional Redemption Amount”) on the 30th calendar day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional Redemption Date”, and such redemption, the “Optional Redemption”); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company may not deliver an Optional Redemption Notice at a time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(ii) The Optional Redemption Amount shall be payable in full on the Optional Redemption Date. If the Company elects to redeem this Debenture pursuant to this Section 6 or any other Debenture, it shall redeem all outstanding Debentures in full simultaneously by paying the Holder the applicable Optional Redemption Amount payable with respect to all outstanding Debentures on the same Optional Redemption Date. If any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount payable in respect of an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of two (2%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holder may elect, by written notice to the Company given at any time thereafter, to invalidate such Optional Redemption, ab initio, and, with respect to the Company’s failure to honor the Optional Redemption, the Company shall have no further right to exercise such Optional Redemption. The Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under this Section 6 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company. The Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full.
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Section 7. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the Holder shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to, directly or indirectly:
(a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;
(b) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;
(c) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation or memorandum of association, and articles of association or bylaws, as applicable, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder;
(d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to (i) the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers and directors during the term of this Debenture;
(e) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, (ii) regularly scheduled principal and interest payments of Indebtedness outstanding as of the Execution Date in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect as of the Execution Date and (iii) regularly scheduled principal and interest payments of Permitted Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof; provided that payments pursuant to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not be permitted if, at such time, or after giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exists or occurs;
(f) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;
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(g) enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval);
(h) sell, dispose, assign, exchange, gift, lease, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any material portion of its assets outside the ordinary course of business;
(i) engage in any line of business substantially different from (i) those lines of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or (ii) any business substantially related or incidental, complementary, corollary, synergistic or ancillary thereto or reasonable extensions thereof;
(j) (i) grant any waiver (expressly or impliedly) or provide its consent to any matter under, (ii) amend or vary or agree to any amendment or variation of, or (iii) avoid, release, surrender, terminate (other than on expiry by effluxion of time), rescind, discharge, suspend or accept any termination, rescission or repudiation of, the Intercompany Loan Agreement; or
(k) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section 8. Events of Default.
(a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages, any Floor Price Spread Amount, and/or any other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date, Share Delivery Date, Optional Redemption Date, or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise, as applicable) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other payment default under clause (B) above, is not cured within 3 Trading Days;
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(ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Debenture (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) or in any other Transaction Document, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;
(iii) any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers in this Debenture, any other Transaction Document, or any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate pursuant hereto or thereto shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;
(iv) the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $250,000 whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (v) above), which default is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such default sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such default;
(vi) the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within 5 Trading Days;
(vii) the Company (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction;
(viii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall sell dispose, assign, exchange, gift, lease, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any asset, undertaking or business outside of the ordinary course of business, without the prior written consent of the Holder;
(ix) the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 90th calendar day after the Closing Date or the Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement);
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(x) if, during an Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of any Registration Statement lapses for any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under a Registration Statement for a period of more than 20 consecutive Trading Days or 30 non-consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided, however, that if the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and, in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, a Registration Statement would be required to be amended to include information concerning such pending transaction(s) or the parties thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10 consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section 8(a)(x);
(xi) the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Conversion Shares to a Holder prior to the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;
(xii) the electronic transfer by the Company of Common Stock through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation is no longer available or is subject to a “chill”;
(xiii) any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $250,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;
(xiv) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
(xv) the Company or any Subsidiary shall attempt to liquidate or dissolve itself without the prior written consent of the Holder;
(xvi) any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: (a) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary; (c) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their assets; (d) enforcement of any Lien over any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (e) or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction in relation to the foregoing.
(xvii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or assets; (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic); (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic); (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press release regarding same; or (vii) take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;
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(xviii) a proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without its application or consent, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking: (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts; (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) similar relief in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of forty-five (45) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect for a period of forty-five (45) days;
(xix) any Subsidiary is not or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company; or
(xx) any Transaction Document or any interest of the Holder thereunder shall, for any reason, be terminated, invalidated, void or unenforceable.
(b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, then the Holder may, by written notice to the Company, declare the entire outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and all other amounts then owing in respect thereof to be forthwith due and payable immediately in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount, whereupon the entire principal amount of this Debenture, all such accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and all such other amounts shall become forth with due and payable immediately in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law; provided however, that in the case of any Event of Default pursuant to clause (xvi), (xvii) or (xviii) of Section 8(a), the entire outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and all other amounts then owing in respect thereof shall automatically become and be due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company.
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Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications provided for hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission shown in a delivery confirmation report generated by the sender’s email system which indicates that delivery of the email to the recipient’s email address has been completed, if such notice or communication is sent via e-mail prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day; (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission shown in a delivery confirmation report generated by the sender’s email system which indicates that delivery of the email to the recipient’s email address has been completed, if such notice or communication is sent via e-mail on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day; (c) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given, addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Incannex Healthcare Inc.
Suite 105
8 Century Circuit
Norwest, NSW 2153, Australia
Attention: Joel Latham
Email:
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Rimôn Law Pty Ltd
Level 2
50 Bridge Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Attention: Andrew Reilly
Email:
If to the Holder:
[Holder]
405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor New York, NY 10174
Attention: Yoav Stramer, Director
e-mail:
or as to the Company or the Holder, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a).
(b) Amendments. This Debenture and any provision hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder. The term “Debenture” and all references thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented.
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(c) Assignability. This Debenture shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. The Company shall not assign this Debenture or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holder. The Holder may, without the consent of the Company, assign its rights hereunder (i) to any of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the Exchange Act, and (ii) solely during the continuance of any Event of Default, to any other Person. The Company’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, shall be required for the Holder to assign its rights hereunder to any Person that is not one of its “affiliates”, as that term is defined under the Exchange Act during any period in which an Event of Default is not then continuing. Notwithstanding anything in this Debenture to the contrary, this Debenture may be pledged as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted outstanding principal amount of this Debenture represented by this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
(d) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.
