Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 3, 2014 (the “Effective Date”) by and between BioTime, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”) and each of the undersigned identified on the signature page attached hereto (each such undersigned, individually and/or collectively, as applicable, a “Purchaser").

ARTICLE 1.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES

 

1.1                  Sale of Shares.  Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to sell to each Purchaser pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) the number of common shares, no par value, (“Shares”) shown beneath such Purchaser’s signature on the signature page of this Agreement, at the price of $3.12 per Share (the “Purchase Price”).

ARTICLE 2.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the most current prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included in Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-183557) (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) registering the offer and sale of the Shares, and in a prospectus supplement filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act describing the offer of the Shares (the “Prospectus Supplement”), including all documents and information incorporated by reference therein, the Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:

 

2.1                  Organization.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of California.  The Company is duly qualified to do business in the state of California and in each other state in which it is doing business and where the failure to so qualify could have a material adverse effect on its business, operations, or properties, or could subject the Company to fines or penalties that are material to the Company’s financial condition.

 

2.2                  Authority; Enforceability.  The Company has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations hereunder.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to:  (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (ii) general principles of equity.

 

2.3                  Valid Issuance of Shares.  The Shares that are being purchased by such Purchaser hereunder, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including payment of the Purchase Price, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

2.4                  Capitalization.  The Company is authorized to issue the following shares of capital stock: 125,000,000 common shares, no par value, and 2,000,000 preferred shares, no par value.  As of September 30, 2014, there were: 70,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and convertible into 875,000 common shares; 73,690,302 common shares issued and 68,291,760 common shares outstanding excluding 5,398,542 common shares held by subsidiaries and treated as treasury shares; 3,420,068 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options; 9,195,002 common shares of issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants; and 1,260,417 additional common shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.  Except for stock options granted under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, and agreements of like tenor to this Agreement to sell Shares to Purchasers, since September 30, 2014 the Company has not entered into any commitment, arrangement, or agreement obligating the Company to issue, sell, purchase, redeem, acquire any preferred shares or common shares or other equity securities of the Company.

 

2.5                  Disclosure Documents; Financial Statements.  The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the SEC Reports), during the twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof.  None of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports (i) have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material in amount); and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods covered thereby.

 

2.6                  Absence of Certain Changes.  Since June 30, 2014, except as specifically disclosed in SEC Reports, (i) there has not been any material adverse change in the financial condition, assets, liabilities, revenues, or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses, licensing fees and similar expenses, and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or not required to be disclosed in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and (C) liabilities arising under this Agreement, and (iii) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed, or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock.

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2.7                  Internal Controls.  The Company maintains a process of “internal controls over financial reporting” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurances:  (i) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (ii) that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorizations of management and directors; and (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries that could have a material effect on the financial statements.  The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurances that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and otherwise to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

2.8                  Registration Statement.

 

(a)            The Company has prepared and filed the Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement has been issued by the SEC and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the SEC. The Company shall file a final Prospectus Supplement with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) no later than two (2) business days after the Effective Date.  The Registration Statement, and the Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement, do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(b)            When issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Registration Statement at Closing, the Shares will be free of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act, other than such restrictions as may be applicable under Rule 144 under the Securities Act with respect to sales or transfers of securities by an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the issuer should such Purchaser be or become an affiliate of the Company.

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2.9                  Listing and Maintenance Requirements.  The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the NYSE MKT to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the NYSE MKT.

 

2.10               Taxes.  Since January 1, 2011, the Company has filed when due all federal, state, and local income tax returns, and all other returns with respect to taxes which are required to be filed with the appropriate authorities of the jurisdictions where business is transacted by the Company, or where the Company owns any property, and any taxes due, as reflected on such tax returns, have been paid.

 

2.11              Subsidiaries.  The Company’s subsidiaries are shown in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014.

 

2.12               No Conflict.  The Company is not in violation or default of any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or bylaws, and is not in violation or default in any material respect of any instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree or contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or, to its knowledge, of any provision of any federal or state statute, rule or regulation applicable to it.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement (a) do not and will not violate any provisions of (i) any rule, regulation, statute, or law, (ii) the terms of any order, writ or decree of any court or judicial or regulatory authority or body, (iii) the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or (iv) the rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT applicable to the listing of the Company’s common shares, (b) will not conflict with or result in a breach of any condition or provision or constitute a default under or pursuant to the terms of any Material Contract (as defined below), and (c) will not result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the Shares or upon any of the assets or properties of the Company.  The term Material Contract means any contract, agreement, license, lease, deed of trust, mortgage, lien, debenture, promissory note, or instrument to which the Company is a party (i) the termination of or default under which could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, assets or prospects of the Company, or (ii) that constitutes a lien or security interest on any real or personal property of the Company the loss of which through a foreclosure sale would have a material adverse affect on the business, financial condition, assets or prospects of the Company.

