**Exhibit 10.1**

**LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT**

This Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2009 (asamended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is among General Electric Capital Corporation (“GECC”), in its capacity as agent for Lenders (as defined below) (togetherwith its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), the financial institutions who are or hereafter become parties to this Agreement as lenders (together with GECC, collectively the “Lenders”, and eachindividually, a “Lender”), MDRNA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MDRNA”), Atossa Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Atossa”), MDRNA Research, Inc., a Delaware corporation(“Research”), Nastech Holdings I, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Nastech I”), and Nastech Holdings II, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Nastech II” and, collectively withMDRNA, Research, Atossa, Nastech I and Nastech II, “Borrowers” and each, individually, “Borrower”), and the other entities or persons, if any, who are or hereafter become parties to this Agreement as guarantors(each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”, and together with Borrowers, each a “Loan Party” and collectively, “Loan Parties”). 

**RECITALS**

A. Borrowers wish to borrowfunds from Lenders in order to partially finance the purchase of certain equipment (the “Leased Equipment”) currently leased by GECC to MDRNA and Lenders are willing to provide such financing pursuant to the terms and conditions ofthis Agreement. 

**AGREEMENT**

Loan Parties, Agent and Lenders agree as follows: 

 

As used in this Agreement, allcapitalized terms shall have the definitions as provided herein. Any accounting term used but not defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from timeto time (“GAAP”) and all calculations shall be made in accordance with GAAP. The term “financial statements” shall include the accompanying notes and schedules. All other terms used but not defined herein shall have themeaning given to such terms in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “UCC”). 

 

**2.1 Promise toPay.** Each Borrower promises to pay Agent, for the ratable accounts of Lenders, when due pursuant to the terms hereof, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all loans, advances and other extensions of credit made severally by the Lenders toBorrowers under this Agreement, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount of such loans, advances and other extensions of credit at the interest rates set forth herein. 

 

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**2.2 Term Loans.**

(a) Term Loan and Term Loan Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, severally, but not jointly, agreesto make a term loan (the “Term Loan”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s commitment as identified on Schedule A hereto (such commitment of each Lender as it may be amended to reflect assignmentsmade in accordance with this Agreement or terminated or reduced in accordance with this Agreement, its “Commitment”, and the aggregate of all such commitments, the “Commitments”). The Term Loan shall be made as asingle advance on the Closing Date and shall be disbursed by Agent to GECC as partial payment for MDRNA’s acquisition of the Leased Equipment. 

(b) Notes. The Term Loan of each Lender shall be evidenced by a promissory note in a form acceptable to Agent and such Lender (each a “Note” and, collectively, the “Notes”),and Borrowers shall execute and deliver a Note to each Lender. Each Note shall represent the obligation of Borrowers to pay to such Lender the amount of the Term Loan held by such Lender, together with interest thereon as prescribed inSection 2.3(a). 

**2.3 Interest and Repayment.**

(a) Interest. The Term Loan shall accrue interest in arrears from the date made until the Term Loan is fully repaid at a fixed perannum rate of interest equal to Twelve and Twenty-Nine Hundredths Percent (12.29%) per annum. All computations of interest and fees calculated on a per annum basis shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for theactual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by Agent and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes,absent manifest error. 

(b) Payments of Principal and Interest. Within seven (7) Business Days following theClosing Date (such period, the “Initial Payment Period”), Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a payment of (i) principal in the amount required to reduce the outstanding principal amount of theTerm Loan to Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00), *plus*(ii) $1,894.01 for each day from and including the Closing Date through and including the date upon which such payment is made, which represents interest accrued on theTerm Loan through the date of such payment, *plus*(iii) $229,169.55, which represents the payment of principal that would be payable with respect to the Term Loan on March 1, 2009, *plus* (iv) $1,706.94 for each daycommencing on the day immediately following the date on which such payment is made and continuing through and including February 28, 2009, which represents interest accruing on the Term Loan from the day immediately following the date of suchpayment through and including February 28, 2009 (such payment, the “Initial Payment”). Thereafter, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, twenty-one (21) equal consecutive payments ofprincipal and interest on the first day of each calendar month (a “Scheduled Payment Date”) at the rate of interest determined in accordance with Section 2.3(a) on each Scheduled Payment Date commencing on April 1, 2009and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter through and including 

 

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December 1, 2010. The Initial Payment, and each scheduled payment of interest and principal hereunder, is referred to herein as a “ScheduledPayment.” After the Prepayment Hurdle (as defined below), payments of principal and interest shall be reamortized in equal monthly installments of principal and interest over the period that is the lesser of (i) 12 months or(ii) the remainder of the original repayment period, and shall be payable on each Scheduled Payment Date during such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all unpaid principal and accrued interest with respect to the Term Loan is due andpayable in full to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, on the earlier of (A) December 1, 2010 or (B) the date that the Term Loan otherwise becomes due and payable hereunder, whether by acceleration of the Obligations pursuantto Section 2.4, Section 8.2 or otherwise (the earlier of (A) or (B), the “Applicable Term Loan Maturity Date”). Each Scheduled Payment, when paid, shall be applied first to the payment of accrued and unpaid intereston the Term Loan and then to unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan. Without limiting the foregoing, all Obligations shall be due and payable on the Applicable Term Loan Maturity Date for the last Term Loan made. 

(c) No Reborrowing. Once any portion of the Term Loan is repaid or prepaid, it cannot be reborrowed. 

(d) Payments. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by any Loan Party under any Debt Document shall be made inimmediately available funds in U.S. dollars, without setoff or counterclaim to the Collection Account (as defined below) before 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date when due. All payments received by Agent after 2:00 p.m. (New York time) onany Business Day or at any time on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to be received on the next Business Day. Whenever any payment required under this Agreement would otherwise be due on a date that is not a Business Day, such paymentshall instead be due on the next Business Day, and additional fees or interest, as the case may be, shall accrue and be payable for the period of such extension. The payment of any Scheduled Payment prior to its due date shall be deemed to have beenreceived on such due date for purposes of calculating interest hereunder. All Scheduled Payments due to Agent and Lenders shall be effected by automatic debit of the appropriate funds from the operating account specified on the EPS Setup Form (asdefined below). As used herein, the term “Collection Account” means the following account of Agent (or such other account as Agent shall identify to Borrowers in writing): 

Bank Name: Deutsche Bank 

Bank Address: NewYork, NY 

ABA Number: 

AccountNumber: 

Account Name: 

Ref:MDRNA, Inc. 

(e) Withholdings and Increased Costs. All payments shall be made free and clear of any taxes,withholdings, duties, impositions or other charges (other than taxes on the overall net income of any Lender and comparable taxes), such that Agent and Lenders will receive the entire amount of any Obligations (as defined below), regardless ofsource 

 

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of payment. If Agent or any Lender shall have determined that the introduction of or any change in, after the date hereof, any law, treaty, governmental (orquasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order reduces the rate of return on Agent or such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or increases the cost to Agent or such Lender of agreeing to make or making,funding or maintaining the Term Loan, then Borrowers shall from time to time upon demand by Agent or such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) promptly pay to Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be,additional amounts sufficient to compensate Agent or such Lender for such reduction or for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such reduction or such increased cost submitted by Agent or such Lender (with a copy to Agent) toBorrowers shall be conclusive and binding on Borrowers, absent manifest error, provided that, neither Agent nor any Lender shall be entitled to payment of any amounts under this Section 2.3(e) unless it has delivered such certificate toBorrowers within 180 days after the occurrence of the changes or events giving rise to the increased costs to, or reduction in the amounts received by, Agent or such Lender. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

(f) Loan Records. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing the Obligations ofBorrowers to such Lender resulting from such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. Agent shall maintain in accordancewith its usual practice a loan account on its books to record the Term Loan and any other extensions of credit made by Lenders hereunder, and all payments thereon made by Borrowers. The entries made in such accounts shall, to the extent permitted byapplicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and no failure of any Lender or Agent to maintain any such account shall affectthe obligations of Borrowers to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms. 

(g) Payment of Expenses. Agentis authorized to, and at its sole election may, debit funds from the operating account specified on the EPS Setup Form (as defined below) to pay all fees, expenses, costs and interest owing by Borrowers under this Agreement or any of the other DebtDocuments if and to the extent Borrowers fail to promptly pay any such amounts as and when due. 

**2.4 Prepayments.**

(a) Borrowers can voluntarily prepay, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent, the Term Loan in full or inpart; provided that if any proposed voluntary prepayment would reduce the principal balance of the Term Loan to less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), Borrowers shall be required to prepay the Term Loan in full. 

(b) Upon each closing of any licensing transaction (including the Subsequent Pre-Approved Licensing Transaction, as defined herein) thatresults in payments to a Loan Party, Borrowers shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan in an amount equal to (i) any amounts received by Borrowers with respect to such licensing 

 

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transaction(s) in excess of $5,000,000 (in the aggregate), until the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayments (including the Initial Payment) equals$3,000,000 and (ii) thereafter, for all subsequent transactions, twenty-five percent (25%) of all amounts received by Borrowers with respect to such licensing transaction(s). In addition to the foregoing, upon the closing of any EquityInvestment and/or Subordinated Indebtedness (in each case as defined herein), which, in the aggregate, exceed $5,000,000, Borrowers shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan in an amount equal to the positive difference between theaggregate amount of all such Equity Investments and/or Subordinated Indebtedness and $5,000,000, until the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayments equals $3,000,000. As used herein, “Prepayment Hurdle” means the payment byBorrowers to Lender of $3,000,000, in aggregate, pursuant to this Section 2.4(b). 

(c) In addition to theforegoing, upon the occurrence of any Permitted Disposition described in Section 7.3(a)(ii) through (v) hereof, Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan up to the full amount of any cash payments received in connectionwith such Permitted Disposition, which payment shall be accompanied by a schedule of the assets conveyed together with bills of sale or other evidence of sale reasonably satisfactory to Agent. With respect to the mandatory prepayments made underthis Section 2.4(c), Borrower may, in connection with the Permitted Dispositions described in Section 7.3(a)(ii) through (v), make such prepayments, for all Permitted Dispositions made pursuant to such subsections in a given month, theproceeds of which, in the aggregate, do not exceed $10,000, as a single prepayment made during the last 10 calendar days of such month. 