(e) Lost or Mutilated Debenture. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(f) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture 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 conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts 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 such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such 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 Debenture 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 applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(g) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.
(h) Severability. If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Debenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.
(i) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Debenture shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Debenture and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Debenture. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Debenture.
(j) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(k) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
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(l) Payments. So long as the Maturity Date has not yet occurred and the Debenture has not been accelerated, payments made hereunder (other than payments effected pursuant to any conversion of the Debenture) shall be applied, (i) first, to reimbursable expenses of the Holder and liquidated damages then due and payable hereunder and/or pursuant to any other Transaction Documents, and (ii) then payments matching specific scheduled payments then due shall be applied to those scheduled payments. At any time after the Maturity Date or after the Debenture has been accelerated, all payments remitted to the Holder by the Company and all proceeds of the collateral securing the Company’s obligations hereunder or any enforcement action (including any payments by any guarantors of the Company’s obligations hereunder) received by the Holder shall be applied as follows: (i) first, to the reimbursable expenses of the Holder, indemnity claims of the Holder and liquidated damages then due and payable to the Holder hereunder and/or pursuant to any other Transaction Documents, (ii) second, to pay interest due and payable in respect of the Debenture until paid in fall, (iii) third, to pay principal of the Debenture until paid in full; (iv) fourth, to pay any other obligations then due in respect of the Debenture or any other Transaction Documents; and (v) lastly, to the Company or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(m) Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the Holder, immediately upon written notice from the Holder, all out-of- pocket costs, expenses, and disbursements, including without limitation, legal expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Holder in connection with: (i) the collection, attempted collection, or negotiation and documentation of any settlement or workout of any payment due hereunder, (ii) enforcement of this Debenture or any other Transaction Document (including without limitation, any costs and expenses of any third party provider engaged by the Holder for such purpose), (iii) collection, protection, or enforcement of any rights of the Holder in the collateral securing the Company’s obligations hereunder, and (iv) any suit or proceeding whatsoever in regard to this Debenture or the protection or enforcement of the lien of any instrument securing this Debenture, including, without limitation, in connection with any litigation, mediation, bankruptcy or administrative proceeding, and including any appellate proceeding or judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceeding in connection therewith.
(n) Secured Obligations. The obligations of the Company under the Debentures are secured by (i) a pledge of all assets of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement (ii) the Guarantee and (iii) the other Security Documents.
(o) Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of the Company under the Debentures are guaranteed by each Significant Subsidiary pursuant to the Guarantee (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time).
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Section 10. New Subsidiaries. If the Company or any Subsidiary forms or acquires any new direct or indirect Subsidiary, or any Subsidiary merges, amalgamates, or consolidates with or into any other Person and such Subsidiary is not the surviving entity as a result of such merger, amalgamation, or consolidation (any such surviving entity, a “Surviving Entity”), the Company agrees to, or to cause such Subsidiary or Surviving Entity to, concurrently with such formation, acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, as applicable, (i) provide notice to the Holder of such formation, acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (ii) cause such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary or Surviving Entity to become a party to the Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to an assumption agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Holder, and (iii) execute and/or deliver, and/or cause such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary or Surviving Entity and any other applicable Subsidiary to execute and/or deliver, such other agreements or documents as are determined by the Holder to be necessary or advisable in order for all of the capital shares in such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary or Surviving Entity to be pledged as additional collateral for the obligations of the Company under the Debentures and for such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary or Surviving Entity to pledge all of its assets as additional collateral for the obligations of the Company under the Debentures, and (iv) deliver to the Holder an opinion of counsel in form and substance acceptable to the Holder addressing, among other things, the due authorization, due execution and delivery and enforceability of the foregoing documents with respect to such Subsidiary or Surviving Entity.
Section 11. Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Debenture, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days after such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 10% Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | Joel Latham | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
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ANNEX A NOTICE OF CONVERSION
The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 10% Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debenture issued on and due 20265 of Incannex Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”), into common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If the Common Stock is to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid Common Stock.
Conversion calculations:
Date to Effect Conversion:
Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
Signature:
Name:
Address for Delivery of Certificates for Common Stock:
Or
DWAC Instructions:
Broker No: ____________
Account No: ___________
5 | 18 months from the First Closing Date. |
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Exhibit B
Form of Warrant
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES AS TO WHICH THIS SECURITY MAY BE EXERCISED HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC.
Warrant Shares: _______
Date of Issuance: _______ (“Issuance Date”)
This COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received (in connection with the issuance of the convertible debenture in the principal amount of $______ to the Holder (as defined below) of even date) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Debenture”), [HOLDER], a [Jurisdiction] [type of entity] (including any permitted and registered assigns, the “Holder”), is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date of issuance hereof until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on [_____]6, to purchase from INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ________7 shares of Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) (whereby such number may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant) at the Exercise Price per share then in effect. This Warrant is issued by the Company as of the date hereof in connection with that certain securities purchase agreement dated September [ ], 2024, by and among the Company, the Holder, and certain other purchasers party thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined in the body of this Warrant or in Section 15 below.
6 | Insert the date that is the 5th year anniversary of the issuance date |
7 | Insert amount of shares equal to 25% of the initial principal amount of the Debenture issued to the Holder on the Issuance Date divided by 100% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the Issuance Date. |
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For purposes of this Warrant, the term “Exercise Price” shall mean a price per share that is equal to 115% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Issuance Date, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
Section 1. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time or times during the Exercise Period by delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. 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. On or before the second Trading Day (the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”) following the date on which the Holder sent the Exercise Notice to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent, and upon receipt by the Company of payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which all or a portion of this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price” and together with the Exercise Notice, the “Exercise Delivery Documents”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or by cashless exercise, in which case there shall be no Aggregate Exercise Price provided), the Company shall (or direct its transfer agent to) either (i) cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by its transfer agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account 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 either (x) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to, or resale of the Warrant Shares by, the Holder, or (y) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants), or otherwise issue and deliver by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise (or deliver such Common Stock in electronic format if requested by the Holder). Upon delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate (but not Rule 144) purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) business days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 5) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.