 

2.13               Litigation.  Other than as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there is no lawsuit, arbitration proceeding, or administrative action or proceeding pending or threatened against the Company which (a) questions the validity of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by the Company in connection with this Agreement or the issue and sale of the Shares hereunder, (b) alleges any infringement of any trademark, service mark, or patent by the Company, or (c) if adversely decided would have a material adverse effect upon the business, financial condition, assets or prospects of the Company.

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2.14               Patents and Trademarks.  The Company is the sole and exclusive owner of or has a valid license to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, information, proprietary rights and processes presently used by the Company in its business as now conducted, without any conflict with or, to the Company’s knowledge infringement of the rights of others, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports.  The Company has not received any communications alleging that it has violated or, by conducting its business as presently conducted, violates any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or trade secrets or other proprietary rights of any other person or entity.

 

2.15               Title to Property.  The Company has good and marketable title to its property and assets free and clear of all mortgages, liens, loans and encumbrances.  Title to all of the personal and real property used by the Company is held in the name of the Company or a subsidiary or is licensed or leased from a third party.  With respect to the property leased or licensed from a third party, the Company is in compliance with such leases and licenses in all material respects and, to Company's knowledge, the Company holds a valid leasehold or license. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company are in good operating condition and repair (subject to ordinary wear and tear) and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being used.

 

2.16               Regulatory Permits. The Company possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its businesses as described in the SEC Reports (“Permits”), except where the failure to possess such Permits would not result in a material adverse effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Permit, the revocation or proposed modification of which would result in a material adverse effect.

 

2.17               Employee Benefit Plans.  Other than the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan and stock option and similar equity incentive plans maintained by Company subsidiaries, the Company does not have and has never maintained or sponsored any Employee Benefit Plan as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

2.18               Labor Agreements and Actions; Employee Compensation.  The Company is not be bound by or subject to (and none of its assets or properties is bound by or subject to) any written or oral contract, commitment or arrangement with any labor union, and no labor union has requested or, to the Company's knowledge, has sought to represent any of the employees, representatives or agents of the Company.  There is no strike or other labor dispute involving the Company pending, nor to the Company's knowledge, threatened, that could have a material adverse effect on the assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or business of the Company, nor is the Company aware of any labor organization activity involving its employees.  The Company is not aware that any officer or key employee, or that any group of key employees, intends to terminate their employment the Company, nor does the Company have a present intention to terminate the employment of any of the foregoing.  The employment of each officer and employee of the Company is terminable at the will of the Company.  To its knowledge, the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal equal employment opportunity and other laws related to employment.

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ARTICLE 3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASERS

 

Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants with respect to only itself to the Company the following:

 

3.1                  Organization. Such Purchaser, if not a natural person, is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or otherwise organized.

 

3.2                  Authority; Enforceability.  Such Purchaser has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by such Purchaser and is the valid and binding agreement of such Purchaser enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) to the extent limited by any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

 

3.3                  No Conflict.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, including the purchase of the Shares, by such Purchaser do not and will not violate any provisions of (i) any rule, regulation, statute, or law applicable to such Purchaser or (ii) the terms of any order, writ, or decree of any court or judicial or regulatory authority or body by which such Purchaser is bound, or (iii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or similar charter or governing documents of such Purchaser.

 

3.4                  No Short Sales. Purchaser has not, nor has any person or entity acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding, agreement, or arrangement with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any “short sale,” as defined in SEC Rule SHO, of the common shares of the Company since June 30, 2014.

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3.5                  Place of Business or Residence.  Such Purchaser represents and warrants that such Purchaser has such Purchaser’s principal place of business or residence as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 4.

CLOSING

 

4.1                  Time and Place of Closing.  The consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares (“Closing”) shall take place in on the third Business Day after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Purchasers and the Company (the “Closing Date”).  On the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall pay in full the Purchase Price for the Shares purchased by wire transfer of the Purchase Price for the Shares being purchased by such Purchaser, in immediately available funds, to an account designated by the Company.  The Purchase Price shall be paid in United States Dollars.  On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue to each Purchaser the Shares purchased, against payment of the Purchase Price.  Closing shall occur at the principal office of the Company or at such other place as the parties may agree.  A “Business Day” shall be any day on which the banks in New York are not required or permitted to close.

 

4.2                  Documents to be Delivered By the Company.  The Company shall deliver the following documents to each Purchaser at the Closing:

   

(a)            Prospectus.  A copy of the most current prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included in Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-183557) under the Securities Act registering the offer and sale of the Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and a prospectus supplement filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act describing the offer of the Shares; provided that the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement may be delivered in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act;

 

(b)            Shares.  The Shares purchased by such Purchaser, registered in the name of such Purchaser delivered electronically via The Depository Trust Company Deposit / Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”).