(d) Any prepayment shall be applied first to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan and then to unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan, and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein,shall not reduce the amount of any future Scheduled Payments. 

**2.5 Late Fees.** If Agent does not receive any Scheduled Payment orother payment under any Debt Document from any Loan Party within 4 days after its due date, then, at Agent’s election, such Loan Party agrees to pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of all Lenders, a late fee equal to (a) 5% of the amountof such unpaid payment or (b) such lesser amount that, if paid, would not cause the interest and fees paid by such Loan Party under this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate (as defined below) (the “Late Fee”).

**2.6 Default Rate.** The Term Loan and all other Obligations shall bear interest, at the option of Agent or upon the request of theRequisite Lenders (as defined below), from and after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (as defined below), at a rate equal to the lesser of (a) seven percent (7%) above the rate of interest applicable tosuch Obligations as set forth in Section 2.3(a) immediately prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default and (b) the Maximum Lawful Rate (the “Default Rate”). The application of the Default Rate shall not be interpretedor deemed to extend any cure period or waive any Default or Event of Default or otherwise limit Agent’s or any Lender’s right or remedies hereunder. All interest payable at the Default Rate shall be payable on demand. 

 

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**2.7 Final Payment Fee**. On the date upon which the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan isrepaid in full (whether by voluntary prepayment or otherwise), or if earlier, is required to be repaid in full (whether by scheduled payment, acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 8.2 or otherwise) (such date, the “PayoffDate”), Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable accounts of Lenders, a fee equal to three percent (3%) of the original principal amount of the Term Loan (the “Final Payment Fee”), which Final Payment Fee shall bedeemed to be fully-earned on the Closing Date; *provided*, that in the event that the Payoff Date occurs on or before March 20, 2009, the Final Payment Fee shall equal one percent (1%) of the original principal amount of the TermLoan; *provided, further*, that in the event that the Payoff Date occurs on or before June 19, 2009, the Final Payment Fee shall equal two percent (2%) of the original principal amount of the Term Loan. 

**2.8 Maximum Lawful Rate.** Anything herein, any Note or any other Debt Document (as defined below) to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligationsof Loan Parties hereunder and thereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be required, for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for orreceiving such payment by Agent and Lenders would be contrary to the provisions of any law applicable to Agent and Lenders limiting the highest rate of interest which may be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by Agent and Lenders, and insuch event Loan Parties shall pay Agent and Lenders interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable law (“Maximum Lawful Rate”); provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest payablehereunder or thereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Loan Parties shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by Agent and Lenders is equal to the total interest thatwould have been received had the interest payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the making of the Term Loan as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any Note or any other Debt Document.

 
**3.****CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST.**
**3.1 Grant ofSecurity Interest.** As security for the prompt payment and performance, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of the Term Loan and other debt, obligations and liabilities of any kind whatsoever of Borrowers to Agent andLenders under the Debt Documents (whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, prepayment premiums, indemnities, reimbursements or other sums, and whether or not such amounts accrue after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after thecommencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding), absolute or contingent, now existing or arising in the future, including the payment and performance of any outstandingNotes, and any renewals, extensions and modifications of the Term Loan (such indebtedness under the Notes, Term Loan and other debt, obligations and liabilities in connection with the Debt Documents are collectively called the“Obligations”), and as security for the prompt payment and performance by each Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations as defined in the Guaranty (as defined below), each Loan Party does hereby grant to Agent, for the benefit ofAgent and Lenders, a security interest in the property listed below (all hereinafter collectively called the “Collateral”): 

 

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All of such Loan Party’s personal property of every kind and nature whether now owned or hereafteracquired by, or arising in favor of, such Loan Party, and regardless of where located, including all accounts, chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, equipment, financial assets,fixtures, goods, instruments, investment property (including all securities accounts), inventory, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, securities, supporting obligations, cash, cash equivalents, any other contract rights (including rightsunder any license agreements), or rights to the payment of money, and general intangibles (including Intellectual Property, as defined in Section 3.3 below), and all books and records of such Loan Party relating thereto, and in and against alladditions, attachments, accessories and accessions to such property, all substitutions, replacements or exchanges therefor, all proceeds, insurance claims, products, profits and other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing (witheach of the foregoing terms that are defined in the UCC having the meaning set forth in the UCC). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the grant of security interest herein shall not extend to and the term “Collateral” shall not include:(i) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting capital stock of any Subsidiary of any Borrower that is incorporated or organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state or territory thereof; (ii) Wells FargoInvestment Account Number_____________, which previously was pledged to Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC (the “Pledged Account”), if the consent of the secured party is required with respect to further pledges or restrictionsthereof, provided, however, that Loan Party shall make its best efforts to secure such consent within 60 days following the date hereof; and (iii) any license or contract to the extent and only to the extent that the granting of such securityinterest is expressly prohibited by any applicable statute, law or regulation, or would constitute a default under the license or contract, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, but only to the extent that such prohibition or default isenforceable under applicable law (including Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC); provided that upon the termination or expiration of any such prohibition, such license or contract, as applicable, shall automatically be subject to thesecurity interest granted in favor of Agent hereunder and become part of the “Collateral.” 

Each Loan Party hereby represents andcovenants that such security interest constitutes a valid, first priority (other than liens having priority by operation of law securing obligations that are not delinquent) security interest in the presently existing Collateral and will constitutea valid, first priority (other than liens having priority by operation of law securing obligations that are not delinquent) security interest in Collateral acquired after the date hereof. Each Loan Party hereby covenants that it shall give writtennotice to Agent promptly upon the acquisition by such Loan Party or creation in favor of such Loan Party of any commercial tort claim after the Closing Date. 

**3.2 Financing Statements.** Each Loan Party hereby authorizes Agent to file UCC financing statements with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Agent’s security interest (for the benefit of itself and theLenders) granted hereby. 

 

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**3.3 Grant of Intellectual Property Security Interest**. The Collateral shall include allintellectual property of each Loan Party, which shall be defined as any and all copyright, trademark, servicemark, patent, design right, software, license, trade secret and intangible rights of a Loan Party and any applications, registrations,claims, products, awards, judgments, amendments, renewals, extensions, improvements and insurance claims related thereto (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) now or hereafter owned or licensed by a Loan Party, together with allaccessions and additions thereto, proceeds and products thereof (including any proceeds resulting under insurance policies). In order to perfect or protect Agent’s security interest and other rights in Loan Party’s Intellectual Property,each Loan Party hereby authorizes Agent, at Agent’s option, to file an intellectual property security agreement, substantially in the form provided by Agent (“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”) with the United StatesPatent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (as applicable), as determined by Agent. Agent acknowledges and agrees that Agent’s security interest in any Intellectual Property licensed by a Loan Party to a third party in atransaction permitted hereunder shall be subject to the rights of the third party licensee. Upon the reasonable request of a Loan Party, Agent shall provide an estoppel to such third party licensee with respect to the foregoing. Agent acknowledgesthat no security interest or right is granted by any Loan Party in property to the extent that such property is not owned by said Loan Party. 

 
**4.****CONDITIONS OF CREDIT EXTENSIONS**
**4.1 ConditionsPrecedent to Term Loan.** No Lender shall be obligated to make the Term Loan, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, until the following have been delivered to Agent (the date on which the Lenders make the Term Loan after allsuch conditions shall have been satisfied in a manner satisfactory to Agent or waived in accordance with this Agreement, the “Closing Date”): 

(a) a counterpart of this Agreement duly executed by each Loan Party; 

(b) a certificate executed by the Secretary of each Loan Party, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (the “Secretary’sCertificate”), providing verification of incumbency and attaching (i) such Loan Party’s board resolutions approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Debt Documents and (ii) such Loan Party’sgoverning documents; 

(c) Notes duly executed by each Borrower in favor of each applicable Lender; 

(d) filed copies of UCC financing statements, collateral assignments, and terminations statements, with respect to the Collateral, asAgent shall request; 

(e) certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage, and reasonably satisfactoryadditional insured and lender loss payable endorsements, in each case as required pursuant to Section 6.4 herein; 

(f)current UCC lien, judgment, bankruptcy and tax lien search results demonstrating that there are no other security interests or liens on the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens (as defined below); 

 

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(g) the Intellectual Property Security Agreement required by Section 3.3 above, dulyexecuted by each Loan Party; 

(h) a certificate of good standing of each Loan Party from the jurisdiction of such LoanParty’s organization and a certificate of foreign qualification from each jurisdiction where such Loan Party’s failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), in each case as ofa recent date acceptable to Agent; 

(i) a legal opinion of Loan Parties’ counsel, in form and substance reasonablysatisfactory to Agent; 

(j) a completed EPS set-up form, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (the “EPS SetupForm”); 

(k) a completed perfection certificate, duly executed by each Loan Party (the “PerfectionCertificate”), a form of which Agent previously delivered to Borrowers; 

(l) a disbursement instruction letter, inform and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by each Loan Party, Agent and each Lender (the “Disbursement Letter”); 

(m) evidence that the Master Lease Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002, as amended, by and among MDRNA and Agent, and MDRNA’s obligations thereunder, shall be terminated, 

(n) a Purchase Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, pursuant to which MDRNA shall have purchased the Leased Equipment;

(o) all other documents and instruments as Agent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent andpurpose of this Agreement (together with the Agreement, the Notes, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (if any), the Account Control Agreements, the Perfection Certificate, the Guaranty, if any, the Secretary’s Certificate and theDisbursement Letter, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and/or delivered to or in favor of Agent from time to time in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, the “DebtDocuments”); 

(p) Borrowers shall have reimbursed Agent and Lenders for all fees, costs and expenses of closingpresented as of the date of this Agreement; and 

(q) (i) all representations and warranties in Section 5 below shall betrue as of the date of the Term Loan; (ii) no Event of Default or any other event, which with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default (such event, a “Default”) has occurred andis continuing or will result from the making of the Term Loan, and (iii) Agent shall have received a certificate from an authorized officer of each Loan Party confirming each of the foregoing. 