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If the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to issue to the Holder the respective Common Stock by the respective Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise in Holder’s sole discretion in addition to all other rights and remedies at law, under this Warrant, or otherwise, and such failure shall also be deemed an event of default under the Debenture, a material breach under this Warrant, and a material breach under the Purchase Agreement. In addition, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third (3rd) Trading Day following the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable.
(b) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after 180 days following the First Closing Date (“Registration Deadline”), there is no effective registration statement registering, or no currently prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder (a “Registration Default”), 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) | = | as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(77) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 1(a) or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day; | |
(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. |
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If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrant being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 1(b).
“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Principal 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. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Principal Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (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 (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the date that is sixty (60) months following the Issuance Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 1(b).
(c) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant as a consequence of any adjustment pursuant hereto. All Warrant Shares (including fractions) issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the exercise would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after aggregation, the exercise would result in the issuance of a fractional share, the Company shall, in lieu of issuance of any fractional share, pay the Holder otherwise entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to the product resulting from multiplying the then-current fair market value of a Warrant Share by such fraction.
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(d) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, 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 Exercise Notice, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates (the “Affiliates”), and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), 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 Attribution Parties 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 or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 1(d), 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 Holder that the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. 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(d), 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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 Company’s 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 then outstanding. 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 or Attribution Parties 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 Common Stock outstanding at the time of the respective calculation hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant or the other Transaction Documents, while the Company is listed on the Trading Market and prior to the receipt of the Shareholder Approval, the Holder and the Company agree that nothing in the Transaction Documents shall require the Company to issue any Common Stock to Lender to the extent such issuance would result in the aggregate number of Underlying Shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents to exceed the Conversion Cap. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
(e) 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 Company’s transfer agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant (including but not limited to Section 1(a) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the respective 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, 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, within one (1) business day of Holder’s request, the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue multiplied by (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 within one (1) business day of Holder’s request 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, or effectuates a cashless exercise hereunder for, Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise 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 Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
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(f) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of 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 Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares 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 that 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 an Assignment Form, in a form that is reasonably acceptable to Holder and the Company, duly executed by the Holder. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Exercise Notice and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares. The Company shall pay all attorney fees required for the issuance of attorney legal opinions for removal of restrictive legends on Warrant Shares.
(g) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 2. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Share Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a share dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse share split) outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of Common Stock any shares of share capital of the Company, then in each case (excluding a reverse share split, in which event this Section shall only be applicable one-time) 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 shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. This proportional adjustment shall continue until such time as the Warrant is fully exercised.
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(b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company issues or sells, announces any offer, sale, or other disposition of, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued, sold or granted (or makes an announcement regarding the same), any Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents (including the issuance or sale of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any securities issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold solely in connection with an Exempt Issuance) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything contained herein, if at the time the Holder elects to exercise the Warrant the New Issuance Price is higher than the Exercise Price determined pursuant to the second paragraph of this Warrant, the Exercise Price shall be as determined by such second paragraph. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:
(i) If the Company in any manner grants, issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to grant, issue or sell) any Options (as defined below) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option (as defined below) or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of any such Option (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option (as defined below) for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option (as defined below) or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of any such Option (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option (as defined below), upon exercise of such Option (as defined below) and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of such Option (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option (as defined below) for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options (as defined below) or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of any such Option (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting, issuance or sale of such Option (as defined below), upon exercise of such Option (as defined below) and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of such Option (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (as defined below) (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such Common Stock Equivalents upon the exercise of such Options (as defined below) or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Common Stock Equivalents. “Option” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities. “Convertible Securities” means any shares or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any Common Stock.
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(ii) If the Company in any manner issues or sells (or enters into any agreement to issue or sell) any Common Stock Equivalents and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Common Stock Equivalents for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Common Stock Equivalents and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Common Stock Equivalents or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Common Stock Equivalents for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Common Stock Equivalents (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Common Stock Equivalents plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Common Stock Equivalents (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Common Stock Equivalents or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Common Stock Equivalents is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(iii) If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents, or the rate at which any Common Stock Equivalents are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Common Stock Equivalents provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Common Stock Equivalents that were outstanding as of the date this Warrant was issued are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Common Stock Equivalents and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
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(iv) If any Option and/or Common Stock Equivalents and/or Adjustment Right (as defined below) is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “Primary Security”, and such Option and/or Common Stock Equivalents and/or Adjustment Right (as defined below), the “Secondary Securities”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Value (as defined below), as applicable, of such Adjustment Right (as defined below), if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Common Stock Equivalents, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Common Stock Equivalents, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Value (as defined below)) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Common Stock Equivalents, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Value (as defined below)) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Common Stock Equivalents, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Value (as defined below)) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company). “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale hereunder) of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Sections 2(c) and 2(d) hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).
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(v) If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in Common Stock Equivalents or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).
(c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase shares, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(d) 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 Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares 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 on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders 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 not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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(e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
(i) | the Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person; |
(ii) | the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; |
(iii) | any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock; |
(iv) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property; or |
(v) | the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock (not including any Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any Beneficial Ownership Limitation on the exercise of this Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any Beneficial Ownership Limitation on the exercise of this Warrant). |
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For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within thirty (30) days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity, as of the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration is in the form of cash, shares or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Common Stock will be deemed to have received common stock, as applicable, of the Successor Entity (which entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.
“Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting:
(A) | a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the date that is sixty (60) months following the Issuance Date; |
(B) | an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction; |
(C) | the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to this Section 2(e); |
(D) | a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the date that is sixty (60) months following the Issuance Date; and |
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(E) | a zero cost of borrow. |
The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of:
(i) | five (5) Business Days of the Holder’s election and |
(ii) | the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. |
The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder, in exchange for this Warrant, a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of share capital or capital stock, as applicable, of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of share capital or capital stock, as applicable (but taking into account the relative value of the Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of share capital or capital stock, as applicable, such number of shares of share capital or capital stock, as applicable, and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder.
Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
(f) 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.
(g) 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 deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email 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.
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(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 share capital of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders 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 delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the records of the Company, at least twenty (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 Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its 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.
Section 3. Non-Circumvention. The Company covenants and agrees that it will not, by amendment of its Organizational Documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, 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, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder as set forth in this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, (iii) shall 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, and (iii) shall, for so long as this Warrant is outstanding, have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, one (1) times the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Warrants are then exercisable into to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise).
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Section 4. Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Warrant, in and of itself, shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Section 5. Reissuance.
(a) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company will, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.
(b) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, and shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date.
Section 6. Transfer. This Warrant shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the rights, interests or obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior signed written consent of the Holder, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Holder (any such assignment or transfer shall be null and void if the Company does not obtain the prior signed written consent of the Holder). This Warrant or any of the severable rights and obligations inuring to the benefit of or to be performed by Holder hereunder may be assigned by Holder to a third party, in whole or in part, without the need to obtain the Company’s consent thereto.
Section 7. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, 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 issuing the necessary 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 Principal Market 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).
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.
Section 8. 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 Purchase 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.
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Section 9. 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 shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
Section 10. 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.
Section 11. Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with the notice provisions contained in the Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least 20 days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or other property, pro rata to the holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
Section 12. Amendment and Waiver. The terms of this Warrant may be amended or waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.
Section 13. Governing Law and Venue. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state court of the State of New York sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The parties to this Warrant hereby irrevocably waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue or based upon forum non conveniens. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT, OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of any agreement. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Warrant or any other transaction document entered into in connection with this Warrant 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 the Purchase 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.
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Section 14. Acceptance. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.
Section 15. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
(b) “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, (i) the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, or (ii) if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market for such security, or (iii) if neither clause (i) or (ii) apply to such security, the average of the bid and ask prices of any market makers for such security. If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
(c) “Exercise Period” means the period commencing on the Issuance Date and ending on 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on the date that is sixty (60) months after the Issuance Date.
(d) “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
(e) “Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation any debt, preference shares, rights, options, warrants 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.
(f) “Principal Market” means the principal securities exchange or trading market where such Common Stock is listed or quoted, including but not limited to any tier of the OTC Markets, any tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market (including The Nasdaq Capital Market), the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE American, or any successor to such markets.
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(g) “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted on its Principal Market, provided, however, that if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on any Principal Market, then any calendar day.
(h) “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, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
(i) “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 a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the 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. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (ii) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (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 (iv) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set forth above.
INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
(To be executed by the registered holder to exercise this Common Stock Purchase Warrant)
THE UNDERSIGNED holder hereby exercises the right to purchase of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of INCANNEX HEALTHCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached copy of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. | Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check one): |
☐ a cash exercise with respect to ___________Warrant Shares; or
☐ by cashless exercise pursuant to the Warrant.
2. | Payment of Exercise Price. If cash exercise is selected above, the holder shall pay the applicable Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. |
3. | Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. |
Dated: ______________
ARENA INVESTORS, LP | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT OF WARRANT
(To be signed only upon authorized transfer of the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the right to purchase common stock of INCANNEX HEALTHCARE, INC. to which the within Common Stock Purchase Warrant relates and appoints , as attorney-in-fact, to transfer said right on the books of INCANNEX HEALTHCARE, INC. with full power of substitution and re-substitution in the premises. By accepting such transfer, the transferee has agreed to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions of the within Warrant.
Dated: ___________
(Signature) * | |
(Name) | |
(Address) | |
(Social Security or Tax Identification No.) |
* | The signature on this Assignment of Warrant must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. When signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, please indicate your position(s) and title(s) with such entity. |
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Exhibit C
Form of Guarantee
GUARANTEE (the “Guarantee”), dated as of September __, 2024, by the Guarantors (as defined below) in favor of the Purchasers (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Incannex Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), is the holder of certain equity interests of the Guarantors; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Security Agreement (defined below), the Borrower is pledging 100% of its equity interests in each Guarantor in favor of the Purchasers as Collateral (as defined therein);
WHEREAS, (a) the Borrower and the purchasers parties thereto (the “Purchasers”) have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “SPA”); (b) the Borrower has agreed to issue to the Purchasers 10% original issue discount secured convertible debentures (as amended and in effect from time to time, each, individually, a “Debenture” and collectively, the “Debentures”) subject to the terms of the SPA; and (c) the Borrower and the Purchasers are parties to that certain Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “Security Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantors are members of a group of related entities, the success of any one of which is dependent in part on the success of the other members of such group;
WHEREAS, the Guarantors expect to receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the SPA and the Debentures (including, without limitation, the extensions of credit to the Borrower by the Purchasers pursuant to the SPA and the Debentures) (which benefits are hereby acknowledged);
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Purchasers’ willingness to enter into the SPA and the Debentures and make the loans to the Borrower thereunder that the Guarantors execute and deliver to the Purchasers a guaranty substantially in the form hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantors wish to jointly and severally guaranty the Borrower’s, and any other Person’s obligations to the Purchasers under or with respect to the SPA, the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents (as such term is defined in the SPA) as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Purchasers as follows:
1. Definitions. The term (a) “Obligations” means, collectively, all debts, liabilities and obligations (including, without limitation, any expenses, costs and charges incurred by or on behalf of the Purchasers in connection with any Transaction Document), present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time or from time to time due or accruing due and owing by or otherwise payable by the Borrower or the Guarantors to the Purchasers in any currency, under, in connection with or pursuant to any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, this Guarantee), and whether incurred by the Borrower, the Guarantors individually or jointly with another or others and whether as principal, guarantor or surety and in whatever name or style; (b) “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Guarantee and the “Transaction Documents” as defined in the SPA; and (c) “Guarantors” means Incannex Healthcare Pty Ltd; Incannex Pty Ltd and Psychennex Pty Ltd; (individually, each a “Guarantor”). All other capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings provided therefor in the SPA.