 

4.3                 Conditions of the Company's Obligation to Close.  The obligation of the Company to sell the Shares to each Purchaser on each Closing Date is conditioned upon the following:

 

  (a)            Payment and Delivery.  The Company’s receipt of the Purchase Price for the Shares being sold to such Purchaser;

 

  (b)            Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties made by such Purchaser in ARTICLE 3 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date; provided, that any representation and warranty that is itself qualified by a materiality standard shall be true and correct in all respects; and

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  (c)            Performance of Covenants.  Such Purchaser shall have fully performed all covenants and agreements required to be performed by such Purchaser on or before the Closing Date.

 

4.4                  Conditions of Each Purchaser’s Obligation to Close.  The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Shares from the Company on any Closing Date is conditioned upon the following:

 

(a)         Delivery.  Such Purchaser's receipt of the items required to be delivered by the Company under Section 4.2.

 

(b)            Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties made by the Company in ARTICLE 2 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on the applicable Closing Date, unless made as of a specific date in which case they shall be accurate as of such date, and such Purchaser shall have received from the Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, to such effect signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; provided, that any representation and warranty that is itself qualified by a materiality standard shall be true and correct in all respects.

 

(c)             Performance.  The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the applicable Closing Date.

 

(d)            Bankruptcy; Insolvency.  The Company shall not be subject to (i) any order for relief, or subject to any pending proceeding for reorganization or liquidation, under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other law pertaining to insolvency of the Company or creditor’s rights generally, (ii) any appointment of a receiver for the Company or any of its assets, or (iii) any plan or action of dissolution or liquidation of the Company or its business.

 

(e)            No Material Adverse Event.  No material adverse event shall have occurred since June 30, 2014.

 

(f)             Listing.  The common shares of the Company shall be designated for quotation or listed on the NYSE MKT, and the NYSE MKT shall not have suspended the listing or trading of the Company’s common shares, nor shall suspension by the SEC or the NYSE MKT have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the NYSE MKT or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the NYSE MKT.

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ARTICLE 5.

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

5.1                  Further Assurances.  Each party will execute, acknowledge, and deliver such additional certificates and documents and will take such additional actions as the other party may reasonably request on or after a Closing Date to effect, complete or perfect the issue and sale of the Shares to each Purchaser.

 

5.2                  Purchasers’ Market Activity.  Each Purchaser agrees that such Purchaser shall not, prior to the public announcement by the Company that it has entered into this Agreement, engage in any stabilization activity in connection with the Company’s common shares, or otherwise bid for or engage in any purchase or sale, including any short sale (as defined in SEC Rule SHO) of the Company’s common shares, directly or through or in arrangement with and any entity in control of, controlled by, or under common control with such Purchaser.  Each Purchaser covenants and agrees that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to a press release, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this Agreement.

 

5.3                  Public Disclosure by the Company.  On or after the first Business Day following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release and file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching this Agreement as an exhibit to such filing.

 

5.4                  Publicity.  No Purchaser shall issue any press release or make any similar public statement or communication disclosing the terms of this Agreement or the transactions hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that the Company’s consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed if such disclosure is required by law and such Purchaser shall have provided the Company with a copy of the proposed press release or other public statement or communication a reasonable time prior to the public release or dissemination thereof.

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ARTICLE 6.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1                  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and governed in all respects by the internal laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of California to the rights and duties of the parties.  All disputes and controversies arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved non-exclusively by the state and federal courts located in the State of New York and the State of California, and each party agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of said courts.

 

6.2                  Successors and Assigns.  The parties may not assign their rights or obligations under this Agreement, directly or by operation of law, without the consent of the other party.  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of each Purchaser and the Company.

 

6.3                  Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to the subject matter of this Agreement.  This Agreement and any term of this Agreement may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated only by a written instrument signed by the parties.

 

6.4                  Notices, etc.  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) four (4) days after being deposited in the United States mail, certified postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (b) when delivered by hand, by messenger or next Business Day air freight service, or (c) on the date of facsimile transmission (FAX)  or electronic mail (email) if sent at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, or the next Business Day after the date of facsimile or email transmission, if sent on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, in any case addressed as follows:

	
 

	
To any Purchaser:

	
 

	
At the address or FAX number or email address of such Purchaser shown on the signature page of this Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
To the Company:

	
 

	
BioTime Inc.

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
1301 Harbor Bay Parkway

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Alameda, California 94502

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
FAX:  (510) 521- 3389

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Email:  rpeabody@biotimemail.com

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Any party may change its address for the purpose of this Agreement by giving notice to each other party in accordance with this Section.

 

6.5                  Expenses.  Each Purchaser and the Company shall bear their own expenses, including fees and expenses of their own advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by the party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of the Shares to each Purchaser.

 

6.6                  Brokers.  No Purchaser shall have any liability to any broker, finder, investment banker, or other advisor  retained or engaged by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.7                  Titles and Subtitles.  The titles or headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

6.8                  Severability.  If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, each such unenforceable provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if each such unenforceable provision were so excluded, and the balance of this Agreement as so interpreted shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

6.9                  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  This Agreement may be executed with signatures transmitted among the parties by facsimile or by email delivery of a pdf format data file, and no party shall deny the validity of a signature or this Agreement signed and so transmitted on the basis that a signed document is represented by a copy or facsimile or pdf format data file and not an original.