 

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**5.****REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LOAN PARTIES.**
Each Loan Party, jointly and severally, represents, warrants and covenants to Agent and each Lender that: 

**5.1 Due Organizationand Authorization.** Each Loan Party’s exact legal name is as set forth in the Perfection Certificate and each Loan Party is, and will remain, duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its organization asspecified in the Perfection Certificate, has its chief executive office at the location specified in the Perfection Certificate, and is, and will remain, duly qualified and licensed in every jurisdiction wherever necessary to carry on its businessand operations, except where the failure to be so qualified and licensed could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement and the other Debt Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each LoanParty and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable in accordance with their terms. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Debt Document executed or to be executed by it is in each case within such LoanParty’s powers. None of Atossa, Nastech I or Nastech II has any assets, liabilities (except in connection with fees assessed by each entity’s state of incorporation or formation, as applicable, in connection with the maintenance of suchentity’s status, which do not exceed $3,000, in the aggregate) or operations. 

**5.2 Required Consents.** No filing, registration,qualification with, or approval, consent or withholding of objections from, any governmental authority or instrumentality or any other entity or person is required with respect to the entry into, or performance by any Loan Party of, any of the DebtDocuments, except any already obtained. 

**5.3 No Conflicts.** The entry into, and performance by each Loan Party of, the Debt Documentswill not (a) violate any of the organizational documents of such Loan Party, (b) violate in any material respect any law, rule, regulation, order, award or judgment applicable to such Loan Party, or (c) result in any breach of orconstitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien, claim or encumbrance on any of such Loan Party’s property (except for liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders) pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed oftrust, bank loan, credit agreement, or other Material Agreement (as defined below) to which such Loan Party is a party. As used herein, “Material Agreement” means (i) any agreement or contract to which such Loan Party is aparty and involving the receipt or payment of amounts in the aggregate exceeding $200,000 per year, (ii) any agreement or contract to which such Loan Party is a party the termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a MaterialAdverse Effect and (iii) each agreement relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness or Equity Investment. A description of all Material Agreements as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule B hereto. 

**5.4 Litigation.** There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending against or affecting any Loan Party before any court, federal,state, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any basis thereof, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which questionsthe validity of the Debt Documents, or the other documents required thereby or any action to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing, nor has any Loan Party received written notice that any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation isthreatened. As 

 

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used in this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on any of (a) the operations, business,assets, properties, or condition (financial or otherwise) of each MDRNA and MRI, individually, or the Loan Parties (subject to Section 6.1(b) hereof), collectively, (b) the ability of a Loan Party (subject to Section 6.1(b) hereof) toperform any of its obligations under any Debt Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Debt Document, (d) the rights and remedies of Agent or Lenders under any Debt Document or (e) thevalidity, perfection or priority of any lien in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on any of the Collateral. 

**5.5Financial Statements.** All financial statements delivered to Agent and Lenders pursuant to Section 6.3 have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normalyear end audit adjustments), and since the date of the most recent audited financial statement, no event has occurred which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no material adverse deviation fromthe most recent annual operating plan of Borrowers delivered to Agent and Lenders in accordance with Section 6.3. 

**5.6 Use ofProceeds.** The proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used to purchase the Leased Equipment. 

**5.7 Collateral.** Each Loan Party is,and, except as expressly permitted under Section 7.3 below, will remain, the sole and lawful owner, and in possession of, the Collateral, and has the sole right and lawful authority to grant the security interest described in this Agreement.The Collateral is, and will remain, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever, except for (a) liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, to secure the Obligations, (b) liens (i) withrespect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar liens, in each case imposed by law and arising in the ordinary courseof business, and securing amounts that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the booksof the applicable Loan Party in accordance with GAAP and which do not involve, in the judgment of Agent, any risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any of the Collateral (a “Permitted Contest”), (c) liens existing on the datehereof and set forth on Schedule B hereto, provided, however, that, with respect to the Pledged Account, the Cash Equivalents (as defined herein) contained therein shall not exceed one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the letter ofcredit obligations secured thereby, (d) liens securing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 7.2 below) permitted under Section 7.2(c) below, provided that (i) such liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantiallysimultaneous with, or within 30 days after the, acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of, such property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) such liens do not extend to any property of a Loan Party other than the property (andproceeds thereof) acquired or built, or the improvements or repairs, financed by such Indebtedness, (e) licenses described in Section 7.3(iv) below; and (f) liens securing any Subordinated Indebtedness, provided that such liens aresubordinated on terms and conditions acceptable to Agent to the security interest in the Collateral granted to Agent hereunder (all of such liens described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (f) are called “PermittedLiens”). 

 

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**5.8 Compliance with Laws.**

(a) Each Loan Party is and will remain in compliance in all material respects with all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulationsapplicable to it, except to the extent that any such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

(b) Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding clause (a), each Loan Party further agrees that it is and will remain incompliance in all material respects with all U.S. economic sanctions laws, Executive Orders and implementing regulations as promulgated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and allapplicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA Patriot Act and all regulations issued pursuant to it. No Loan Party nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures(A) is a person or entity designated by the U.S. Government on the list of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) with which a U.S. person or entity cannot deal with or otherwise engage inbusiness transactions, (B) is a person or entity who is otherwise the target of U.S. economic sanctions laws such that a U.S. person or entity cannot deal or otherwise engage in business transactions with such person or entity; or (C) iscontrolled by (including by virtue of such person being a director or owning voting shares or interests), or acts, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of, any person or entity on the SDN List or a foreign government that is the target of U.S.economic sanctions prohibitions such that the entry into, or performance under, this Agreement or any other Debt Document would be prohibited under U.S. law. The SDN List is maintained by OFAC and is available at:http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/. 

(c) Each Loan Party has met the minimum funding requirementsof the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended, “ERISA”) with respect to any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. No Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of the important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose ofpurchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”). 

**5.9 Intellectual Property.** The Intellectual Property is and will remain free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kindwhatsoever, except for Permitted Liens described in clauses (b)(i), (e) and (f) of Section 5.7. No Loan Party has entered, nor (except with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness) will it enter into, any other agreement or financingarrangement in which a negative pledge in such Loan Party’s Intellectual Property is granted to any other party. As of the Closing Date and each date a Term Loan is advanced to Borrowers, no Loan Party has any interest in, or title to anyIntellectual Property except as disclosed in the Perfection Certificate. Upon the filing of appropriate financing statements, all action necessary to protect and perfect Agent’s lien on each Loan Party’s Intellectual Property shall havebeen duly taken.****Each Loan Party owns or has rights to use all Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business as now or heretofore conducted by it or proposed to be conducted by it, without any actual or claimed infringementupon the rights of third parties, except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto. The Intellectual Property described on Schedule B(VI) hereto is neither used nor useful in connection with the ongoing operations of any Loan Partyand is not material to the business of any Loan Party. 

 

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**5.10 Solvency.** Both before and after giving effect to the Term Loan, the transactions contemplatedherein, and the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Loan Party is and will be Solvent. As used herein, “Solvent” means, with respect to a Loan Party on a particular date, that on suchdate, in each case including the fair value of the Loan Parties’ Intellectual Property (a) the fair value of the property of such Loan Party is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such LoanParty; (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Loan Party is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Loan Party on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such LoanParty does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Loan Party’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (d) such Loan Party is not engaged in a business or transaction, and isnot about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Loan Party’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital; and (e) as of the date hereof, such Loan Party is not “insolvent” within the meaning ofSection 101(32) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101, et. seq), as amended from time to time. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computedas the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. 

**5.11 Taxes; Pension.** All tax returns, reports and statements, including information returns, required by any governmental authority to be filed byeach Loan Party and its Subsidiaries have been filed with the appropriate governmental authority and all taxes, levies, assessments and similar charges have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be addedthereto for nonpayment thereof (or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been paid), excluding taxes, levies, assessments and similar charges or other amounts which are the subject of a Permitted Contest. Proper and accurateamounts have been withheld by each Loan Party from its respective employees for all periods in compliance with applicable laws and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective governmental authorities. Each Loan Party has paid allamounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in accordance with their terms, and no Loan Party has withdrawn from participation in, or has permitted partial or complete termination of, or permittedthe occurrence of any other event with respect to, any such plan which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of a Loan Party, including any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its successors or any othergovernmental authority. 

**5.12 Full Disclosure.** Loan Parties hereby confirm that all of the information disclosed on the PerfectionCertificate is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of the Term Loan. The representations, warranties and other statements made by or on behalf of a Loan Party, when taken as a whole and in light of thecircumstances in which they were made, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading, it being recognized by Agent and Lenders that theprojections and forecasts provided by Loan Parties in good faith and based upon reasonable and stated assumptions are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and forecasts maydiffer from the projected or forecasted results. 

 

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**6.****AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.**
**6.1 Good Standing.**

(a) Each Loan Party shall maintain its and each of its Subsidiaries’ existence and good standing in its jurisdictionof organization and maintain qualification in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain,in full force all licenses, approvals and agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Loan Party, any entity the management of which is,directly or indirectly controlled by, or of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding voting capital stock (or other voting equity interest) is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly by, such Loan Party or one or moreSubsidiaries of such Loan Party, and, unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary herein shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Borrower. 

(b) Following the Closing Date, MDRNA shall cause the dissolution of each of Atossa, Nastech I and Nastech II, shall use commerciallyreasonable efforts to effect such dissolution with ninety (90) days following the date hereof and, until the date of dissolution, shall maintain each of Atossa, Nastech I and Nastech II as an inactive business, each conducting no business andholding no assets or liabilities (except in connection with fees assessed by each entity’s state of incorporation or formation, as applicable, in connection with the maintenance of such entity’s status, which do not exceed $3,000, in theaggregate). 

**6.2 Notice to Agent.** Loan Parties shall provide Agent with (a) notice of any change in the accuracy of thePerfection Certificate or any of the representations and warranties provided in Section 5 above, immediately upon the occurrence of any such change, (b) notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, promptly (but in anyevent within 3 Business Days) after the date on which any officer of a Loan Party obtains knowledge of the occurrence of any such event, (c) copies of all statements, reports and notices made available generally by each Borrower to itssecurityholders and all documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or any securities exchange or governmental authority exercising a similar function, promptly, but in any event within 3 Business Days ofdelivering or receiving such information to or from such persons, (d) a report of any legal actions pending or threatened against a Borrower or any Subsidiary that could result in damages or costs to a Borrower or any Subsidiary of $200,000 ormore promptly, but in any event within 3 Business Days, upon receipt of notice thereof, (e) any new applications or registrations that any Loan Party has made or filed in respect of any Intellectual Property or a change in status of anyoutstanding application or registration within 5 days of such application, filing or change in status, and (f) copies of all statements, reports and notices delivered to or by a Loan Party in connection with any Material Agreement promptly (butin any event within 3 Business Days) upon receipt thereof. 