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2. Guarantee of Payment and Performance. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee to the Purchasers the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by required pre-payment, by acceleration or otherwise), as well as the performance, of all of the Obligations, including all such payments which would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay pursuant to §362(a) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code and the operation of §§502(b) and 506(b) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of the Borrower. This Guarantee is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guaranty of the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Obligations and not of their collectability only and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that the Purchasers first attempt to collect any of the Obligations from the Borrower or any other Person or resort to any collateral security or other means of obtaining payment. Should the Borrower default in the payment or performance of any of the Obligations, the joint and several obligations of the Guarantors hereunder with respect to such Obligations in default shall, upon demand by the Purchasers, become immediately due and payable to the Purchasers, without demand or notice of any nature, all of which are expressly waived by the Guarantors. Payments by the Guarantors hereunder may be required by the Purchasers on any number of occasions. All payments by the Guarantors hereunder shall be made to the Purchasers, in the manner and at the place of payment specified therefor in the Debentures, for the account of the Purchasers. The Guarantors shall make all payments hereunder without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans, restrictions or conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or other authority therein unless the Guarantors are compelled by law to make such deduction or withholding. If any such obligation is imposed upon the Guarantors with respect to any amount payable by it hereunder, the Guarantors will pay to the Purchasers on the date on which such amount is due and payable hereunder, such additional amount in U.S. dollars as shall be necessary to enable the Purchasers to receive the same net amount which the Purchasers would have received on such due date had no such obligation been imposed upon the Guarantors. The Guarantors will deliver promptly to the Purchasers certificates or other valid vouchers for all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect to payments made by the Guarantors hereunder. The obligations of the Guarantors under this paragraph shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and termination of this Guarantee.
3. Guarantors’ Agreement to Pay Enforcement Costs, etc. The Guarantors further agree, as the principal obligors and not as guarantors only, to pay to the Purchasers, on demand, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including court costs and legal expenses) incurred or expended by the Purchasers in connection with the collection of the Obligations, this Guarantee and the enforcement thereof, together with interest on amounts recoverable under this §3 from the time when such amounts become due until payment, whether before or after judgment, at the rate of interest for overdue principal set forth in the Debentures, provided that if such interest exceeds the maximum amount permitted to be paid under applicable law, then such interest shall be reduced to such maximum permitted amount.
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4. Waivers by Guarantors; Purchasers’ Freedom to Act. The Guarantors agree that the Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with their respective terms to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Purchasers with respect thereto. The Guarantors waive promptness, diligence, presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceptance, notice of any Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind, all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets the Borrower or any other entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any of the Obligations, and all suretyship defenses generally. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantors agree to the provisions of any instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Obligation and agrees that the joint and several obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of the Purchasers to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any of the Obligations; (b) any extensions, compromise, refinancing, consolidation or renewals of any Obligation; (c) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any of the Obligations or any rescissions, waivers, compromise, refinancing, consolidation or other amendments or modifications of any of the terms or provisions of the SPA, the Debentures, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any of the Obligations; (d) the addition, substitution or release of any entity or other person primarily or secondarily liable for any Obligation; (e) the adequacy of any rights which the Purchasers may have against any collateral security or other means of obtaining repayment of any of the Obligations; (f) the impairment of any collateral securing any of the Obligations, including without limitation the failure to perfect or preserve any rights which the Purchasers might have in such collateral security or the substitution, exchange, surrender, release, loss or destruction of any such collateral security; or (g) any other act or omission which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantors or otherwise operate as a release or discharge of the Guarantors, all of which may be done without notice to the Guarantors. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Guarantors hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of (i) any “one action” or “anti-deficiency” law which would otherwise prevent the Purchasers from bringing any action, including any claim for a deficiency, or exercising any other right or remedy (including any right of set-off), against the Guarantors before or after the Purchasers’ commencement or completion of any foreclosure action, whether judicially, by exercise of power of sale or otherwise, or (ii) any other law which in any other way would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Purchasers.
5. Unenforceability of Obligations Against Borrower. If for any reason of the Borrower, the Guarantors have no legal existence or is under no legal obligation to discharge any of the Obligations, or if any of the Obligations have become irrecoverable from the Borrower, the Guarantors by reason of the Borrower’s, such Guarantors’ insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization or by other operation of law or for any other reason, this Guarantee shall nevertheless be binding on the Guarantors to the same extent as if the Guarantors at all times had been the principal obligors on all such Obligations. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or the Guarantors, or for any other reason, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the SPA, the Debentures, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any Obligation shall be immediately due and payable by the Guarantors.
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6. Subrogation; Subordination.
6.1. Waiver of Rights Against Borrower. Until the final payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, the Guarantors shall not exercise, and the Guarantors hereby waive, any rights against the Borrower arising as a result of payment by the Guarantors hereunder, by way of subrogation, reimbursement, restitution, contribution or otherwise, and will not prove any claim in competition with the Purchasers in respect of any payment hereunder in any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization case or proceedings of any nature; the Guarantors will not claim any setoff, recoupment or counterclaim against the Borrower in respect of any liability of the Guarantors to the Borrower; and the Guarantors waive any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral security which may be held by the Purchasers.