 

6.10               Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser with respect to itself, by written notice to the Company, or by the Company with respect to all Purchasers, by written notice to all Purchasers, in either case if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the third Business Day after the Effective Date other than due to a breach of this Agreement or any covenant or agreement hereunder by the party seeking to so terminate this Agreement.  Termination of this Agreement will not affect the right of any party not in breach of its covenants and agreements under this Agreement to sue for any breach of this Agreement by the other party.

[Signatures on following page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

COMPANY:

 

	
BioTime, Inc.

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
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PURCHASER:

	
 

	 	
	 	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
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Title: 

	
 

	
 

 

	
Address:

	 	
 

	 		
	 	 	
	
 

	 	
 

	
 

	  	
 

 

	
FAX Number: 

	
 

	
 

 

	
Email: 

	
 

	
 

 

	
Number of Shares Purchased: 

	
 

	
 

 

 

12Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR, SUBJECT TO SECTION 11 HEREOF, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY BE COMPANY COUNSEL) REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

To Purchase Shares of the Common Stock of

 

EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Dated as of September 30, 2014 (the “Effective Date”)

 

WHEREAS, EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has entered into a Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) with Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Warrantholder”), in its capacity as administrative agent, and the lender parties thereto;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Loan Agreement and as additional consideration to the Warrantholder for, among other things, its agreements in the Loan Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue to the Warrantholder this Warrant Agreement, evidencing the right to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock (this “Warrant” or this “Agreement”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Warrantholder having executed and delivered the Loan Agreement and provided the financial accommodations contemplated therein, and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the Company and Warrantholder agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                         GRANT OF THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK.

 

(a)           For value received, the Company hereby grants to the Warrantholder, and the Warrantholder is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe for and purchase, from the Company, up to the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) as determined pursuant to Section 1(b) below, at a purchase price per share equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below).  The number and Exercise Price of such shares are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Charter” means the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or other constitutional document, as may be amended and in effect from time to time.

 

“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, as presently constituted under the Charter, and any class and/or series of Company

 

 

capital stock for or into which such common stock may be converted or exchanged in a reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction.

 

“Exercise Price”  means $7.01, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.

 

“Liquid Sale” means the closing of a Merger Event in which the consideration received by the Company and/or its stockholders, as applicable, consists solely of cash and/or Marketable Securities.

 

“Marketable Securities” in connection with a Merger Event means securities meeting all of the following requirements: (i) the issuer thereof is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is then current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) the class and series of shares or other security of the issuer that would be received by the Warrantholder in connection with the Merger Event were the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant on or prior to the closing thereof is then traded on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market, and (iii) following the closing of such Merger Event, Warrantholder would not be restricted from publicly re-selling all of the issuer’s shares and/or other securities that would be received by Warrantholder in such Merger Event were Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant in full on or prior to the closing of such Merger Event, except to the extent that any such restriction (x) arises solely under federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, and (y) does not extend beyond six (6) months from the closing of such Merger Event.

 

“Merger Event” means any of the following: (i) a sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all assets of the Company, (ii) any merger or consolidation involving the Company in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in which the outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are otherwise converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities or property of another entity, or (iii) any sale by holders of the outstanding voting equity securities of the Company in a single transaction or series of related transactions of shares constituting a majority of the outstanding combined voting power of the Company.

 

“Purchase Price” means, with respect to any exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to the then-effective Exercise Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is then exercised.

 

(b)           Number of Shares.              This Warrant shall be exercisable for 64,194 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.

 

SECTION 2.                         TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.

 

The term of this Agreement and the right to purchase Common Stock as granted herein shall commence on the Effective Date and, subject to Section 8(a) below, shall be exercisable for a period ending upon the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

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SECTION 3.                         EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHTS.

 

(a)           Exercise.  The purchase rights set forth in this Agreement are exercisable by the Warrantholder, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, prior to the expiration of the term set forth in Section 2, by tendering to the Company at its principal office a notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Notice of Exercise”), duly completed and executed.  Promptly upon receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the payment of the Purchase Price in accordance with the terms set forth below, and in no event later than three (3) days thereafter, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to issue to the Warrantholder a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock purchased and shall execute the acknowledgment of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II (the “Acknowledgment of Exercise”) indicating the number of shares which remain subject to future purchases under this Warrant, if any. If the Warrantholder does not request that shares of Common Stock be certificated at the time of exercise, shares of Common Stock will be held in book entry only form.

 

The Purchase Price may be paid at the Warrantholder’s election either (i) by cash or check, or (ii) by surrender of all or a portion of the Warrant for shares of Common Stock to be exercised under this Agreement and, if applicable, an amended Agreement setting forth the remaining number of shares purchasable hereunder, as determined below (“Net Issuance”).  If the Warrantholder elects the Net Issuance method, the Company will issue shares of Common Stock in accordance with the following formula:

 

X = Y(A-B)

A

 

Where:                                                         X =          the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrantholder.