 

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**6.3 Financial Statements.** If any Borrower is a private company, it shall deliver to Agent andLenders (a) unaudited consolidated and, if available, consolidating balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flow statements within 30 days of each month end, in a form acceptable to Agent and certified by such Borrower’spresident, chief executive officer or chief financial officer, and (b) its complete annual audited consolidated and, if available, consolidating financial statements prepared under GAAP and certified by an independent certified publicaccountant selected by such Borrower and satisfactory to Agent within 120 days of the fiscal year end or, if sooner, at such time as such Borrower’s Board of Directors receives the certified audit. If any Borrower is a publicly held company, itshall deliver to Agent and Lenders quarterly unaudited consolidated and, if available, consolidating balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flow statements and annual audited consolidated and, if available, consolidating balance sheets,statements of operations and cash flow statements, certified by a recognized firm of certified public accountants, within 5 days after the statements are required to be provided to the SEC, and if Agent requests, such Borrower shall deliver to Agentand Lenders monthly unaudited consolidated and, if available, consolidating balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flow statements within 30 days after the end of each month in the format used for the Company’s management reporting,provided, however, that such financial statements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent in all respects. All financial statements delivered pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be accompanied by a compliance certificate,signed by the chief financial officer of Borrower, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and a management discussion and analysis that includes a comparison to budget for the respective fiscal period and a comparison of performance forsuch fiscal period to the corresponding period in the prior year. Borrowers shall deliver to Agent and Lenders (i) as soon as available and in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrowers, an annual operatingplan for Borrowers, on a consolidated and, if available, consolidating basis, approved by the Board of Directors of Borrowers, for the current fiscal year, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and (ii) such budgets, salesprojections, or other financial information as Agent or any Lender may reasonably request from time to time generally prepared by Borrowers in the ordinary course of business. 

**6.4 Insurance.** Each Borrower, at its expense, shall maintain, and shall cause each Subsidiary to maintain, insurance (including comprehensivegeneral liability, hazard, and business interruption insurance) with respect to all of its properties and businesses (including, the Collateral), in such amounts and covering such risks as is carried generally in accordance with sound businesspractice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and in any event with deductible amounts, insurers and policies that shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent. Borrowers shall deliver to Agent certificates of insurance evidencing suchcoverage, together with endorsements to such policies naming Agent as a lender loss payee or additional insured, as appropriate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Each policy shall provide that coverage may not be canceled oraltered by the insurer except upon 30 days prior written notice to Agent and shall not be subject to co-insurance. Each Borrower appoints Agent as its attorney-in-fact to make, settle and adjust all claims under and decisions with respect to suchBorrower’s policies of insurance, and to receive payment of and execute or endorse all documents, checks or drafts in connection with insurance payments. Agent shall not act as each Borrower’s attorney-in-fact unless an Event of Defaulthas occurred and is continuing. The appointment of Agent as each Borrower’s attorney in fact is a power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full. Proceeds of insurance shall beapplied, at the option of Agent, to repair or replace the Collateral or to reduce any of the Obligations. 

 

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**6.5 Taxes.** Each Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, timely file all tax reportsand pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, or its income or profits or upon its properties or any part thereof, before the same shall be in default and before the date on which penalties attachthereto, except to the extent such taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies are the subject of a Permitted Contest. 

**6.6Agreement with Landlord/Bailee.** Within 20 days after requested by Agent, each Loan Party shall obtain and maintain a landlord consent and/or bailee letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in favor of Agent executed by thelandlord or bailee, as applicable, with respect to any real property on which (a) a Loan Party’s principal place of business, (b) a Loan Party’s books or records or (c) Collateral with an aggregate value in excess of$100,000 is located (other than real property owned by such Loan Party). Agent shall, upon written request from a Loan Party, extend such 20 day period, provided that such Loan Party demonstrates to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that it ismaking its best efforts to obtain such landlord consent or bailee letter. At the request of Agent, within 10 Business Days after the due date for any rental payments with respect to any real property described in the immediately preceding sentence,each Borrower shall deliver to Agent (1) evidence in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent that such rental payment was made and (2) a certification that no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under any such lease.

**6.7 Protection of Intellectual Property.** Except for the Intellectual Property described on Schedule B(VI) hereto, whichshall be deemed to be not material to the conduct of the business of any Loan Party, each Loan Party shall take all reasonably necessary actions to: (a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its Intellectual Propertyto the extent material to the conduct of its business now or heretofore conducted by it or proposed to be conducted by it, (b) promptly advise Agent in writing of material infringements of its Intellectual Property and, should the IntellectualProperty be material to such Loan Party’s business, take all appropriate actions to enforce its rights in its Intellectual Property against infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement,misappropriation or dilution, (c) not allow any Intellectual Property material to such Loan Party’s business to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Agent’s written consent, and (d) notify Agent promptly,but in any event within 3 days, if it knows or has reason to know that any application or registration relating to any patent, trademark or copyright (now or hereafter existing) material to its business may become abandoned or dedicated, or if anyadverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court) regarding such LoanParty’s ownership of any Intellectual Property material to its business, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same. Except for the Intellectual Property described on Schedule B(VI) hereto, each Loan Party shall remainliable under each of its Intellectual Property licenses pursuant to which it is a licensee (“Licenses”) to observe and perform all of the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder. None of Agent or anyLender shall have any obligation or liability under any such License by reason of or arising out of this Agreement, the granting of a lien, if 

 

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any, in such License or the receipt by Agent (on behalf of itself and Lenders) of any payment relating to any such License. None of Agent or any Lender shallbe required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Loan Party under or pursuant to any License, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by itor the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any License, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or which it may beentitled at any time or times. 

**6.8 Special Collateral Covenants.**

(a) Each Loan Party shall remain in possession of its respective Collateral solely at the location(s) specified on the PerfectionCertificate; except that Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, shall have the right to possess (i) any chattel paper or instrument that constitutes a part of the Collateral, (ii) any other Collateral in which Agent’s securityinterest (on behalf of itself and Lenders) may be perfected only by possession and (iii) any Collateral after the occurrence of an Event of Default in accordance with this Agreement and the other Debt Documents. 

(b) Each Loan Party shall (i) use the Collateral only in its trade or business, (ii) maintain all of the Collateral in goodoperating order and repair, normal wear and tear excepted, and (iii) use and maintain the Collateral only in compliance with manufacturers’ recommendations and all applicable laws. 

(c) Agent and Lenders do not authorize and each Loan Party agrees it shall not (i) part with possession of any of the Collateral(except to Agent (on behalf of itself and Lenders), for maintenance and repair or for a Permitted Disposition), or (ii) remove any of the Collateral from the continental United States. 

(d) Each Loan Party shall pay promptly when due all taxes, license fees, assessments and public and private charges levied or assessed onany of the Collateral, on its use, or on this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. At its option, Agent may discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral and may pay for themaintenance, insurance and preservation of the Collateral and effect compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. Each Loan Party agrees to reimburse Agent, on demand, all costs and expenses incurred by Agent inconnection with such payment or performance and agrees that such reimbursement obligation shall constitute Obligations. 

(e)Each Loan Party shall, at all times, keep accurate and complete records of the Collateral. 

(f) Each Loan Party agrees andacknowledges that any third person who may at any time possess all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to hold, and shall hold, the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, Agent (on behalf of itself and Lenders). Agent mayat any time give notice to any third person described in the preceding sentence that such third person is holding the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, Agent (on behalf of itself and Lenders). 

 

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(g) Each Loan Party shall, during normal business hours, and in the absence of a Defaultor an Event of Default, upon one Business Day’s prior notice, as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate: (i) provide Agent (who may be accompanied by representatives of any Lender) and any of its officers, employees and agentsaccess to the properties, facilities, advisors and employees (including officers) of each Loan Party and to the Collateral, (ii) permit Agent (who may be accompanied by representatives of any Lender), and any of its officers, employees andagents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from any Loan Party’s books and records (or at the request of Agent, deliver true and correct copies of such books and records to Agent), and (iii) permit Agent (who may be accompanied byrepresentatives of any Lender), and its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, review, evaluate and make test verifications and counts of the Collateral of any Loan Party. Upon Agent’s request, each Loan Party will promptly notify Agent inwriting of the location of any Collateral. If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each such Loan Party shall provide such access to Agent and to each Lender at all times and without advance notice. Each Loan Party shallpromptly make available to Agent and its auditors or counsel, originals or copies of all books and records that Agent may reasonably request. 

**6.9 Further Assurances.** Each Loan Party shall, upon request of Agent, furnish to Agent such further information, execute and deliver to Agent such documents and instruments (including UCC financing statements) and shall do such otheracts and things as Agent may at any time reasonably request relating to the perfection or protection of the security interest created by this Agreement or for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Agreement and the other Debt Documents.

 
**7.****NEGATIVE COVENANTS**
**7.1 Liens.** No Loan Partyshall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any lien, security interest, claim or encumbrance or grant any negative pledges on any Collateral, including any Intellectual Property, exceptPermitted Liens. 

**7.2 Indebtedness.** No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly orindirectly create, incur, assume, permit to exist, guarantee or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness (as hereinafter defined), except for (a) the Obligations, (b) Indebtedness existingon the date hereof and set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement, (c) Indebtedness consisting of capitalized lease obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, in each case incurred by any Borrower or any of Subsidiary of any Borrower tofinance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of fixed or capital assets of such person, provided that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness does not exceed $75,000 at any time and (ii) theprincipal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the lower of the cost or fair market value of the property so acquired or built or of such repairs or improvements financed with such Indebtedness (each measured at the time of such acquisition,repair, improvement or construction is made) and 

 

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(d) Indebtedness, made on terms and conditions acceptable to Agent, that is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions acceptable to Agent(“Subordinated Indebtedness”). The term “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations ofsuch person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (iii) all obligations of such person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, but excludingobligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business and not past due by more than 90 days, (iv) all capital lease obligations of such person, (v) the principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, taxretention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product, (vi) all obligations of such person to purchase securities (or other property) which arise out of or in connection with the issuance or sale ofthe same or substantially similar securities (or property), (vii) all contingent or non-contingent obligations of such person to reimburse any bank or other person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument,(viii) all equity securities of such person subject to repurchase or redemption otherwise than at the sole option of such person, (ix) all “earnouts” and similar payment obligations of such person, (x) all indebtednesssecured by a lien on any asset of such person, whether or not such indebtedness is otherwise an obligation of such person, (xi) all obligations of such person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, capor collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of that person arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, and (xii) all obligations orliabilities of others guaranteed by such person. 