6.2. Subordination. The payment of any amounts due with respect to any indebtedness of the Borrower for money borrowed or credit received now or hereafter owed to the Guarantors by the Borrower are hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full of all of the Obligations. The Guarantors agree that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any default in the payment of any of the Obligations or upon the occurrence and continuation of any other Event of Default, the Guarantors will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness of the Borrower to the Guarantors until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Guarantors shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness while any Obligations are still outstanding, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by the Guarantors as trustees for the Purchasers and be paid over to the Purchasers on account of the Obligations without affecting in any manner the liability of the Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guarantee.
6.3. Provisions Supplemental. The provisions of this §6 shall be supplemental to and not in derogation of any rights and remedies of the Purchasers under any separate subordination agreement which the Purchasers may at any time and from time to time enter into with the Guarantors.
7. Security; Setoff. Excluding Permitted Liens and except as permitted by the Security Agreement, the Guarantors grant to the Purchasers, as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder, a continuing lien on and security interest in all securities or other property belonging to the Guarantors now or hereafter held by the Purchasers and in all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) and other sums credited by or due from the Purchasers to the Guarantors or subject to withdrawal by the Guarantors. Regardless of the adequacy of any collateral security or other means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations, the Purchasers are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors (any such notice being expressly waived by the Guarantors) and to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply such deposits and other sums against the obligations of the Guarantors under this Guarantee, whether or not the Purchasers shall have made any demand under this Guarantee and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured.
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8. Further Assurances. The Guarantors agree that it will from time to time, at the request of the Purchasers, do all such things and execute all such documents as the Purchasers may reasonably request and consider necessary or desirable to give full effect to this Guarantee and to perfect and preserve the rights and powers of the Purchasers hereunder. The Guarantors acknowledge and confirms that the Guarantors themselves have established their own adequate means of obtaining from the Borrower on a continuing basis all information desired by the Guarantors concerning the financial condition of the Borrower and that the Guarantors will look to the Borrower and not to the Purchasers in order for the Guarantors to keep adequately informed of changes in the Borrower’s financial condition.
9. Termination; Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until the Purchasers are given written notice of the Guarantors’ intention to discontinue this Guarantee with respect to the Guarantors, notwithstanding any intermediate or temporary payment or settlement of the whole or any part of the Obligations. No such notice shall be effective unless received by the Purchasers at the address of Purchasers for notices set forth in the SPA. No such notice shall affect any rights of the Purchasers hereunder, including without limitation the rights set forth in §§4 and 6, with respect to any Obligations incurred or accrued prior to the receipt of such notice or any Obligations incurred or accrued pursuant to any contract or commitment in existence prior to such receipt. This Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, notwithstanding any such notice, if at any time any payment made or value received with respect to any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Purchasers upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made or value received.
10. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantors, their successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Purchasers may assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document or any other agreement or note held by them evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with the Obligations, or sell participations in any interest therein, to any other entity or other person, and such other entity or other person shall thereupon become vested, to the extent set forth in the agreement evidencing such assignment, transfer or participation, with all the rights in respect thereof granted to the Purchasers herein, all in accordance with, and subject to, the SPA and the Debentures. The Guarantors may not assign any of their obligations hereunder.
11. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guarantee nor consent to any departure by the Guarantors therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Purchasers. No failure on the part of the Purchasers to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
12. Notices. All notices and other communications called for hereunder shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly made or given when made or given in accordance with the procedures set forth in the SPA and addressed as follows: if to the Guarantors, at the address set forth beneath its signature hereto, and if to the Purchasers, at the address for notices to the Purchasers set forth in the SPA, or at such address as either party may designate in writing to the other.
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13. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Guarantors agree that any suit for the enforcement of this Guarantee may be brought in the courts of the STATE OF NEW YORK sitting in the Borough of Manhattan or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any federal court for the Southern District of New York (and appellate courts thereof) and consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such court and to service of process in any such suit being made upon the Guarantors by mail at the address specified by reference in §12. The Guarantors hereby waive any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit or any such court or that such suit was brought in an inconvenient court.
14. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE GUARANTORS HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF SUCH RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS. Except as prohibited by law, the Guarantors hereby waive any right which it may have to claim or recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages other than, or in addition to, actual damages. The Guarantors (i) certify that neither the Purchasers nor any representative, agent or attorney of the Purchasers have represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Purchasers would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers and (ii) acknowledges that, in entering into the SPA, the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents to which the Purchasers are a party, the Purchasers are relying upon, among other things, the waivers and certifications contained in this §14.
15. Miscellaneous. This Guarantee constitutes the entire agreement of the Guarantors with respect to the matters set forth herein. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law or any other agreement, and this Guarantee shall be in addition to any other guaranty of or collateral security for any of the Obligations. The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more sections of this Guarantee shall not affect the validity or enforceability of its remaining provisions. Captions are for the ease of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of the relevant provisions. The meanings of all defined terms used in this Guarantee shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
16. Effectiveness. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Guarantee by facsimile transmission or by email with a PDF attachment shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. This Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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[Signature Page to Subsidiary Guarantee]
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Exhibit D
Form of Security Agreement
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of September __, 2024 (this “Agreement”), is among Incannex Healthcare Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), all of the Significant Subsidiaries of the Company as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement (such subsidiaries, the “Guarantors” and together with the Company, the “Debtors”) and the holders of the Company’s 10% original issue discount secured convertible debentures (collectively, the “Debentures”) signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured Parties”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Secured Parties have severally agreed to purchase Debentures from the Company;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a certain Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (the “Guarantee”), the Guarantors have jointly and severally agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of such Debentures; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to purchase the Debentures, each Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu with each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18 hereof), a security interest in the assets of such Debtor to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Debentures and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Australian Security Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
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“Collateral” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the Debtors, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection therewith, and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below):
All goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
All contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by any Debtor), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, Intellectual Property and income tax refunds;
All accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in transit;
All documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
All commercial tort claims;
All deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit accounts);
All investment property;
All supporting obligations; and
All files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs; and
the products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(ix) above.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral” shall include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other equity interests in each Guarantor, including, without limitation, the shares of capital stock and the other equity interests listed on Schedule F hereto (as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any other direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor obtained in the future, and, in each case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law); provided, however, that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such asset.
“Events of Default” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.
“Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.
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“IHL-42X Assets” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“IHL-42X Assets Release Conditions” shall have the meaning ascribed to in Section 19(c).
“Necessary Endorsement” means undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is defined below) may reasonably request.
“Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of any Debtor to the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Debtor.
“Organizational Documents” means with respect to any Debtor, the documents by which such Debtor was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Debtor (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).
“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
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“Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Pledged Interests” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).
“Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, and the Secured Parties, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly, if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.
“Requisite Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
Grant of Security Interest in Collateral. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to purchase the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each Debtor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security Interest” and, collectively, the “Security Interests”).
Delivery of Certain Collateral. Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements. The Debtors are, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.
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Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, each Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:
Each Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Debtor and no further action is required by such Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by each Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Debtor, enforceable against each Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.
The Debtors have no place of business or offices where their respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. As specifically set forth on Schedule A, the Debtors lease the property where the Collateral is located. Except as disclosed on Schedule A, none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman, agent or processor.
Except for Permitted Liens, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by or to any Debtor in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security Interests. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. Except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto and except pursuant to this Agreement, as long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).
No written claim has been received that any Collateral or any Debtor’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to any Debtor’s claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to any Debtor’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of any Debtor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
Each Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.
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This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtors, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section 3), no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual Property Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder.
Each Debtor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any Debtor or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any Debtor 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, 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 any Debtor’s debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of any Debtor is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of any Debtor) necessary for any Debtor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.
The capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule F hereto (the “Pledged Securities”) represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the Guarantors owned by the Company, and represent all capital stock and other equity interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the Company is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens.
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The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability companies (if any) included in the Collateral (the “Pledged Interests”) by their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial intermediary.
Except for Permitted Liens, each Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Each Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. Each Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, each Debtor will sign and deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interests hereunder, and each Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests hereunder.
No Debtor will transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and transfers between Debtors) without the prior written consent of the Requisite Holders.
Each Debtor shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order (ordinary wear excepted) and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.
Each Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral, including Collateral hereafter acquired, against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise as is prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Each Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Agent, that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such default. If no Event of Default exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $100,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the applicable Debtor; provided, however, that payments received by any Debtor after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $100,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if received by such Debtor, shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.
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Each Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.
Each Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to each Debtor’s Intellectual Property (“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”) in which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.
Each Debtor shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time.
Each Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
Each Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by such Debtor that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.
All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of any Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
The Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its business.
No Debtor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change and, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
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Except in the ordinary course of business, no Debtor may consign any of its inventory or sell any of its inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
No Debtor may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.
Each Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set forth next to such Debtor’s name in Schedule C attached hereto.
(i) The actual name of each Debtor is the name set forth in Schedule C attached hereto; (ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule D attached hereto; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule D for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Debtor or been acquired by any Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule D.
At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.
Each Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to comply with any and all orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of any Debtor as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, each Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.
Each Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).
If there is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the applicable Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
To the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the applicable Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.
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To the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the applicable Debtor shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
If any Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, such Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by such Debtor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
Each Debtor shall promptly provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof.
As soon as reasonably practicable, each Debtor shall cause each subsidiary of such Debtor to become a party hereto (an “Additional Debtor”), by executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtors. Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent may reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights and obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all references herein to the “Debtors” shall be deemed to include each Additional Debtor.
Each Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Debentures.
Each Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books of such Debtor. Each Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect to certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall deliver to Agent an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions of Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further consent of the applicable Debtor.
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In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, each Debtor shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries.
Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder, each Debtor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.
Each Debtor will from time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Debtors, promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
Schedule E attached hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of the Debtors as of the date hereof. Schedule E lists all material licenses in favor of any Debtor for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. All material patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.
None of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral.
Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the Company covenants that it shall promptly direct any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof to enter into a Guarantee in favor of the Secured Party, in the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase Agreement.
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Effect of Pledge on Certain Rights. If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is party.
Defaults. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:
The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) under the Debentures;
Any representation or warranty of any Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;
The failure by any Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for five (5) days after delivery to such Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and such Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a timely fashion; or
If any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by and Debtor, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Debtor, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Debtor shall deny that any Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement.
Duty To Hold In Trust.
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, each Debtor shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Debentures for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture is not outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining Debentures).
If any Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or otherwise), such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth (5th) business day following the receipt thereof by such Debtor, in the exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.
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Rights and Remedies Upon Default.
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:
The Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and each Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Debtor’s premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of such Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.
Upon notice to the Debtors by Agent, all rights of each Debtor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of each Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.
The Agent shall have the right to operate the business of each Debtor using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to any Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of any Debtor, which are hereby waived and released.
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The Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors and obligors.
The Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee.
The Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of any Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.
The Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, each Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, each Debtor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Securities Law Provision. Each Debtor recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Each Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.
Costs and Expenses. Each Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent. The Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interests therein. The Debtors will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Debentures. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
Responsibility for Collateral. The Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) each Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor thereunder. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.
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Security Interests Absolute. All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Each Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Each Debtor waives all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Each Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.
Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.
Each Debtor authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as such Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or such Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Debentures all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and each Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.
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On a continuing basis, each Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule B attached hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.
Each Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of such Debtor and in the name of such Debtor, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of such Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.
Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures).
Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.
Appointment of Agent. The Secured Parties hereby appoint [________] to act as their agent (“Agent”) for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by the Requisite Holders, at which time the Requisite Holders shall appoint a new Agent, provided that [________] may not be removed as Agent unless [_____] shall then hold less than $_____ in principal amount of Debentures; provided, further, that such removal may occur only if each of the other Secured Parties shall then hold not less than an aggregate of $______ in principal amount of Debentures. The Agent shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex B hereto.
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Subordination of Security Interest in Tax Incentives; Release of Security Interests in IHL-42X Assets.
Each Secured Party hereby agrees to subordinate any Liens granted pursuant to this Agreement or the Australian Security Agreements, to such Liens as may be incurred on Australian research and development tax incentives in Australia for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30 2024, pursuant to the terms of a Senior Secured Research & Development facility with FC Securities PTY Ltd, as trustee for the Fixed Interest Receivables Securities Trust, pursuant to the terms of intercreditor agreement with the Secured Parties in a form typical for transactions of that type.
Each Secured Party hereby agrees to release the Security Interests in the IHL-42X Assets granted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and Liens created by the Australian Security Agreements upon the satisfaction of the IHL-42X Assets Release Conditions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the “IHL-42X Assets Release Conditions” shall mean the following:
the Company shall have entered into a license agreement, distribution or sales agreement, collaboration, joint venture or partnership agreement concerning the IHL-42X Assets with a counterparty that is a public company (and not an individual) having a market capitalization of at least $10 billion;
the release of the Security Interests in the IHL-42X Assets granted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Liens created by the Australian Security Agreements, shall be a necessary condition to such license agreement, distribution or sales agreement, collaboration, joint venture or partnership agreement;
no Event of Default under Sections 8(a)(i), 8(a)(iv), 8(a)(vii), 8(a)(xvi), 8(a)(xvii), or 8(xix) shall have occurred under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents; and
no Change of Control shall have resulted as a result of the Company’s entrance into such license agreement, distribution or sales agreement, collaboration, joint venture or partnership agreement.
Miscellaneous.
No course of dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.
This Agreement, together with the Debentures, Securities Purchase Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto. 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 Debtors and the Requisite Holders, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.
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.
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 any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company and the Guarantors may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Secured Party. Any Secured Party may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Secured Party assigns or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”
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Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement 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. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, each Debtor agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (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, Borough of Manhattan. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, each Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such 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 manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
All Debtors shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each Debtor to the Secured Parties hereunder.
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Each Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of an Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures) or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party to liability as a partner in any Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of any such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for such Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.
To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of any Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Debtors hereby grant such consent and approval and waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.
COMPANY: | ||
INCANNEX HEALTHCARE, INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
GUARANTORS: | ||
Incannex Healthcare Pty Ltd | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Incannex Pty Ltd | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
PSYCHENNEX Pty Ltd | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC. SECURITY AGREEMENT]
Name of Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: _________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE OF PURCHASERS FOLLOWS]
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SCHEDULE A
Principal Place of Business of Debtors:
Locations Where Collateral is Located or Stored:
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SCHEDULE B
First ranking senior secured on research and development tax incentives and second ranking security interest on all tangible and intangible assets excluding all tangible and intangible assets concerning IHL-42X.
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SCHEDULE C
Legal Names
Entity | Jurisdiction | |
Incannex Healthcare Inc. | Delaware | |
Incannex Healthcare Pty Ltd | Victoria, Australia | |
Incannex Pty Ltd | Victoria, Australia | |
Psychennex Pty Ltd | Victoria, Australia |
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SCHEDULE D
Names; Mergers and Acquisitions
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SCHEDULE E
Intellectual Property
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SCHEDULE F
Pledged Securities
Subsidiary | Ownership | Jurisdiction | ||||
Incannex Healthcare Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Incannex Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia | |||
Psychennex Pty Ltd | 100 | % | Victoria, Australia |
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ANNEX A
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
FORM OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER
Security Agreement dated as of August ___, 2024 made by
Incannex Healthcare Inc.
and its subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors
to and in favor of
the Secured Parties identified therein (the “Security Agreement”)
Reference is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.
The undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and obligations of the Debtors under the Security Agreement as fully and to the same extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the date of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.
Attached hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement, as applicable.
An executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned.
[Name of Additional Debtor | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: |
Dated:
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ANNEX B
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THE AGENT
1. Appointment. The Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which this Annex B is attached (the “Agreement”)), by their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate [Arena Entity] (“Agent”) as the Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction Document (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.
2. Nature of Duties. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Debtor or any Secured Party; and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except as expressly set forth herein and therein.
3. Lack of Reliance on the Agent. Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the Debtors, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of any action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and of the value of the Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or at any time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Debtors or any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for the financial condition of the Debtors or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the financial condition of the Debtors, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default under the Agreement, the Debentures or any of the other Transaction Documents.
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4. Certain Rights of the Agent. The Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral, on behalf of all of the Secured Parties. To the extent practical, the Agent shall request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material act or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the Requisite Holders; if such instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtors shall have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose it to personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or applicable law.
5. Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it and upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Debtors or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority.
6. Indemnification. To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtors, the Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of Debentures , from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or arising out of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for those determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent, the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums as it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and expenses associated with taking such action.
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7. Resignation by the Agent.
(a) The Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtors and the Secured Parties. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.
(b) Upon any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by the Requisite Holders shall appoint a successor Agent hereunder.
(c) If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period, the Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period, the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead the Debtors and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary fees associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith, shall be payable by the Debtors on demand.
8. Rights with respect to Collateral. Each Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that it shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from the breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. 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 the Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this Annex B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.
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