Company: HCWB
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-032115
Chunk: 81

Company: HCW Biologics Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 81
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4, a series limited liability company organized in the State
of Delaware (together with its permitted assigns, the “”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in that certain Equity Purchase Agreement by and between the
parties hereto, dated as of the Execution Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “”).

WHEREAS:

The Company has
agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, to sell to the Buyer up to Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of Put Shares, which amount may be increased pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Purchase Agreement, and to induce the Buyer to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar
successor statute (collectively, the “”), and applicable state securities laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:

1. .

As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a. “” means the Buyer, any transferee
or assignee thereof to whom the Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement in accordance with and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement, and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a
transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement in accordance with and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

b. “” means any individual or entity including but not limited to any corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

c. “,” “,” and “” refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing one or more registration statements of the Company in compliance with the Securities Act and/or pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for the offering of securities on a continuous basis
(“”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “”).

d. “” means all of the (i) Commitment Shares,