**7.3 Dispositions.**

(a) No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, rent, lease, sublease, mortgage,license, transfer or otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”) any of the Collateral or any Intellectual Property, except for the following (each, individually, a “Permitted Disposition” and, collectively,“Permitted Dispositions”): (i) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, bulk sales of calcitonin; (ii) dispositions for cash by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries ofequipment that is no longer used or useful in the business of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such disposition or would be caused after giving effectthereto, (B) such disposition is made to a third party unaffiliated with any Loan Party and negotiated on an arms length basis and (C) fair value, as determined by Agent in accordance with Section 7.3(b) below, is paid for suchequipment; (iii) the sale or sales of equipment specified on such Loan Party’s financials as “excess” and listed for sale, including the assets located in Hauppauge, New York (whether or not listed as “excess”), forcash determined in an arms-length transaction, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such disposition or would be caused after giving effect thereto, (B) such sale is made to a thirdparty unaffiliated with any Loan Party and negotiated on an arms length basis and (C) fair value, as determined by Agent in accordance with Section 7.3(b) below, is paid for such equipment; (iv) sales or dispositions of assets, solong as (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such sale or disposition or would be cause dafter giving effect thereto, (B) the fair market value of such assets does not exceed $10,000, in anygiven 

 

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sale or disposition, or $50,000, in the aggregate over any twelve (12) month period and (C) the relevant Loan Party provides written notice toAgent at least seven (7) days prior to the closing of such sale or disposition; (v) sales or dispositions of the Intellectual Property described in Schedule B(VI) hereto, provided, however, that (A) the relevant Loan Partyprovides written notice to Agent at least seven (7) days prior to the closing of such sale or disposition and (B) each Loan Party covenants and agrees that any and all non-cash consideration received by such Loan Party with respect to anysuch disposition, transfer or sale of such Intellectual Property shall be subject to this Agreement and shall be Collateral hereunder; (vi) a transaction to license, or grant of an option to license, RNAi targets or technology pursuant to apartnering or other development agreement between the Company and certain pharmaceutical companies on substantially the same or better economic terms as set forth in term sheets provided to Agent prior to the date hereof (the“Subsequent Pre-Approved Licensing Transaction”); and (vii) a transaction to license, or grant of an option to license, RNAi targets or technology pursuant to a partnering or other development agreement between the Company andcertain pharmaceutical companies that (i) is made to a third party unaffiliated with any Loan Party and negotiated on an arms length basis, (ii) is for less than all or substantially all of the Borrowers’ RNAi Intellectual Property,(iii) is for $5,000,000 or more and (iv) is executed and “closed” during the Initial Payment Period. 

(b) With respect to the Permitted Dispositions described in Section 7.3(a)(ii) and (iii), Loan Party, prior to the closing of such disposition or sale, shall provide written notice to Agent setting forth, with reasonable specificity,the equipment that is the subject of such disposition or sale and the consideration to be paid for each item thereof. Within seven (7) Business Days following receipt of such notice, Agent shall respond to Loan Party specifying whether theconsideration to be paid constitutes fair value. If Agent fails to respond to such notice within such period, Agent shall be deemed to have affirmed that the value to be paid in connection with such disposition constitutes fair value for theequipment to be conveyed. 

**7.4 Change in Name, Location or Executive Office; Change in Business; Change in Fiscal Year.** No LoanParty shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) change its name or its state of organization, (b) relocate its chief executive office without 30 days prior written notification to Agent, (c) engage in anybusiness other than or reasonably related or incidental to the businesses currently engaged in by such Loan Party or Subsidiary, (d) cease to conduct business substantially in the manner conducted by such Loan Party or Subsidiary as of the dateof this Agreement (other than as permitted under Section 6.1(b)) or (e) change its fiscal year end. 

**7.5 Mergers orAcquisitions.** No Loan Party shall merge or consolidate, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with or into any other person or entity (other than mergers of a Subsidiary into a Borrower in which suchBorrower is the surviving entity) or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another person or entity or all or substantially all of the assets constituting any line ofbusiness, division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of another person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrower may acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of another business entity (such businessentity, the 

 

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“Target”) so long as (a) Agent and each Lender shall receive at least twenty (20) Business Days’ prior written notice of suchproposed acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such proposed acquisition; (b) such acquisition shall only involve assets located in the United States and comprise a business, or those assets of a business,substantially of the type engaged in by such Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and which business would not subject Agent or any Lender to regulatory or third party approvals in connection with the exercise of its rights andremedies under this Agreement or any other Debt Documents other than approvals applicable to the exercise of such rights and remedies with respect to such Borrower prior to such acquisition; (c) such acquisition shall be consensual and shallhave been approved by Target’s board of directors or similar governing body (as applicable); (d) the purchase price paid and/or payable (whether in cash, stock or other form of consideration) in connection with all acquisitions (includingall transaction costs and all Indebtedness, liabilities and contingent obligations incurred or assumed in connection therewith or otherwise reflected in a consolidated balance sheet of such Borrower and Target) shall not exceed $100,000 in anycalendar year; (e) the business and assets acquired in such acquisition shall be free and clear of all liens (other than Permitted Liens); (f) at or prior to the closing of any acquisition, Agent will be granted a first priority perfectedLien (subject to Permitted Liens) in all assets or stock acquired pursuant thereto and such Borrower shall have executed such documents and taken such actions as may be required by Agent in connection therewith; (g) concurrently with deliveryof the notice referred to in clause (a) above, such Borrower shall have delivered to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (1) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement of suchBorrower based on recent financial statements, which shall be complete and shall fairly present in all material respects the assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of such Borrower in accordance with GAAP consistentlyapplied, but taking into account such acquisition and the funding of all Loans in connection therewith, and such acquisition pro forma shall reflect that on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or wouldresult after giving effect to such acquisition and such Borrower would have been in compliance with the financial covenants set forth herein for the four quarter period reflected in the compliance certificate most recently delivered to Agent priorto the consummation of such acquisition (after giving effect to such acquisition); (2) updated versions of the most recently delivered projections covering the one-year period commencing on the date of such acquisition and otherwise prepared inaccordance with the projections and based upon historical financial data of a recent date reasonably satisfactory to Agent, taking into account such acquisition; and (3) a certificate of the chief financial officer of such Borrower to theeffect that: (w) Borrower will be solvent upon the consummation of the acquisition; (x) the acquisition pro forma fairly presents the financial condition of Borrower (on a consolidated basis) as of the date thereof after giving effect tothe acquisition; (y) the acquisition projections are reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrower subsequent to the date thereof based upon the historical performance of Borrower and the acquired company and show thatBorrower shall continue to be in compliance with the financial covenants for the shorter of (A) the two-year period thereafter and (B) the remaining scheduled term under this Agreement; and (z) Borrower has substantially completed itsdue diligence investigation with respect to such acquisition, which investigation was conducted in a manner similar to that which would have been conducted by a prudent purchaser of a comparable business and the results of which investigation weredelivered to Agent and Lenders; and (h) at the time of such acquisition and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 

 

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**7.6 Restricted Payments.** No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of itsSubsidiaries to, (a) declare or pay any dividends or make any other distribution or payment on account of or redeem, retire, defease or purchase any capital stock (other than the payment of dividends to Borrowers, dividends payable solely inthe capital stock of MDRNA, or repurchases of the capital stock of MDRNA that are deemed to occur upon the net exercise of warrants, options or other rights to purchase securities of MDRNA), (b) purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principalof, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness prior to its scheduled maturity, (c) make any payment in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate per annum, which payments shall have been approved by theindependent directors of MDRNA, in respect of management fees or consulting fees (or similar fees) to any equityholder or other affiliate of Borrowers, (d) be a party to or bound by an agreement that restricts a Subsidiary from paying dividendsor otherwise distributing property to Borrowers or (e) purchase or make any payment on or with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as expressly permitted by the subordination terms thereof that have been approved by Agent.

**7.7 Investments.** No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly(a) acquire or own, or make any loan, advance or capital contribution (an “Investment”) in or to any person or entity, excluding any Borrower, (b) acquire or create any Subsidiary, or (c) engage in any joint ventureor partnership with any other person or entity, other than: (i) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement, (ii) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents (as defined below), and (iii) loansor advances to employees of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary business purposes in the ordinary course of business as presently conducted, provided that the aggregateoutstanding principal amount of all loans and advances permitted pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed $200,000 at any time (collectively, the “Permitted Investments”), (iv) as approved in connection with anySubsequent Pre-Approved Licensing Transaction, and (v) acquisitions permitted in accordance with Section 7.5 hereof. The term “Cash Equivalents” means (v) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, ordirectly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of theUnited States federal government, (w) any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any publicinstrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s, (x) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” byMoody’s and issued by any entity organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (y) any U.S. dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued oraccepted by (i) Agent or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations ofits primary federal banking regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000 or (z) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets investedcontinuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (v), (w), (x) or (y) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net 

 

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assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in theUnited States; provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (v), (w), (x) and (y) above shall not exceed 365 days. For the avoidance of doubt, “CashEquivalents” does not include (and each Loan Party is prohibited from purchasing or purchasing participations in) any auction rate securities or other corporate or municipal bonds with a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate isreset through a Dutch auction. 

**7.8 Transactions with Affiliates.** No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of itsSubsidiaries to, directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate (as defined below) of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party except for transactions that (i) are with a Borrower or (ii) arein the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s or such Subsidiary’s business, upon fair and reasonable terms that are no more favorable to such Affiliate than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction. As used herein,“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (a) each person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls 5% or more of the stock or membership interests having ordinary voting power inthe election of directors or managers of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, and (b) each person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Loan Party or such Subsidiary. 