 

Y =          the number of shares of Common Stock requested to be exercised under this Agreement.

 

A =          the then-current fair market value of one (1) share of Common Stock at the time of exercise.

 

B =          the then-effective Exercise Price.

 

For purposes of the above calculation, the current fair market value of shares of Common Stock shall mean with respect to each share of Common Stock:

 

(i)            at all times when the Common Stock shall be traded on a national securities exchange, inter-dealer quotation system or over-the-counter bulletin board service, the average of the closing prices over a five (5) day period ending three days before the day the current fair market value of the securities is being determined;

 

(ii)           if the exercise is in connection with a Merger Event, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the per share value received by the holders of the outstanding shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Merger Event as determined in accordance with the definitive transaction documents executed among the parties in connection therewith; or

 

(iii)          in cases other than as described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the current fair market value of a share of Common Stock shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

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Upon partial exercise by either cash or, upon request by the Warrantholder and surrender of all or a portion of this Warrant, Net Issuance, prior to the expiration or earlier termination hereof, the Company shall promptly issue an amended Agreement representing the remaining number of shares purchasable hereunder. All other terms and conditions of such amended Agreement shall be identical to those contained herein, including, but not limited to the Effective Date hereof.

 

(b)           Exercise Prior to Expiration.  To the extent this Warrant is not previously exercised as to all shares subject hereto, and if the then-current fair market value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, or, in the case of a Liquid Sale, where the value per share of Common Stock (as determined as of the closing of such Liquid Sale in accordance with the definitive agreements executed by the parties in connection with such Merger Event) to be paid to the holders thereof is greater than the Exercise Price then in effect, this Agreement shall be deemed automatically exercised on a Net Issuance basis pursuant to Section 3(a) (even if not surrendered) as of immediately before its expiration determined in accordance with Section 2.  For purposes of such automatic exercise, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock upon such expiration shall be determined pursuant to Section 3(a).  To the extent this Warrant or any portion hereof is deemed automatically exercised pursuant to this Section 3(b), the Company agrees to promptly notify the Warrantholder of the number of shares of Common Stock if any, the Warrantholder is to receive by reason of such automatic exercise, and, if requested, to cause its transfer agent to issue a certificate to Warrantholder evidencing such shares.

 

SECTION 4.                         RESERVATION OF SHARES.

 

During the term of this Agreement, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights to purchase Common Stock as provided for herein.

 

SECTION 5.                         NO FRACTIONAL SHARES OR SCRIP.

 

No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Agreement, but in lieu of such fractional shares the Company shall, upon request, make a cash payment therefor upon the basis of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

SECTION 6.                         NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER/STOCKHOLDER.

 

Without limitation of any provision hereof, Warrantholder agrees that this Agreement does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder/stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise of any of the purchase rights set forth in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.                         WARRANTHOLDER REGISTRY.

 

The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the registered holder of this Agreement.  Warrantholder’s initial address, for purposes of such registry, is set forth in Section 12(g) below.  Warrantholder may change such address by giving written notice of such changed address to the Company.

 

SECTION 8.                         ADJUSTMENT RIGHTS.

 

The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time, as follows:

 

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(a)           Merger Event.  In connection with a Merger Event that is a Liquid Sale, this Warrant shall, on and after the closing thereof, automatically and without further action on the part of any party or other person, represent the right to receive the consideration payable on or in respect of all shares of Common Stock that are issuable hereunder as of immediately prior to the closing of such Merger Event less the Purchase Price for all such shares of Common Stock (such consideration to include both the consideration payable at the closing of such Merger Event and all deferred consideration payable thereafter, if any, including, but not limited to, payments of amounts deposited at such closing into escrow and payments in the nature of earn-outs, milestone payments or other performance-based payments), and such Merger Event consideration shall be paid to Warrantholder as and when it is paid to the holders of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  In connection with a Merger Event that is not a Liquid Sale, the Company shall cause the successor or surviving entity to assume this Warrant and the obligations of the Company hereunder on the closing thereof, and thereafter this Warrant shall be exercisable for the same number and type of securities or other property as the Warrantholder would have received in consideration for the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder had it exercised this Warrant in full as of immediately prior to such closing, at an aggregate Exercise Price no greater than the aggregate Exercise Price in effect as of immediately prior to such closing, and subject to further adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.  The provisions of this Section 8(a) shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

 

(b)           Reclassification of Shares.  Except for Merger Events subject to Section 8(a), if the Company at any time shall, by combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of securities or otherwise, change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Agreement exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes of securities, this Agreement shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities which were subject to the purchase rights under this Agreement immediately prior to such combination, reclassification, exchange, subdivision or other change. The provisions of this Section 8(b) shall similarly apply to successive combination, reclassification, exchange, subdivision or other change.

 

(c)           Subdivision or Combination of Shares.  If the Company at any time shall combine or subdivide its Common Stock, (i) in the case of a subdivision, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased and the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately increased, or (ii) in the case of a combination, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased and the number of shares for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately decreased.

 

(d)           Stock Dividends.  If the Company at any time while this Agreement is outstanding and unexpired shall:

 

(i)            pay a dividend with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in additional shares of Common Stock, then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted, to that price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such date of determination by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend or distribution, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend or distribution, and the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable shall be proportionately increased; or

 

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(ii)           make any other dividend or distribution on or with respect to Common Stock, except any dividend or distribution (A) in cash, or (B) specifically provided for in any other clause of this Section 8, then, in each such case, provision shall be made by the Company such that the Warrantholder shall receive upon exercise or conversion of this Warrant a proportionate share of any such distribution as though it were the holder of the Common Stock (or other stock for which the Common Stock is convertible) as of the record date fixed for the determination of the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive such distribution.

 

(e)  Notice of Certain Events.  If: (i) the Company shall declare any dividend or distribution upon its outstanding Common Stock, payable in stock, cash, property or other securities (provided that Warrantholder in its capacity as lender under the Loan Agreement consents to such dividend); (ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or other rights; (iii) there shall be any Merger Event; or (iv) there shall be any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall give the Warrantholder notice thereof at the same time and in the same manner as it gives notice thereof to the holders of outstanding Common Stock.

 

SECTION 9.                                                             REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a)   Reservation of Common Stock.  The Company covenants and agrees that all shares of Common Stock, if any, that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company further covenants and agrees that the Company will, at all times during the term hereof, have authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.  If at any time during the term hereof the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to permit exercise of this Warrant in full, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

(b)   Due Authority.  The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder, including the issuance to Warrantholder of the right to acquire the shares of Common Stock, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.  This Agreement: (1) does not violate the Company’s Charter or current bylaws; (2) does not contravene any law or governmental rule, regulation or order applicable to it; and (3) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Loan Agreement), does not and will not contravene any provision of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws) and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

(c)   Consents and Approvals.  No consent or approval of, giving of notice to, registration with, or taking of any other action in respect of any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency is required with respect to the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except for the filing of notices pursuant to Regulation D

 

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under the Act and any filing required by applicable state securities law, which filings will be effective by the time required thereby.

 

(d)   [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(e)   [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(f)            Exempt Transaction.  Subject to the accuracy of the Warrantholder’s representations in Section 10, the issuance of the Common Stock upon exercise of this Agreement will constitute a transaction exempt from (i) the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act, in reliance upon Section 4(2) thereof, and (ii) the qualification requirements of the applicable state securities laws.

 

(g)   Registration Rights.  If, prior to the date on which Warrantholder may sell all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Act (assuming that Warrantholder were to exercise this Warrant by Net Issuance), the Company proposes to register under the Act for resale any shares of Common Stock held by any person (other than the Company), then the Company shall give Warrantholder reasonable prior written notice of such proposed registration and shall permit Warrantholder to include (but Warrantholder shall not be obligated to include) all or a portion (as determined by Warrantholder in its sole discretion) of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in such registration on a pari passu basis with the other holders participating therein and on the same terms and conditions as applicable to such other holders.

 

(h)   Information Rights.  At all times (if any) prior to the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which all shares of Common Stock issued on exercise of this Warrant have been sold or otherwise disposed by Warrantholder, or (y) the expiration or earlier termination of this Warrant, when the Company shall not be required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or shall not have timely filed all such required reports, Warrantholder shall be entitled to the information rights contained in Section 7.1(b) — (f) of the Loan Agreement, and in any such event Section 7.1(b) — (f) of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference as though fully set forth herein, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver a Compliance Certificate once all Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement) owed by the Company to Warrantholder has been repaid.  .  The Warrantholder shall keep (i) all information received pursuant to this Section 9(h), and (ii) all other proprietary or confidential information of the Company received pursuant to any other Section of this Agreement, confidential subject to and in accordance with Section 11.12 of the Loan Agreement.

 

(i)    Rule 144 Compliance.                  The Company shall, at all times prior to the earlier to occur of (x) the date of sale or other disposition by Warrantholder of this Warrant or all shares of Common Stock issued on exercise of this Warrant, (y) the registration pursuant to subsection (g) above of the shares issued on exercise of this Warrant, or (z) the expiration or earlier termination of this Warrant if the Warrant has not been exercised in full or in part on such date, use all commercially reasonable efforts to timely file all reports required under the 1934 Act and otherwise timely take all actions necessary to permit the Warrantholder to sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issued on exercise hereof pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Act as amended and in effect from time to time, provided that the foregoing shall not apply in the event of a Merger Event following which the successor or surviving entity is not subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act.  If the Warrantholder proposes to sell Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Agreement in compliance with Rule 144, then, upon Warrantholder’s written request to the Company, the Company shall furnish

 

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to the Warrantholder, within five (5) business days after receipt of such request, a written statement confirming the Company’s compliance with the filing and other requirements of such Rule.

 

SECTION 10.                                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTHOLDER.

 

This Agreement has been entered into by the Company in reliance upon the following representations and covenants of the Warrantholder:

 

(a)   Investment Purpose.  This Warrant and the shares issued on exercise hereof will be acquired for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of applicable federal and state securities laws, and the Warrantholder has no present intention of selling or engaging in any public distribution of the same except pursuant to a registration or exemption.

 

(b)   Private Issue.  The Warrantholder understands (i) that the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Agreement is not, as of the Effective Date, registered under the Act or qualified under applicable state securities laws, and (ii) that the Company’s reliance on exemption from such registration is predicated on the representations set forth in this Section 10.

 

(c)   Financial Risk.  The Warrantholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment, and has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investment, including a total loss of such investment.

 

(d)   Accredited Investor.  Warrantholder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, as presently in effect (“Regulation D”).

 

(e)   No Short Sales.  Warrantholder has not at any time on or prior to the Effective Date engaged in any short sales or equivalent transactions in the Common Stock. Warrantholder agrees that at all times from and after the Effective Date and on or before the expiration or earlier termination of this Warrant, it shall not engage in any short sales or equivalent transactions in the Common Stock.

 

SECTION 11.                  TRANSFERS.

 

Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, this Agreement and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes) upon surrender of this Agreement properly endorsed.  Each taker and holder of this Agreement, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Agreement, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Agreement shall have been so endorsed and its transfer recorded on the Company’s books, shall be treated by the Company and all other persons dealing with this Agreement as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Agreement.  The transfer of this Agreement shall be recorded on the books of the Company upon receipt by the Company of a notice of transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit III (the “Transfer Notice”), at its principal offices and the payment to the Company of all transfer taxes and other governmental charges imposed on such transfer.  Until the Company receives such Transfer Notice, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes.  Notwithstanding anything herein or in any legend to the contrary, the Company shall not require an opinion of counsel in connection with any sale, assignment or other transfer by Warrantholder of this Warrant (or any portion hereof or any interest herein) or of any shares of Common Stock issued upon any exercise hereof to an affiliate (as defined in Regulation D) of Warrantholder, provided that such affiliate is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D.

 

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SECTION 12.                  MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)   Effective Date.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and shall be given effect in all respects as if it had been executed and delivered by the Company on the date hereof.  This Agreement shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Company.

 

(b)   Remedies.  In the event of any default hereunder, the non-defaulting party may proceed to protect and enforce its rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at law, including but not limited to an action for damages as a result of any such default, and/or an action for specific performance for any default where Warrantholder will not have an adequate remedy at law and where damages will not be readily ascertainable.

 

(c)   No Impairment of Rights.  The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against impairment.

 

(d)   Additional Documents.  The Company agrees to supply such other documents as the Warrantholder may from time to time reasonably request.

 

(e)   Attorneys’ Fees.  In any litigation, arbitration or court proceeding between the Company and the Warrantholder relating hereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to attorneys’ fees and expenses and all costs of proceedings incurred in enforcing this Agreement.  For the purposes of this Section 12(e), attorneys’ fees shall include without limitation fees incurred in connection with the following: (i) contempt proceedings; (ii) discovery; (iii) any motion, proceeding or other activity of any kind in connection with an insolvency proceeding; (iv) garnishment, levy, and debtor and third party examinations; and (v) post-judgment motions and proceedings of any kind, including without limitation any activity taken to collect or enforce any judgment.

 

(f)    Severability.  In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

(g)   Notices.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, service of process or other communication that is required, contemplated, or permitted under this Agreement or with respect to the subject matter hereof shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, delivered, and received upon the earlier of: (a) personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed telex, electronic transmission or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt, and shall be addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

 

If to Warrantholder:

 

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HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.

Legal Department

Attention:  Chief Legal Officer and Manuel Henriquez

400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Facsimile:  650-473-9194

Telephone:  650-289-3060

 

If to the Company:

 

EPIRUS BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

699 Boylston Street, 11th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Telephone:

E-Mail: tshea@epirusbiopharma.com

 

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.

 

(h)   Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and replaces in their entirety any prior proposals, term sheets, letters, negotiations or other documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof.  None of the terms of this Agreement may be amended except by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

(i)    Headings.  The various headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any provisions hereof.

 

(j)    Advice of Counsel.  Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed (or had an opportunity to discuss) with its counsel this Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Sections 12(n), 12(o), 12(p), 12(q) and 12(r).

 

(k)   No Strict Construction.  The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

(l)    No Waiver.  No omission or delay by Warrantholder at any time to enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require performance of any of the terms, covenants or provisions hereof by Warrantholder at any time designated, shall be a waiver of any such right or remedy to which Warrantholder is entitled, nor shall it in any way affect the right of Warrantholder to enforce such provisions thereafter during the term of this Agreement.

 

(m)  Survival.  All agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto shall be for the benefit of Warrantholder and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.

 

(n)   Governing Law.  This Agreement has been negotiated and delivered to Warrantholder in the State of California, and shall be deemed to have been accepted by Warrantholder in the State of California.  Delivery of Common Stock to Warrantholder by the Company under this Agreement is due in the State of California.  This Agreement shall be

 

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governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(o)   Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue.  All judicial proceedings arising in or under or related to this Agreement may be brought in any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located in the State of California.  By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party hereto generally and unconditionally: (a) consents to personal jurisdiction in Santa Clara County, State of California; (b) waives any objection as to jurisdiction or venue in Santa Clara County, State of California; (c) agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue in the aforesaid courts; and (d) irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement.  Service of process on any party hereto in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if given in accordance with the requirements for notice set forth in Section 12(g), and shall be deemed effective and received as set forth in Section 12(g).  Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of either party to bring proceedings in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

(p)   Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial.  Because disputes arising in connection with complex financial transactions are most quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and expert person and the parties wish applicable state and federal laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties desire that their disputes arising under or in connection with this Warrant be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws.  EACH OF THE COMPANY AND WARRANTHOLDER SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, THIRD PARTY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER CLAIM (COLLECTIVELY, “CLAIMS”) ASSERTED BY THE COMPANY AGAINST WARRANTHOLDER OR ITS ASSIGNEE OR BY WARRANTHOLDER OR ITS ASSIGNEE AGAINST THE COMPANY RELATING TO THIS WARRANT.  This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims that involve persons or entities other the Company and Warrantholder; Claims that arise out of or are in any way connected to the relationship between the Company and Warrantholder; and any Claims for damages, breach of contract, specific performance, or any equitable or legal relief of any kind, arising out of this Agreement.

 

(q)   Arbitration.  If the Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial set forth in Section 12(p) is ineffective or unenforceable, the parties agree that all Claims shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of JAMS (the “Rules”), such arbitration to occur before one arbitrator, which arbitrator shall be a retired California state judge or a retired Federal court judge.  Such proceeding shall be conducted in Santa Clara County, State of California, with California rules of evidence and discovery applicable to such arbitration.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on the parties, and shall be final and nonappealable to the maximum extent permitted by law.  Any judgment rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction and enforced by the prevailing party as a final judgment of such court.

 

(r)    Pre-arbitration Relief.  In the event Claims are to be resolved by arbitration, either party may seek from a court of competent jurisdiction identified in Section 12(o), any prejudgment order, writ or other relief and have such prejudgment order, writ or other relief enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law notwithstanding that all Claims are otherwise subject to resolution by binding arbitration.

 

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hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic delivery (PDF)), each of which when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

(t)    Specific Performance.  The parties hereto hereby declare that it is impossible to measure in money the damages which will accrue to Warrantholder by reason of the Company’s failure to perform any of the obligations under this Agreement and agree that the terms of this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable by Warrantholder.  If Warrantholder institutes any action or proceeding to specifically enforce the provisions hereof, any person against whom such action or proceeding is brought hereby waives the claim or defense therein that Warrantholder has an adequate remedy at law, and such person shall not offer in any such action or proceeding the claim or defense that such remedy at law exists.

 

(u)   Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant.  If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company may, on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as it may reasonably impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.  Any such new Warrant shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

(v)   Legends.  To the extent required by applicable laws, this Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder (and the securities issuable, directly or indirectly, upon conversion of such shares of Common Stock, if any) may be imprinted with a restricted securities legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Agreement to be executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the Effective Date.

 

 

	
COMPANY:
    	
EPIRUS BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Tom Shea
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Tom   Shea
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
WARRANTHOLDER:
    	
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Ben Bang
    
	
 
    	
Name:   Ben Bang
    
	
 
    	
Title:   Senior Counsel
    
				

 

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To:          [                                                        ]

 

(1)                                 The undersigned Warrantholder hereby elects to purchase [              ] shares of the Common Stock of [                                  ], pursuant to the terms of the Agreement dated the [      ] day of [            ,           ] (the “Agreement”) between [                                  ] and the Warrantholder, and tenders herewith payment of the Purchase Price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any. [NET ISSUANCE: elects pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Agreement to effect a Net Issuance.]

 

(2)                                 Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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WARRANTHOLDER:
    	
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Name:   Ben Bang
    
	
 
    	
Title:   Senior Counsel
    

 

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EXHIBIT II

 

1.                                      ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXERCISE

 

The undersigned [                                                                        ], hereby acknowledge receipt of the “Notice of Exercise” from Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. to purchase [        ] shares of the Common Stock of [                                  ], pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, and further acknowledges that [            ] shares remain subject to purchase under the terms of the Agreement.

 

 

	
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EXHIBIT III

 

TRANSFER NOTICE

 

(To transfer or assign the foregoing Agreement execute this form and supply required information.  Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Agreement and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby transferred and assigned to

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
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Signature   Guaranteed:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

NOTE:   The signature to this Transfer Notice must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Agreement, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Agreement.

 

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