Document:

Exhibit 4.26

 

 

 

 

CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

dated as of December 29, 2017

by and among

MIDATECH PHARMA PLC,

MIDATECH PHARMA US INC.,

DARA THERAPEUTICS INC.,

MIDATECH PHARMA (WALES) LIMITED, and

MIDATECH LIMITED

and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto, each as Borrower, and collectively as Borrowers,

The Guarantors from time to time party hereto,

and

MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST,

as Agent and as a Lender,

and

THE ADDITIONAL LENDERS

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CREDIT, Guaranty AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

	
6

	
1.

	
ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS

	
6

	
2.

	
CREDIT FACILITIES AND TERMS

	
6

	 	
2.1

	
Promise to Pay

	
6

	 	
2.2

	
Credit Facilities

	
6

	 	
2.3

	
Credit Facilities

	
6

	 	
2.4

	
Reserved

	
7

	 	
2.5

	
Reserved

	
7

	 	
2.6

	
Interest and Payments; Administration

	
7

	 	
2.7

	
Secured Promissory Notes

	
12

	
3.

	
CONDITIONS OF CREDIT EXTENSIONS

	
13

	 	
3.1

	
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension

	
13

	 	
3.2

	
Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions

	
13

	 	
3.3

	
Method of Borrowing

	
13

	 	
3.4

	
Funding of Credit Facilities

	
14

	 	
3.5

	
Searches

	
14

	
4.

	
CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

	
14

	 	
4.1

	
Grant of Security Interest

	
14

	 	
4.2

	
Representations and Covenants

	
14

	
5.

	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	
16

	 	
5.1

	
Due Organization, Authorization: Power and Authority

	
16

	 	
5.2

	
Litigation

	
16

	 	
5.3

	
No Material Deterioration in Financial Condition; Financial Statements

	
17

	 	
5.4

	
Solvency

	
17

	 	
5.5

	
Subsidiaries; Investments; Margin Stock

	
17

	 	
5.6

	
Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions

	
17

	 	
5.7

	
Intellectual Property and License Agreements

	
18

	 	
5.8

	
Regulatory Status

	
18

	 	
5.9

	
Accuracy of Schedules and Perfection Certificate

	
18

	 	
5.10

	
FCPA and Anti-Corruption Law

	
18

	 	
5.11

	
Centre of Main Interests and establishment for UK Credit Parties

	
18

	 	
5.12

	
Pensions

	
19

	
6.

	
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	
19

	 	
6.1

	
Organization and Existence; Government Compliance

	
19

	 	
6.2

	
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates

	
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6.3

	
Maintenance of Property

	
20

	 	
6.4

	
Taxes; Pensions

	
20

	 	
6.5

	
Insurance

	
21

	 	
6.6

	
Collateral Accounts

	
21

	 	
6.7

	
Notices of Material Agreements, Litigation and Defaults; Cooperation in Litigation

	
21

	 	
6.8

	
Creation/Acquisition of Subsidiaries

	
22

	 	
6.9

	
Use of Proceeds

	
22

	 	
6.10

	
Hazardous Materials; Remediation

	
23

	 	
6.11

	
Power of Attorney

	
23

	 	
6.12

	
Further Assurances

	
23

	 	
6.13

	
Post-Closing Obligations

	
24

	 	
6.14

	
Disclosure Schedule Updates

	
24

	 	
6.15

	
Intellectual Property and Licensing

	
24

	 	
6.16

	
Regulatory Reporting and Covenants

	
25

	 	
6.17

	
Pensions

	
26

	 	
6.18

	
People with Significant Control regime.:

	
26

	
7.

	
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	
26

	 	
7.1

	
Dispositions

	
26

	 	
7.2

	
Changes in Business, Management, Ownership or Business Locations

	
27

	 	
7.3

	
Mergers or Acquisitions

	
27

	 	
7.4

	
Indebtedness

	
27

	 	
7.5

	
Encumbrance

	
27

	 	
7.6

	
Maintenance of Collateral Accounts

	
27

	 	
7.7

	
Distributions; Investments; Margin Stock

	
27

	 	
7.8

	
Transactions with Affiliates

	
28

	 	
7.9

	
Subordinated Debt

	
28

	 	
7.10

	
Compliance

	
28

	 	
7.11

	
Amendments to Organization Documents and Material Agreements

	
28

	 	
7.12

	
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws

	
29

	 	
7.13

	
Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarter

	
29

	
8.

	
RESERVED

	
29

	
9.

	
FINANCIAL COVENANTS

	
29

	 	
9.1

	
Minimum Net Revenue

	
29

	 	
9.2

	
Evidence of Compliance

	
29

	
10.

	
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

	
29

	 	
10.1

	
Events of Default

	
29

	 	
10.2

	
Rights and Remedies

	
33

	 	
10.3

	
Notices

	
34

	 	
10.4

	
Protective Payments

	
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10.5

	
Liability for Collateral No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative

	
34

	 	
10.6

	
Application of Payments and Proceeds

	
34

	 	
10.7

	
Waivers

	
35

	 	
10.8

	
Injunctive Relief

	
36

	
11.

	
NOTICES

	
36

	
12.

	
CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER

	
37

	
13.

	
GENERAL PROVISIONS

	
38

	 	
13.1

	
Successors and Assigns

	
38

	 	
13.2

	
Indemnification

	
39

	 	
13.3

	
Time of Essence

	
40

	 	
13.4

	
Severability of Provisions

	
40

	 	
13.5

	
Correction of Financing Documents

	
40

	 	
13.6

	
Integration

	
40

	 	
13.7

	
Counterparts

	
40

	 	
13.8

	
Survival

	
40

	 	
13.9

	
Confidentiality

	
41

	 	
13.10

	
Right of Set-off

	
41

	 	
13.11

	
Publicity

	
41

	 	
13.12

	
No Strict Construction

	
42

	 	
13.13

	
Approvals

	
42

	 	
13.14

	
Amendments; Required Lenders; Inter-Lender Matters

	
42

	 	
13.15

	
Borrower Liability

	
43

	 	
13.16

	
Reinstatement

	
43

	 	
13.17

	
USA PATRIOT Act Notification

	
43

	 	
13.18

	
Warrants

	
43

	 	
13.19

	
Process Agent

	
44

	 	
13.20

	
Other Currency

	
44

	
14.

	
AGENT

	
44

	 	
14.1

	
Appointment and Authorization of Agent

	
44

	 	
14.2

	
Successor Agent

	
45

	 	
14.3

	
Delegation of Duties

	
45

	 	
14.4

	
Liability of Agent

	
45

	 	
14.5

	
Reliance by Agent

	
46

	 	
14.6

	
Notice of Default

	
46

	 	
14.7

	
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agent

	
46

	 	
14.8

	
Indemnification of Agent

	
46

	 	
14.9

	
Agent in its Individual Capacity

	
47

	 	
14.10

	
Agent May File Proofs of Claim

	
47

	 	
14.11

	
Collateral and Guaranty Matters

	
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14.12

	
Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders

	
48

	 	
14.13

	
Miscellaneous

	
48

	
15.

	
GUARANTY

	
49

	 	
15.1

	
Guaranty

	
49

	 	
15.2

	
Payment of Amounts Owed

	
49

	 	
15.3

	
Certain Waivers by Guarantor

	
49

	 	
15.4

	
Guarantor’s Obligations Not Affected by Modifications of Financing Documents

	
51

	 	
15.5

	
Reinstatement; Deficiency

	
51

	 	
15.6

	
Subordination of Borrower’s Obligations to Guarantors; Claims in Bankruptcy

	
52

	 	
15.7

	
Maximum Liability

	
52

	 	
15.8

	
Guarantor’s Investigation

	
52

	 	
15.9

	
Termination

	
53

	
16.

	
DEFINITIONS

	
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CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

This CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 29, 2017 (the “Closing Date”) by and among MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (“MidCap”), as administrative agent, the Lenders listed on the Credit Facility Schedule attached hereto and otherwise party hereto from time to time (each a “Lender”, and collectively the “Lenders”), MIDATECH PHARMA PLC, a company formed under the laws of England and Wales with company number 09216368 (“Parent”), MIDATECH PHARMA US INC., a Delaware corporation (“Midatech US”), DARA THERAPEUTICS INC., a North Carolina corporation (“DARA Therapeutics”), MIDATECH PHARMA (WALES) LIMITED, a company formed under the laws of England and Wales with company number 04929486 (“Midatech Wales”), MIDATECH LIMITED, a company formed under the laws of England and Wales with company number 04097593 (“Midatech Limited”) and any additional borrower that may hereafter be added to this Agreement (collectively, together with Parent, Midatech US, DARA Therapeutics, Midatech Wales and Midatech Limited, in the singular, together with each entity that become party hereto as Borrower and each of their successors and permitted assigns, “Borrowers”) and any Guarantor party hereto from time to time, provides the terms on which Lenders agree to lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay the Lenders.  The parties agree as follows:

	1.	
ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS

Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with IFRS.  Calculations and determinations must be made in accordance with IFRS.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Section 16.  All thresholds, baskets and other similar amounts that are stated in Dollars shall, where applicable, be deemed to apply to equivalent amounts of any foreign currency.  All other terms contained in this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning provided by the Code to the extent such terms are defined therein.  All headings numbered without a decimal point are herein referred to as “Articles,” and all paragraphs numbered with a decimal point (and all subparagraphs or subsections thereof) are herein referred to as “Sections.”

	2.	
CREDIT FACILITIES AND TERMS

2.1           Promise to Pay.  Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender in accordance with each Lender’s respective Pro Rata Share of each Credit Facility, the outstanding principal amount of all Credit Extensions made by the Lenders under such Credit Facility and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other amounts due hereunder as and when due in accordance with this Agreement.

2.2           Credit Facilities.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, severally, but not jointly, agrees to make available to Borrower Credit Extensions in respect of each Credit Facility set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Credit Facility Schedule, in each case not to exceed such Lender’s commitment as identified on the Credit Facility Schedule (such commitment of each Lender, as it may be amended to reflect assignments made in accordance with this Agreement or terminated or reduced in accordance with this Agreement, its “Applicable Commitment”, and the aggregate of all such commitments of all Lenders, the “Applicable Commitments”).

2.3           Credit Facilities.

(a)          Nature of Credit Facility; Credit Extension Requests.  Credit Extensions in respect of a Credit Facility may be requested by Borrower during the Draw Period for such Credit Facility.  For any Credit Extension requested under a Credit Facility (other than a Credit Extension on the Closing Date), Agent must receive the completed Credit Extension Form by 12:00 noon (New York time) ten (10) Business Days prior to the date the Credit Extension is to be funded.  To the extent any Credit Facility proceeds are repaid for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including repayments from insurance or condemnation proceeds), Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to re-advance such sums to Borrower.

 

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(b)          Principal Payments.  Principal payable on account of a Credit Facility shall be payable by Borrower to Agent, for the account of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, immediately upon the earliest of (i) the date(s) set forth in the Amortization Schedule for such Credit Facility (or if no such Amortization Schedule is attached, then upon Agent’s demand for payment), or (ii) the Maturity Date. Except as this Agreement may specifically provide otherwise, all prepayments of Credit Extensions under the Credit Facilities shall be applied by Agent to the applicable Credit Facility in inverse order of maturity.  The monthly payments required under the Amortization Schedule shall continue in the same amount (for so long as the applicable Credit Facility shall remain outstanding) notwithstanding any partial prepayment, whether mandatory or optional, of the applicable Credit Facility.

(c)          Mandatory Prepayment.  If a Credit Facility is accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall immediately pay to Agent, for payment to each Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) all outstanding principal of the Credit Facility and all other Obligations, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) any fees payable under the Fee Letters by reason of such prepayment, (iii) the Applicable Prepayment Fee as specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for the Credit Facility being prepaid, and (iv) all other sums that shall have become due and payable, including Protective Advances.  Additionally, at the election of Agent, Borrower shall prepay the Credit Facilities (to be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Credit Extensions under all Credit Facilities) in the following amounts:  (A) on the date on which any Credit Party (or Agent as loss payee or assignee) receives any casualty proceeds in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for personal property, or in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for real property, in respect of assets upon which Agent maintained a Lien, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds (net of out-of-pocket expenses and, in the case of personal property, repayment of any permitted purchase money debt  encumbering the personal property that suffered such casualty), or such lesser portion of such proceeds as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations; and  (B) upon receipt by any Credit Party of the proceeds of any asset disposition of personal property not made in the Ordinary Course of Business (other than transfers permitted by Section 7.1) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds of such asset disposition (net of out-of-pocket expenses and repayment of any permitted purchase money debt encumbering such asset), or such lesser portion as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have the option of applying the proceeds of any casualty policy up to $100,000 in the aggregate with respect to any property loss in any one year, toward the replacement or repair of destroyed or damaged property; provided that any such replaced or repaired property (x) shall be of greater, equal, or like value as the replaced or repaired Collateral and (y) shall be deemed Collateral in which Agent and the Lenders have been granted a first priority security interest, and (b) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all proceeds payable under such casualty policy shall, at the option of Agent, be payable to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, on account of the Obligations.

(d)          Permitted Prepayment.  Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Prepayable Amount (as defined below) of such Credit Facility advanced by the Lenders under this Agreement, provided Borrower (i) provides written notice to Agent and each Lender of its election to prepay the Prepayable Amount at least thirty (30) days prior to such prepayment, and (ii) pays to Agent, for payment to each applicable Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share, on the date of such prepayment, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Prepayable Amount, plus accrued interest thereon, (B) any fees payable under the Fee Letters by reason of such prepayment, (C) the Applicable Prepayment Fee as specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for the Credit Facility being prepaid, and (D) all Protective Advances.  The term “Prepayable Amount” means all, but not less than all, of the Credit Extensions and all other Obligations under all Credit Facilities.

2.4           Reserved.

2.5           Reserved.

2.6           Interest and Payments; Administration.

(a)          Interest; Computation of Interest.  Each Credit Extension shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the date when made until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate.  Each Lender may, upon the failure of Borrower to pay any fees or interest as required herein, capitalize such interest and fees and begin to accrue interest thereon until paid in full, which such interest shall be at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate unless and until the Default Rate shall otherwise apply.  All other Obligations shall bear interest on the outstanding amount thereof from the date they first become payable by Borrower under the Financing Documents until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate unless and until the Default Rate shall otherwise apply.  Interest on the Credit Extensions and all fees payable under the Financing Documents shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which such interest accrues.  In computing interest on any Credit Extension or other advance, the date of the making of such Credit Extension or advance shall be included and the date of payment shall be excluded; provided, however, that if any Credit Extension or advance is repaid on the same day on which it is made, such day shall be included in computing interest on such Credit Extension or advance.  As of each Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error in calculation, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Credit Extensions.

 

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(b)          Default Rate.  Upon the election of Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is two hundred basis points (2.00%) above the rate that is otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default Rate”).  Payment or acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in this subsection is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Agent or the Lenders.

(c)          Payments Generally.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 2.6(c), or as otherwise directed by Agent, all payments in respect of the Obligations shall be made to Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share.  Payments of principal and interest in respect of each Credit Facility shall be made to each applicable Lender identified on the applicable Credit Facility Schedule.  All Obligations are payable upon demand of Agent in the absence of any other due date specified herein.  All fees payable under the Financing Documents shall be deemed non-refundable as of the date paid.  Any payment required to be made to Agent or a Lender (and any servicer or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle designated by either) under this Agreement may be made by debit or automated clearing house payment initiated by Agent or such Lender (or any servicer designated or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle on behalf of either) from any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the Designated Funding Account, and Borrower hereby authorizes Agent and each Lender (or any servicer or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle designated on behalf of either) to debit any such accounts for any amounts Borrower owes hereunder when due.  Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower shall tender to Agent and the Lenders any authorization forms as Agent or any Lender may require to implement such debit or automated clearing house payment.  These debits or automated clearing house payments shall not constitute a set-off. Payments of principal and/or interest received after 12:00 noon New York time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business Day.  When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to accrue until paid. All payments to be made by Borrower under any Financing Document shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim, in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.  The balance of the Obligations, as recorded in Agent’s books and records at any time, shall be conclusive and binding evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and the Lenders by each Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay all amounts owing hereunder or under any Financing Document.  Agent shall provide Borrower with a monthly statement regarding the Credit Extensions.  Borrower shall have the right to notify Agent of any objection to any such statement (specifically describing the basis for such objection) at any time within the period of ninety (90) days after the date of receipt of such statement whereupon the Borrower and Agent shall each use reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the item or items the subject of the objection.  In the event that no objection is made within such period such statement shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrower in all respects as to all matters reflected therein.

(d)          Interest Payments; Maturity Date.  Commencing on the first (1st) Payment Date following the funding of a Credit Extension, and continuing on the Payment Date of each successive month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date, Borrower shall make monthly payments of interest, in arrears, calculated as set forth in this Section 2.6.  All unpaid principal and accrued interest is due and payable in full on the Maturity Date or any earlier date specified herein.  If the Obligations are not paid in full on or before the Maturity Date, all interest thereafter accruing shall be payable immediately upon accrual.

 

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(e)          Fees.  Borrower shall pay, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letters, to Agent and each Lender, as applicable, for their own accounts and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, the fees set forth in the Fee Letters.

(f)          Protective Advances.  Borrower shall pay to Agent for the account of the Lenders all Protective Advances (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents) when due under any Financing Document (and in the absence of any other due date specified herein, such Protective Advances shall be due upon demand).

(g)          Maximum Lawful Rate.  In no event shall the interest charged hereunder with respect to the Obligations exceed the maximum amount permitted under the Laws of the State of Maryland.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Financing Document, if at any time the rate of interest payable hereunder (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable Law to be charged (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by Law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable.  Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply.  In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received, had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate.  If, notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Lender’s Credit Extensions or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such Credit Extensions or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to Borrower.  In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made.

(h)          Taxes; Additional Costs.

(i)            Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  For purposes of this Section 2.6(h), the term “applicable law” shall include FATCA.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then Withholding Agent shall make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.6(h)) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(ii)           Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(iii)          Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.6(h)) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(iv)          Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Borrower has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.1(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Obligation, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise payable by Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (iv).

(v)           As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.6(h), Borrower shall deliver to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

(vi)          Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made in connection with this Agreement or any Obligation shall deliver to Borrower and Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will enable Borrower or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two (2) sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.6(h)(vii)(A), (vii)(B) and (vii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(vii)         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(A)          any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1)          in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under this Agreement or any Financing Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2)          executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3)          in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the IRC, (x) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable and (y) a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the IRC, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the IRC, together with such Other Tax Certification as Borrower or Agent may reasonably request from time to time; or

 

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(4)          to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or such Other Tax Certification from each beneficial owner as Agent may reasonably request, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one (1) or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 and such Other Tax Certification as may be reasonably required by Agent or Borrower on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such Other Tax Certification as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the IRC, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the IRC) and such Other Tax Certification reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.6(h)(vi) or (vii) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(viii)        If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.6(h) (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.6(h)), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(ix)          If any Lender shall determine in its commercially reasonable judgment that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, in each instance, after the Closing Date, or any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation, administration or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation, administration or application thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender with any request, guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency adopted or otherwise taking effect after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption, taking effect, change, interpretation, administration, application or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) then from time to time, upon written demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to Agent), Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “change in applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

(x)          If any Lender requires compensation under this subsection (h), or requires any Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to this subsection (h), then, upon the written request of Borrower, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Credit Extensions hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder (subject to the terms of this Agreement) to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (A) would eliminate or materially reduce amounts payable pursuant to any such subsection, as the case may be, in the future, and (B) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(xi)          Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.6(h) shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations hereunder.

(i)          Administrative Fees and Charges.

(i)          Borrower shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, all reasonable fees and expenses in connection with audits and inspections of the books and records of the Credit Parties, audits, valuations or appraisals of the Collateral, audits of Borrower’s compliance with applicable Laws and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first  (1st) Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a written request for payment thereof to any Borrower; provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall be entitled to such reimbursement for no more than one (1) audit and inspection per Fiscal Year.

(ii)          If payments of principal or interest due on the Obligations, or any other amounts due hereunder or under the other Financing Documents, are not timely made and remain overdue for a period of five (5) days, Borrower, without notice or demand by Agent, promptly shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, as additional compensation to Agent in administering the Obligations, an amount equal to two percent (2.0%) of each delinquent payment.

2.7          Secured Promissory Notes.  At the election of any Lender made as to each Credit Facility for which it has made Credit Extensions, each Credit Facility shall be evidenced by one (1) or more secured promissory notes in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders (each a “Secured Promissory Note”).  Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of its Secured Promissory Note, Borrower shall issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Secured Promissory Note in the same principal amount thereof and of like tenor.

 

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	3.	
CONDITIONS OF CREDIT EXTENSIONS

3.1          Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension.  Each Lender’s obligation to make the initial advance in respect of a Credit Facility on the Closing Date is subject to the condition precedent that Agent shall consent to or shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent those documents and other matters listed on the Closing Deliveries Schedule attached hereto.

3.2          Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions.  The obligation of each Lender to make each Credit Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a)          satisfaction of all Applicable Funding Conditions for the applicable Credit Extension as set forth in the Credit Facility Schedule, if any, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and each Lender;

(b)          timely receipt by Agent and each Lender of an executed Credit Extension Form in the form attached hereto;

(c)          for Credit Extensions made on the Closing Date, the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all respects on the Closing Date; provided, however, that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as of such date;

(d)          for Credit Extensions made after the Closing Date, if any, the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on the date of the Credit Extension Form and on the Funding Date of each Credit Extension; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date.  Each Credit Extension is each Credit Party’s representation and warranty on that date that the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents remain true, accurate and complete in all material respects; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date;

(e)          no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the Credit Extension;

(f)          Agent shall be satisfied with the results of any searches conducted under Section 3.5;

(g)          receipt by Agent of such evidence as Agent shall request to confirm that the deliveries made in Section 3.1 remain current, accurate and in full force and effect, or if not, updates thereto, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; and

(h)          as determined in such Lender’s sole discretion, there has not been any Material Adverse Change or any material adverse deviation by any Credit Party from the most recent business plan of the Credit Parties presented to and accepted by Agent.

3.3          Method of Borrowing.  Each Credit Extension in respect of each Credit Facility shall be in an amount at least equal to the applicable Minimum Credit Extension Amount for such Credit Facility as set forth in the Credit Facility Schedule or such lesser amount as shall remain undisbursed under the Applicable Commitments for such Credit Facility.  The date of funding for any requested Credit Extension shall be a Business Day.  To obtain a Credit Extension, Borrower shall deliver to Agent a completed Credit Extension Form executed by a Responsible Officer.  Agent may rely on any notice given by a person whom Agent reasonably believes is a Responsible Officer or designee thereof.  Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of any such notice.

 

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3.4          Funding of Credit Facilities.  Credit Extensions may be funded by Agent on behalf of the Lenders or by the Lenders directly (the identity of the funder to be at Agent’s discretion).  If Agent elects to fund any Credit Extension on behalf of the Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make available to Agent its Pro Rata Share of the requested Credit Extension, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the specified date for the Credit Extension.  Agent (or if Agent elects to have each Lender fund its Credit Extensions to Borrower directly, each Lender) shall, unless it shall have determined that one of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 or 3.2, as applicable, has not been satisfied, by 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the specified date for the Credit Extension, credit the amounts received by it in like funds to Borrower by wire transfer to the Designated Funding Account (or to the account of Borrower in respect of the Obligations, if the Credit Extension is being made to pay an Obligation of Borrower). A Credit Extension made prior to the satisfaction of any conditions set forth in Section 3.1 or 3.2 shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or the Lenders of Borrower’s obligation to satisfy such conditions, and any such Credit Extension made in the absence of such satisfaction shall be made in each Lender’s discretion.

3.5          Searches.  Before the Closing Date, and thereafter (as and when determined by Agent in its discretion), Agent shall have the right to perform, all at the Credit Parties’ expense, the searches described in clauses (a), (b), and (c) below against Borrower and any other Credit Party, the results of which are to be consistent with the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties under this Agreement and the reasonably satisfactory results of which shall be a condition precedent to all Credit Extensions requested by Borrower:  (a) title investigations, UCC searches and fixture filings searches and the equivalent thereof in each applicable foreign jurisdiction; (b) judgment, pending litigation, federal tax lien, personal property tax lien, and corporate and partnership tax lien searches, in each jurisdiction searched under clause (a) above; and (c) searches of applicable corporate, limited liability company, partnership and related records to confirm the continued existence, organization and good standing of the applicable Person and the exact legal name under which such Person is organized.

	4.	
CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

4.1          Grant of Security Interest.  Each Credit Party hereby grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products thereof.  Each Credit Party represents, warrants, and covenants that the security interest granted herein is and shall at all times continue to be a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens and Liens that may have priority by operation of applicable Law or by the terms of a written intercreditor or subordination agreement entered into by Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any inconsistency exists between this Article 4 and any provision of the UK Security Documents with respect to any UK Credit Party, the provisions of the UK Security Documents shall prevail.

4.2          Representations and Covenants.

(a)                              As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any ownership interest in any Chattel Paper, letter of credit rights, commercial tort claims, Instruments, documents or investment property (other than as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto).

(b)                              Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of acquiring any of the following) deliver to Agent all tangible Chattel Paper and all Instruments and documents owned at any time by such Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.  Each Credit Party shall provide Agent with “control” (as defined in the Code) of all electronic Chattel Paper owned by such Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral by having Agent identified as the assignee on the records pertaining to the single authoritative copy thereof and otherwise complying with the applicable elements of control set forth in the Code.  Each Credit Party also shall deliver to Agent all security agreements securing any such Chattel Paper and securing any such Instruments.  Each Credit Party will mark conspicuously all such Chattel Paper and all such Instruments and Documents with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, indicating that such Chattel Paper and such Instruments and Documents are subject to the security interests and Liens in favor of Agent created pursuant to this Agreement and the Financing Documents.

 

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(c)                              Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of acquiring any of the following) deliver to Agent all letters of credit on which such Credit Party is the beneficiary and which give rise to letter of credit rights owned by such Credit Party which constitute part of the Collateral, in each case, duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.  Each Credit Party shall take any and all actions as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may request, from time to time, to cause Agent to obtain exclusive “control” (as defined in the Code) of any such letter of credit rights in a manner acceptable to Agent.

 

(d)                              Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days) advise Agent upon any Credit Party becoming aware that it has any interests in any commercial tort claim that constitutes part of the Collateral, which such notice shall include descriptions of the events and circumstances giving rise to such commercial tort claim and the dates such events and circumstances occurred, the potential defendants with respect such commercial tort claim and any court proceedings that have been instituted with respect to such commercial tort claims, and each Credit Party shall, with respect to any such commercial tort claim, execute and deliver to Agent such documents as Agent shall request to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to any such commercial tort claim.

(e)                              Except for (i) Inventory located outside the United States, (ii) the Inventory with an aggregate value of less than $250,000 located at the ICS Location, and (iii) other Inventory located in the United States with an aggregate value of less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), no Inventory or other Collateral shall at any time be in the possession or control of any warehouse, consignee, bailee or any of the Credit Parties’ agents or processors without prior written notice to Agent and the receipt by Agent, if Agent has so requested, of warehouse receipts, consignment agreements or bailee lien waivers (as applicable) satisfactory to Agent prior to the commencement of such possession or control.  Each Credit Party shall, upon the request of Agent, notify any such warehouse, consignee, bailee, agent or processor of the security interests and Liens in favor of Agent created pursuant to this Agreement and the Financing Documents, instruct such Person to hold all such Collateral for Agent’s account subject to Agent’s instructions and shall, in Agent’s discretion, obtain an Access Agreement or other acknowledgement from such Person that such Person holds the Collateral for Agent’s benefit.

(f)                               Upon request of Agent, each Credit Party shall promptly deliver to Agent any and all certificates of title, applications for title or similar evidence of ownership of all such tangible personal property and shall cause Agent to be named as lienholder on any such certificate of title or other evidence of ownership.  No Credit Party shall permit any such tangible personal property to become fixtures to real estate unless such real estate is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent.

(g)                              all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts or other bank accounts or investment accounts owned by a Credit Party, together with the purpose of such accounts and the financial institutions at which such accounts reside, are listed on the Disclosure Schedule.

(h)                              Each Credit Party hereby authorizes Agent to file without the signature of such Credit Party one or more UCC financing statements (and shall comply with all equivalent requirements in jurisdictions outside of the United States) relating to its Liens on all or any part of the Collateral, which financing statements may list Agent as the “secured party” and such Credit Party as the “debtor” and which describe and indicate the collateral covered thereby as all or any part of the Collateral under the Financing Documents (including an indication of the collateral covered by any such financing statement as “all assets” of such Credit Party now owned or hereafter acquired), in such jurisdictions as Agent from time to time determines are appropriate, and to file without the signature of such Credit Party any continuations of or corrective amendments to any such financing statements, in any such case in order for Agent to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Collateral.  Each Credit Party also ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.  Any financing statement may include a notice that any disposition of the Collateral in contravention of this Agreement, by such Credit Party or any other Person, shall be deemed to violate the rights of Agent and the Lenders under the Code.

 

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(i)                               As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party holds, and after the Closing Date each Credit Party shall promptly notify Agent in writing upon creation or acquisition by any Credit Party of, any Collateral which constitutes a claim against any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the federal government of the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by any applicable Law, including, without limitation, the federal Assignment of Claims Act and any other comparable Law.  Upon the request of Agent, each Credit Party shall take such steps as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may request, to comply with any such applicable Law.

(j)                               Each Credit Party shall furnish to Agent from time to time any statements and schedules further identifying or describing the Collateral and any other information, reports or evidence concerning the Collateral as Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

	 	
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Credit Party represents and warrants as follows on the Closing Date, on the date of each Credit Extension, and on such other dates when such representations and warranties under this Agreement are made or deemed to be made:

5.1          Due Organization, Authorization: Power and Authority.

(a)                              Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is duly existing and in good standing, as a Registered Organization in its respective jurisdiction of formation, or, in the case of any Credit Party formed outside the United States or any political subdivision thereof, incorporated, existing and, where the jurisdiction in which such entity is incorporated has a concept of good standing, is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.  Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has the power to own its assets and is qualified and licensed to do business and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.  The Financing Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Credit Party and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable in accordance with their terms.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each Financing Document executed or to be executed by it is in each case within such Credit Party’s powers.

(b)                              Each UK Security Document creates the security interests which that UK Security Document purports to create and, subject to any necessary registration pursuant to the terms of the UK Security Documents, those security interests are valid and effective.  The choice of governing law of the Financing Documents will be recognized and enforced in its relevant jurisdiction.  Any judgment obtained in relation to a Financing Document in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Financing Document will be recognized and enforced in its relevant jurisdictions.

(c)                              The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Financing Documents to which it is a party do not (i) conflict with any of such Credit Party’s organizational documents; (ii) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or violate any applicable Law; (iii) contravene, conflict or violate any applicable order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority by which such Credit Party or any of its property or assets may be bound or affected; (iv) require any action by, filing, registration, or qualification with, or Required Permit from, any Governmental Authority (except such Required Permits which have already been obtained and are in full force and effect); or (v) constitute a default under or conflict with any Material Agreement.

(d)                              No Credit Party is in default under any agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

5.2          Litigation.  Except as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule or, after the Closing Date, pursuant to Section 6.7, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers, threatened in writing by or against any Credit Party which involves the possibility of any judgment or liability of more than One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) or that could result in a Material Adverse Change, or which questions the validity of the Financing Documents, or the other documents required thereby or any action to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing, nor does any Credit Party have reason to believe that any such actions, suits, proceedings or investigations are threatened.

 

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5.3          No Material Deterioration in Financial Condition; Financial Statements.  All financial statements for the Credit Parties delivered to Agent or any Lender fairly present, in conformity with IFRS, in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations of such Credit Party.  Except as stated in any Announcements, of which Borrower has complied with its obligation in Section 13.11, there has been no material deterioration in the consolidated financial condition of any Credit Party from the most recent financial statements and projections submitted to Agent or any Lender. There has been no material adverse deviation from the most recent annual operating plan of the Credit Parties delivered to Agent and the Lenders.

5.4          Solvency.

(a)          The fair salable value of each Credit Party’s assets (including goodwill minus disposition costs) exceeds the fair value of its liabilities.  After giving effect to the transactions described in this Agreement, (a) no Credit Party is left with unreasonably small capital in relation to its business as presently conducted, and (b) each Credit Party is able to pay its debts (including trade debts) as they become due for payment.

(b)          No: (a) corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in Section 10.1(h); or (b) creditors’ process described in Section 101(i), has been taken or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened in relation to a UK Credit Party; and none of the circumstances described in Section 10.1(g) applies to a UK Credit Party.

5.5          Subsidiaries; Investments; Margin Stock.  The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities, except for Permitted Investments.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own or hold any Margin Stock.

5.6          Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions.

(a)          Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all required federal and other material tax returns and reports, and, except for those Taxes that are subject to a Permitted Contest, each Credit Party has timely paid all foreign, federal, material state and local Taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions due and owing by such Credit Party.  Other than as disclosed to Agent in accordance with Section 6.2, the Credit Parties are unaware of any claims or adjustments proposed for any prior tax years of any Credit Party which could result in additional Taxes becoming due and payable by such Credit Party.  Under the laws of England and Wales, it is not necessary that the Financing Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar taxes or fees be paid on or in relation to the Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents except: (x) registration of particulars of the UK Security Documents at the Companies Registration Office in England and Wales under section 859A of the Companies Act and payment of associated fees; and (y) registration of particulars of certain Intellectual Property secured pursuant to the terms of the UK Security Documents at the Trade Marks Registry at the Patent Office in England and Wales and payment of associated fees; each of which registrations, filings, taxes and fees will be made promptly after the date of the relevant UK Security Document.

(b)          No Credit Party to whom ERISA applies, Subsidiary of any Credit Party to whom ERISA applies, or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Credit Party to whom ERISA applies within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the IRC (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the IRC for purposes of the provisions relating to Section 412 of the IRC) or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”) (i) has failed to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” (as defined in Section 412 of or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan, (ii) has incurred liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan or incurred a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal, (iii) has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), (iv) has had any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (or the regulations issued thereunder) (other than an event for which the thirty (30) day notice requirement is waived) occur with respect to any Pension Plan or (v) failed to maintain (1) each “plan” (as defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA) in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the IRC and other federal or state laws, and (2) the tax qualified status of each plan (as defined above) intended to be so qualified.

 

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5.7           Intellectual Property and License Agreements.  A list of all Registered Intellectual Property of each Credit Party and all in-bound license or sublicense agreements, exclusive out-bound license or sublicense agreements, or other rights of any Credit Party to use Intellectual Property (but excluding in-bound licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public), as of the Closing Date and, as updated pursuant to Section 6.14, is set forth on the Intangible Assets Schedule.  Such Intangible Assets Schedule shall be prepared by the Credit Parties in the form provided by Agent and contain all information required in such form.  Except for Permitted Licenses, each Credit Party is the sole owner of its Intellectual Property free and clear of any Liens.  Each Patent is valid and enforceable and no part of the Material Intangible Assets has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and to the best of the Credit Parties’ knowledge, no claim has been made that any part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party.

5.8           Regulatory Status.  All of each Credit Party’s Products and Regulatory Required Permits are listed on the Products Schedule and Required Permits Schedule, respectively (as updated from time to time pursuant to Section 6.14), and the Credit Parties have delivered to Agent a copy of all Regulatory Required Permits requested by Agent as of the date hereof or to the extent requested by Agent pursuant to Section 6.16.  With respect to each Product, (i) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have received, and such Product is the subject of, all Regulatory Required Permits needed in connection with the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of such Product as currently being conducted by or on behalf of such Credit Party, and have provided Agent and each Lender with all notices and other information required by Section 6.16, (ii) such Product is being tested, manufactured, marketed or sold, as the case may be, in material compliance with all applicable Laws and Regulatory Required Permits.  As of the Closing Date, there have been no Regulatory Reporting Events.

5.9           Accuracy of Schedules and Perfection Certificate.  All information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, Intangible Assets Schedule, the Required Permits Schedule and the Products Schedule is true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date, the date of delivery of the last Compliance Certificate and any other subsequent date on which the Credit Parties are requested to update such certificate.  All information set forth in the Perfection Certificate is true, accurate and complete as of the Closing Date, the date of each Credit Extension and each other subsequent date on which the Credit Parties deliver an updated Perfection Certificate pursuant to Agent’s request.

5.10         FCPA and Anti-Corruption Law.  For the immediately preceding five year period, no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting in such capacity on behalf of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-corruption law.  No part of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.

5.11         Centre of Main Interests and establishment for UK Credit Parties.

(a)          Each UK Credit Party’s “centre of main interests” (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of The Council of European Union No 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings (the “Regulation”)) is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

(b)          No UK Credit Party has “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

 

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5.12         Pensions.  None of the Credit Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is or has at any time been an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pensions Schemes Act), nor is or has at any time been “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 and 43 of the Pensions Act) such an employer.

		
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Credit Party covenants and agrees as follows:

6.1          Organization and Existence; Government Compliance.

(a)                              Each Credit Party shall maintain, and shall cause each Subsidiary to maintain, its legal existence and good standing in its respective jurisdiction of formation and maintain qualification in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.  If a Credit Party is not now a Registered Organization but later becomes one, the Credit Parties shall promptly notify Agent of such occurrence and provide Agent with such Credit Party’s organizational identification number.

(b)                              Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all Laws, ordinances and regulations to which it or its business locations are subject, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.  Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, obtain and keep in full force and effect and comply with all of the Required Permits, except where failure to have or maintain compliance with or effectiveness of such Required Permit could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.  Upon request of Agent or any Lender, each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days of such request) provide copies of any such obtained Required Permits to Agent. Credit Parties shall notify Agent within three (3) Business Days (but in any event prior to Borrower submitting any requests for Credit Extensions or release of any reserves) of the occurrence of any facts, events or circumstances known to any Credit Party, whether threatened, existing or pending, that could cause any Required Permit to become limited, suspended or revoked.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Credit Party shall comply with Section 6.16 as it relates to Regulatory Required Permits and to the extent that there is a conflict between this Section and Section 6.16 as it relates to Regulatory Required Permits, Section 6.16 shall govern.

6.2          Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates.

(a)                              Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent and each Lender: (i) as soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement covering such Credit Party’s consolidated operations for such month certified by a Responsible Officer and in a form acceptable to Agent and each Lender; (ii) as soon as available, but no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of a Credit Party’s Fiscal Year, audited consolidated and consolidating financial statements prepared under IFRS, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion on the financial statements from an independent accounting firm acceptable to Agent and each Lender in its reasonable discretion; provided, that the Credit Parties’ auditor as of the Closing Date, BDO LLP, shall be deemed acceptable to Agent and each Lender; (iii) as soon as available after approval thereof by such Credit Party’s governing board, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of such Credit Party’s Fiscal Year, and as amended and/or updated, such Credit Party’s financial projections for the current Fiscal Year; (iv) within five (5) Business Days of delivery, copies of all statements, reports and notices made available to all of such Credit Party’s security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt; (v) within five (5) Business Days of filing, all reports on Form 20-F, 6-K, 10-K, 10-Q and 8‐K filed by or on behalf of a Credit Party with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or a link thereto on such Credit Party’s or another website on the Internet; (vi) as soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, copies of the month-end account statements for each Collateral Account maintained by a Credit Party, which statements may be provided to Agent and each Lender by the Credit Parties or directly from the applicable institution(s); (vii) promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days of any request therefor) such readily available budgets, sales projections, operating plans, financial information and other information, reports or statements regarding the Credit Parties or their respective businesses, contractors and subcontractors reasonably requested by Agent or any Lender other than information which the Parent is prohibited or restricted by law or regulation from disclosing to Agent or such Lender (as applicable); and (viii) within ten (10) Business Days after any Credit Party becomes aware of any claim or adjustment proposed for any prior tax years of any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries which could result in additional Taxes becoming due and payable by such Credit Party or Subsidiary, notice of such claim or adjustment.

 

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(b)                              Within thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent and each Lender with the monthly financial statements described above, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer.

(c)                              Each Credit Party shall keep proper books of record and account in accordance with IFRS in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.  Upon prior written notice and during business hours (which such limitations shall not apply if an Event of Default has occurred), each Credit Party shall allow, Agent and the Lenders to visit and inspect any properties of a Credit Party, to examine and make abstracts or copies from any Credit Party’s books, to conduct a collateral audit and analysis of its operations and the Collateral to verify the amount and age of the accounts, the identity and credit of the respective account debtors, to review the billing practices of the Credit Party and to discuss its respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants as often as may reasonably be desired.  The Credit Parties shall reimburse Agent and each Lender for all reasonable costs and expenses associated with such visits and inspections; provided, however, that the Credit Parties shall be required to reimburse Agent and each Lender for such costs and expenses for no more than two (2) such visits and inspections per twelve (12) month period unless an Event of Default has occurred during such period.

(d)                              Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent and each Lender, within five (5) days after the same are sent or received, copies of all material correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on any of the Required Permits material to Credit Parties’ business or otherwise on the operations of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries (except that reporting related to Regulatory Required Permits and/or Regulatory Reporting Events shall be governed by Section 6.16).

6.3          Maintenance of Property.  Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, cause all equipment and other tangible personal property other than Inventory to be maintained and preserved in the same condition, repair and in working order as of the date hereof, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and shall promptly make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith that are necessary or desirable to such end.  Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, free from material defects.  Returns and allowances between a Credit Party and its Account Debtors shall follow the Credit Party’s customary practices as they exist at the Closing Date.  Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of all returns (other than solely date expiry returns for which one for one replacement is made), recoveries, disputes and claims that involve more than Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) of Inventory collectively among all Credit Parties in any Fiscal Quarter.

6.4          Taxes; Pensions.  Each Credit Party shall timely file all required tax returns and reports and timely pay all foreign, federal, state, and local Taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions that are due and owing, and shall deliver to Agent, upon Agent’s reasonable request, appropriate certificates attesting to such payments; provided, however, that a Credit Party may defer payment of any Taxes that are subject to a Permitted Contest.  Each Credit Party shall pay all amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in accordance with their terms.  Each Credit Party and their ERISA Affiliates shall timely make all required contributions to each Pension Plan and shall maintain each “plan” (as defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA) in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal and state laws.  Credit Parties shall give written notice to Agent and each Lender promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) upon any Credit Party becoming aware of any (i) Credit Party’s or any ERISA Affiliate’s failure to make any contribution required to be made with respect to any Pension Plan not having been timely made, (ii)  notice of the PBGC’s, any Credit Party’s or any ERISA Affiliate’s intention to terminate or to have a trustee appointed to administer any such Pension Plan, or (iii) complete or partial withdrawal by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan.

 

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6.5          Insurance.  Each Credit Party shall keep its business and the Collateral insured for risks and in amounts standard for companies in such Credit Party’s industry and location and as Agent may reasonably request.  Insurance policies shall be in a form, with companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to Agent.  Other than the customary naming of additional parties in the ordinary and usual course of business of a Credit Party, all property policies of U.S. Credit Parties shall have a lender’s loss payable endorsement showing Agent as sole lender’s loss payee and waive subrogation against Agent, and all liability policies of U.S. Credit Parties shall show, or have endorsements showing, Agent as an additional insured and all property and liability policies of Non-U.S. Credit Parties shall have Agent’s interest noted in the manner customary in the relevant jurisdiction.  If required by Agent, all policies (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the insurer shall endeavor to give Agent at least thirty (30) days’ (ten (10) days’ for non-payment of premium) notice before canceling, amending, or declining to renew its policy.  At Agent’s request, each Credit Party shall deliver certified copies of all such Credit Party’s insurance policies and evidence of all premium payments.  If any Credit Party fails to obtain insurance as required under this Section 6.5 or to pay any amount or furnish any required proof of payment to third persons and Agent, Agent may make all or part of such payment or obtain such insurance policies required in this Section 6.5, and take any action under the policies Agent deems prudent.

6.6          Collateral Accounts.

(a)                              Each Credit Party shall provide Agent five (5) days prior written notice before establishing any Collateral Account at or with any bank or financial institution.  In addition, for each Collateral Account that any Credit Party at any time maintains (and in connection with any such Collateral Account established after the Closing Date, prior to opening such Collateral Account), each Credit Party shall (a) with respect to each Collateral Account located in the United States, cause the applicable bank or financial institution at or with which any Collateral Account is maintained to execute and deliver a Control Agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to such Collateral Account to perfect Agent’s Lien in such Collateral Account in accordance with the terms hereunder, which Control Agreement, inter alia, (i) provides that, upon written notice from Agent, such bank or financial institution shall comply with instructions originated by Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Collateral Account without further consent by such Credit Party and (ii) may not be terminated without prior written consent of Agent and (b) with respect to all other Collateral Accounts, take such other action (in a jurisdiction other than the United States) as is necessary to ensure that Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in such Collateral Account and the amounts held therein.  The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to Excluded Accounts.

(b)                              The Credit Parties shall maintain one (1) or more separate Payroll Accounts, and shall not commingle any monies allocated for such purposes with funds in any other Deposit Account.

(c)                              During the Deposit Account Transition Period, the Credit Parties shall (i) not permit the aggregate amounts on deposit in the First Citizens Deposit Accounts to exceed $500,000 at any time and (ii) ensure that, by the close of the last Business Day of each calendar week, all amounts on deposit in the First Citizens Deposit Accounts are transferred to a U.S. Deposit Account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Agent pursuant to an irrevocable standing wire instruction or other arrangement satisfactory to Agent (in its reasonable discretion).

6.7          Notices of Material Agreements, Litigation and Defaults; Cooperation in Litigation.

(a)                              The Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event within the time periods specified below) provide written notice to Agent and each Lender of the following:

(i)                              Within three (3) Business Days of any Credit Party becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default;

(ii)                             Within three (3) Business Days of any Credit Party becoming aware of (or having reason to believe any of the following are pending or threatened in writing) any action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or against any Credit Party which involves the possibility of any judgment or liability of more than One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) or that could result in a Material Adverse Change, or which questions the validity of any of the Financing Documents, or the other documents required thereby or any action to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing;

 

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(iii)                            (A) Within three (3) Business Days of any Credit Party executing and delivering any Material Agreement or any material amendment, consent, waiver or other modification to any Material Agreement or receiving or delivering any notice of termination or default or similar notice in connection with any Material Agreement and (B) together with delivery of the next Compliance Certificate (included as an update to the Disclosure Schedule delivered therewith) the execution of any new Material Agreement and/or any new material amendment, consent, waiver or other modification to any Material Agreement not previously disclosed; and

(iv)                            Within three (3) Business Days of any failure by Borrowers to achieve the Minimum Sales Threshold under the Gelclair Distribution Agreement.

(b)                              Each Credit Party shall provide such further information (including copies of such documentation) as Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request with respect to any of the events or notices described in clause (a).  From the date hereof and continuing through the termination of this Agreement, each Credit Party shall make available to Agent and each Lender, without expense to Agent or any Lender, each Credit Party’s officers, employees and agents and books, to the extent that Agent or any Lender may deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against Agent or any Lender with respect to any Collateral or relating to a Credit Party.

6.8          Creation/Acquisition of Subsidiaries. 

(a)          Each Credit Party shall provide Agent with at least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as Agent may accept in its sole discretion) prior written notice of its intention to create or, to the extent permitted pursuant to this Agreement, acquire a new Subsidiary.  Upon such creation or, to the extent permitted hereunder, acquisition of any Subsidiary, such Credit Party and such Subsidiary shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of such creation or acquisition) take all such action as may be reasonably required by Agent or the Required Lenders to cause each such Subsidiary to either, in the sole discretion of Agent, become a Borrower or a Guarantor hereunder and, in each case, grant a continuing pledge and security interest in and to the assets of such Subsidiary (substantially as described on Exhibit A hereto or, in the case of a Subsidiary formed outside of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, in such form as reasonably acceptable to the Agent and as appropriate for the relevant jurisdiction in which the Subsidiary is formed); and such Credit Party shall grant and pledge to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a perfected security interest in the stock, units or other evidence of ownership of each Subsidiary (the foregoing collectively, the “Joinder Requirements”); provided that the Credit Parties shall not be permitted to make an Investment of more than $25,000 in any such Subsidiary until such time as the Joinder Requirements have been satisfied.

(b)          The Credit Parties shall not permit, and shall cause each Subsidiary to not permit, the total amount of cash and cash equivalents held by all Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries (other than cash and cash equivalents held by Credit Parties in Collateral Accounts that are subject to Agent’s first priority perfected security interest) to at any time exceed $250,000.

(c)          Following (i) the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and (ii) the exercise by Agent of any of those rights under Section 10.2, each Credit Party shall cause each Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to declare and pay to the applicable Credit Party the maximum amount of dividends and other distributions in respect of its capital stock or other equity interest legally permitted to be paid by each such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary subject to complying with applicable laws in such jurisdiction; provided that such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary shall be able to retain for working capital purposes such amounts used by such Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business and as are reasonably necessary for its operations based on its current projections, as provided to Agent pursuant to Section 6.2.

6.9          Use of Proceeds.  Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions solely for (a) transaction fees incurred in connection with the Financing Documents and the payment in full on the Closing Date of certain existing Indebtedness of Borrower, (b) for working capital needs of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, and (c) any other Permitted Purpose specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for such Credit Facility.  No portion of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used for family, personal, agricultural or household use or to purchase Margin Stock.

 

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6.10          Hazardous Materials; Remediation.

(a)                                If any release or disposal of Hazardous Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of any Credit Party, such Credit Party will cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Materials and the remediation of such real property or other assets as is necessary to comply with all Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall comply with each Law requiring the performance at any real property by such Credit Party of activities in response to the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material.

(b)                                The Credit Parties will provide Agent within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor with a bond, letter of credit or similar financial assurance evidencing to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent that sufficient funds are available to pay the cost of removing, treating and disposing of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination and discharging any assessment which may be established on any property as a result thereof, such demand to be made, if at all, upon Agent’s determination that the failure to remove, treat or dispose of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination, or the failure to discharge any such assessment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

(c)                                If there is any conflict between this Section 6.10 and any environmental indemnity agreement which is a Financing Document, the environmental indemnity agreement shall govern and control.

6.11          Power of Attorney.  Each of the officers of Agent is hereby irrevocably made, constituted and appointed the true and lawful attorney for each Credit Party (without requiring any of them to act as such) with full power of substitution to do the following upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:  (a) pay, contest or settle any Lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, and adverse claim in or to the Collateral (in each case, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred, other than Permitted Liens), or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; (b) (i) execute in the name of any Person comprising any Credit Party any schedules, assignments, instruments, documents, and statements that such Credit Party is obligated to give Agent under this Agreement or that Agent or any Lender deems necessary to perfect or better perfect Agent’s security interest or Lien in any Collateral, (ii) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of such Credit Party that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce, protect or preserve any Collateral or its rights therein, including, but not limited to, to sign such Credit Party’s name on any invoice or bill of lading for any Account or drafts against Account Debtors; and (iii)(A) endorse the name of any Credit Party upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, and other instruments for the payment of money that are payable to such Credit Party; (B) make, settle, and adjust all claims under the Credit Parties’ insurance policies; (C) take any action any Credit Party is required to take under this Agreement or any other Financing Document; (D) transfer the Collateral into the name of Agent or a third party as the Code permits; (E) exercise any rights and remedies described in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents; and (F) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of any Credit Party that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce its rights with regard to any Collateral.

6.12          Further Assurances.

(a)          Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly execute any further instruments and take further action as Agent reasonably requests to perfect or better perfect or continue Agent’s Lien in the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this Agreement or any other Financing Document.

(b)          Each UK Credit Party shall promptly do all such acts or execute all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices and instructions) as the Security Agent may reasonably specify (and in such form as the Security Agent may reasonably require in favor of the Security Agent or its nominee(s)):

(i)          to perfect the Lien created or intended to be created under or evidenced by the UK Security Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Lien over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the UK Security Documents) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Security Agent or the Lenders provided by or pursuant to the Financing Documents or by law;

 

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(ii)         to confer on the Security Agent or confer on the Lenders a Lien over any property and assets of that UK Credit Party located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Lien intended to be conferred by or pursuant to the UK Security Documents; and/or

(iii)        to facilitate the realization of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the UK Security Documents.

(c)          Each UK Credit Party shall, if requested by the Security Agent, take all such action as is reasonably available to it (including making all filings and registrations not otherwise made or agreed to be made by the Security Agent or its legal counsel) as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Lien conferred or intended to be conferred on the Security Agent or the Lenders by or pursuant to the Financing Documents.

6.13          Post-Closing Obligations.  Each Credit Party shall complete each of the post-closing obligations and/or deliver to Agent each of the documents, instruments, agreements and information listed on the Post-Closing Obligations Schedule attached hereto, on or before the date set forth for each such item thereon (as the same may be extended by Agent in writing in its sole discretion), each of which shall be completed or provided in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders.

6.14          Disclosure Schedule Updates.  Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, together with the each Compliance Certificate delivered with respect to the last month of a Fiscal Quarter under this Agreement, an update to the Disclosure Schedule correcting all outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information therein.  With respect to any proposed updates to the Disclosure Schedule involving Permitted Liens, Permitted Indebtedness or Permitted Investments, Agent will replace the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto with such proposed updates only if such updated information reflects transactions that are otherwise expressly permitted by the definitions of, and limitations herein pertaining to, Permitted Liens, Permitted Indebtedness or Permitted Investments (it being understood that such updates will not be deemed to amend the Disclosure Schedule as in effect on the Closing Date).  With respect to any updates to the Disclosure Schedule involving matters other than those set forth in the preceding sentence, Agent will replace the applicable portion of the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto with such update upon Agent’s receipt and approval thereof.

6.15          Intellectual Property and Licensing.

(a)                              If (A) any Credit Party acquires and/or develops any new Registered Intellectual Property, or (B) any Credit Party enters into or becomes bound by any additional in-bound license or sublicense agreement, any additional exclusive out-bound license or sublicense agreement or other agreement with respect to rights in Intellectual Property (other than over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public), or (C) there occurs any other material change in any Credit Party’s Registered Intellectual Property, in-bound licenses or sublicenses or exclusive out-bound licenses or sublicenses from that listed on the Intangible Assets Schedule, then the Credit Parties shall, together with next Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) for the last month of a Fiscal Quarter, deliver to Agent an updated Intangible Assets Schedule reflecting such updated information.

(b)                              If any Credit Party obtains any Registered Intellectual Property (other than copyrights, mask works and related applications, which are addressed below), such Credit Party shall promptly execute such intellectual property security agreements (which shall be filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office) and other documents and provide such other information (including, without limitation, copies of applications) and take such other actions as Agent shall request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in such property.  If any Credit Party decides to register any copyrights or mask works in the United States Copyright Office, such Credit Party shall: (x) provide Agent with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of such Credit Party’s intent to register such copyrights or mask works together with a copy of the application it intends to file with the United States Copyright Office (excluding Exhibits thereto); (y) execute an intellectual property security agreement and such other documents and provide such other information and take such other actions as Agent may request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) record such intellectual property security agreement with the United States Copyright Office contemporaneously with filing the copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office.

 

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(c)                              The Credit Parties shall take such steps as Agent requests to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (x) all licenses or agreements to be deemed “Collateral” and for Agent to have a security interest in it that might otherwise be restricted or prohibited by Law or by the terms of any such license or agreement, whether now existing or entered into in the future, and (y) Agent to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.

(d)                              Each Credit Party shall own, or be licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use, all Material Intangible Assets.  Each Credit Party shall cause all Registered Intellectual Property to be duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.  Each Credit Party shall at all times conduct its business without infringement or claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of others.  Each Credit Party shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its Material Intangible Assets (ii) promptly advise Agent in writing of material infringements of its Material Intangible Assets, or of a material claim of infringement by any Credit Party on the Intellectual Property rights of others; and (iii) not allow any of such Credit Party’s Material Intangible Assets to be abandoned, invalidated, forfeited or dedicated to the public or to become unenforceable.  No Credit Party shall become a party to, nor become bound by, any material license or other agreement with respect to which such Credit Party is the licensee that prohibits or otherwise restricts such Credit Party from granting a security interest in such Credit Party’s interest in such license or agreement or other property.

6.16          Regulatory Reporting and Covenants.

(a)                                The Credit Parties shall notify Agent and each Lender promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days of receiving, becoming aware of or determining that, (each, a “Regulatory Reporting Event” and collectively, the “Regulatory Reporting Events”):  (i) any Governmental Authority, specifically including the FDA is conducting or has conducted (A) if applicable, any investigation of any Credit Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ manufacturing facilities and processes for any Product (or any investigation of the facility of a contract manufacturer engaged by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries in respect of a Product of which such Credit Party and/or its Subsidiaries are aware), which has disclosed any material deficiencies or violations of Laws and/or the Regulatory Required Permits related thereto or (B) an investigation or review of any Regulatory Required Permit (other than routine reviews in the Ordinary Course of Business associated with the renewal of a Regulatory Required Permit and which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change), (ii) development, testing, and/or manufacturing of any Product should cease, (iii) if a Product has been approved for marketing and sale, any marketing or sales of such Product should cease or such Product should be withdrawn from the marketplace, (iv) any Regulatory Required Permit has been revoked or withdrawn, (v) adverse clinical test results have occurred with respect to any Product to the extent that such results have or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (vi) any Product recalls or voluntary Product withdrawals from any market (other than with respect to discrete batches or lots that are not material in quantity or amount and are not made in conjunction with a larger recall) have occurred, or (vii) any significant failures in the manufacturing of any Product have occurred such that the amount of such Product successfully manufactured in accordance with all specifications thereof and the required payments to be made to such Credit Party therefor in any month shall decrease significantly with respect to the quantities of such Product and payments produced in the prior month.  The Credit Parties shall provide to Agent or any Lender such further information (including copies of such documentation) as Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request with respect to any such Regulatory Reporting Event.

(b)                                Each Credit Party shall obtain and, to the extent applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all third parties to obtain, all Regulatory Required Permits necessary for compliance in all material respects with Laws with respect to testing, manufacturing, developing, selling or marketing of Products and shall maintain and comply fully and completely in all respects with all such Regulatory Required Permits, the noncompliance with which could have a Material Adverse Change.  In the event any Credit Party obtains any new Regulatory Required Permit or any information on the Required Permits Schedule becomes outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading, the Credit Parties shall, together with the next Compliance Certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement after such event, provide Agent with an updated Required Permits Schedule including such updated information.

 

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(c)                                If, after the Closing Date, (i) any Credit Party determines to manufacture, sell, develop, test or market any new Product (by itself or through a third party), such Credit Party shall deliver prior written notice to Agent of such determination (which shall include a brief description of such Product) and, together with delivery of the next Compliance Certificate shall provide an updated Intangible Assets Schedule, Products Schedule and Required Permits Schedule (and copies of such Required Permits as Agent may request) reflecting updates related to such determination.

6.17          Pensions.

(a)          Each Credit Party shall ensure that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time establish any occupational pension scheme in the United Kingdom which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act).

(b)          Each Credit Party shall ensure that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been at any time  an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act) of an occupational pension scheme  which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act) or is or has been at any time “connected” with or an “associate” of (as those terms are used in sections 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act) such an employer and that no contribution notice or financial support direction (both terms as defined in the Pensions Act) has been issued by the Regulator (as defined in the Pensions Act) against or involving any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is each Credit Party aware of any reason justifying the issue of a contribution notice or financial support direction against it or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c)          Each Credit Party shall ensure that no action or omission is taken by it or any of its subsidiaries in relation to a pension scheme operated by or maintained for the benefit of any employees or former employees of the Credit Party or its subsidiaries which has or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

6.18          People with Significant Control regime.  Each Credit Party shall:

(a)          within the relevant timeframe, comply with any notice it receives pursuant to Part 21A of the Companies Act from any company incorporated in the United Kingdom whose shares are the subject of any Security Document; and

(b)          promptly provide the Security Agent with a copy of that notice.

		
7.

	
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, do any of the following without the prior written consent of Agent:

7.1          Dispositions.  Convey, sell, abandon, lease, license, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”), all or any part of its business or property, except for (a) sales, transfers or dispositions of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) sales or abandonment of (i) worn‐out or obsolete Equipment or (ii) other Equipment that is no longer used or useful in the business of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary with a fair salable value not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in the aggregate for all such Equipment; (c) to the extent constituting a Transfer, Permitted Liens; (d) to the extent they may constitute a Transfer, Permitted Investments; or (e) Permitted Licenses.

 

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7.2          Changes in Business, Management, Ownership or Business Locations.  (a) Engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve; provided, however, that (x) a non-Credit Party Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve in the ordinary course of business so long as such non-Credit Party Subsidiary distributes its assets to a Credit Party and (y) DARA Therapeutics may liquidate or dissolve so long as it distributes its assets (if any) to Midatech US; (c) (i) have a change in Key Persons where a suitable permanent replacement, as approved by Parent’s board of directors, has not been named and hired by not later than ninety (90) days after such change, or (ii) enter into any transaction or series of related transactions which would result in a Change in Control unless the agreements with respect to such transactions provide for, as a condition precedent to the consummation thereof, either (x) the indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations or (y) the consent of Agent and the Lenders; (d) add any new offices or business locations, or enter into any new leases with respect to existing offices or business locations without first delivering a fully-executed Access Agreement to Agent (except as otherwise provided below); (e) change its jurisdiction of organization; (f) change its organizational structure or type; (g) change its legal name; or (h) change any organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of organization; provided that in no event shall any Credit Party change its jurisdiction of organization to any jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof, or England and Wales, without Agent’s prior written consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing in the case of subpart (d) above, provided that the applicable lease or license agreement, or applicable law, does not grant to the landlord or licensor any Lien upon intangible assets of the tenant or licensee, subpart (d) shall not restrict leases or licenses for (i) such new or existing offices or business locations containing less than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in the Credit Parties’ assets or property and not containing any Credit Party’s Books and (ii) any new or existing business location constituting a warehouse, consignee or bailee location that does not contain any Credit Party’s Books and would not otherwise require an Access Agreement pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 4.2(e).

7.3          Mergers or Acquisitions.  Merge or consolidate with any other Person, or acquire all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of or make any Investment in another Person; provided, however, that (a) a non-Credit Party Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another non-Credit Party Subsidiary and (b) a Subsidiary of a Credit Party may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary that is a Credit Party, so long as (i) Borrower has provided Agent with prior written notice of such transaction, (ii) a Person already comprising a Credit Party shall be the surviving legal entity, (iii) if a Borrower is a party thereto, such Borrower shall be the surviving legal entity, (iv) the Parent is a party thereto, the Parent shall be the surviving legal entity, (v) the surviving Credit Party’s tangible net worth is not thereby reduced, (vi) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior thereto or arises as a result therefrom, and (vii) the Credit Parties shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in this Agreement both before and after giving effect to such transaction.

7.4          Indebtedness.  (a) Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness or (b) purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness (other than with respect to the Obligations as described in Section 2.3) prior to its scheduled maturity.

7.5          Encumbrance.  (a) Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on any of its property, except for Permitted Liens, (b) permit any Collateral to fail to be subject to the first priority security interest granted herein except for Permitted Liens that may have priority by operation of applicable Law or by the terms of a written intercreditor or subordination agreement entered into by Agent, or (c) enter into any agreement, document, instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor of Agent) with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party from assigning, mortgaging, pledging, granting a security interest in or upon, or encumbering any of a Credit Party’s or any Subsidiary’s Collateral or Intellectual Property, except as is otherwise permitted in the definition of “Permitted Liens” herein.

7.6          Maintenance of Collateral Accounts.  Maintain any Collateral Account, except pursuant to the terms of Section 6.6 hereof.

7.7          Distributions; Investments; Margin Stock.

(a)          Pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in common stock or dividends payable from a non-Credit Party Subsidiary to a Credit Party) or make any distribution or payment with respect to or redeem, retire or purchase or repurchase any of its equity interests (other than repurchases pursuant to the terms of employee stock purchase plans, employee restricted stock agreements or similar plans),

 

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(b)          directly or indirectly make any Investment (including, without limitation, any additional Investment in any Subsidiary) other than Permitted Investments,

(c)          (i) in the case of any Credit Party, commingle any of its assets (including any bank accounts, cash or cash equivalents) with the assets of any Person other than a Credit Party or (ii) in the case of any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary commingle any of its assets (including any bank accounts, cash or cash equivalents) with the assets of any Person other than another Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, or

(d)          directly or indirectly enter into or own any interest in a joint venture that is not itself a corporation or limited liability company or other legal entity in respect of which the equity holders are not liable for the obligations of such entity as a matter of law.1

Without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party shall, nor will any Credit Party permit any Subsidiary to, purchase or carry Margin Stock.

7.8          Transactions with Affiliates.  Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of any Credit Party, except for (a) transactions that are in the Ordinary Course of Business, upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated Person, (b) transactions with Credit Parties and that are not otherwise prohibited by Article 7 of this Agreement, (c) transactions permitted by Section 7.7(a) of this Agreement, (d) transactions constituting bona fide equity financings for capital raising purposes not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement, and (e) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans and indemnification arrangements approved by the relevant board of directors, board managers or equivalent corporate body in the Ordinary Course of Business).

7.9          Subordinated Debt.  (a) Make or permit any payment on any Subordinated Debt, except to the extent expressly permitted to be made pursuant to the terms of the Subordination Agreement to which such Subordinated Debt is subject, or (b) amend any provision in any document relating to the Subordinated Debt other than as may be expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any applicable Subordination Agreement to which such Subordinated Debt is subject.

7.10          Compliance.  Become an “investment company” or a company controlled by an “investment company”, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or undertake as one of its important activities extending credit to purchase or carry Margin Stock, or use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for that purpose; (i) fail, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail, to meet “minimum funding standards” (as defined in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (ii) permit (with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof) a “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (or the regulations issued thereunder) (other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement is waived) to occur, (iii) engage in any “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code that could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (iv) fail to comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act that could result in liability in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (v) permit (with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof) the withdrawal from participation in any Pension Plan, or (vi) incur, or permit any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA).

7.11          Amendments to Organization Documents and Material Agreements.  Amend, modify or waive any provision of (a) any Material Agreement in a manner that is materially adverse to any Credit Party, that is adverse to Agent or any Lender, that pertains to rights to assign or grant a security interest in such Material Agreement or that could or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) any of its organizational documents (other than a change in registered agents, changes which are merely administrative in nature by virtue of updated applicable law or any change that could not adversely affect the rights of Agent or the Lenders hereunder, but, for the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances a change of its name, type of organization or jurisdiction of organization), in each case, without the prior written consent of Agent.  Each Credit Party shall provide to Agent copies of all amendments, waivers and modifications of any Material Agreement or organizational documents.

 

1 Note to draft: (c) and (d) added to address dormant non-subsidiary JV entity.

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7.12          Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws.  Directly or indirectly, knowingly enter into any documents, instruments, agreements or contracts with any Person listed on the OFAC Lists.  Each Credit Party shall immediately notify Agent if such Credit Party has knowledge that any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate is listed on the OFAC Lists or (a) is convicted on, (b) pleads nolo contendere to, (c) is indicted on, or (d) is arraigned and held over on charges involving money laundering or predicate crimes to money laundering.  No Credit Party will, nor will any Credit Party permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including, without limitation, the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other Anti-Terrorism Law. Agent hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of Anti-Terrorism Laws, and Agent’s policies and practices, Agent is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies such Credit Party and its principals, which information includes the name and address of such Credit Party and its principals and such other information that will allow Agent to identify such party in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Laws.

7.13          Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarter.  Directly or indirectly change any Credit Party’s Fiscal Year end or Fiscal Quarter ends.

	8.	
RESERVED

	9.	
FINANCIAL COVENANTS

9.1          Minimum Net Revenue. Credit Parties shall not permit Net Revenue for the twelve month period immediately preceding (and ending on) each Testing Date to be less than the minimum amount set forth opposite such Testing Date on the Minimum Net Revenue Schedule.  A breach of a financial covenant contained in this Section 9.1 shall be deemed to have occurred as of any date of determination by Agent or as of the applicable Testing Date, regardless of when the financial statements reflecting such breach are delivered to Agent.

9.2          Evidence of Compliance.  Borrower shall furnish to Agent, together with the monthly financial reporting required of Borrower in this Agreement, a Compliance Certificate as evidence of Borrower compliance with the covenants in this Article 9. The Compliance Certificate shall include, without limitation, (i) a statement and report, on a form approved by Agent, detailing Borrower’s calculations, (ii) the monthly cash and cash equivalents of Borrower and Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if requested by Agent, bank statements and (iii) if requested by Agent, back-up documentation (including, without limitation, invoices, receipts and other evidence of costs incurred during such quarter as Agent shall reasonably require) evidencing the propriety of the calculations.

		
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT

10.1         Events of Default.  The occurrence of any of the following conditions and/or events, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall constitute an “Event of Default” and Credit Parties shall thereupon be in default under this Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents:

(a)          Borrower fails to (i) make any payment of principal or interest on any Credit Extension on its due date, or (ii) pay any other Obligations within three (3) Business Days after such Obligations are due and payable (which three (3) Business Day grace period shall not apply to payments due on the Maturity Date or the date of acceleration pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof).

 

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(b)          any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement or in any other Financing Document (other than occurrences described in other provisions of this Section 10.1 for which a different grace or cure period is specified or for which no grace or cure period is specified and thereby constitute immediate Events of Default) and such default is not remedied by such Credit Party or waived by Agent within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date of receipt by any Borrower of notice from Agent or the Required Lenders of such default, or (ii) the date an officer of such Credit Party becomes aware, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have become aware, of such default;

(c)          any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7(a), 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.15 or 6.16, Article 7 or Article 9;

(d)          any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Credit Party, and holder of Subordinated Debt or any other Person acting for or on behalf of a Credit Party or a holder of Subordinated Debt (i) in any Financing Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to any Financing Document, or (ii) to induce Agent and/or Lenders to enter into this Agreement or any Financing Document is incorrect in any respect (or in any material respect if such representation, warranty, certification or statement is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) when made (or deemed made);

(e)          (i) (A) any Credit Party defaults under or is in material breach under any Material Agreement (after any applicable grace period contained therein), or a Material Agreement shall be terminated by a third party or parties party thereto prior to the expiration thereof, or there is a loss of a material right of a Credit Party under any Material Agreement to which it is a party or (B) without limiting the foregoing, the Credit Parties fail to meet the Minimum Sales Threshold for any applicable period under the Gelclair Distribution Agreement, (ii) (A) any Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party fails to make (after any applicable grace period) any payment when due (whether due because of scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (“Material Indebtedness”), (B) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any contractual obligation relating to any such Material Indebtedness, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of (without regard to any subordination terms with respect thereto), the maturity of such Material Indebtedness or (C) any such Material Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof, (iii) any Credit Party defaults (beyond any applicable grace period) under any obligation for payments due or otherwise under any lease agreement for such Credit Party’s principal place of business or any place of business that meets the criteria for the requirement of an Access Agreement under Section 7.2 or for which an Access Agreement exists or was required to be delivered, (iv) the occurrence of any breach or default under any terms or provisions of any Subordinated Debt Document or under any agreement subordinating the Subordinated Debt to all or any portion of the Obligations, or the occurrence of any event requiring the prepayment of any Subordinated Debt, or the delivery of any notice with respect to any Subordinated Debt or pursuant to any Subordination Agreement that triggers the start of any standstill or similar period under any Subordination Agreement, or (v) any Credit Party makes any payment on account of any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to any of the Obligations, other than payments specifically permitted by the terms of such subordination;

(f)           (i) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall cease doing business as a going concern, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party in any jurisdiction seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above;

 

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(g)           Insolvency of a UK Credit Party:

(i)            A UK Credit Party:

		(A)	
is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;

		(B)	
suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or

		(C)	
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Lender in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.

(ii)            The value of the assets of a UK Credit Party is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).

(iii)           A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of a UK Credit Party.  If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium.

(h)           Insolvency proceedings in relation to a UK Credit Party:

(i)             Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

(A)          the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of a UK Credit Party;

(B)          a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of a UK Credit Party;

(C)          the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of a UK Credit Party or any of its assets;

(D)          enforcement of any security over any assets of a UK Credit Party; or

(E)          any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.

(ii)            Section 10.1(h)(i) shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 days of commencement.

(i)          any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or any analogous process in any jurisdiction affects any asset or assets of a UK Credit Party having an aggregate value in excess of $50,000 and not discharged within 14 days of commencement;

(j)          (i) the service of process seeking to attach, execute or levy upon, seize or confiscate any Collateral Account, any Intellectual Property, or any funds of any Credit Party on deposit with Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or any Lender, or (ii) a notice of lien, levy, or assessment is filed against any assets of a Credit Party by any government agency, and the same under subclauses (i) and (ii) hereof are not discharged or stayed (whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise) prior to the earlier to occur of ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof or such action becoming effective;

(k)          (i) any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents a Credit Party from conducting any material part of its business, (ii) the enforcement by any Governmental Authority of any fine or other financial order or any other penalty under criminal proceedings against any Credit Party, or (iii) one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money (not paid or fully covered by insurance and as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage in writing) aggregating in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) shall be rendered against any or all Credit Parties and either (A) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgments or orders, or (B) there shall be any period of ten (10) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of any such judgments or orders, by reason of a pending appeal, bond or otherwise, shall not be in effect,

 

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(l)          any Lien created by any of the Financing Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Collateral purported to be encumbered thereby, subject to no prior or equal Lien except Permitted Liens, or any Credit Party shall so assert; any provision of any Financing Document shall fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, a Credit Party, or any Credit Party shall so assert;

(m)         (i) a Change in Control occurs or (ii) any Credit Party or direct or indirect equity owner in a Credit Party shall enter into an agreement which contemplates a Change in Control (unless such agreement is either (A) non-binding on such Credit Party or (B) provides for, as a condition precedent to the consummation of such agreement, either (x) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations or (y) the consent of Agent and the Lenders);

(n)          any Required Permit shall have been (i) revoked, rescinded, suspended, modified in a materially adverse manner or not renewed in the Ordinary Course of Business for a full term, or (ii) subject to any decision by a Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with respect to any applications for renewal of any of such Required Permit or that could result in the Governmental Authority taking any of the actions described in clause (i) above, and such decision or such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or non-renewal has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Change;

(o)          (i) the voluntary withdrawal or institution of any action or proceeding by the FDA or similar Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) to order the withdrawal of any Product or Product category from the market or to enjoin Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries from manufacturing, marketing, selling or distributing any Product or Product category, (ii) the institution of any action or proceeding by any DEA, FDA, or any other Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) to revoke, suspend, reject, withdraw, limit, or restrict any Regulatory Required Permit held by Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, which, in each case, has or could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Change,  (iii) the commencement of any enforcement action against Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries (with respect to the business of Borrower or its Subsidiaries) by DEA, FDA, or any other Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) which has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (iv) the occurrence of adverse test results in connection with a Product which could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Change.

(p)          Parent’s equity fails to remain either: (x) registered with SEC; or (y) quoted on AIM or on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange (“Main Listing”) as applicable, in good standing, and/or such equity fails to remain publicly traded on and registered with such other public securities exchange; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent may voluntarily de-list itself from AIM or from a Main Listing in connection with a contemporaneous listing of Parent’s equity on NASDAQ or on the NYSE; or

(q)          the occurrence of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Credit Party fails to comply with any same provision of this Agreement two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period and Agent has given to any Credit Party in connection with each such failure any notice to which the Credit Parties would be entitled under this Section 10.1 before such failure could become an Event of Default, then all subsequent failures by a Credit Party to comply with such provision of this Agreement shall effect an immediate Event of Default (without the expiration of any applicable cure period) with respect to all subsequent failures by a Credit Party to comply with such provision of this Agreement, and Agent thereupon may exercise any remedy set forth in this Article 10 without affording the Credit Parties any opportunity to cure such Event of Default

 

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All cure periods provided for in this Section 10.1 shall run concurrently with any cure period provided for in any applicable Financing Documents under which the default occurred.

10.2          Rights and Remedies.

(a)          Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may, and at the written direction of any Lender shall, without notice or demand, do any or all of the following: (i) deliver notice of the Event of Default to Borrower, (ii) by notice to any Borrower declare all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(f) occurs all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable without any action by Agent or the Lenders), or (iii) by notice to any Borrower suspend or terminate the obligations, if  any, of the Lenders to advance money or extend credit for Borrower’s benefit under this Agreement or under any other Financing Document (but if an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(f) occurs all obligations, if any, of the Lenders to  advance money or extend credit for Borrower’s benefit under this Agreement or under any other agreement between Borrower and Agent and/or the Lenders shall be immediately terminated without any action by Agent or the Lenders).

(b)          Without limiting the rights of Agent and the Lenders set forth in Section 10.2(a) above, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right, without notice or demand, to do any or all of the following:

(i)          with or without legal process, enter any premises where the Collateral may be and take possession of and remove the Collateral from the premises or store it on the premises, and foreclose upon and/or sell, lease or liquidate, the Collateral, in whole or in part;

(ii)          apply to the Obligations (A) any balances and deposits of any Credit Party that Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender holds or controls, or (B) any amount held or controlled by Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender owing to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party;

(iii)         settle, compromise or adjust and grant releases with respect to disputes and claims directly with Account Debtors for amounts on terms and in any order that Agent considers advisable, notify any Person owing any Credit Party money of Agent’s security interest in such funds, and verify the amount of such Account;

(iv)         make any payments and do any acts it considers necessary or reasonable to protect the Collateral and/or its security interest in the Collateral.  Borrower shall assemble the Collateral if Agent requests and make it available as Agent designates.  Agent may also render any or all of the Collateral unusable at a Credit Party’s premises and may dispose of such Collateral on such premises without liability for rent or costs. Each Credit Party grants Agent a license to enter and occupy any of its premises, without charge, to exercise any of Agent’s rights or remedies;

(v)          pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien which appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and pay all expenses incurred;

(vi)         ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, and/or advertise for sale, the Collateral.  Agent is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right to use, without charge, each Credit Party’s labels, patents, copyrights, mask works, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or any similar property as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral (and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) and, in connection with Agent’s exercise of its rights under this Article 10, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Credit Party’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall be deemed to inure to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;

 

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(vii)        place a “hold” on any account maintained with Agent or the Lenders or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender and/or deliver a notice of exclusive control, any entitlement order, or other directions or instructions pursuant to any Control Agreement or similar agreements providing control of any Collateral;

(viii)       demand and receive possession of the Books of Borrower and the other Credit Parties; and

(ix)          exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent under the Financing Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code (including disposal of the Collateral pursuant to the terms thereof).

10.3          Notices.  Any notice that Agent is required to give to a Credit Party under the UCC of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall be deemed to constitute reasonable notice if such notice is given in accordance with this Agreement at least five (5) days prior to such action.

10.4          Protective Payments.  If any Credit Party fails to pay or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent may pay or perform such covenant or obligation, and all amounts so paid by Agent are Protective Advances and immediately due and payable, bearing interest at the then highest applicable rate for the Credit Facilities hereunder, and secured by the Collateral.  No such payments or performance by Agent shall be construed as an agreement to make similar payments or performance in the future or constitute Agent’s waiver of any Event of Default.

10.5          Liability for Collateral No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  So long as Agent and the Lenders comply with reasonable banking practices regarding the safekeeping of the Collateral in the possession or under the control of Agent and the Lenders, Agent and the Lenders shall not be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of the Collateral; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or other Person.  The Credit Parties bear all risk of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral.  Agent’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by any Credit Party of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall not waive, affect, or diminish any right of Agent thereafter to demand strict performance and compliance herewith or therewith.  No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Agent and then is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it is given.  Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents are cumulative.  Agent has all rights and remedies provided under the Code, by Law, or in equity.  Agent’s exercise of one (1) right or remedy is not an election, and Agent’s waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver.  Agent’s delay in exercising any remedy is not a waiver, election, or acquiescence.

10.6          Application of Payments and Proceeds.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) each Credit Party irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times thereafter received by Agent from or on behalf of the Credit Parties of all or any part of the Obligations, and, as between the Credit Parties on the one hand and Agent and the Lenders on the other, Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received against the Obligations in such manner as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous application by Agent, and (ii) unless Agent and the Lenders shall agree otherwise, the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied: first, to the Protective Advances; second, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts); third, to the principal amount of the Obligations outstanding; and fourth, to any other indebtedness or obligations of the Credit Parties owing to Agent or any Lender under the Financing Documents.  The Credit Parties shall remain fully liable for any deficiency.  Any balance remaining shall be delivered to the Credit Parties or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such balance or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.  Unless Agent and the Lenders shall agree otherwise, in carrying out the foregoing, (x) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category, and (y) each of the Persons entitled to receive a payment in any particular category shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant thereto for such category.

 

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10.7          Waivers.

(a)          Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower waives:  (i) presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment, dishonor, intent to accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all Financing Documents and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent or the Lenders may do in this regard; (ii) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s or any Lender’s entry upon the premises of a Borrower, the taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s or any Lender’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, any Collateral or any bond or security which might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent or any Lender to exercise any of its remedies; and (iii) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal and exemption Laws.  Each Borrower acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel of its choices and decisions with respect to this Agreement, the other Financing Documents and the transactions evidenced hereby and thereby.

(b)          Each Credit Party, for itself and all its successors and assigns, (i) agrees that its liability shall not be in any manner affected by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver, or modification granted or consented to by any Lender; (ii) consents to any indulgences and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Agent or any Lender with respect to the payment or other provisions of the Financing Documents, and to any substitution, exchange or release of the Collateral, or any part thereof, with or without substitution, and agrees to the addition or release of any Credit Party, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties, or whether primarily or secondarily liable, without notice to any other Borrower and without affecting its liability hereunder; (iii) agrees that its liability shall be unconditional and without regard to the liability of any other Credit Party, Agent or any Lender for any tax on the indebtedness; and (iv) to the fullest extent permitted by law, expressly waives the benefit of any statute or rule of law or equity now provided, or which may hereafter be provided, which would produce a result contrary to or in conflict with the foregoing.

(c)          To the extent that Agent or any Lender may have acquiesced in any noncompliance with any requirements or conditions precedent to the closing of the Credit Facilities or to any subsequent disbursement of Credit Extensions, such acquiescence shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver by Agent or any Lender of such requirements with respect to any future Credit Extensions and Agent may at any time after such acquiescence require Borrower to comply with all such requirements.  Any forbearance by Agent or a Lender in exercising any right or remedy under any of the Financing Documents, or otherwise afforded by applicable law, including any failure to accelerate the maturity date of the Credit Facilities, shall not be a waiver of or preclude the exercise of any right or remedy nor shall it serve as a novation of the Financing Documents or as a reinstatement of the Obligations or a waiver of such right of acceleration or the right to insist upon strict compliance of the terms of the Financing Documents.  Agent’s or any Lender’s acceptance of payment of any sum secured by any of the Financing Documents after the due date of such payment shall not be a waiver of Agent’s and such Lender’s right to either require prompt payment when due of all other sums so secured or to declare a default for failure to make prompt payment.  The procurement of insurance or the payment of taxes or other Liens or charges by Agent as the result of an Event of Default shall not be a waiver of Agent’s right to accelerate the maturity of the Obligations, nor shall Agent’s receipt of any condemnation awards, insurance proceeds, or damages under this Agreement operate to cure or waive any Credit Party’s default in payment of sums secured by any of the Financing Documents.

(d)          Without limiting the generality of anything contained in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, each Borrower agrees that if an Event of Default is continuing (i) