Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made and dated as of March 10, 2016 and is entered into by and among BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and each of its Qualified Subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively, referred to as “Lender”) and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and Lender (in such capacity, “Agent”). 
RECITALS
A.Borrower has requested Lender to make available to Borrower a loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $20,000,000 (the “Tranche I Term Loan” and such amount, the “Maximum Tranche I Term Loan Amount”); 
B.    Subject to and conditioned on Borrower’s achievement of each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof, Lender will make available to Borrower a loan in the principal amount of up to $10,000,000 (the “Tranche II Term Loan” and such amount, the “Maximum Tranche II Term Loan Amount”); and
C.    Lender is willing to make the Tranche I Term Loan on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and, subject to and conditioned on Borrower’s achievement of each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof, Lender is willing to make the Tranche II Term Loan.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, Borrower, Agent and Lender agree as follows:
SECTION 1.DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1    Unless otherwise defined herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account Control Agreement(s)” means any agreement entered into by and among Agent, Borrower and a third party Bank or other institution (including a Securities Intermediary) in which Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or an account holding Investment Property and pursuant to which Agent obtains “control” (as such term is defined in the UCC) over the subject account or accounts.
“ACH Authorization” means the ACH Debit Authorization Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H, on which account numbers shall be redacted for security purposes if and when filed publicly by Borrower.
“Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).

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“Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on September 15, 2016.
“Advance” means any Term Loan Advance(s) made pursuant to this Agreement.
“Advance Date” means the funding date of any Advance.
“Advance Request” means a request for an Advance submitted by Borrower to Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit A, which request may omit account numbers for security purposes if and when filed publicly by Borrower.
“Affiliate” means (a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Person in question, (b) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of another Person, (c) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held by another Person with power to vote such securities, or (d) any Person related by blood or marriage to any Person described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.  As used in the definition of “Affiliate,” the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this Loan and Security Agreement, as amended from time to time.
“Amortization Date” means October 1, 2017; provided, however, if the Interest Only Extension Condition is satisfied, then the Amortization Date shall mean April 1, 2018.
“Assignee” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.13.
“Borrower” has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrower Products” means all products, software, service offerings, technical data or technology currently being designed, manufactured or sold by Borrower or which Borrower intends to sell, license or distribute in the future including any products or service offerings under development, collectively, together with all products, software, service offerings, technical data or technology that have been sold, licensed or distributed by Borrower since its incorporation.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banking institutions in the State of California are closed for business.
“Cash” means all cash, cash equivalents and liquid funds.
“Change in Control” means any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger (or similar transaction or series of related transactions) of Borrower, sale or exchange of outstanding shares (or similar transaction or series of related transactions) of Borrower in which the holders of Borrower’s outstanding shares immediately before consummation of such transaction or series of 

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related transactions do not, immediately after consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, retain shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the surviving entity of such transaction or series of related transactions (or the parent of such surviving entity if such surviving entity is wholly owned by such parent), in each case without regard to whether Borrower is the surviving entity.
“Claims” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.10.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Collateral” means the property described in Section 3.
“Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Borrower.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.12.
“Contingent Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (i) any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another Person, including any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable; (ii) any obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit, corporate credit cards or merchant services issued for the account of that Person; and (iii) all obligations arising under any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith; provided, however, that such amount shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee or other support arrangement.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.
“Copyrights” means all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, held pursuant to the laws of the United States, any state thereof or any other country.
“Deposit Accounts” means any “deposit accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC, and includes any checking account, savings account or certificate of deposit.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Eligible Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary whose execution of a Joinder Agreement would not result in a material adverse tax consequence to Borrower.

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“End of Term Amount” means $1,216,250, plus, subject to and contingent on the funding of the Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance by Lender, $173,750, plus, subject to and contingent on the funding of the Tranche II Term Loan Advance by Lender, $695,000.
“Equity Event” means any sale or issuance of Borrower securities for financing purposes (whether in a private placement, registered offering or otherwise).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Event of Default” has the meaning given to it in Section 9.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.1.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary organized under the laws of any state within the United States.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time.
“Indebtedness” means indebtedness of any kind, including (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade credit entered into in the ordinary course of business due within 90 days), including reimbursement and other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all capital lease obligations, and (d) all Contingent Obligations.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.3.
“Initial Facility Charge” means $150,000.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding by or against any Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
“Intellectual Property” means all of Borrower’s Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Licenses, trade secrets and inventions, mask works; Borrower’s applications therefor and reissues, extensions, or renewals thereof; and Borrower’s goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, together with Borrower’s rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of Intellectual Property and the goodwill associated therewith.
“Interest Only Extension Condition” means the achievement by Borrower of each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof.

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“Investment” means any beneficial ownership (including stock, partnership or limited liability company interests) of or in any Person, or any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person or the acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the assets of another Person.
“Joinder Agreements” means for each Qualified Subsidiary, a completed and executed Joinder Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
“Lender” has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Liabilities” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.3.
“License” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, security interest, encumbrance, levy, lien or charge of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise, against any property, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature of a security interest.
“Loan” means the Advance(s) made under this Agreement.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the ACH Authorization, the Account Control Agreements, the Joinder Agreements, all UCC Financing Statements and any other documents executed in connection with the Secured Obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon: (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (ii) the ability of Borrower to perform or pay the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, or the ability of Agent or Lender to enforce any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Secured Obligations; or (iii) the Collateral or Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2.
“Maximum Tranche I Term Loan Amount” has the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
“Maximum Tranche II Term Loan Amount” has the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
 “Milestone” means, as of (A) the date of Borrower’s request for the Tranche II Term Loan and/or (B) for purposes of determining Borrower’s satisfaction of the Interest Only Extension Condition, not later than March 15, 2017: (i) Borrower’s achievement of, each of the following as confirmed by Agent, (a) Borrower’s continued receipt of favorable interim data from the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of BPX-501 for the BP-004 protocol and (b) Borrower’s initiation of Phase 1 clinical trials for two candidates among the BPX-401, BPX-601 and BPX-701 product candidates; and (ii) the approval of the Tranche II Term Loan by the Investment Committee of Agent.

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“Note(s)” means any Term Note(s).
“Patent License” means any written agreement granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence or a Patent application is pending, in which agreement Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.
“Patents” means all letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in the United States or in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in the United States or any other country.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means: (i) Indebtedness of Borrower in favor of Lender or Agent arising under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date which is disclosed in Schedule 1A; (iii) Indebtedness of up to $500,000 outstanding at any time secured by a Lien described in clause (vii) of the defined term “Permitted Liens,” provided such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of the Equipment financed with such Indebtedness; (iv) Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with corporate credit cards; (v) Indebtedness that also constitutes a Permitted Investment; (vi) Subordinated Indebtedness; (vii) reimbursement obligations in connection with corporate credit cards and letters of credit that are secured by Cash and issued on behalf of Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof in an amount not to exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding; (viii) other Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding; (ix) intercompany Indebtedness as long as either (A) each of the Subsidiary obligor and the Subsidiary obligee under such Indebtedness is a Qualified Subsidiary that has executed a Joinder Agreement or (B) such amount does not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year; (x) up to $500,000 in repayment obligations of Borrower under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks to Borrower arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; (xi) Indebtedness secured by a Lien described in clause (xi) of the defined term Permitted Liens; (xii) Indebtedness consisting solely of fees, royalties, advances for research and development activities, and other amounts paid by third parties to Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business and which, by the express terms of the applicable agreement, license, contract or other instrument to which they relate, are payable in advance, and with respect to the payment of which Borrower may have contingent liabilities; (xiii) Indebtedness consisting solely of pre-paid fees, royalties, advances for research and development activities, and other amounts payable by or obligations of Borrower to third parties, in each case in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, under in-bound and out-bound licenses of Intellectual Property used to improve Borrower’s product portfolio and competitive position; and (xiv) extensions, refinancings and renewals of any items of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that the principal amount is not increased or the terms modified to impose materially more burdensome terms upon Borrower or its Subsidiary, as the case may be.
“Permitted Investment” means: (i) Investments existing on the Closing Date which are disclosed in Schedule 1B; (ii) (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or any State thereof maturing within one year from 

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the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, (c) certificates of deposit issued by any bank with assets of at least $500,000,000 maturing no more than one year from the date of investment therein, and (d) money market accounts; (iii) repurchases of stock from former employees, directors, or consultants of Borrower under the terms of applicable repurchase agreements at the original issuance price of such securities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year, provided that no Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would exist after giving effect to the repurchases; (iv) Investments accepted in connection with Permitted Transfers; (v) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business; (vi) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business, provided that this subparagraph (vii) shall not apply to Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary; (viii) Investments consisting of loans not involving the net transfer on a substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of capital stock of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or other similar agreements approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors; (ix) Investments consisting of travel advances in the ordinary course of business and relocation loans not to exceed $500,000 in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time; (x) Investments in newly-formed or acquired Domestic Subsidiaries, provided that each such Domestic Subsidiary enters into a Joinder Agreement promptly after its formation or acquisition by Borrower and executes such other documents as shall be reasonably requested by Agent; (xi) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries approved in advance in writing by Agent; (xii) joint ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business consisting of the nonexclusive licensing of technology (provided that such licenses may be exclusive in respects other than territory and may be exclusive as to territory only as to discreet geographical areas outside the United States and may have such other exclusivity terms as consented to in writing by Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), the development of technology or the providing of technical support, and provided that any cash Investments by Borrower do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year; (xiii) Investments consisting of accounts receivable, endorsements for collection, deposits or similar Investments arising in the ordinary course of business; (xiv) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; (xv) expenditures of Cash for Borrower’s establishment of European operations for the development and commercialization of Borrower’s products in accordance with the budgets provided by Borrower to Agent from time-to-time; and (xvi) additional Investments that do not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate. 
“Permitted Liens” means any and all of the following: (i) Liens in favor of Agent or Lender; (ii) Liens existing on the Closing Date which are disclosed in Schedule 1C; (iii) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that Borrower maintains adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP; (iv) Liens securing claims or demands of materialmen, artisans, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other like Persons arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, including any such Liens securing claims or demands of materialman, 

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atrisans, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen and landlords in connection with the Borrower’s buildout of the Borrower’s location at 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030, and in each case imposed without action of such parties; provided, that the payment thereof is not yet required; (v) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder; (vi) the following deposits, to the extent made in the ordinary course of business: deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other similar laws, or to secure the performance of bids, tenders or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds for the performance of bids, tenders or contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to secure statutory obligations (other than Liens arising under ERISA or environmental Liens) or surety or appeal bonds, or to secure indemnity, performance or other similar bonds; (vii) Liens on Equipment or software or other intellectual property constituting purchase money Liens and Liens in connection with capital leases securing Indebtedness permitted in clause (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; (viii) Liens incurred in connection with Subordinated Indebtedness; (ix) leasehold interests in leases or subleases and licenses granted in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the licensor; (x) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties that are promptly paid on or before the date they become due; (xi) Liens securing the payment of financed insurance premiums that are promptly paid on or before the date they become due (provided that such Liens extend only to the insurance policies and all money due Borrower thereunder (including the return of premiums and dividends) and not to any other property or assets); (xii) statutory and common law rights of set-off and other similar rights as to deposits of cash and securities in favor of banks, other depository institutions and brokerage firms; (xiii) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business so long as they do not materially impair the value or marketability of the related property; (xiv) (A) Liens on Cash securing obligations permitted under clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and (B) security deposits in connection with real property leases in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any time; (xv) Liens of landlords (A) arising by statute or (B) under any lease entered into in the ordinary course of business, in each case solely with respect to fixtures and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord and securing amounts that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that the Borrower maintains adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP, and which are subordinated to the security interests of the Agent granted under this Agreement and pursuant to a landlord waiver (or, with respect to clause (A) only, under any lease for which no landlord waiver is required hereunder); and (xvi) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses (i) through (xv) above; provided, that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced (as may have been reduced by any payment thereon) does not increase.
“Permitted Transfers” means (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business; (ii)  non-exclusive licenses and similar arrangements for the use of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and licenses that could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property but that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and that may be exclusive as to territory 

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only as to discreet geographical areas outside of the United States in the ordinary course of business; (iii) dispositions of worn-out, obsolete or surplus Equipment at fair market value in the ordinary course of business; (iv) other Transfers of assets having a fair market value of not more than $250,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year; and (v) for the avoidance doubt, sales by Borrower of its equity securities in an Equity Event.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, other entity or government.
“Preferred Stock” means at any given time any equity security issued by Borrower that has any rights, preferences or privileges senior to Borrower’s Common Stock.
“Prepayment Charge” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.4.
“Publicity Materials” has the meaning given to it in Section 11.18. 
“Qualified Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary or Eligible Foreign Subsidiary.
“Receivables” means (i) all of Borrower’s Accounts, Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper, Supporting Obligations, letters of credit, proceeds of any letter of credit, and Letter of Credit Rights, and (ii) all customer lists, software, and business records related thereto.
“Required Lenders” means at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan then outstanding.
 “SBA” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.15.
“SBIC” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.15.
“SBIC Act” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.15.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Facility Charge” means $75,000.
“Secured Obligations” means Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and any Loan Document, including any obligation to pay any amount now owing or later arising.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness subordinated to the Secured Obligations in amounts and on terms and conditions satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion.
“Subsidiary” means an entity, whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or otherwise, in which Borrower owns or controls 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities, including each entity listed on Schedule 1 hereto.

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“Term Loan” means the Tranche I Term Loan and, as applicable, the Tranche II Term Loan.
“Term Loan Advance(s)” means any Term Loan funds advanced under this Agreement.
“Term Loan Interest Rate” means for any day a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of either (i) 9.35% plus the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal minus 3.50%, and (ii) 9.35%.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” means March 1, 2020.
“Term Note” means a Promissory Note in substantially the form of Exhibit B.
“Trademark License” means any written agreement granting any right to use any Trademark or Trademark registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest.
“Trademarks” means all trademarks (registered, common law or otherwise) and any applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof.
“Tranche I Term Loan” has the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
“Tranche I Term Loan Commitment” means as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Tranche I Term Loan Advance to Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Tranche I Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1.
 “Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitment” means as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Tranche II Term Loan Advance to Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.2.
“Tranche II Term Loan” has the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
 “Tranche II Term Loan Advance” is defined in Section 2.1(a). 
“Tranche II Term Loan Advance Period” means the period commencing on the date that Borrower has achieved each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof, and on which Lender is obligated to make the Tranche II Term Loan pursuant to this Agreement, through and including March 15, 2017. 
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time to time, in effect in the State of California; provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time to time, in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, then the term “UCC” shall mean the 

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Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
Unless otherwise specified, all references in this Agreement or any Annex or Schedule hereto to a “Section,” “subsection,” “Exhibit,” “Annex,” or “Schedule” shall refer to the corresponding Section, subsection, Exhibit, Annex, or Schedule in or to this Agreement.  Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting term used in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall have the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.  Unless otherwise defined herein or in the other Loan Documents, terms that are used herein or in the other Loan Documents and defined in the UCC shall have the meanings given to them in the UCC.
SECTION 2.THE LOAN
2.1    Term Loan.
(a)    Tranche I Term Loan; Tranche II Term Loan.  
(i)    Tranche I Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender will severally (and not jointly) make in an amount not to exceed its respective Tranche I Term Loan Commitment, and Borrower agrees to draw, an initial Tranche I Term Loan Advance of $15,000,000 on the Closing Date. During the Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance Period, at Borrower’s request, Lender shall advance an additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance in an amount equal to $5,000,000 (the “Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance”). The aggregate outstanding Tranche I Term Loan Advances shall not exceed the Maximum Tranche I Term Loan Amount.
(ii)    Tranche II Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and conditioned on Borrower’s achievement of each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof, during the Tranche II Term Loan Advance Period, at Borrower’s request, Lender will severally (and not jointly) make in an amount not to exceed its respective Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche II Term Loan in an amount equal to $10,000,000 (the “Tranche II Term Loan Advance”). The aggregate outstanding Tranche II Term Loan Advance shall not exceed the Maximum Tranche II Term Loan Amount.
(b)    Advance Request.  To obtain a Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall complete, sign and deliver to Agent an Advance Request at least one Business Day before the Closing Date and at least three Business Days before an Advance Date other than the Closing Date. Lender shall fund each Term Loan Advance in the manner requested by the Advance Request; provided that each of the conditions precedent to such Term Loan Advance is satisfied as of the requested Advance Date.
(c)    Term Loan Interest Rate.  The principal balance of each Term Loan Advance shall bear interest thereon from the applicable Advance Date at the Term Loan Interest Rate based 

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on a year consisting of 360 days, with interest computed daily based on the actual number of days elapsed. The Term Loan Interest Rate will float and change on the day the prime rate changes from time to time.
(d)    Payment.  Borrower will pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Term Loan Advance on the first Business Day of each month, beginning the month after the Advance Date. Borrower shall repay the aggregate Term Loan principal balance that is outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Amortization Date in equal monthly installments of principal and interest (mortgage style) beginning on the Amortization Date and continuing on the first Business Day of each month thereafter until the Secured Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) are repaid. The entire Term Loan principal balance and all accrued but unpaid interest hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower shall make all payments under this Agreement without setoff, recoupment or deduction and regardless of any counterclaim or defense. Lender will initiate debit entries to Borrower’s account as authorized on the ACH Authorization on each payment date of all (i) periodic obligations payable to Lender under each Term Advance and (ii) out-of-pocket legal fees and costs incurred by Agent or Lender in connection with Section 11.11 of this Agreement.
2.2    Maximum Interest. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the parties’ intent not to contract for, charge or receive interest at a rate that is greater than the maximum rate permissible by law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall deem applicable hereto (which under the laws of the State of California shall be deemed to be the laws relating to permissible rates of interest on commercial loans) (the “Maximum Rate”). If a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that Borrower has actually paid to Lender an amount of interest in excess of the amount that would have been payable if all of the Secured Obligations had at all times borne interest at the Maximum Rate, then such excess interest actually paid by Borrower shall be applied as follows: first, to the payment of the Secured Obligations consisting of the outstanding principal; second, after all principal is repaid, to the payment of Lender’s accrued interest, costs, expenses, professional fees and any other Secured Obligations; and third, after all Secured Obligations are repaid, the excess (if any) shall be refunded to Borrower.
2.3    Default Interest.  In the event any payment is not paid on the scheduled payment date, an amount equal to 5% of the past due amount shall be payable on demand. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default hereunder, all Secured Obligations, including principal, interest, compounded interest, and professional fees, shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate set forth in Section 2.1(c) plus 5% per annum. In the event any interest is not paid when due hereunder, delinquent interest shall be added to principal and shall bear interest on interest, compounded at the rate set forth in Section 2.1(c) or this Section 2.3, as applicable.
2.4    Prepayment.  At its option upon at least seven Business Days prior notice to Agent, Borrower may prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Advances by paying the entire principal balance, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with a prepayment charge equal to the following percentage of the Advance amount being prepaid (each, a “Prepayment Charge”): (i) if the Advance amount is prepaid on or before December 31, 2016, no Prepayment Charge shall 

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apply; (ii) if the Advance amount is prepaid on or after January 1, 2017 but prior to the date that is 24 months following the Closing Date, the prepayment percentage shall be 2.00%; and (iii) if the Advance amount is prepaid thereafter, the prepayment percentage shall be 1.00%. Borrower agrees that the Prepayment Charge is a reasonable calculation of Lender’s lost profits in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from an early repayment of the Advances. Borrower shall prepay the outstanding amount of all principal and accrued interest through the prepayment date and the Prepayment Charge upon the occurrence of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and Lender agree to waive the Prepayment Charge if Agent and Lender (in its sole and absolute discretion) agree in writing to refinance the Advances prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date.
2.5    End of Term Charge.  On the earliest to occur of (i) the Term Loan Maturity Date, (ii) the date that Borrower prepays the outstanding Secured Obligations (other than any inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) in full, or (iii) the date that the Secured Obligations become due and payable, Borrower shall pay Lender the End of Term Amount. Notwithstanding the required payment date of such charge, it shall be deemed earned by Lender as of the Closing Date.
2.6    Notes.  If so requested by Lender by written notice to Borrower, then Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of Lender pursuant to Section 11.13) promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice a Note or Notes to evidence Lender’s Loans.
2.7    Pro Rata Treatment.  Each payment (including prepayment) on account of any fee and any reduction of the Term Loan shall be made pro rata according to the aggregate Tranche I Term Loan Commitments and Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitments of the relevant Lender.
SECTION 3.SECURITY INTEREST
3.1    As security for the prompt and complete payment when due (whether on the payment dates or otherwise) of all the Secured Obligations, Borrower grants to Agent a security interest in all of Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and to the following personal property whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”): (a) Receivables; (b) Equipment; (c) Fixtures; (d) General Intangibles (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude Intellectual Property pursuant to Section 3.2); (e) Inventory; (f) Investment Property; (g) Deposit Accounts; (h) Cash; (i) Goods; and all other tangible and intangible personal property of Borrower whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by, Borrower and wherever located, and any of Borrower’s property in the possession or under the control of Agent; and, to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing;  provided, however, that the Collateral shall include all Accounts and General Intangibles that consist of rights to payment and proceeds from the sale, licensing or disposition of all or any part, or rights in, the Intellectual Property (the “Rights to Payment”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a judicial authority (including a U.S. Bankruptcy Court) holds that a security interest in the underlying Intellectual Property is necessary to have a security interest in the Rights to Payment, then the 

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Collateral shall automatically, and effective as of the date of this Agreement, include the Intellectual Property to the extent necessary to permit perfection of Agent’s security interest in the Rights to Payment.
3.2    Notwithstanding the broad grant of the security interest set forth in Section 3.1, above, the Collateral shall not include: (a) more than 65% of the presently existing and hereafter arising issued and outstanding shares of capital stock owned by Borrower of any Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Eligible Foreign Subsidiary) which shares entitle the holder thereof to vote for directors or any other matter; (b) nonassignable licenses or contracts, which by their terms require the consent of the licensor thereof or another party (but only to the extent such prohibition on transfer is enforceable under applicable law, including, without limitation, Sections 9406, 9407 and 9408 of the UCC); (c) Cash securing obligations permitted under clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; (d) any Intellectual Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (other than any Rights to Payment in respect thereof); and (e) property owned by Borrower that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a capital lease (and the proceeds thereof) permitted under this Agreement if the contractual obligation pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such capital lease) prohibits, or requires the consent of any person other than Borrower which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of, any other Lien on such property (but only to the extent that such prohibition or consent requirement is enforceable under applicable law, including, without limitation, Sections 9406, 9407 and 9408 of the UCC).
3.3    The lien and security interest created hereunder shall be automatically released (a) with respect to all Collateral upon the payment in full of all Secured Obligations in accordance with this Agreement (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement), (b) with respect to Collateral that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any Permitted Transfer, or (c) if otherwise approved, authorized or ratified in writing by Agent in accordance with this Agreement. Upon such release, Agent shall, upon the reasonable request and at the sole cost and expense of Borrower, assign, transfer and deliver to Borrower, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty by Agent, except as to the fact that Agent has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Collateral or any part thereof to be released as is in possession of Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof and customary documents and instruments (including UCC-3 termination financing statements or releases) acknowledging the release of such Collateral.
SECTION 4.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOAN
The obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are subject to the satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions:
4.1    Initial Tranche I Term Loan Advance.  On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have delivered to Agent the following:
(a)    executed copies of the Loan Documents, Account Control Agreements, a legal opinion of Borrower’s counsel, and all other documents and instruments reasonably required by Agent to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or to create and perfect the Liens of 

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Agent with respect to all Collateral, in all cases in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent;
(b)    certified copy of resolutions of Borrower’s board of directors evidencing approval the Loan and other transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents;
(c)    certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, as amended through the Closing Date, of Borrower;
(d)    a certificate of good standing for Borrower from its state of incorporation and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions in which it does business and where the failure to be qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)    payment of the Initial Facility Charge and reimbursement of Agent’s and Lender’s current expenses reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial Advance (Agent and Lender acknowledge receipt of a $25,000 deposit from Borrower); and
(f)    such other documents as Agent may reasonably request.
4.2    All Advances.  On each Advance Date for the Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance and, as applicable, the Tranche II Term Loan Advance:
(a)    Agent shall have received an Advance Request for the relevant Advance as required by Section 2.1(b), duly executed by Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) any other documents Agent may reasonably request.
(b)    The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Advance Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(c)    Borrower shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth herein and in each other Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed, and at the time of and immediately after such Advance no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d)    Each Advance Request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower on the relevant Advance Date as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.2 and as to the matters set forth in the Advance Request.
(e)    With respect to the Tranche II Term Loan Advance, Lender’s obligation to make such Advance is subject to and conditioned on Borrower’s achievement of each element of the Milestone in accordance with the definition thereof.
(f)    With respect to, and as a condition to Lender making the Tranche II Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall pay the Second Facility Charge, which amount may be deducted from the Tranche II Term Loan Advance.

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4.3    No Default.  As of the Closing Date and each Advance Date, (i) no fact or condition exists that would (or would, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both) constitute an Event of Default and (ii) no event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 5.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER
Borrower represents and warrants that:
5.1    Corporate Status.  Borrower is a corporation duly organized, legally existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its business or location of its properties require such qualifications and where the failure to be qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower’s present name, former names (if any), locations, place of formation, tax identification number, organizational identification number and other information are correctly set forth in Exhibit C, as may be updated by Borrower in a written notice (including any Compliance Certificate) provided to Agent after the Closing Date.
5.2    Collateral.  Borrower owns the Collateral and the Intellectual Property, free of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Borrower has the power and authority to grant to Agent a Lien in the Collateral as security for the Secured Obligations.
5.3    Consents.  Borrower’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of Borrower, (ii) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens and the Liens created by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) do not violate any provisions of Borrower’s Certificate or Articles of Incorporation (as applicable), bylaws, or any, law, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree or writ to which Borrower is subject and (iv) except as described on Schedule 5.3, do not violate any contract or agreement or require the consent or approval of any other Person which has not already been obtained. The individual or individuals executing the Loan Documents are duly authorized to do so.
5.4    Material Adverse Effect.  No event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing. Borrower is not aware of any event likely to occur that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5    Actions Before Governmental Authorities.  There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental authority now pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or affecting Borrower or its property, that is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6    Laws.  Borrower is not in violation of any law, rule or regulation, or in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any governmental authority, where such violation or default is reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is not in default in any manner under any provision of any agreement or instrument evidencing material Indebtedness, or any other material agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound. Borrower, 

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its Affiliates and, to the knowledge of Borrower and its Affiliates, any agent or other party acting on behalf of Borrower or its Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and anti-bribery laws and regulations, and none of the funds to be provided under this Agreement will be used, directly or indirectly, for any activities in violation of such laws and regulations. Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the rules promulgated thereunder.  
5.7    Information Correct and Current.  No information, report, Advance Request, financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished, by or on behalf of Borrower to Agent in connection with any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto contained, or, when taken as a whole, contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or, when taken together with all other such information or documents, omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, are or will be made, not materially misleading at the time such statement was made or deemed made. Additionally, any and all financial or business projections provided by Borrower to Agent, whether prior to or after the Closing Date, shall be (i) provided in good faith and based on the most current data and information available to Borrower, and (ii) the most current of such projections provided to Borrower’s Board of Directors (it being understood that such projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Borrower, that no assurance is given that any particular projections will be realized, and that actual results may differ).
5.8    Tax Matters.  Except as described on Schedule 5.8 and except those being contested in good faith with adequate reserves under GAAP, (a) Borrower has filed all material federal, state and local tax returns that it is required to file, (b) Borrower has duly paid or fully reserved for all taxes or installments thereof (including any interest or penalties) as and when due, which have or may become due pursuant to such returns, and (c) Borrower has paid or fully reserved for any tax assessment received by Borrower for the three (3) years preceding the Closing Date, if any (including any taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings).
5.9    Intellectual Property Claims.  Borrower is the sole owner of, or otherwise has the right to use, the Intellectual Property material to Borrower’s business. Except as described on Schedule 5.9, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, (i) each of the material Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents is valid and enforceable, (ii) no material part of the Intellectual Property has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and (iii) no claim has been made to Borrower that any material part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party. Exhibit D is a true, correct and complete list of each of Borrower’s Patents, registered Trademarks, registered Copyrights, and material agreements under which Borrower licenses Intellectual Property from third parties (other than shrink-wrap software licenses), together with application or registration numbers, as applicable, owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case as of the Closing Date. Borrower is not in material breach of, nor has Borrower failed to perform any material obligations under, any of the foregoing contracts, licenses or agreements and, to Borrower’s knowledge, no third party to any such contract, license or agreement is in material breach thereof or has failed to perform any material obligations thereunder. 

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5.10    Intellectual Property.  Except as described on Schedule 5.10, Borrower has all material rights with respect to Intellectual Property necessary or material in the operation or conduct of Borrower’s business as currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and in the case of Licenses, except for restrictions that are unenforceable under Division 9 of the UCC, Borrower has the right, to the extent required to operate Borrower’s business, to freely transfer, license or assign Intellectual Property necessary or material in the operation or conduct of Borrower’s business as currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by Borrower, without condition, restriction or payment of any kind (other than license payments in the ordinary course of business) to any third party, except for Intellectual Property subject to Licenses to the extent such Licenses constitute Permitted Transfers of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof and Borrower owns or has the right to use, pursuant to valid licenses, all software development tools, library functions, compilers and all other third-party software and other items that are material to Borrower’s business and used in the design, development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export, use or distribution of Borrower Products except customary covenants in inbound license agreements and equipment leases where Borrower is the licensee or lessee.
5.11    Borrower Products.  Except as described on Schedule 5.11, no Intellectual Property owned by Borrower or Borrower Product has been or is subject to any actual or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened litigation, proceeding (including any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any corresponding foreign office or agency) or outstanding decree, order, judgment, settlement agreement or stipulation that restricts in any manner Borrower’s use, transfer or licensing thereof or that may affect the validity, use or enforceability thereof. There is no decree, order, judgment, agreement, stipulation, arbitral award or other provision entered into in connection with any litigation or proceeding that obligates Borrower to grant licenses or ownership interest in any future Intellectual Property related to the operation or conduct of the business of Borrower or Borrower Products.  Borrower has not received any written notice or claim, or, to the knowledge of Borrower, oral notice or claim, challenging or questioning Borrower’s ownership in any Intellectual Property (or written notice of any claim challenging or questioning the ownership in any licensed Intellectual Property of the owner thereof) or suggesting that any third party has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership with respect thereto nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, is there a reasonable basis for any such claim.  Neither Borrower’s use of its Intellectual Property nor the production and sale of Borrower Products infringes the Intellectual Property or other rights of others.
5.12    Financial Accounts. Exhibit E, as may be updated by Borrower in a written notice provided to Agent after the Closing Date, is a true, correct and complete list of (a) all banks and other financial institutions at which Borrower or any Subsidiary maintains Deposit Accounts and (b) all institutions at which Borrower or any Subsidiary maintains an account holding Investment Property, and such exhibit correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each bank or other institution, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.
5.13    Employee Loans.  Except for Permitted Investments of the type described in clauses (i), (viii) or (ix) of the definition thereof, Borrower has no outstanding loans to any employee, officer 

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or director of Borrower nor has Borrower guaranteed the payment of any loan made to an employee, officer or director of Borrower by a third party.
5.14    Capitalization and Subsidiaries.  Borrower’s capitalization as of the Closing Date is as set forth in the certificate separately provided to Agent on the Closing Date. Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other securities of any Person, except for Permitted Investments. Attached as Schedule 5.14, as may be updated by Borrower in a written notice provided after the Closing Date, is a true, correct and complete list of each Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION
6.1    Coverage.  Borrower shall cause to be carried and maintained commercial general liability insurance, on an occurrence form, against risks customarily insured against in Borrower’s line of business. Such risks shall include the risks of bodily injury, including death, property damage, personal injury, advertising injury, and contractual liability per the terms of the indemnification agreement found in Section 6.3. Borrower must maintain a minimum of $2,000,000 of commercial general liability insurance for each occurrence. Borrower has and agrees to maintain a minimum of $2,000,000 of directors’ and officers’ insurance for each occurrence and $5,000,000 in the aggregate. So long as there are any Secured Obligations outstanding (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement), Borrower shall also cause to be carried and maintained insurance upon the Collateral, insuring against all risks of physical loss or damage howsoever caused, in an amount not less than the full replacement cost of the Collateral, provided that such insurance may be subject to standard exceptions and deductibles.
6.2    Certificates.  Borrower shall deliver to Agent certificates of insurance that evidence Borrower’s compliance with its insurance obligations in Section 6.1 and the obligations contained in this Section 6.2. Borrower’s insurance certificate shall state Agent is an additional insured for commercial general liability, a loss payee for all risk property damage insurance, subject to the insurer’s approval, and a loss payee for property insurance and additional insured for liability insurance for any future insurance that Borrower may acquire from such insurer. Attached to the certificates of insurance will be additional insured endorsements for liability and lender’s loss payable endorsements for all risk property damage insurance. All certificates of insurance will provide for a minimum of 30 days’ advance written notice to Agent of cancellation (other than cancellation for non-payment of premiums, for which 10 days’ advance written notice shall be sufficient) or any other change adverse to Agent’s interests. Any failure of Agent to scrutinize such insurance certificates for compliance is not a waiver of any of Agent’s rights, all of which are reserved. 
6.3    Indemnity.  Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold Agent, Lender and their officers, directors, employees, agents, in-house attorneys, representatives and shareholders (each, an “Indemnified Person”) harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities (including such claims, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities based on liability in tort, including strict liability in tort), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense (including those incurred upon any appeal) (collectively, “Liabilities”), that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by such Indemnified Person as 

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the result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the administration of such credit, or in connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, or any actions or failures to act in connection therewith, or arising out of the disposition or utilization of the Collateral, excluding in all cases Liabilities to the extent resulting from any Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Borrower agrees to pay, and to save Agent and Lender harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all excise, sales or other similar taxes (excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Agent or Lender) that may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or this Agreement. In no event shall any Indemnified Person be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). This Section 6.3 shall survive the repayment of indebtedness under, and otherwise shall survive the expiration or other termination of, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.COVENANTS OF BORROWER
Borrower agrees as follows:
7.1    Financial Reports.  Borrower shall furnish to Agent the financial statements and reports listed hereinafter (the “Financial Statements”):
(a)    as soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after the end of each month, unaudited interim and year-to-date financial statements as of the end of such month (prepared on a consolidated and consolidating basis, if applicable), including a balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows accompanied by a report detailing any material contingencies (including the commencement of any material litigation by or against Borrower) or any other occurrence that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all certified by Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to the effect that they have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except (i) for the absence of footnotes, (ii) that they are subject to normal year-end adjustments, and (iii) they do not contain certain non-cash items that are customarily included in quarterly and annual financial statements;
(b)    as soon as practicable (and in any event within 40 days) after the end of each calendar  quarter, unaudited interim and year-to-date financial statements as of the end of such calendar quarter (prepared on a consolidated and consolidating basis, if applicable), including balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows accompanied by a report detailing any material contingencies (including the commencement of any material litigation by or against Borrower) or any other occurrence that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,  certified by Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to the effect that they have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except (i) for the absence of footnotes, and (ii) that they are subject to normal year-end adjustments; as well as the most recent capitalization table for Borrower, including the weighted average exercise price of employee stock options;
(c)    as soon as practicable (and in any event within 90 days) after the end of each fiscal year, unqualified audited financial statements as of the end of such year (prepared on a consolidated and consolidating basis, if applicable), including balance sheet and related statements 

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of income and cash flows, and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year, certified by a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to Agent, accompanied by any management report from such accountants;
(d)    as soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after the end of each month, a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit F;
(e)    intentionally omitted;
(f)    promptly after the sending or filing thereof, as the case may be, copies of any proxy statements, financial statements or reports that Borrower has made available to holders of its Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock and copies of any regular, periodic and special reports or registration statements that Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority that may be substituted therefor, or any national securities exchange; 
(g)    promptly following each meeting of Borrower’s Board of Directors, copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that Borrower provides to its directors in connection with meetings of its full Board of Directors; provided that, in all cases, Borrower may exclude: (A) any confidential information relating to executive compensation, (B) minutes and other materials prepared exclusively for executive sessions of the independent directors and committees of the Board of Directors, (C) information to the extent the Secured Obligations, any Loan Document, the Agent or the Lender is the subject of such information, (D) any information with respect to which Borrower has determined in good faith such exclusion or redaction is reasonably necessary to preserve attorney-client privilege with respect to any matter, or such exclusion or redaction is otherwise required to comply with applicable laws or regulations, (E) any information if there exists, with respect to the deliberations of the Borrower’s Board of Directors, an actual or potential conflict of interest between Borrower and the Agent or Lender, as determined by Borrower in good faith, or (F) Borrower reasonably determines that the delivery of such materials to the Agent or Lender would be materially injurious to the Borrower.
(h)    financial and business projections within 30 days after their approval by Borrower’s Board of Directors, as well as budgets, operating plans and other financial information reasonably requested by Agent.
Borrower shall not (without the consent of Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) make any change in its (a) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or (b) fiscal years or fiscal quarters. The fiscal year of Borrower shall end on December 31.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.1, Borrower shall not be required to deliver any financial statements to the Agent under clauses (b), (c), or (f) above with respect to any period for which it has timely filed its Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, with the SEC; provided that such Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, is publicly available on the SEC’s website (or a similar website) within the time periods permitted by this Section 7.1 and Borrower promptly notifies Agent in writing (which may be by electronic mail) of the posting of 

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any such documents. To the extent any documents required to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC, Borrower may deliver such documents by e-mailing to Agent a link to the applicable filing posted on the SEC website currently located at www.sec.gov.
The executed Compliance Certificate may be sent via email to Agent at legal@herculestech.com. The information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) shall be sent via e-mail to financialstatements@herculestech.com with a copy to legal@herculestech.com provided, that if e-mail is not available or sending such Financial Statements via e-mail is not possible, they shall be sent to Agent at: legal@herculestech.com, attention Chief Credit Officer.
7.2    Management Rights.  Borrower shall permit any representative that Agent or Lender authorizes, including its attorneys and accountants, to inspect the Collateral and examine and make copies and abstracts of the books of account and records of Borrower at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice during normal business hours; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such examinations shall be limited to no more often than twice per fiscal year. In addition, any such representative shall have the right to meet with management and officers of Borrower to discuss such books of account and records.  In addition, Agent or Lender shall be entitled at reasonable times and intervals to consult with and advise the management and officers of Borrower concerning significant business issues affecting Borrower. Such consultations shall not unreasonably interfere with Borrower’s business operations. The parties intend that the rights granted Agent and Lender shall constitute “management rights” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101(d)(3)(ii), but that any advice, recommendations or participation by Agent or Lender with respect to any business issues shall not be deemed to give Agent or Lender, nor be deemed an exercise by Agent or Lender of, control over Borrower’s management or policies.
7.3    Further Assurances.  Borrower shall from time to time execute, deliver and file, alone or with Agent, any financing statements, security agreements, collateral assignments, notices, control agreements, or other documents to perfect or give the highest priority to Agent’s Lien on the Collateral. Borrower shall from time to time procure any instruments or documents as may be reasonably requested by Agent, and take all further action that may be necessary, or that Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and protect the Liens granted hereby and thereby. In addition, and for such purposes only, Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to execute and deliver on behalf of Borrower and to file such financing statements (including an indication that the financing statement covers “all assets or all personal property” of Borrower in accordance with Section 9-504 of the UCC), collateral assignments, notices, control agreements, security agreements and other documents without the signature of Borrower either in Agent’s name or in the name of Agent as agent and attorney-in-fact for Borrower.  Borrower shall protect and defend Borrower’s title to the Collateral and Agent’s Lien thereon against all Persons claiming any interest adverse to Borrower or Agent other than Permitted Liens.
7.4    Indebtedness.  Borrower shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary so to do, other than Permitted Indebtedness, or prepay any Indebtedness (other than Secured Obligations) or take any actions 

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which impose on Borrower an obligation to prepay any Indebtedness, except for (a) the conversion of Indebtedness into equity securities and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with such conversion, (b) purchase money Indebtedness pursuant to its then applicable payment schedule, (c) prepayment by any Subsidiary of (i) inter-company Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower, or (ii) if such Subsidiary is not a Borrower, intercompany Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to another Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or (d) as otherwise permitted hereunder or approved in writing by Agent.
7.5    Collateral.  Borrower shall at all times keep the Collateral, the Intellectual Property and all other property and assets used in Borrower’s business or in which Borrower now or hereafter holds any interest free and clear from any legal process or Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens), and shall give Agent prompt written notice of any legal process affecting the Collateral, the Intellectual Property, such other property and assets, or any Liens thereon, provided, however, that the Collateral and such other property and assets may be subject to Permitted Liens except that there shall be no Liens whatsoever on Intellectual Property.  Borrower shall not agree with any Person other than Agent or Lender not to encumber its property other than such negative pledges that relate solely to the asset or assets subject to a Permitted Lien or that relate solely to in-bound license agreements that by their terms expressly prohibit assignment of the related license(s) by Borrower. Borrower shall not enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Borrower to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Intellectual Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or capital lease obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby) and (c) customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements. Borrower shall cause its Subsidiaries to protect and defend such Subsidiary’s title to its assets from and against all Persons claiming any interest adverse to such Subsidiary, and Borrower shall cause its Subsidiaries at all times to keep such Subsidiary’s property and assets free and clear from any legal process or Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens, provided, however, that there shall be no Liens whatsoever on Intellectual Property), and shall give Agent prompt written notice of any legal process affecting such Subsidiary’s assets.
7.6    Investments.  Borrower shall not directly or indirectly acquire or own, or make any Investment in or to any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, other than Permitted Investments.
7.7    Distributions.  Borrower shall not, and shall not allow any Subsidiary to, (a) repurchase or redeem any class of stock or other equity interest other than (i) pursuant to employee, director or consultant stock purchase or repurchase plans or other similar agreements; provided, however, in each case the repurchase or redemption price does not exceed the original consideration paid for such stock or equity interest, and (ii) the conversion of any of its convertible equity securities into other securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities, or (b) declare or pay any cash dividend or make a cash distribution on any class of stock or other equity interest, except that a Subsidiary may pay dividends or make distributions to Borrower, or (c) lend money to any employees, officers or directors or guarantee the payment of any such loans granted 

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by a third party in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate or (d) waive, release or forgive any Indebtedness owed by any employees, officers or directors in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate.
7.8    Transfers.  Except for Permitted Transfers, Borrower shall not, and shall not allow any Subsidiary to, voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, sell, lease, license, lend or in any other manner convey any equitable, beneficial or legal interest in any material portion of its assets.
7.9    Mergers or Acquisitions.  Borrower shall not merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with or into any other business organization (other than mergers or consolidations of (a) a Subsidiary which is not a Borrower into another Subsidiary or into Borrower or (b) a Borrower into another Borrower, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person except where (i) the cash consideration paid in respect of all such transactions does not in the aggregate exceed $500,000 during any fiscal year, (ii) no Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would exist after giving effect to any such transaction, (iii) no such transaction results in a Change in Control, and (iv) in each such transaction Borrower is the surviving entity.
7.10    Taxes.  Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all material taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against Borrower, Agent, Lender or the Collateral or upon Borrower’s ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon Borrower’s rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom.  Borrower shall file on or before the due date therefor all personal property tax returns in respect of the Collateral.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may contest, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, taxes for which Borrower maintains adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.
7.11    Corporate Changes.  Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall change its corporate name, legal form or jurisdiction of formation without 20 days’ prior written notice to Agent.  Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall suffer a Change in Control.  Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall relocate its chief executive office or its principal place of business unless: (i) it has provided prior written notice to Agent; and (ii) such relocation shall be within the continental United States.  Neither Borrower nor any Qualified Subsidiary shall relocate any item of Collateral (other than (x) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (y) relocations of Equipment having an aggregate value of up to $250,000 in any fiscal year, and (z) relocations of Collateral from a location described on Exhibit C to another location described on Exhibit C) unless (i) it has provided prompt written notice to Agent, (ii) such relocation is within the continental United States and, (iii) if such relocation is to a third party bailee, it has delivered a bailee agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent.
7.12    Deposit Accounts.  Neither Borrower nor any Qualified Subsidiary shall maintain any Deposit Accounts, or accounts holding Investment Property, except with respect to which Agent has an Account Control Agreement; provided, however, Agent confirms and agrees that Borrower will not be in violation of this Section 7.12 with respect to the Deposit Accounts and other accounts noted on Exhibit E so long as Borrower delivers fully-executed Account Control Agreements with respect thereto no later than the fifth Business Day following the Closing Date.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 7.12 shall not apply to (a) any deposit account exclusively 

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used for payroll, payroll taxes, or other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees, provided that the aggregate balance in such accounts does not exceed the amount necessary to make the immediately succeeding payroll, payroll tax or benefit payment (or such minimum amount as may be required by any requirement of law with respect to such accounts), as applicable; (b) any zero-balance disbursement account; (c) from the Closing Date through December 31, 2017, up to $25 million in an escrow account to be maintained by Borrower with a reputable bank and solely to be used to pay Borrower’s obligations pursuant to its lease of 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030; and (d) any deposit account or securities account the average daily balance of which in the aggregate, together with the average daily balance of all such other deposit accounts and securities accounts excluded pursuant to this clause (d), shall not exceed $250,000.
7.13    Qualified Subsidiaries. Borrower shall notify Agent of each Qualified Subsidiary formed or acquired subsequent to the Closing Date and, within 15 days of formation, shall cause any such Qualified Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Agent a Joinder Agreement.
7.14    Notification of Event of Default.  Borrower shall notify Agent promptly of the occurrence of any Event of Default.
7.15    SBIC Matters. The applicable Lender has received a license from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) to extend loans as a small business investment company (“SBIC”) pursuant to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, and the associated regulations (collectively, the “SBIC Act”).  Portions of the loan to Borrower will be made under the SBA license and the SBIC Act.  Addendum 1 to this Agreement outlines various responsibilities of Agent, the applicable Lender and Borrower associated with an SBA loan, and such Addendum 1 is hereby incorporated in this Agreement.
7.16    Facility Charges. Borrower shall pay when due each of the Initial Facility Charge and the Second Facility Charge.
7.17    Post-Closing Conditions.  Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver within 30 days following the Closing Date (i) a landlord consent and waiver for its location at 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77030 and (ii) a bailee waiver from Lonza Houston, Inc., each on terms reasonably acceptable to Agent. 
SECTION 8.RESERVED
SECTION 9.EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be an “Event of Default”:
9.1    Payments.  Borrower fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents on the applicable due date; provided, however, that an Event of Default shall not occur on account of a failure to pay due solely to an administrative or operational error of Lender or Borrower’s bank if Borrower had the funds to make the payment 

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when due and makes the payment within three Business Days following Borrower’s knowledge of such failure to pay; or
9.2    Covenants.  Borrower breaches or defaults in the performance of any covenant or Secured Obligation under this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or any other agreement among Borrower, Agent and Lender, and (a) with respect to a default under any covenant under this Agreement (other than under Sections 6, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16 and 7.17) any other Loan Document or any other agreement among Borrower, Agent and Lender, such default continues for more than 10 days after the earlier of the date on which (i) Agent or Lender has given notice of such default to Borrower and (ii) Borrower has actual knowledge of such default or (b) with respect to a default under any of Sections 6, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16 and 7.17, the occurrence of such default; or
9.3    Material Adverse Effect.  A circumstance has occurred that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
9.4    Representations.  Any representation or warranty made by Borrower in any Loan Document shall have been false or misleading in any material respect when made or when deemed made; or
9.5    Insolvency.  Borrower (A) (i) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) shall be unable to pay its debts as they become due, or be unable to pay or perform under the Loan Documents, or shall become insolvent; or (iii) shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; or (iv) shall file any petition, answer, or document seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or future statute, law or regulation pertinent to such circumstances; or (v) shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of any trustee, receiver, or liquidator of Borrower or of all or any substantial part (i.e., 33-1/3% or more) of the assets or property of Borrower; or (vi) shall cease operations of its business as its business has normally been conducted, or terminate substantially all of its employees; or (vii) Borrower or its directors or majority shareholders shall take any action initiating any of the foregoing actions described in clauses (i) through (vi); or (B) either (i) 30 days shall have expired after the commencement of an involuntary action against Borrower seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or future statute, law or regulation, without such action being dismissed or all orders or proceedings thereunder affecting the operations or the business of Borrower being stayed; or (ii) a stay of any such order or proceedings shall thereafter be set aside and the action setting it aside shall not be timely appealed; or (iii) Borrower shall file any answer admitting or not contesting the material allegations of a petition filed against Borrower in any such proceedings; or (iv) the court in which such proceedings are pending shall enter a decree or order granting the relief sought in any such proceedings; or (v) 30 days shall have expired after the appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of Borrower, of any trustee, receiver or liquidator of Borrower or of all or any substantial part of the properties of Borrower without such appointment being vacated; or
9.6    Attachments; Judgments.  Any portion of Borrower’s assets is attached or seized, or a levy is filed against any such assets, or a judgment or judgments is/are entered for the payment of money (not covered by independent third party insurance as to which liability has not been 

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rejected by such insurance carrier), individually or in the aggregate, of at least $250,000, or Borrower is enjoined or in any way prevented by court order from conducting any part of its business; or
9.7    Other Obligations.  The occurrence of any default under any agreement or obligation of Borrower involving any Indebtedness in excess of $250,000.
9.8     Stop Trade.  At any time, an SEC stop trade order or NASDAQ Global Market trading suspension of the Common Stock shall be in effect for five consecutive days or five days during a period of 10 consecutive days, excluding in all cases a suspension of all trading on a public market, provided that Borrower shall not have been able to cure such trading suspension within 30 days of the notice thereof or list the Common Stock on another public market within 60 days of such notice.
SECTION 10.REMEDIES
10.1    General.  Upon and during the continuance of any one or more Events of Default, (i) Agent may, at its option, accelerate and demand payment of all or any part of the Secured Obligations together with a Prepayment Charge (but only if such acceleration and demand of payment is made after December 31, 2016) and declare them to be immediately due and payable (provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 9.5, all of the Secured Obligations shall automatically be accelerated and made due and payable, in each case without any further notice or act), (ii) Agent may, at its option, sign and file in Borrower’s name any and all collateral assignments, notices, control agreements, security agreements and other documents it deems necessary or appropriate to perfect or protect the repayment of the Secured Obligations, and in furtherance thereof, Borrower hereby grants Agent an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest, and (iii) Agent may notify any of Borrower’s account debtors to make payment directly to Agent, compromise the amount of any such account on Borrower’s behalf and endorse Agent’s name without recourse on any such payment for deposit directly to Agent’s account.  Agent may exercise all rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents or otherwise available to it under the UCC and other applicable law, including the right to release, hold, sell, lease, liquidate, collect, realize upon, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral and the right to occupy, utilize, process and commingle the Collateral.  All Agent’s rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not exclusive.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Agent agrees not to deliver any notice of exclusive control, any entitlement order, or other directions or instructions pursuant to any Account Control Agreement or similar agreement providing control of any Collateral unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
10.2    Collection;  Foreclosure.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Agent may, at any time or from time to time, apply, collect, liquidate, sell in one or more sales, lease or otherwise dispose of, any or all of the Collateral, in its then condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, in such order as Agent may elect. Any such sale may be made either at public or private sale at its place of business or elsewhere. Borrower agrees that any such public or private sale may occur upon 10 calendar days’ prior written notice to Borrower.  Agent may require Borrower to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at a place designated by Agent that is reasonably convenient to Agent and Borrower. The 

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proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by Agent in the following order of priorities:
First, to Agent and Lender in an amount sufficient to pay in full Agent’s and Lender’s reasonable costs and professionals’ and advisors’ fees and expenses as described in Section 11.11;
Second, to Lender in an amount equal to the then unpaid amount of the Secured Obligations (including principal, interest, and the Default Rate interest), in such order and priority as Agent may choose in its sole discretion; and
Finally, after the full and final payment in Cash of all of the Secured Obligations (other than inchoate obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement), to any creditor holding a junior Lien on the Collateral, or to Borrower or its representatives or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
Agent shall be deemed to have acted reasonably in the custody, preservation and disposition of any of the Collateral if it complies with the obligations of a secured party under the UCC.
10.3    No Waiver.  Agent shall be under no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral for the benefit of Borrower or any other Person, and Borrower expressly waives all rights, if any, to require Agent to marshal any Collateral.
10.4    Cumulative Remedies.  The rights, powers and remedies of Agent hereunder shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given by statute or rule of law and are cumulative.  The exercise of any one or more of the rights, powers and remedies provided herein shall not be construed as a waiver of or election of remedies with respect to any other rights, powers and remedies of Agent.
SECTION 11.MISCELLANEOUS
11.1    Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent and duration of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
11.2    Notice.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, service of process or other communication (including the delivery of Financial Statements) that is required, contemplated, or permitted under the Loan Documents 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: (i) the day of transmission by electronic mail or hand delivery or delivery by an overnight express service or overnight mail delivery service; or (ii) the third calendar day after deposit in the United States mails, with proper first class postage prepaid, in each case addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

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	(a)
	If to Agent:

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC. 
Legal Department 
Attention:  General Counsel 
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA  94301 
email: legal@herculestech.com 
Telephone:  650-289-3060
		
	(b)
	If to Lender:

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY III, L.P.
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY II, L.P. 
Legal Department 
Attention:  General Counsel  
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA  94301 
email: legal@herculestech.com 
Telephone:  650-289-3060

		
	(c)
	If to Borrower:

BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 
Attention: Alan Musso, Chief Financial Officer 
2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Suite 800 
Houston, TX 77030 
email: amusso@bellicum.com 
Telephone:  832-384-1116
or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.
11.3    Entire Agreement; Amendments.
(a)    This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede and replace in their entirety any prior proposals, term sheets, non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements, letters, negotiations or other documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof (including Agent’s revised proposal letter dated February 22, 2016.
(b)    Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.3(b). The Required Lenders and Borrower party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, Agent and Borrower party to the relevant 

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Loan Document may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of Borrower hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan or reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder) or extend the scheduled date of payment thereof, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (B) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 11.3(b) without the written consent of such Lender; (C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release a Borrower from its obligations under the Loan Documents, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; or (D) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 11.17 without the written consent of Agent. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each Lender and shall be binding upon Borrower, the Lender, Agent and all future holders of the Loans.
11.4    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.
11.5    No Waiver.  The powers conferred upon Agent and Lender by this Agreement are solely to protect its rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent or Lender to exercise any such powers. No omission or delay by Agent or Lender 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 Borrower at any time designated, shall be a waiver of any such right or remedy to which Agent or Lender is entitled, nor shall it in any way affect the right of Agent or Lender to enforce such provisions thereafter.
11.6    Survival.  All agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be for the benefit of Agent and Lender and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the expiration or other termination of this Agreement.
11.7    Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on Borrower and its permitted assigns (if any).  Borrower shall not assign its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents without Agent’s express prior written consent, and any such attempted assignment shall be void and of no effect. Agent and Lender may assign, transfer, or endorse its rights hereunder and 

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under the other Loan Documents without prior notice to Borrower, and all of such rights shall inure to the benefit of Agent’s and Lender’s successors and assigns; provided that as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, neither Agent nor any Lender may assign, transfer or endorse its rights hereunder or under the Loan Documents to any party that is a direct competitor of Borrower (as reasonably determined by Agent), it being acknowledged that in all cases, any transfer to an Affiliate of any Lender or Agent shall be allowed.
11.8    Governing Law.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been negotiated and delivered to Agent and Lender in the State of California, and shall have been accepted by Agent and Lender in the State of California. Payment to Agent and Lender by Borrower of the Secured Obligations is due in the State of California.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be 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.
11.9    Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue.  All judicial proceedings (to the extent that the reference requirement of Section 11.10 is not applicable) arising in or under or related to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be brought in any state or federal court located in the State of California. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party hereto generally and unconditionally: (a) consents to nonexclusive 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 or the other Loan Documents.  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 11.2, and shall be deemed effective and received as set forth in Section 11.2. 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.
11.10    Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial / Judicial Reference.
(a)    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 be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws.  EACH OF BORROWER, AGENT AND LENDER 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 BORROWER AGAINST AGENT, LENDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNEE OR BY AGENT, LENDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNEE AGAINST BORROWER.  This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims that involve Persons other than Agent, Borrower and Lender; Claims that arise out of or are in any way connected to the relationship among Borrower, Agent and Lender; and any Claims for damages, breach of contract, tort, specific performance, or any equitable or legal relief of any kind, arising out of this Agreement, any other Loan Document.

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(b)    If the waiver of jury trial set forth in Section 11.10(a) is ineffective or unenforceable, the parties agree that all Claims shall be resolved by reference to a private judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a mutually acceptable referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee selected by the Presiding Judge of the Santa Clara County, California.  Such proceeding shall be conducted in Santa Clara County, California, with California rules of evidence and discovery applicable to such proceeding.
(c)    In the event Claims are to be resolved by judicial reference, either party may seek from a court identified in Section 11.9, 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 judicial reference.
11.11    Professional Fees.  Borrower promises to pay Agent’s and Lender’s fees and expenses necessary to finalize the loan documentation, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, UCC searches, filing costs, and other miscellaneous expenses.  In addition, Borrower promises to pay any and all reasonable attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred by Agent and Lender after the Closing Date in connection with or related to:  (a) the Loan; (b) the administration, collection, or enforcement of the Loan; (c) the amendment or modification of the Loan Documents; (d) any waiver, consent, release, or termination under the Loan Documents; (e) the protection, preservation, audit, field exam, sale, lease, liquidation, or disposition of Collateral or the exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral; (f) any legal, litigation, administrative, arbitration, or out of court proceeding in connection with or related to Borrower or the Collateral, and any appeal or review thereof, in each case that constitutes a Liability for which Borrower is obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Person under Section 6.3; and (g) any bankruptcy, restructuring, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, workout, foreclosure, or other action related to Borrower, the Collateral, the Loan Documents, including representing Agent or Lender in any adversary proceeding or contested matter commenced or continued by or on behalf of Borrower’s estate, and any appeal or review thereof.
11.12    Confidentiality.  Agent and Lender acknowledge that certain items of Collateral and information provided to Agent and Lender by Borrower are confidential and proprietary information of Borrower, if and to the extent such information either (x) is marked as confidential by Borrower at the time of disclosure, or (y) should reasonably be understood to be confidential (the “Confidential Information”).  Accordingly, Agent and Lender agree that any Confidential Information it may obtain shall not be disclosed to any other Person or entity in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Borrower, except that Agent and Lender may disclose any such information:  (a) to its own directors, officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other professional advisors and to its Affiliates if Agent or Lender in their sole discretion determines that any such party should have access to such information in connection with such party’s responsibilities in connection with the Loan or this Agreement and, provided that such recipient of such Confidential Information either (i) agrees to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of this paragraph or (ii) is otherwise subject to confidentiality restrictions that reasonably protect against the disclosure of Confidential Information; (b) if such information is generally available to the public through no fault of Agent or Lender; (c) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any governmental authority having or claiming to have jurisdiction over 

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Agent or Lender; (d) if required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, to the extent permitted or deemed advisable by Agent’s or Lender’s counsel; (e) to comply with any legal requirement or law applicable to Agent or Lender; (f) to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under any Loan Document, including Agent’s sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral after default; (g) to any participant or assignee of Agent or Lender or any prospective participant or assignee; provided, that such participant or assignee or prospective participant or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by this Section prior to disclosure; or (h) otherwise with the prior consent of Borrower; provided, that any disclosure made in violation of this Agreement shall not affect the obligations of Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any guarantor under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
11.13    Assignment of Rights.  Borrower acknowledges and understands that Agent or Lender may, subject to Section 11.7, sell and assign all or part of its interest hereunder and under the Loan Documents to any Person or entity (an “Assignee”).  After such assignment the term “Agent” or “Lender” as used in the Loan Documents shall mean and include such Assignee, and such Assignee shall be vested with all rights, powers and remedies of Agent and Lender hereunder with respect to the interest so assigned; but with respect to any such interest not so transferred, Agent and Lender shall retain all rights, powers and remedies hereby given.  No such assignment by Agent or Lender shall relieve Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder.  Lender agrees that in the event of any transfer by it of the Note(s) (if any), it will endorse thereon a notation as to the portion of the principal of the Note(s), which shall have been paid at the time of such transfer and as to the date to which interest shall have been last paid thereon.
11.14    Revival of Secured Obligations.  This Agreement and the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective if any petition is filed by or against Borrower for liquidation or reorganization, if Borrower becomes insolvent or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, if a receiver or trustee is appointed for all or any significant part of Borrower’s assets, or if any payment or transfer of Collateral is recovered from Agent or Lender.  The Loan Documents and the Secured Obligations and Collateral security shall continue to be effective, or shall be revived or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations or any transfer of Collateral to Agent, or any part thereof is rescinded, avoided or avoidable, reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by, or is recovered from, Agent, Lender or by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment, performance, or transfer of Collateral had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, avoided, avoidable, restored, returned, or recovered, the Loan Documents and the Secured Obligations shall be deemed, without any further action or documentation, to have been revived and reinstated except to the extent of the full, final, and indefeasible payment to Agent or Lender in Cash.
11.15    Counterparts.  This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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11.16    No Third Party Beneficiaries.  No provisions of the Loan Documents are intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third-party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in any Person other than Agent, Lender and Borrower unless specifically provided otherwise herein, and, except as otherwise so provided, all provisions of the Loan Documents will be personal and solely among Agent, the Lender and Borrower.
11.17    Agency.
(a)    Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Hercules Capital, Inc. to act on its behalf as Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b)    Lender  agrees to indemnify Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), according to its respective Tranche I Term Loan Commitment and Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitment percentages (based upon the total outstanding Tranche I Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitments) in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 11.17, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(c)    Agent in Its Individual Capacity.  The Person serving as Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent and the term “Lender” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include each such Person serving as Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.
(d)    Exculpatory Provisions.  Agent shall have no duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall not:
(i)    be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether any default or any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii)    have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Lender, provided that Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

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(iii)    except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by any Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(e)    Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Lender or as Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(f)    Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to Agent.
(g)    Reliance by Agent.  Agent may rely, and shall be fully protected in acting, or refraining to act, upon, any resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond or other paper or document that it has no reason to believe to be other than genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or, in the case of cables, telecopies and telexes, to have been sent by the proper party or parties.  In the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to Agent and conforming to the requirements of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.  Agent may consult with counsel, and any opinion or legal advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, not taken or suffered by Agent hereunder or under any Loan Documents in accordance therewith.  Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of the Collateral from any court of competent jurisdiction.  Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers granted to Agent by this Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the request or direction of Lenders unless Agent shall have been provided by Lender with adequate security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
11.18    Publicity.  None of the parties hereto nor any of its respective member businesses and Affiliates shall, without the other parties’ prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), publicize or use (a) the other party's name (including a brief description of the relationship among the parties hereto), logo or hyperlink to such other parties’ web site, separately or together, in written and oral presentations, advertising, promotional and marketing materials, client lists, public relations materials or on its web site (together, the “Publicity Materials”); (b) the names of officers of such other parties in the Publicity Materials; and (c) such other parties’ name, trademarks, servicemarks in any news or press release concerning such party; provided however, 

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notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such consent shall be required (i) to the extent necessary to comply with the requests of any regulators, legal requirements or laws applicable to such party or pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities exchange (so long as such party provides prior notice to the other party hereto to the extent reasonably practicable) and (ii) to comply with Section 11.12.
(SIGNATURES TO FOLLOW)

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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower, Agent and Lender have duly executed and delivered this Loan and Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER:
BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Signature:    /s/ Thomas J. Farrell    
Name:    Thomas J. Farrell    
		
	Title:
	President and Chief Executive Officer        

Accepted in Palo Alto, California:
AGENT:
HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
Signature:    /s/ Ben Bang    
Print Name:    Ben Bang    
Title:    Associate General Counsel    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

LENDER:
HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
Signature:    /s/ Ben Bang    
Print Name:    Ben Bang    
Title:    Associate General Counsel    

HERCULES TECHNOLOGY III, L.P., 
a Delaware limited partnership
		
	By:
	Hercules Technology SBIC Management, LLC, its General Partner

		
	By:
	Hercules Capital, Inc., its Manager

Signature:    /s/ Ben Bang    
Print Name:    Ben Bang    
Title:    Associate General Counsel    

HERCULES TECHNOLOGY II, L.P., 
a Delaware limited partnership
		
	By:
	Hercules Technology SBIC Management, LLC, its General Partner

		
	By:
	Hercules Capital, Inc., its Manager

Signature:    /s/ Ben Bang    
Print Name:    Ben Bang    
Title:    Associate General Counsel    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

Table of Addenda, Exhibits and Schedules
Addendum 1:    SBA Provisions
Exhibit A:    Advance Request  
        Attachment to Advance Request
Exhibit B:    Term Note
Exhibit C:    Name, Locations, and Other Information for Borrower
Exhibit D:    Borrower’s Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
Exhibit E:    Borrower’s Deposit Accounts and Investment Accounts
Exhibit F:    Compliance Certificate
Exhibit G:    Joinder Agreement
Exhibit H:    ACH Debit Authorization Agreement
Schedule 1    Subsidiaries 
Schedule 1.1    Tranche I Term Loan Commitment
Schedule 1.2    Tranche II Contingent Term Loan Commitment 
Schedule 1A    Existing Permitted Indebtedness 
Schedule 1B    Existing Permitted Investments 
Schedule 1C    Existing Permitted Liens 
Schedule 5.3    Consents, Etc. 
Schedule 5.8    Tax Matters 
Schedule 5.9    Intellectual Property Claims 
Schedule 5.10    Intellectual Property 
Schedule 5.11    Borrower Products 
Schedule 5.14    Subsidiaries

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

ADDENDUM 1 to LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(a)    Borrower’s Business.  For purposes of this Addendum 1, Borrower shall be deemed to include its “affiliates” as defined in Title 13 Code of Federal Regulations Section 121.103.  Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lender as of the Closing Date and covenants to Agent and Lender for a period of one year after the Closing Date with respect to subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 below, as follows:
		
	1.
	Size Status.  Borrower’s primary NAICS code is 325414 and has less than 80 employees in the aggregate;

		
	2.
	No Relender.  Borrower’s primary business activity does not involve, directly or indirectly, providing funds to others, purchasing debt obligations, factoring, or long-term leasing of equipment with no provision for maintenance or repair;

		
	3.
	No Passive Business.  Borrower is engaged in a regular and continuous business operation (excluding the mere receipt of payments such as dividends, rents, lease payments, or royalties).  Borrower’s employees are carrying on the majority of day-to-day operations.  Borrower will not pass through substantially all of the proceeds of the Loan to another entity;

		
	4.
	No Real Estate Business.  Borrower is not classified under Major Group 65 (Real Estate) or Industry No. 1531 (Operative Builders) of the SIC Manual.  The proceeds of the Loan will not be used to acquire or refinance real property unless Borrower (x) is acquiring an existing property and will use at least 51% of the usable square footage for its business purposes; (y) is building or renovating a building and will use at least 67% of the usable square footage for its business purposes; or (z) occupies the subject property and uses at least 67% of the usable square footage for its business purposes.

		
	5.
	No Project Finance.  Borrower’s assets are not intended to be reduced or consumed, generally without replacement, as the life of its business progresses, and the nature of Borrower’s business does not require that a stream of cash payments be made to the business's financing sources, on a basis associated with the continuing sale of assets (e.g., real estate development projects and oil and gas wells).  The primary purpose of the Loan is not to fund production of a single item or defined limited number of items, generally over a defined production period, where such production will constitute the majority of the activities of Borrower (e.g., motion pictures and electric generating plants).

		
	6.
	No Farm Land Purchases.  Borrower will not use the proceeds of the Loan to acquire farm land which is or is intended to be used for agricultural or forestry purposes, such as the production of food, fiber, or wood, or is so taxed or zoned.

		
	7.
	No Foreign Investment.  The proceeds of the Loan will not be used substantially for a foreign operation.  At the time of the Loan, Borrower will not have more than 49% 

of its employees or tangible assets located outside the United States.  The representation in this subsection (7) is made only as of the date hereof and shall not continue for one year as contemplated in the first sentence of this Section 1.
(b)    Small Business Administration Documentation.  Agent and Lender acknowledge that Borrower completed, executed and delivered to Agent SBA Forms 480, 652 and 1031 (Parts A and B) together with a business plan showing Borrower’s financial projections (including balance sheets and income and cash flows statements) for the period described therein and a written statement (whether included in the purchase agreement or pursuant to a separate statement) from Agent regarding its intended use of proceeds from the sale of securities to Lender (the “Use of Proceeds Statement”).  Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lender that the information regarding Borrower and its affiliates set forth in the SBA Form 480, Form 652 and Form 1031 and the Use of Proceeds Statement delivered as of the Closing Date is accurate and complete.
(c)    Inspection.  The following covenants contained in this Section (c) are intended to supplement and not to restrict the related provisions of the Loan Documents.  Subject to the preceding sentence, Borrower will permit, for so long as Lender holds any debt or equity securities of Borrower, Agent, Lender or their representative, at Agent’s or Lender’ expense, and examiners of the SBA to visit and inspect the properties and assets of Borrower, to examine its books of account and records, and to discuss Borrower’s affairs, finances and accounts with Borrower’s officers, senior management and accountants, all at such reasonable times as may be requested by Agent or Lender or the SBA.
(d)    Annual Assessment.  Promptly after the end of each calendar year (but in any event prior to February 28 of each year) and at such other times as may be reasonably requested by Agent or Lender, Borrower will deliver to Agent a written assessment of the economic impact of Lender’s investment in Borrower, specifying the full-time equivalent jobs created or retained in connection with the investment, the impact of the investment on the businesses of Borrower in terms of expanded revenue and taxes, other economic benefits resulting from the investment (such as technology development or commercialization, minority business development, or expansion of exports) and such other information as may be required regarding Borrower in connection with the filing of Lender’s SBA Form 468.   Lender will assist Borrower with preparing such assessment.  In addition to any other rights granted hereunder, Borrower will grant Agent and Lender and the SBA access to Borrower’s books and records for the purpose of verifying the use of such proceeds.  Borrower also will furnish or cause to be furnished to Agent and Lender such other information regarding the business, affairs and condition of Borrower as Agent or Lender may from time to time reasonably request. 
(e)    Use of Proceeds.  Borrower will use the proceeds from the Loan only for sound business purposes in accordance with the applicable portions of the SBIC Act. Borrower will deliver to Agent from time to time promptly following Agent’s request, a written report, certified as correct by Borrower's Chief Financial Officer, verifying the purposes and amounts for which proceeds from the Loan have been disbursed.  Borrower will supply to Agent such additional information and documents as Agent reasonably requests with respect to its use of proceeds and will permit Agent and Lender and the SBA to have access to any and all Borrower records and information and 

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personnel as Agent deems necessary to verify how such proceeds have been or are being used, and to assure that the proceeds have been used for the purposes specified above.
(f)    Activities and Proceeds.  Neither Borrower nor any of its affiliates (if any) will engage in any activities or use directly or indirectly the proceeds from the Loan for any purpose for which a small business investment company is prohibited from providing funds by the SBIC Act, including 13 C.F.R. §107.720.  Without obtaining the prior written approval of Agent, Borrower will not change within 1 year of the date hereof, Borrower’s current business activity to a business activity which a licensee under the SBIC Act is prohibited from providing funds by the SBIC Act.
(g)    [Reserved].
(h)    Compliance and Resolution.   Borrower agrees that a failure to comply with Borrower’s obligations under this Addendum, or any other set of facts or circumstances where it has been asserted by any governmental regulatory agency (or Agent or Lender believes that there is a substantial risk of such assertion) that Agent, Lender and their affiliates are not entitled to hold, or exercise any significant right with respect to, any securities issued to Lender by Borrower, will constitute a breach of the obligations of Borrower under the financing agreements among Borrower, Agent and Lender.  In the event of (i) a failure to comply with Borrower’s obligations under this Addendum; or (ii) an assertion by any governmental regulatory agency (or Agent or Lender believes that there is a substantial risk of such assertion) of a failure to comply with Borrower’s obligations under this Addendum, then (x) Agent, Lender and Borrower will meet and resolve any such issue in good faith to the satisfaction of Borrower, Agent, Lender, and any governmental regulatory agency, and (y) upon request of Lender or Agent, Borrower will cooperate and assist with any assignment of the financing agreements among Hercules Technology III, L.P., Hercules Technology II, L.P. and Hercules Capital, Inc.

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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT A
ADVANCE REQUEST
To: Agent:    Date: [●], 2016
Hercules Capital, Inc. (the “Agent”) 
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA 94301 
email: legal@herculestech.com 
Attn:
[Advance request to be provided to each Lender]
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Borrower”) hereby requests from [Hercules Capital, Inc.]/[Hercules Technology III, L.P.]/[ Hercules Technology II, L.P.] (“Lender”) an Advance in the amount of $[●] on [●], 201[●] (the “Advance Date”) pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement among Borrower, Agent and Lender (the “Agreement”). Capitalized words and other terms used but not otherwise defined herein are used with the same meanings as defined in the Agreement.
Please:
(a)    Issue a check payable to Borrower    ________
or
(b)    Wire Funds to Borrower’s account    ________ 
		
	Bank:  
	_____________________________

		
	Address:  
	_____________________________

_____________________________
		
	ABA Number:  
	_____________________________

		
	Account Number: 
	 ____________________________

		
	Account Name:  
	_____________________________

		
	Contact Person:  
	_____________________________

		
	Phone Number  
	_____________________________

		
	To Verify Wire Info: 
	_____________________________

		
	Email address:
	 ____________________________

Borrower represents that the conditions precedent to the Advance set forth in the Agreement are satisfied and shall be satisfied upon the making of such Advance, including but not limited to:  (i) that no event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has 

occurred and is continuing; (ii) that the representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement are and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Advance Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date; (iii) that Borrower is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in each Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed; and (iv) that as of the Advance Date, no fact or condition exists that would (or would, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both) constitute an Event of Default under the Loan Documents.  Borrower understands and acknowledges that Agent has the right to review the financial information supporting this representation and, based upon such review in its discretion, Lender may decline to fund the requested Advance.
Borrower hereby represents that Borrower’s corporate status and locations have not changed since the date of the Agreement or, if the Attachment to this Advance Request is completed, are as set forth in the Attachment to this Advance Request.
Borrower agrees to notify Agent promptly before the funding of the Loan if any of the matters which  have been represented above shall not be true and correct on the Borrowing Date and if Agent has received no such notice before the Advance Date then the statements set forth above shall be deemed to have been made and shall be deemed to be true and correct as of the Advance Date.
Executed as of [●], 201[●].
BORROWER: BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.           
SIGNATURE:________________________ 
TITLE:_____________________________ 
PRINT NAME:______________________ 

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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

ATTACHMENT TO ADVANCE REQUEST
Dated: _______________________
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Agent that Borrower’s current name and organizational status is as follows:
Name:        Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Type of organization:    Corporation
State of organization:        Delaware
Organization file number:        3829024
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Agent that the street address, city, state and postal code of its current location are as follows: 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Ste. 800, Houston, Texas, 77030.

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT B
SECURED TERM PROMISSORY NOTE
$[●],000,000    Advanced Date:  [●], 20[●]
Maturity Date:  [●], 20[●]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation, for itself and each of its Qualified Subsidiaries (“Borrower”) hereby promises to pay to [Hercules Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation]/[Hercules Technology III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership]/[Hercules Technology II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership] or the holder of this Note (the “Lender”) at 400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310, Palo Alto, CA 94301 or such other place of payment as the holder of this Secured Term Promissory Note (this “Promissory Note”) may specify from time to time in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of $[●],000,000 or such other principal amount as Lender has advanced to Borrower, together with interest at a rate as set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the Loan Agreement based upon a year consisting of 360 days, with interest computed daily based on the actual number of days in each month.  
This Promissory Note is the Note referred to in, and is executed and delivered in connection with, that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated March 10, 2016, by and among Borrower, Hercules Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Agent”) and the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lender (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with its terms, the “Loan Agreement”), and is entitled to the benefit and security of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement), to which reference is made for a statement of all of the terms and conditions thereof.  All payments shall be made in accordance with the Loan Agreement. All terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same definitions when used herein, unless otherwise defined herein. An Event of Default under the Loan Agreement shall constitute a default under this Promissory Note.  
Borrower waives presentment and demand for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest under the UCC or any applicable law.  Borrower agrees to make all payments under this Promissory Note without setoff, recoupment or deduction and regardless of any counterclaim or defense. This Promissory Note has been negotiated and delivered to Lender and is payable in the State of California. This Promissory Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, excluding any conflicts of law rules or principles that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
BORROWER FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS QUALIFIED SUBSIDIARIES: 
BELLICUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

128274747 v3 

Title:  

    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT C
NAME, LOCATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR BORROWER
		
	1.
	Borrower represents and warrants to Agent that Borrower’s current name and organizational status as of the Closing Date is as follows:

Name:    Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Type of organization:    Corporation
State of organization:    Delaware
Organization file number:    3829024
		
	2.
	Borrower represents and warrants to Agent that for five (5) years prior to the Closing Date, Borrower did not do business under any other name or organization or form except the following:

Name:   
Used during dates of: 
Type of Organization:   
State of organization:  
Organization file Number:
Borrower’s fiscal year ends on December 31 
Borrower’s federal employer tax identification number is: 20-1450200

		
	3.
	Borrower represents and warrants to Agent that its chief executive office is located at 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Ste. 800, Houston, Texas, 77030.

 

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT D
BORROWER’S PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES
Patents:
See Attachment A.
Registered Trademarks:
	
			
	Description
	Registration/ Serial  
Number
	Registration/ Application Date

	GOCAR-T
	86/218,763
	03/12/14

	GOCART
	86/218,761
	03/12/14

	GOTCR
	86/841,518
	12/07/15

	CIDECAR
	86/072,938
	09/24/13

	TAKE CONTROL OF LIFE
	85/924,086
	05/06/13

	CASPACIDE
	4,425,891
	10/29/13

	BELLICUM
	4,415,124
	10/08/13

	DECIDE
	4,396,491
	09/03/13

Registered Copyrights:
None.
Licenses:
		
	•
	Amended and Restated License Agreement by and between the Company and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated March 7, 2011 (the Restated License Agreement).

		
	•
	This Notice of Expansion of Licensed Field to Obtain Additional Exclusive Rights, delivered pursuant to Section 2.1.2(a) of the Amended and Restated License Agreement.

		
	•
	Omnibus Amendment Agreement by and between Company and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., dated October 3, 2014.

		
	•
	Exclusive License Agreement by and between the Company and Baylor College of Medicine, dated March 20, 2008.

 

		
	•
	Exclusive License Agreement by and between the Company and Baylor College of Medicine, dated June 27, 2010.

		
	•
	Cancer Research Grant Contract by and between the Company and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, dated July 27, 2011.

		
	•
	Exclusive License Agreement by and between the Company and Baylor College of Medicine, effective November 1, 2014.

		
	•
	License Agreement by and between the Company and Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden, also acting under the name Leiden University Medical Centre, effective as of April 20, 2015.

		
	•
	License Agreement by and between the Company and BioVec Pharma, Inc., dated as of June 4, 2015.

		
	•
	Exclusive License Agreement by and between the Company and Agensys, Inc., effective as of December 10, 2015.

    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

ATTACHMENT A TO EXHIBIT D

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-1001-CT
	MODIFIED DENDRITIC CELLS HAVING ENHANCED SURVIVAL AND IMMUNOGENICITY AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
	Sep 19, 2012
	13622501
	Jul 16, 2013
	8486693
	Issued

	BEL-1001-PC
	MODIFIED DENDRITIC CELLS HAVING ENHANCED SURVIVAL AND IMMUNOGENICITY AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
	May 23, 2007
	PCTUS2007069586
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-1001-PV
	MODIFIED DENDRITIC CELLS HAVING ENHANCED SURVIVAL AND IMMUNOGENICITY AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
	May 23, 2006
	60803025
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-1001-US
	MODIFIED DENDRITIC CELLS HAVING ENHANCED SURVIVAL AND IMMUNOGENICITY AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
	Jun 4, 2009
	12301021
	 
	 
	Abandoned in favor of 
BEL-1001-CT

	BEL-2001-CA
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Feb 18, 2004
	2516320
	May 26, 2015
	2516320
	Issued

	BEL-2001-CT
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Jun 30, 2008
	12165360
	Jul 8, 2014
	8771671
	Issued

	BEL-2001-CT2
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Mar 5, 2013
	13786339
	Apr 7, 2015
	8999949
	Issued

	BEL-2001-CT3
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Mar 10, 2015
	14643989
	 
	 
	Pending

 

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2001-EP
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Feb 18, 2004
	47123286
	Jul 8, 2015
	1641927
	Issued

	BEL-2001-EP2
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Feb 18, 2004
	121794069
	 
	 
	Abandoned

	BEL-2001-EP3
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Feb 18, 2004
	151572138
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2001-UT
	INDUCED ACTIVATION IN DENDRITIC CELLS
	Feb 18, 2004
	10781384
	Jul 29, 2008
	7404950
	Issued

	BEL-2002-AU
	GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS
	Oct 19, 2007
	2007310946
	Sep 18, 2014
	2007310946
	Issued

	BEL-2002-AU2
	GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS
	Oct 19, 2007
	2014202528
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-CA
	GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS
	Oct 19, 2007
	2666667
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-CT
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Feb 26, 2014
	14191167
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-EP
	GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS
	Oct 19, 2007
	78444668
	Jul 29, 2015
	2076272
	Issued

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2002-EP2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Oct 19, 2007
	111937629
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-EP3
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Oct 19, 2007
	111937686
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-HK
	GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS
	Jan 8, 2010
	101001407
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-HK3
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Dec 19, 2012
	121131239
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2002-PC
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Oct 19, 2007
	PCTUS2007081963
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2002-PV
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND A TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR
	Oct 19, 2006
	60862211
	 
	 
	Completed

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2002-US
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Oct 19, 2007
	12445939
	Apr 8, 2014
	8691210
	Issued

	BEL-2003-PV2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE VIA INDUCIBLE PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTORS AND ADAPTORS THEREOF
	Mar 15, 2007
	60895088
	 
	-
	Completed as BEL-2002-PC

	BEL-2004-AU
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	2009292996
	Aug 6, 2015
	2009292996
	Issued

	BEL-2004-CA
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	2738031
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2004-CT
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Feb 8, 2013
	13763591
	 
	 
	Allowed

	BEL-2004-CT2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Mar 5, 2013
	13786351
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2004-EP
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	98153554
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2004-EP2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	 
	 
	 
	Not yet pending.

Associate instructed to file once BEL-2004-EP issues

	BEL-2004-HK
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Dec 9, 2011
	111133283
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2004-JP
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	2011528050
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2004-JP2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	2014120212
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2004-JP3
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	201580739
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2004-PC
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	PCTUS2009057738
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2004-PV
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 22, 2008
	61099163
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2004-PV2
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Feb 18, 2009
	61153562
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2004-PV3
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	May 27, 2009
	61181572
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2004-UT
	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY INDUCING CD40 AND PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR ADAPTERS
	Sep 21, 2009
	12563991
	 
	 
	Abandoned in favor of 
BEL-2004-CT

	BEL-2005-AU
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	2011239569
	Nov 6, 2014
	2011239569
	Issued

	BEL-2005-AU2
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	2014253529
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2005-CA
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	2795947
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2005-DV
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Mar 6, 2013
	13786652
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2005-EP
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	117696195
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2005-HK
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	131096080
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2005-JP
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	2013505156
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2005-PC
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 14, 2011
	PCTUS2011032572
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2005-PV
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Apr 16, 2010
	61325127
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2005-PV2
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Jun 4, 2010
	61351760
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2005-PV3
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Feb 14, 2011
	61442582
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2005-UT
	METHODS FOR TREATING PROSTATE CANCER
	Apr 14, 2011
	13087329
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2006-CT
	METHODS FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS
	Jun 18, 2015
	14743384
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2006-DV
	METHODS FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS
	Mar 6, 2013
	13786672
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2006-PC
	METHODS FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS
	May 20, 2011
	PCTUS2011037381
	 
	 
	Expired

	BEL-2006-PV
	METHOD FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS
	May 21, 2010
	61347154
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2006-UT
	METHODS FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS
	May 20, 2011
	13112739
	Jul 28, 2015
	9089520
	Issued

	BEL-2007-PV
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Jul 8, 2011
	61505884
	 
	 
	Expired

	BEL-2008-PV
	METHOD FOR TREATING SOLID TUMORS
	Oct 19, 2011
	61549084
	 
	 
	Expired

	BEL-2009-AU
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	2014249417
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2009-CA
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	2903216
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2009-EP
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	147783781
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2009-JP
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	 
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2009-PC
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	PCTUS2014022004
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2009-UT
	MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 10, 2013
	13792135
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-AU
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	2014236726
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-CA
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	2905352
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-CN
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	2014800284393
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-EP
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	147703995
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-JP
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	 
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-KR
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	1020157028844
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-PC
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	PCTUS2014026734
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2010-PV
	METHOD FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 14, 2013
	61783445
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2010-SG
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	11201506974X
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2010-UT
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLING T CELL PROLIFERATION
	Mar 13, 2014
	14210034
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2011-AU
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	2014274916
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2011-CA
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	 
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2011-EP
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	148074057
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2011-JP
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	 
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2011-PC
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	PCTUS2014040964
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2011-PV
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 5, 2013
	61831428
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2011-PV2
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING MODIFIED CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Mar 7, 2014
	61949847
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2011-UT
	METHODS FOR INDUCING PARTIAL APOPTOSIS USING CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES
	Jun 4, 2014
	14296404
	 
	 
	Pending

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2013-PC
	METHODS FOR ACTIVATING T CELLS USING AN INDUCIBLE CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE
	Feb 13, 2015
	PCTUS2015015829
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2013-PV
	METHODS FOR ACTIVATING T CELLS USING AN INDUCIBLE CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE
	Feb 14, 2014
	61940347
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2013-PV2
	METHODS FOR ACTIVATING T CELLS USING AN INDUCIBLE CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE
	Mar 13, 2014
	61952839
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2013-PV3
	METHODS FOR ACTIVATING T CELLS USING AN INDUCIBLE CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE
	Sep 9, 2014
	62047875
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2013-UT
	METHODS FOR ACTIVATING T CELLS USING AN INDUCIBLE CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE
	Feb 13, 2015
	14622018
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2015-PC
	CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 6, 2015
	PCTUS1519186
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2015-PV
	CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 7, 2014
	61949787
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2015-PV2
	CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF
	Jun 4, 2014
	62007902
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2015-PV3
	CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF
	Sep 9, 2014
	62047870
	 
	 
	Completed

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2015-UT
	CASPASE POLYPEPTIDES HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 6, 2015
	14640553
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2016-PC
	COSTIMULATION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS BY MYD88 AND CD40 POLYPEPTIDES
	Sep 1, 2015
	PCTUS2015047957
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2016-PV
	COSTIMULATION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS BY MYD88 AND CD40 POLYPEPTIDES
	Sep 2, 2014
	62044885
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2016-PV2
	COSTIMULATION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS BY MYD88 AND CD40 POLYPEPTIDES
	Feb 13, 2015
	62115735
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2016-PV3
	COSTIMULATION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS BY MYD88 AND CD40 POLYPEPTIDES
	Apr 6, 2015
	62143503
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2016-UT
	COSTIMULATION OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS BY MYD88 AND CD40 POLYPEPTIDES
	Sep 1, 2015
	14842710
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2018-PC
	T CELL RECEPTORS DIRECTED AGAINST BOB1 AND USES THEREOF
	Nov 2, 2015
	PCTUS2015058675
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2018-PV
	T CELL RECEPTORS DIRECTED AGAINST BOB1 AND USES THEREOF
	Nov 3, 2014
	62074534
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2018-PV2
	T CELL RECEPTORS DIRECTED AGAINST BOB1 AND USES THEREOF
	Feb 13, 2015
	62115737
	 
	 
	Completed

    

	
							
	FILE #
	TITLE
	FILING DATE
	SERIAL NUMBER
	ISSUE DATE
	PATENT NUMBER
	STATUS

	BEL-2018-UT
	T CELL RECEPTORS DIRECTED AGAINST BOB1 AND USES THEREOF
	Nov 2, 2015
	14930572
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2019-PV
	T-CELL RECEPTORS DIRECTED AGAINST THE  PREFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED ANTIGEN OF MELANOMA AND USES THEREOF
	Mar 10, 2015
	62130884
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2021-PC
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS
	Dec 14, 2015
	PCTUS2015065629
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2021-PV
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS
	Dec 15, 2014
	62092149
	 
	 
	Completed

	BEL-2021-UT
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS
	Dec 14, 2015
	14968737
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2022-PC
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OR   ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS
	Dec 14, 2015
	PCTUS2015065646
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2022-UT
	METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OR  ELIMINATION OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS
	Dec 14, 2015
	14968853
	 
	 
	Pending

	BEL-2025-PV
	DUAL CONTROLS FOR THERAPEUTIC CELL ACTIVATION OR ELIMINATION
	Dec 14, 2015
	62267277
	 
	 
	Pending

    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT E
BORROWER’S DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
BB&T accounts are as follows: 
	
				
	Account Number
	Account Type
	Approximate Current Balance
	Service Provided

	1440000412574**
	Checking
	$5,000,000
	Operating Acct

	1440001387387
	Zero Balance Account
	N/A
	Sweep

	1440000576224**
	Money Market Depository Account
	$47,693,375
	Cash Management

	1689180244**
	Custody Account with BB&T in respect of securities account managed by Sterling Capital Management
	$90,250,000
	Custody Account

Comerica Account No: 1881365744
** Borrower shall deliver Account Control Agreements with respect to each of these accounts no later than the fifth Business Day following the Closing Date. 

 

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT F
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Hercules Capital, Inc. (as “Agent”) 
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Reference is made to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated [●], 2016 and the Loan Documents (as defined therein) entered into in connection with such Loan and Security Agreement all as may be amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Loan Agreement”) by and among Hercules Capital, Inc. (the “Agent”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lender”) and Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent for the Lender (the “Agent”) and Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) as Borrower. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the Loan Agreement.
The undersigned is an Officer of the Company, knowledgeable of all Company financial matters, and is authorized to provide certification of information regarding the Company; hereby certifies, in such capacity, that in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the Company is in compliance for the period ending [●] of all covenants, conditions and terms of the Loan Agreement hereby reaffirms that all representations and warranties contained therein are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, after giving effect in all cases to any standard(s) of materiality contained in the Loan Agreement as to such representations and warranties. Attached are the required documents supporting the above certification. The undersigned further certifies that are prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for the absence of footnotes with respect to unaudited financial statements and subject to normal year-end adjustments) and are consistent from one period to the next except as explained below.
	
			
	REPORTING REQUIREMENT
	REQUIRED
	CHECK IF ATTACHED

	Interim Financial Statements
	Monthly within 30 days
	 

	Audited Financial Statements
	Quarterly within 40 days
	 

	 
	FYE within 90 days
	 

Very Truly Yours, 
 
                    Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
 
                    By:  _________________________ 

 

                    Name:  ______________________ 
                    Its:  _________________________

    

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT G
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) is made and dated as of [●], 2016, and is entered into by and between [●], a [●] corporation (“Subsidiary”), and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (as “Agent”).  
RECITALS
A.    Subsidiary’s Affiliate, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Company”) has entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated March 10, 2016, with the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto as lender (collectively, the “Lender”) and Agent, as such agreement may be amended (the “Loan Agreement”), together with the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith; 
B.    Subsidiary acknowledges and agrees that it will benefit both directly and indirectly from Company’s execution of the Loan Agreement and the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith;
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, Subsidiary and Agent agree as follows:
		
	1.
	The recitals set forth above are incorporated into and made part of this Joinder Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Loan Agreement.

		
	2.
	By signing this Joinder Agreement, Subsidiary shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement the same as if it were Borrower (as defined in the Loan Agreement) under the Loan Agreement, mutatis mutandis, provided however, that (a) with respect to (i) Section 5.1 of the Loan Agreement, Subsidiary represents that it is an entity duly organized, legally existing and in good standing under the laws of [●], (b) neither Agent nor Lender shall have any duties, responsibilities or obligations to Subsidiary arising under or related to the Loan Agreement or the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith, (c)  if Subsidiary is covered by Company’s insurance, Subsidiary shall not be required to maintain separate insurance or comply with the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Loan Agreement, and (d)  as long as Company satisfies the requirements of Section 7.1 of the Loan Agreement, Subsidiary shall not have to provide Agent separate Financial Statements.  To the extent that Agent or Lender has any duties, responsibilities or obligations arising under or related to the Loan Agreement or the other agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith, those duties, responsibilities or obligations shall flow only to Company and not to Subsidiary or any other Person or entity.  By way of example (and not an exclusive list): (i) Agent’s providing notice to Company in accordance with the Loan Agreement or as otherwise agreed among Company, Agent and Lender shall be deemed provided to Subsidiary; (ii) a Lender’s providing an Advance to Company shall be deemed 

 

an Advance to Subsidiary; and (iii) Subsidiary shall have no right to request an Advance or make any other demand on Lender.
		
	3.
	Subsidiary agrees not to certificate its equity securities without Agent’s prior written consent, which consent may be conditioned on the delivery of such equity securities to Agent in order to perfect Agent’s security interest in such equity securities.

		
	4.
	Subsidiary acknowledges that it benefits, both directly and indirectly, from the Loan Agreement, and hereby waives, for itself and on behalf of any and all successors in interest (including without limitation any assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, bankruptcy trustee or itself as debtor-in-possession under any bankruptcy proceeding) to the fullest extent provided by law, any and all claims, rights or defenses to the enforcement of this Joinder Agreement on the basis that (a) it failed to receive adequate consideration for the execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement or (b) its obligations under this Joinder Agreement are avoidable as a fraudulent conveyance.

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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO JOINDER AGREEMENT]
SUBSIDIARY:
_________________________________.

By:  
Name: 
Title:
Address:
Telephone: ___________ 
email: ____________
AGENT:

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.

By:____________________________________ 
Name:__________________________________ 
Title: ___________________________________

Address: 
400 Hamilton Ave., Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA 94301 
email: legal@herculestech.com 
Telephone:  650-289-3060

 

Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version

EXHIBIT H
ACH DEBIT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent 
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 
Palo Alto, CA  94301

Re:  Loan and Security Agreement dated March 10, 2016 (the “Agreement”) by and among Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Borrower”) and Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent (the “Company”) and the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lender”)
In connection with the above referenced Agreement, Borrower hereby authorizes the Company to initiate debit entries for (i) the periodic payments due under the Agreement and (ii) out-of-pocket legal fees and costs incurred by Agent or Lender pursuant to Section 11.11 of the Agreement to Borrower’s account indicated below.  The Borrower authorizes the depository institution named below to debit to such account.
 
[IF FILED PUBLICLY, ACCOUNT INFO REDACTED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES]
	
		
	DEPOSITORY NAME 
BB&T 
	BRANCH 

	CITY 
	STATE AND ZIP CODE 

	TRANSIT/ABA NUMBER 
	ACCOUNT NUMBER 
1440000412574 

This authority will remain in full force and effect so long as any amounts are due under the Agreement. 
____________________________________________ 
(Borrower)(Please Print)
By: _________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________

 

SCHEDULE 1.1
TRANCHE I TERM LOAN COMMITMENT
	
			
	Lender
	Closing Date Tranche I Term Loan Advance
	Additional Tranche I Term Loan Advance

	Hercules Technology III, L.P.
	$10,000,000
	--

	Hercules Technology II, L.P.
	$5,000,000
	--

	Hercules Capital, Inc.
	--
	$5,000,000

	TOTAL COMMITMENTS
	$15,000,000
	$5,000,000

SCHEDULE 1.2
TRANCHE II CONTINGENT TERM LOAN COMMITMENT
	
		
	Lender
	Tranche II Term Loan Advance

	Hercules Capital, Inc.
	$10,000,000

	TOTAL COMMITMENTS
	$10,000,000

SCHEDULE 1A
EXISTING PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS
Copier Lease dated June 26, 2015 with TLC Office Systems
Telephone Lease dated June 22, 2015 with TLC Office Systems

SCHEDULE 1B 
EXISTING PERMITTED INVESTMENTS
See Attachment A.

ATTACHMENT A TO SCHEDULE 1B 

SCHEDULE 1C
EXISTING PERMITTED LIENS
None.

SCHEDULE 5.3
CONSENTS, ETC.
		
	•
	Lease Agreement by and between Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated June 1, 2012. 

		
	•
	First Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated September 13, 2013. 

		
	•
	Second Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated June 20, 2014. 

		
	•
	Third Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated July 21, 2014. 

		
	•
	Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement by and between Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated November 12, 2014. 

		
	•
	Lease Agreement by and between the Company and Sheridan Hills Developments L.P., dated as of May 6, 2015. 

SCHEDULE 5.8
TAX MATTERS
None.

SCHEDULE 5.9
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
None.

SCHEDULE 5.10
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
None.

SCHEDULE 5.11
BORROWER PRODUCTS
None.

SCHEDULE 5.14
SUBSIDIARIES
None.Exhibit

Exhibit 10.5.18

Employee Stock Option Agreement
THIS Employee Stock Option AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant (defined hereafter) pursuant to the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), in combination with a 2016 Long Term Incentive Award Summary (or applicable portion thereof) (the “Award Summary”).  The Award Summary, which identifies the person to whom the options are granted (the “Participant”) and specifies the date of grant of this Award (the “Grant Date”) and other details of this Award under the Plan, and the electronic acceptance of this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference.
1.Grant and Acceptance of Options.
(a)Confirmation of Grant.  The Company hereby evidences and confirms, effective as of the Grant Date, its grant to the Participant of options (the “Options”) to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified on the Award Summary and which shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.  The Options are not intended to be incentive stock options under the Code.  The Participant must accept this Award within ninety (90) days after notification that the Award is available for acceptance and in accordance with the instructions provided by the Company.  The Award may be rescinded upon the action of the Company, in its sole discretion, if the Award is not accepted within ninety (90) days after notification is sent to the Participant indicating availability for acceptance.
This Agreement is subordinate to, and the terms and conditions of the Options granted hereunder are subject to, the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated by reference herein.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the terms of the Award Summary, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.  Any capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
(b)Option Price.  Each share covered by an Option may be purchased for the price specified on the Award Summary and which shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement (the “Option Price”).  The Option Price per share of Common Stock is equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.
2.Vesting and Exercisability.
(a)Vesting Generally.  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(b), 3, or 5 of this Agreement, the Options shall become vested on the third anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Vesting Date”), subject to the continuous employment of the Participant with the Company until the Vesting Date.  
(b)Discretionary Acceleration.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of all or a portion of the Options, at any time and from time to time.
(c)Exercise.  Once vested in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Options may be exercised at any time and from time to time prior to the date the Options terminate pursuant to Section 3.  The Options may only be exercised with respect to whole shares of Common Stock and must be exercised in accordance with Section 4.
3.Termination of Options.
(a)Normal Termination Date.  Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 5, the Options shall terminate on the seventh anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Normal Termination Date”), if not exercised prior to such date.
(b)Termination of Employment.
(i)Death or Disability.  If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates due to death or Disability, all unvested Options held by the Participant shall vest and all the Participant’s Options shall remain outstanding until the first to occur of:  (A) the first anniversary of the Participant’s  termination of employment, or, if later, the first anniversary of the expiration of any blackout period in effect that is 

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applicable to the Participant with respect to such Options (for the avoidance of doubt, including any period during which the Form S-8 on file with respect to the Plan is not effective), (B) the Normal Termination Date and (C) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.
(ii)Retirement.  If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates due to the Participant’s Retirement, then: 
(A) a portion of the unvested Options shall vest, with such portion vesting equal to the number of unvested Options multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full completed months elapsed since the Grant Date, and the denominator of which is 36; 
(B) the unvested Options (after giving effect to the prior clause (A)) held by the Participant on the date of his or her Retirement shall be immediately forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Participant’s Retirement; and 
(C) vested Options held by the Participant on the date of his or her Retirement shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the first to occur of:  (X) the first anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement, or, if later, the first anniversary of the expiration of any blackout period in effect that is applicable to the Participant with respect to such Options (for the avoidance of doubt, including any period during which the Form S-8 on file with respect to the Plan is not effective), (Y) the Normal Termination Date and (Z) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.  
(iii)Termination for Cause.  If the Participant’s employment terminates for Cause, all Options, whether vested or unvested, shall be immediately forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Participant’s termination.
(iv)Termination for Any Other Reason.  If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than death or Disability in accordance with Section 3(b)(i), Cause in accordance with Section 3(b)(iii) or Retirement in accordance with Section 3(b)(ii), any unvested Options held by the Participant shall immediately be forfeited and canceled as of the date of termination.  
If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, vested Options shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the first to occur of:  (A) the 90th day following the Participant’s termination, or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect that is applicable to the Participant with respect to such Options (for the avoidance of doubt, including any period during which the Form S-8 on file with respect to the Plan is not effective), (B) the Normal Termination Date and (C) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.  
If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Participant other than by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, all vested Options shall remain exercisable until the first to occur of (A) the 30th day following the effective date of the Participant’s termination of employment, or, if later, the 30th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect that is applicable to the Participant with respect to such Options (for the avoidance of doubt, including any period during which the Form S-8 on file with respect to the Plan is not effective), (B) the Normal Termination Date and (C) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately be forfeited and canceled.
4.Manner of Exercise; Forfeiture.
(a)General.  The exercise of vested Options by the Participant shall be pursuant to procedures established by the Company from time to time and shall include the Participant specifying the proposed date on which the Participant desires to exercise a vested Option (the “Exercise Date”), the number of whole shares with respect to which the Options are being exercised (the “Exercise Shares”) and the aggregate Option Price for such Exercise Shares (the “Exercise Price”), or such other or different requirements as may be specified by the Company.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) on or before the Exercise Date the Participant shall 

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deliver to the Company full payment for the Exercise Shares in United States dollars in cash, or cash equivalents satisfactory to the Company, in an amount equal to the Exercise Price plus (if applicable) any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees, or, pursuant to a broker-assisted exercise program established by the Company, the Participant may exercise vested Options by an exercise and sell procedure (cashless exercise) in which the Exercise Price (together with any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees) is deducted from the proceeds of the exercise of an Option and (ii) the Company shall register the issuance of the Exercise Shares on its records (or direct such issuance to be registered by the Company’s transfer agent).  The Company may require the Participant to furnish or execute such other documents as the Company shall deem necessary (i) to evidence such exercise or (ii) to comply with or satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, applicable state or non‐U.S. securities laws or any other law.  
(b)Restrictions on Exercise.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Options may not be exercised in whole or in part, (i) unless (A) all requisite approvals and consents of any governmental authority of any kind shall have been secured, (B) the purchase of the Exercise Shares shall be exempt from registration under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, and applicable non-U.S. securities laws, or the Exercise Shares shall have been registered under such laws, and (C) all applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding requirements shall have been satisfied or (ii) if such exercise would result in a violation of the terms or provisions of or a default or an event of default under, any of the financing or credit agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or approvals referred to in clause (i)(A) of the preceding sentence, but shall otherwise have no obligations to take any steps to prevent or remove any impediment to exercise described in such sentence.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Options may not be exercised any period during which the Form S-8 on file with respect to the Plan is not effective.
(c)Issuance of Shares.  The shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Options shall be registered in the Participant’s name, or, if applicable, in the names of the Participant’s heirs or estate.  In the Company’s discretion, such shares may be issued either in certificated form or in uncertificated, book entry form.  The certificate or book entry account shall bear such restrictive legends or restrictions as the Company, in its sole discretion, shall require.  If delivered in certificate form, the Company may deliver a share certificate to the Participant or to the Participant’s designated broker on the Participant’s behalf.  If the Participant is deceased (or if Disabled and if necessary) at the time that a delivery of share certificates is to be made, the certificates shall be delivered to the Participant’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable).
(d)Other.  The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock provided for under this Agreement for so long as the Company determines to be necessary or advisable to satisfy the following:  (i) the completion or amendment of any registration of such shares or satisfaction of any exemption from registration under any securities law, rule, or regulation; (ii) compliance with any requests for representations; and (iii) receipt of proof satisfactory to the Company that a person seeking such shares on the Participant’s behalf upon the Participant’s Disability (if necessary), or upon the Participant’s estate’s behalf after the death of the Participant, is appropriately authorized.
(e)Wrongful Conduct.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, if, during the Covered Period, the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any unexercised Options, whether vested or unvested, shall automatically terminate and be canceled effective as of the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct.  If the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct or if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash any Option/SAR Financial Gain the Participant realized from exercising all or a portion of the Options within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  By entering into this Agreement, the Participant hereby consents to and authorizes the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to the Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 4(e) to the extent permitted by law.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 4(e).  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 4(e) shall be cumulative of any similar obligations the Participant has under the Plan, this Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

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(f)Financial Restatements.  In the event that the Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence, the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:
(i)that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Options subject to this Agreement held by the Participant at the time of such restatement;
(ii)that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the shares of Common Stock or cash (net of the aggregate Option Price paid therefore) held by the Participant at the time of such restatement that had been received in respect of the Options that have been exercised during the three-year period prior to the date that the Company is required to prepare a financial restatement; and
(iii)that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock that had been received (net of the aggregate Option Price paid therefore) in respect any Options that had been exercised by the Participant within the three-year period prior to date that the Company is required to prepare a the financial restatement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Committee determines that the rules and regulations implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act require a longer or different clawback time period than the three-year period contemplated by Sections 4(f)(ii) and (iii), such three-year period shall be deemed extended (but not reduced) to the extent necessary to be consistent with such rules and regulations.
5.Change in Control.
(a)In General.  Subject to Sections 5(a) and (c), in the event of a Change in Control, any unvested Options shall vest and become exercisable, provided that the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) may determine that all then-outstanding Options (whether vested or unvested) shall be canceled in exchange for a payment having a value equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the product of the Change in Control Price multiplied by the aggregate number of shares covered by all such Options immediately prior to the Change in Control over (ii) the aggregate Option Price for all such shares, to be paid as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the Change in Control.  
(b)Termination.  Notwithstanding Section 5(a), in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its discretion, terminate any outstanding Options if either (i) the Company provides the Participant with reasonable advance notice to exercise the outstanding and unexercised Options, or (ii) the Committee reasonably determines that the Change in Control Price is equal to or less than the Option Price. 
(c)Alternative Awards.  Notwithstanding Section 5(a), no cancellation, termination, acceleration of exercisability or vesting, or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to the Options if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that the Options shall be honored or assumed or new rights substituted therefor by an Alternative Award, in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 of the Plan.
(d)For purposes of this Agreement, and notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, “Change in Control” means the first occurrence of any of the following events after the Grant Date:
(i)the acquisition by any person, entity or “group” (as defined in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company, the Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the Company or the Subsidiaries of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;
(ii)within any 24-month period, the Incumbent Directors shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the Company; provided that any director elected to the Board, or nominated for election, by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this clause (ii);
(iii)the merger or consolidation of the Company as a result of which persons who were owners of the voting securities of the Company, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company;

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(iv)the approval by the Company’s shareholders of the liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than a liquidation of the Company into any Subsidiary or a liquidation a result of which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such liquidation own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity that holds substantially all of the assets of the Company following such event; or
(v)the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, affiliates of the Company; provided, however, that any sale, transfer or disposition of assets in connection with the separation of the car rental and equipment rental businesses of the Company shall not be deemed to constitute a Change in Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” for purposes of this Agreement shall not be deemed to occur if the Company files for bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code.
6.Miscellaneous.
(a)Withholding.  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding or other similar charges or fees that may arise in connection with the grant, vesting, exercise or purchase of the Options.
(b)Authorization to Share Personal Data.  The Participant authorizes any Affiliate of the Company that employs the Participant or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Participant to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent appropriate in connection with this Agreement or the administration of the Plan.  
(c)No Rights as Stockholder; No Voting Rights.  The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by the Options until the exercise of the Options and delivery of the Common Stock.  Subject to Section 4.4 of the Plan, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the delivery of the Common Stock.
(d)No Right to Continued Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer on the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate such employment at any time (regardless of whether such termination results in (i) the failure of any Award to vest; (ii) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (iii) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on the Participant the right to receive any future Awards under the Plan.
(e)Non-Transferability of Options.  The Options may be exercised only by the Participant (or, if the Participant is Disabled and if necessary, the Participant’s legally authorized guardian or personal representative) during Participant’s lifetime.  The Options are not assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, and they may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, transferred, sold, pledged, assigned, alienated, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (including, but not limited to, by gift, operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Participant upon the Participant’s death or with the Company’s consent.  The Company shall not be required to recognize on its books any action taken in contravention of these restrictions.
(f)Notices.  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the other:
(i)if to the Company, to it at:

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
8501 Williams Road 
Estero, Florida 33928
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: (239) 301-6906

(ii)if to the Participant, to the Participant at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary employing the Participant.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third business day after the mailing thereof.
(g)Binding Effect; Benefits.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.
(h)Waiver; Amendment.
(i)Waiver.  Any party hereto or beneficiary hereof may by written notice to the other parties (A) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other parties under this Agreement, (B) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other parties contained in this Agreement or (C) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other parties under this Agreement.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party or beneficiary, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party or beneficiary taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein.  The waiver by any party hereto or beneficiary hereof of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by a party or beneficiary to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.
(ii)Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that would have a material adverse effect on the Options as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, or with the consent of the Participant.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally.  
(i)Assignability.  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Participant without the prior written consent of the other party, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of the Company, subject to Section 4.4 and Article IX of the Plan.
(j)Interpretation.  The Committee shall have full power and discretion to construe and interpret the Plan (and any rules and regulations issued thereunder) and this Award.  Any determination or interpretation by the Committee under or pursuant to the Plan or this Award shall be final and binding and conclusive on all persons affected hereby.
(k)Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation.  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Participant acknowledges:  (i) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; (ii) that the Award does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards; (iii) that participation in the Plan is voluntary; (iv) that the value of the Options is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; and (v) that the future value of the Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.
(l)Consent to Electronic Delivery.  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the 

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Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Options via Company web site or other electronic delivery.
(m)Claw Back or Compensation Recovery Policy.  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, and to the extent applicable, the Options granted hereunder shall be subject to any claw back policy or compensation recovery policy or such other similar policy of the Company in effect from time to time.
(n)Company Rights.  The existence of the Options does not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, including that of its Affiliates, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
(o)Severability.  If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any statute or public policy, then only the portions of this Agreement which violate such statute or public policy shall be stricken, and all portions of this Agreement which do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.   Further, it is the parties’ intent that any court order striking any portion of this Agreement should modify the terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties’ under this Agreement.
(p)Further Assurances.  The Participant agrees to use his or her reasonable and diligent best efforts to proceed promptly with the transactions contemplated herein, to fulfill the conditions precedent for the Participant’s benefit or to cause the same to be fulfilled and to execute such further documents and other papers and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated herein.
(q)Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.
(r)Section and Other Headings, etc.  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(s)Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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