**7.9 Compliance.** No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) fail to comply in any material respectwith the laws and regulations described in clauses (b) or (c) of Section 5.8 herein, (b) use any portion of the Term Loan to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or(c) fail to comply in any material respect with, or violate in any material respect any other law or regulation applicable to it. 

**7.10 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts.** No Loan Party shall directly or indirectly maintain or establish any deposit account or securities account, unless Agent, the applicable Loan Party or Loan Parties and the depositoryinstitution or securities intermediary at which the account is or will be maintained enter into a deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent(an “Account Control Agreement”) (which agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) such depository institution or securities intermediary has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against such depositor securities account (except as agreed to by Agent), other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (ii) suchdepository institution or securities intermediary shall comply with all instructions of Agent without further consent of such Loan Party or Loan Parties, as applicable, including an instruction by Agent to comply exclusively with instructions ofAgent with respect to such account (such notice, a “Notice of Exclusive Control”)), prior to or concurrently with the establishment of such deposit account or securities account (or in the case of any such deposit account orsecurities account maintained as of the date hereof, within ten (10) days after the Closing Date). Agent may only give a Notice of Exclusive Control with respect to any deposit account or securities account at any time at which a Default orEvent of Default has occurred and is continuing. At the request of Agent, Borrowers shall create or designate a dedicated deposit account or accounts to be used exclusively for payroll or withholding tax purposes. 

 

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**7.11 Amendments to Other Agreements**. No Loan Party shall amend, modify or waive any provision of(a) any Material Agreement or (b) any of such Loan Party’s organizational documents, in each case, without the prior written consent of Agent and the Requisite Lenders (unless either (x), in each case, the net effect of suchamendment, modification or waiver is not adverse to any Loan Party, Agent or Lenders and does not violate Section 7.4 above or (y) with respect to MDRNA, such amendment merely increases the number of shares available for issuance oreffects a reverse split with respect to outstanding shares, provided, however, that such Loan Party shall provide written notice to Agent prior to effecting any such amendment, modification or waiver). If any Borrower obtains SubordinatedIndebtedness, no Loan Party shall amend, modify or waive any provision of any document relating to any of the Subordinated Indebtedness. 

 
**8.****DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.**
**8.1 Events ofDefault.** Loan Parties shall be in default under this Agreement and each of the other Debt Documents if (each of the following, an “Event of Default”): 

(a) Borrowers shall fail to pay (i) any principal when due, or (ii) any interest, fees or other Obligations (other than asspecified in clause (i)) within a period of 3 Business Days after the due date thereof (other than on any Applicable Term Loan Maturity Date); 

(b) any Loan Party breaches any of its obligations under Section 6.1(a) (solely as it relates to maintaining its existence and subject to Section 6.1(b) thereof), Section 6.2, Section 6.3,Section 6.4, or Article 7; 

(c) any Loan Party breaches any of its other obligations under any of the DebtDocuments and fails to cure such breach within 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an officer of such Loan Party has actual knowledge of such failure and (ii) the date on which notice shall have been given to Borrowers fromAgent; 

(d) any warranty, representation or statement made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any of theDebt Documents or otherwise in connection with any of the Obligations shall be false or misleading in any material respect at the time such warranty, representations or statement was made or deemed to be made; 

(e) any of the Collateral is subjected to attachment, execution, levy, seizure or confiscation in any legal proceeding or otherwise, or ifany legal or administrative proceeding is commenced against any Loan Party or any of the Collateral, which in the good faith judgment of Agent subjects any of the Collateral to a material risk of attachment, execution, levy, seizure or confiscationand no bond is posted or protective order obtained to negate such risk within 10 days following such attachment, execution, levy, seizure or confiscation; 

(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party that exceeds by more than $150,000 any insurance coverage applicable thereto (to the extent therelevant insurer has been notified of such claim and has not denied coverage therefor) and either (i) enforcement 

 

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proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order or decree or (ii) such judgment, order or decree shall not have beenvacated or discharged for a period of 10 consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any stay of enforcement thereof; 

(g) (i) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit inwriting its inability to pay its debts generally, shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall cease doing business as a going concern, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Loan Party or anySubsidiary of a Loan Party seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under anylaw relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official orother official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, either suchproceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 45 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall take any corporate or similar action orany other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above; 

(h) an event ordevelopment occurs which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 

(i) (i) any provision of any DebtDocument shall fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, a Loan Party party thereto, (ii) any Debt Document purporting to grant a security interest to secure any Obligation shall fail to create a valid and enforceable securityinterest on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall fail or cease to be a perfected lien with the priority required in the relevant Debt Document, or (iii) any subordination provision set forth in anydocument evidencing or relating to any Subordinated Indebtedness shall, in whole or in part, terminate or otherwise fail or cease to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any agent for or holder of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or suchperson shall so state in writing), or any Loan Party shall state in writing that any of the events described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have occurred; 

(j) (i) A default occurs under the documents evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness; (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of aLoan Party defaults under any Material Agreement (after any applicable grace period contained therein), (iii) (A) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party fails to make (after any applicable grace period) any payment when due(whether due because of scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount (includingundrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of 

 

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more than $200,000 (“Material Indebtedness”), (B) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any contractual obligationrelating to any such Material Indebtedness, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of (without regard to any subordination terms with respect thereto) the maturity of such Material Indebtedness or(C) any such Material Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturitythereof, (iv) any Borrower or any Subsidiary defaults (beyond any applicable grace period) under any obligation for payments due or otherwise under any lease agreement for which a landlord consent and/or bailee letter is required underSection 6.6; or (v) the occurrence of any “change of control” or any term of similar effect under any Subordinated Indebtedness document; or 

(k) (i) any of the chief executive officer, or the chief financial officer of any Borrower as of the date hereof shall cease to beinvolved in the day to day operations (including research development) or management of the business of such Borrower, and a successor of such officer reasonably acceptable to Agent is not appointed on terms reasonably acceptable to Agent within 90days of such cessation or involvement, (ii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of more than twenty-five percent (25%) ofthe voting power of the voting stock of any Borrower by way of merger or consolidation or otherwise, provided, however, that voting stock of MDRNA may be conveyed to a third party, on terms and conditions acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion(the “Equity Investment”), (iii) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of any Borrower (together with any new directors whoseelection by the board of directors of a Borrower or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of a Borrower was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning ofsuch period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office, other than as approved in connection with any EquityInvestment, or (iv) a Borrower ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, all of the economic and voting rights associated with the outstanding voting capital stock (or other voting equity interest) of each of its Subsidiaries.

**8.2 Lender Remedies.** Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, Agent may, and at the written requestof the Requisite Lenders shall, terminate the Commitments and declare any or all of the Obligations to be immediately due and payable, and the accelerated Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate pursuant to Section 2.6, providedthat, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(g) above, the Obligations shall be automatically accelerated. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall have (on behalf ofitself and Lenders) all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, and under any other applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, Agent shall have the right to, and at the written request of the Requisite Lenders shall,(a) notify any account debtor of any Loan Party or any obligor on any instrument which constitutes part of the Collateral to make payments to Agent (for the benefit of itself and 

 

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Lenders), (b) with or without legal process, enter any premises where the Collateral may be and take possession of and remove the Collateral from thepremises or store it on the premises, (c) sell the Collateral at public or private sale, in whole or in part, and have the right to bid and purchase at such sale, or (d) lease or otherwise dispose of all or part of the Collateral, applyingproceeds from such disposition to the Obligations in accordance with Section 8.4. If requested by Agent, Loan Parties shall promptly assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at a place to be designated by Agent. Agent may alsorender any or all of the Collateral unusable at a Loan Party’s premises and may dispose of such Collateral on such premises without liability for rent or costs. Any notice that Agent is required to give to a Loan Party under the UCC of the timeand place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall be deemed to constitute reasonable notice if such notice is given in accordance with this Agreement at least 5days prior to such action. Effective only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Loan Party hereby irrevocably appoints Agent (and any of Agent’s designated officers or employees) as such Loan Party’strue and lawful attorney to: (i) take any of the actions specified above in this paragraph; (ii) endorse such Loan Party’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security that may come into Agent’s possession;(iii) settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting the accounts directly with account debtors, for amounts and upon terms which Agent determines to be reasonable; and (iv) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of suchLoan Party that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce its rights in or to any of the Collateral or to perfect or better perfect Agent’s security interest (on behalf of itself and Lenders) in any of the Collateral. The appointment ofAgent as each Loan Party’s attorney in fact is a power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the date on which all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash, all of the Commitments hereunder are terminated, and thisAgreement shall have been terminated (the “Termination Date”). 

**8.3 Additional Remedies.** In addition to theremedies provided in Section 8.2 above, each Loan Party hereby grants to Agent (on behalf of itself and Lenders) and any transferee of Collateral, for purposes of exercising its remedies as provided herein, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Loan Party) to use, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Loan Party, and wherever the same may be located, and including in suchlicense 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. 

**8.4 Application of Proceeds.** Proceeds from any Transfer of the Collateral, including the Intellectual Property (other than Permitted Dispositions)and all payments made to or proceeds of Collateral received by Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be applied as follows: (a) first, to pay all fees, costs, indemnities, reimbursements and expenses then due to Agent underthe Debt Documents in its capacity as Agent under the Debt Documents, (b) second, to pay all fees, costs, indemnities, reimbursements and expenses then due to Lenders under the Debt Documents in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares,until paid in full, (c) third, to pay all interest on the Term Loan then due to Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, until paid in full (other than interest accrued after the commencement of any proceeding referred to inSection 8.1(g) if a claim for such interest is not allowable in such proceeding), (d) fourth, to pay all principal on the Term Loan then due to Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, until paid in full,(e) fifth, to pay all other 

 

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Obligations then due to Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, until paid in full (including all interest accrued after thecommencement of any proceeding referred to in Section 8.1(g) whether or not a claim for such interest is allowable in such proceeding), and (f) sixth, to Borrowers or as otherwise required by law. Borrowers shall remain fully liable forany deficiency. 

 
**9.****Agent.**
**9.1 Appointment of Agent.**

(a) Each Lender hereby appoints GECC (together with any successor Agent pursuant to Section 9.9) as Agentunder the Debt Documents and authorizes Agent to (a) execute and deliver the Debt Documents and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from Loan Parties, (b) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies andperform the duties as are expressly delegated to Agent under such Debt Documents and (c) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article 9 are solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and none ofLoan Parties nor any other person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement and the other Debt Documents, Agent shall act solely as an agent ofLenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Loan Party or any other person. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except for those expresslyset forth in this Agreement and the other Debt Documents. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and Agent shall not have, or be deemed to have, by reason of this Agreement, any other Debt Document or otherwise afiduciary or trustee relationship in respect of any Lender. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Debt Documents, Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure to disclose, any informationrelating to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by GECC or any of its affiliates in any capacity. 

(b) Without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursingand collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Debt Documents (including in any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each person making any payment in connectionwith any Debt Document to any Lender is hereby authorized to make such payment to Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of Agent and Lenders with respect to any Obligation in anyproceeding described in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Lender), (iii) act as collateral agent for Agent and each Lender for purposes of the perfection of all lienscreated by the Debt Documents and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of theliens created or purported to be created by the Debt Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Debt Document, exercise all remedies given to Agent and the other 

 

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Lenders with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Debt Documents, applicable law or otherwise and (vii) execute any amendment, consent or waiverunder the Debt Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided, however, that Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent forAgent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Loan Party with, and cash and cash equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and directthe Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only tothe extent, so authorized and directed. Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any DebtDocument by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other person (including any Lender). Any such person shall benefit from this Article 9 to the extent provided by Agent. 

(c) If Agent shall request instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders with respect to any act or action (includingfailure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any other Debt Document, then Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have received instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affectedLenders, as the case may be, and Agent shall not incur liability to any person by reason of so refraining. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder or under any other Debt Document (a) if such actionwould, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or any Debt Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose Agent to any potential liability under any law, statute or regulation or (c) if Agent shall not first beindemnified to its satisfaction against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoeveragainst Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Debt Document in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable. 

**9.2 Agent’s Reliance, Etc**. Neither Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees orrepresentatives shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Debt Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or willfulmisconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until such Note has been assigned in accordance withSection 10.1; (b) may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, whether or not selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance withthe advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in reliance upon the instructions of the Requisite Lenders, (d) makes no warranty orrepresentation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations made in 

 

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or in connection with this Agreement or the other Debt Documents; (e) shall not have any duty to inspect the Collateral (including the books andrecords) or to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any provision of any Debt Document, whether any condition set forth in any Debt Document is satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Loan Party or as tothe existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received a notice from Borrowers or anyLender describing such Default or Event of Default clearly labeled “notice of default”; (f) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency orvalue of, or the attachment, perfection or priority of any lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Debt Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (g) shall incur noliability under or in respect of this Agreement or the other Debt Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signedor sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties. 

**9.3 GECC and Affiliates.** GECC shall have the same rights andpowers under this Agreement and the other Debt Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include GECC inits individual capacity. GECC and its affiliates may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, Borrowers, any Subsidiaries of any Borrower, any of their Affiliates and any person who may do business with or ownsecurities of Borrowers, any Subsidiaries of any Borrower or any such Affiliate, all as if GECC were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GECC and its affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from Borrowers forservices in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest between GECC as a Lender holding disproportionate interests in the Term Loan andGECC as Agent, and expressly consents to, and waives, any claim based upon, such conflict of interest. 

**9.4 Lender Credit Decision**.Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 6.3 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, madeits own credit and financial analysis of each Loan Party and its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents andinformation as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result ofLenders holding disproportionate interests in the Term Loan, and expressly consents to, and waives, any claim based upon, such conflict of interest. 

**9.5 Indemnification**. Lenders shall and do hereby indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Loan Parties and without limiting the obligations of Loan Parties hereunder), ratably according to theirrespective Pro Rata Shares from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, orasserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Debt 

 

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Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by Agent in connection therewith; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of suchliabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Withoutlimiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse Agent promptly upon demand for its Pro Rata Share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and each other Debt Document, to the extent thatAgent is not reimbursed for such expenses by Loan Parties. The provisions of this Section 9.5 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

**9.6 Successor Agent**. Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint asuccessor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the resigning Agent’s giving notice of resignation, then the resigning Agent may, onbehalf of Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept such appointment, or otherwise shall be a commercial bank or financial institution or a subsidiary of a commercial bank or financial institutionif such commercial bank or financial institution is organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $300,000,000. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuantto the foregoing, within 30 days after the date such notice of resignation was given by the resigning Agent, such resignation shall become effective and the Requisite Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of Agent hereunder until suchtime, if any, as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided above. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,privileges and duties of the resigning Agent. Upon the earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent or the effective date of the resigning Agent’s resignation, the resigning Agent shall be discharged fromits duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Debt Documents, except that any indemnity rights or other rights in favor of such resigning Agent shall continue. After any resigning Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions ofthis Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent under this Agreement and the other Debt Documents. 

**9.7 Setoff and Sharing of Payments**. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of anysuch rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and subject to Section 9.8(e), each Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time upon the direction of Agent, without notice to Borrowers or anyother person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all balances held by it at any of its offices for the account of Borrowers (regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrowers)and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing by that Lender or that holder to or for the credit or for the account of Borrowers against and on account of any of the Obligations that are not paid when due. Any Lender exercising aright of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on account of the Obligations in excess of its Pro Rata Share thereof shall purchase for cash (and 

 

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the other Lenders or holders shall sell) such participations in each such other Lender’s or holder’s Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would benecessary to cause such Lender to share the amount so offset or otherwise received with each other Lender or holder in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares of the Obligations. Borrowers agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that(a) any Lender may exercise its right to offset with respect to amounts in excess of its Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and may sell participations in such amounts so offset to other Lenders and holders and (b) any Lender so purchasinga participation in the Term Loan made or other Obligations held by other Lenders or holders may exercise all rights of offset, bankers’ lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender or holderwere a direct holder of the Term Loan and the other Obligations in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all or any portion of the offset amount or payment otherwise received is thereafter recovered from the Lender thathas exercised the right of offset, the purchase of participations by that Lender shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored without interest. The term “Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, thepercentage obtained by dividing (x) the Commitment of such Lender then in effect (or, if such Commitment is terminated, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan owing to such Lender) by (y) the Total Commitment then ineffect (or, if the Total Commitment is terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan owing to all Lenders). 

**9.8Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert.**

(a) Advances; Payments. If Agentreceives any payment for the account of Lenders on or prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on such Business Day. If Agent receives anypayment for the account of Lenders after 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on the next Business Day. To the extent that any Lender hasfailed to fund any such payments and Term Loans (a “Non-Funding Lender”), Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrowers.

(b) Return of Payments. 

(i) If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from a Loan Party and such related payment is not received byAgent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount (including interest accruing on such amount at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate otherwise applicable to such Obligation) from such Lender ondemand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. 

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required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent hasdistributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to a Loan Party or such other person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. 

(c) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make the Term Loan or any payment required by it hereunder shallnot relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make the Term Loan, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a TermLoan or make any other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Debt Document or constitute a“Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite Lender” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Debt Document. At Borrowers’ request, Agent or a person reasonably acceptable toAgent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell andassign to Agent or such person, all of the Commitments and all of the outstanding Term Loans of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of the Term Loan held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and feeswith respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement (as defined below). 

(d) Dissemination of Information. Agent shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to Borrowers, with notice ofany Event of Default of which Agent has actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of Default; provided that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extentthat such failure is attributable to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Lenders acknowledge that Borrowers are required to provide financial statements to Lenders inaccordance with Section 6.3 hereto and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the same to Lenders. 

(e)Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement, the Notes orany other Debt Documents (including exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under thisAgreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders. 

 

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**10.****MISCELLANEOUS.**
**10.1 Assignment.** Subject tothe terms of this Section 10.1, any Lender may make an assignment to an assignee of, or sell participations in, at any time or times, the Debt Documents, its Commitment, Term Loans or any portion thereof or interest therein, including anyLender’s rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Qualified Assignee (as defined below), require the consent of each Lender (whichconsent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) require the execution of an assignment agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged by, Agent (an “AssignmentAgreement”); (iii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the assigning Lender and Agent that it is purchasing the applicable Commitment and/or Term Loans to be assigned to it for its own account, for investmentpurposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (iv) be in an aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000, unless such assignment is made to an existing Lender or an affiliate of an existing Lender or is of the assignor’s(together with its affiliates’) entire interest of the Term Loan or is made with the prior written consent of Agent; and (v) include a payment to Agent of an assignment fee of $3,500. In the case of an assignment by a Lender under thisSection 10.1, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to itsCommitment and Term Loans, as applicable, or assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such assignment. Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that any assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the assignee and thatthe assignee shall be considered to be a “Lender”. In the event any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Commitments and Obligations, Agent shall so notify Borrowers and Borrowers shall, upon the request of Agent,execute new Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Agent may amend Schedule A to this Agreement to reflect assignments made in accordance with this Section.****

As used herein, “Qualified Assignee” means (a) any Lender and any affiliate of any Lender and (b) any commercial bank, savingsand loan association or savings bank or any other entity which is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, including insurance companies,mutual funds, lease financing companies and commercial finance companies, in each case, which has a rating of BBB or higher from S&P and a rating of Baa2 or higher from Moody’s at the date that it becomes a Lender and in each case ofclauses (a) and (b), which, through its applicable lending office, is capable of lending to Borrowers without the imposition of any withholding or similar taxes; provided that no person proposed to become a Lender after the Closing Dateand determined by Agent to be acting in the capacity of a vulture fund or distressed debt purchaser shall be a Qualified Assignee, and no person or Affiliate of such person proposed to become a Lender after the Closing Date and that holds anysubordinated debt or stock issued by Borrowers shall be a Qualified Assignee. 

**10.2 Notices.** All notices, requests or othercommunications given in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the parties at their respective addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto below such parties’ name or in the most recent AssignmentAgreement executed by any Lender (unless and until a different address may be specified in a written notice to the other party delivered in accordance with this Section), and 

 

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shall be deemed given (a) on the date of receipt if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of sender’s receipt of confirmation of propertransmission if sent by facsimile transmission, (c) on the next Business Day after being sent by a nationally-recognized overnight courier, and (d) on the fourth Business Day after being sent by registered or certified mail, postageprepaid. As used herein, the term “Business Day” means and includes any day other than Saturdays, Sundays, or other days on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed. 

**10.3 Correction of Debt Documents.** Agent may correct obvious errors and fill in all blanks in this Agreement or the Debt Documents consistent withthe agreement of the parties. 

**10.4 Performance; Joint and Several Liability.** Time is of the essence of this Agreement. ThisAgreement shall be binding, jointly and severally, upon all parties described as “Borrower” and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Agent, Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, and eachparty described as “Borrower” shall be liable, jointly and severally, for the Obligations. 

**10.5 Payment of Fees andExpenses.** Loan Parties agree, jointly and severally, to pay or reimburse upon demand for all reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by Agent and Lenders in connection with (a) the investigation, preparation, negotiation, execution,administration of, or any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of, this Agreement or any other Debt Document, (b) the administration of the Loans and the facilities hereunder and any other transaction contemplated hereby or under theDebt Documents and (c) the enforcement, assertion, defense or preservation of Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Debt Document, in each case of clauses (a) through (c), including reasonableattorney’s fees and expenses, the allocated cost of in-house legal counsel, reasonable fees and expenses of consultants, auditors and appraisers and UCC and other corporate search and filing fees and wire transfer fees. Borrowers further agreethat such fees, costs and expenses shall constitute Obligations. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

**10.6Indemnity.**Each Loan Party shall and does hereby jointly and severally indemnify and defend Agent, Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, and their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants, attorneys, agents andaffiliates (each an “Indemnitee”) from and against all liabilities, losses, damages, expenses, penalties, claims, actions and suits (including related reasonable attorneys’ fees and the allocated costs of in-house legalcounsel) of any kind whatsoever arising, directly or indirectly, which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Debt Documents or any of the transactionscontemplated hereby or thereby (the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that, no Loan Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arisefrom the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 

 

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**10.7 Rights Cumulative.** Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement orotherwise arising are cumulative and may be exercised singularly or concurrently. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver, norshall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of that or any other right, power or privilege. NONE OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTSUNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, INSTRUMENT OR PAPER SIGNED BY BORROWERS UNLESS SUCH WAIVER IS EXPRESSED IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY AGENT, REQUISITE LENDERS OR ALL LENDERS, AS APPLICABLE. A waiver on any one occasion shall not beconstrued as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion. 

**10.8 Entire Agreement; Amendments, Waivers.**

(a) This Agreement and the other Debt Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to thesubject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior understandings (whether written, verbal or implied) with respect to such subject matter. Section headings contained in this Agreement have been included for convenience only, and shall notaffect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held tobe invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision hadnever been contained herein. The term “including” shall mean “including, but not limited to.” 

(b)Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Debt Document, or any consent to any departure by Borrowers therefrom, shall in any eventbe effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Borrowers and Lenders having more than (x) 50% of the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders or (y) if such Commitments have expired or been terminated, 50% of theaggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan (the “Requisite Lenders”). Except as set forth in clause (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders shallrequire the written consent of Requisite Lenders. 

(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision ofthis Agreement or any other Debt Document shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase or decrease any Commitment of any Lender or increase or decrease the Total Commitment (which shall bedeemed to affect all Lenders), (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Obligation or the amount of any fees payable hereunder (other than waiving the imposition of the Default Rate), (iii) postpone the date fixed for orwaive any payment of principal of or interest on the Term Loan, or any fees hereunder, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, except as otherwise expressly permitted in the Debt Documents (which shall be deemed to affect allLenders), (v) subordinate the lien granted in favor of Agent securing the 

 

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Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (vi) release a Loan Party from, or consent to a Loan Party’s assignment or delegationof, such Loan Party’s obligations hereunder and under the other Debt Documents or any Guarantor from its guaranty of the Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders) or (vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive Section 8.4,9.7 or 10.8(b) or (c). 

(d) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 10.8 to the contrary, no amendment,modification, termination or waiver affecting or modifying the rights or obligations of Agent hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Borrowers, Agent and Requisite Lenders. 

(e) Each Lender hereby consents to the release by Agent of any Lien held by Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders in any or allof the Collateral to secure the Obligations upon the termination of the Commitments and the payment and satisfaction in full of the Obligations. 

**10.9 Binding Effect.** This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date; provided, however, that the provisions of Sections 2.3(e), 9.5, 10.5 and 10.6 and the other indemnities contained in theDebt Documents shall survive the Termination Date. The surrender, upon payment or otherwise, of any Note or any of the other Debt Documents evidencing any of the Obligations shall not affect the right of Agent to retain the Collateral for such otherObligations as may then exist or as it may be reasonably contemplated will exist in the future. This Agreement and the grant of the security interest in the Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1 shall automatically be reinstated if Agent or anyLender is ever required to return or restore the payment of all or any portion of the Obligations (all as though such payment had never been made). 

**10.10 Use of Logo.** Each Loan Party authorizes Agent to use its name, logo and/or trademark without notice to or consent by such Loan Party, in connection with certain promotional materials that Agent may disseminate to the public.The promotional materials may include, but are not limited to, brochures, video tape, internet website, press releases, advertising in newspaper and/or other periodicals, lucites, and any other materials relating the fact that Agent has a financingrelationship with Borrowers and such materials may be developed, disseminated and used without Loan Parties’ review. Nothing herein obligates Agent to use a Loan Party’s name, logo and/or trademark, in any promotional materials of Agent.Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its respective Affiliates to, issue any press release or other public disclosure (other than any document filed with any governmental authority relating to a public offering of the securities ofBorrowers) using the name, logo or otherwise referring to General Electric Capital Corporation, GE Healthcare Financial Services, Inc. or of any of their affiliates, the Debt Documents or any transaction contemplated herein or therein without atleast two (2) Business Days prior written notice to and the prior written consent of Agent unless, and only to the extent that, Loan Parties or such Affiliate is required to do so under applicable law and then, only after consulting with Agentprior thereto. 

 

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**10.11 Waiver of Jury Trial.** EACH OF LOAN PARTIES, AGENT AND LENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY ANDALL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER DEBT DOCUMENTS, ANY OF THE INDEBTEDNESS SECURED HEREBY, ANY DEALINGS AMONG LOAN PARTIES, AGENT AND/OR LENDERS RELATING TO THESUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED AMONG LOAN PARTIES, AGENT AND/OR LENDERS. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAYBE FILED IN ANY COURT. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE. THIS WAIVER MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING. THE WAIVER ALSO SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER DEBTDOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTION. THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. 

**10.12 Governing Law.** THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER DEBT DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL IN ALLRESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE), INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, REGARDLESS OFTHE LOCATION OF THE COLLATERAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN IN REGARD TO THE VALIDITY, PERFECTION OR EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF ANY LIEN OR IN REGARD TO PROCEDURAL MATTERS AFFECTINGENFORCEMENT OF ANY LIENS IN COLLATERAL, SUCH LAWS OF SUCH OTHER JURISDICTIONS SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THAT EXTENT. IF ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DEBT DOCUMENT IS COMMENCED BY AGENT IN THE STATE COURTS OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH ACTION AND TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AGENT AND LENDERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY (OR ANY PROPERTY) IN THE COURT OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AGENT OR THE LENDERS DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TOREALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS. ANY PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION SHALL BE DULY SERVED IF MAILED BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO LOAN PARTIES AT THEIR ADDRESS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 10.2, OR IF SERVED BY ANY OTHERMEANS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. 

**10.13 Confidentiality**. Agent and each Lender agrees, as to itself, to use commerciallyreasonable efforts (equivalent to the efforts Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, applies to maintaining the confidentiality of its own confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential information provided to it byBorrowers and designated as confidential, except that Agent and Lenders may disclose such information (a) to persons employed or engaged by 

 

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Agent or a Lender; (b) to any bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply with the covenantcontained in this Section 10.13 (and any such bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant may disclose such information to persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (a) above); (c) asrequired or requested by any governmental authority or reasonably believed by Agent or any Lender to be compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal or administrative order or process; (d) as, on the advice of Agent’s or suchLender’s counsel, required by law; (e) in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under the Debt Documents or in connection with any litigation to which Agent or such Lender is a party or bound; (f) that ceases to beconfidential through no fault of Agent or such Lender or (g) persons employed by Agent’s strategic marketing partners. 

**10.14Counterparts.** This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constituteone and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. 

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**IN WITNESS WHEREOF,** each Loan Party, Agent and Lenders, intending to be legally bound hereby, haveduly executed this Agreement in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, as of the day and year first aforesaid. 

**BORROWERS:**

 
**MDRNA, INC.,** a Delaware corporation  **MDRNA RESEARCH, INC.,** a Delaware corporationBy: /s/ Bruce R. York  By: /s/ Bruce R. YorkName: Bruce R. York  Name: Bruce R. YorkTitle: CFO  Title: Representative**ATOSSA HEALTHCARE, INC.**, a Delaware corporation  **NASTECH HOLDINGS I, LLC**, a New York limited liability companyBy: /s/ Bruce R. York  By: /s/ Bruce R. YorkName: Bruce R. York  Name: Bruce R. YorkTitle: Representative  Title: Representative**NASTECH HOLDINGS II, LLC**, a New York limited liability company   By: /s/ Bruce R. York   Name: Bruce R. York   Title: Representative   
Address For Notices For All Loan Parties: 

3830 Monte Villa Parkway 

Bothell, WA 98021 

Phone: 703.338.1972 

Facsimile: 425.908.3600 

Attn: Mr. J. Michael French, Chief Executive Officer 

With a copy to: 

Pryor Cashman LLP 

410 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

Phone: 212.421.4100 

Facsimile: 212.326.0806 

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Signature Page to Loan and Security Agreement 

**AGENT AND LENDER:**   **GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION**   By: /s/ Scott R. Towers   Name: Scott R. Towers   Title: Duly Authorized Signatory   
Address For Notices: 

General Electric Capital Corporation 

c/o GE Healthcare Financial Services, Inc., LSF 

83 Wooster Heights Road, Fifth Floor 

Danbury, Connecticut 06810 

Attention: Senior Vice President of Risk 

Phone: (203) 205-5200

Facsimile: (203) 205-2192 

With a copy to: 

General Electric Capital Corporation 

c/o GE Healthcare FinancialServices, Inc. 

Two Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600 

Bethesda,Maryland 20814 

Attention: General Counsel 

Phone:(301) 961-1640 

Facsimile: (301) 664-9866 

 

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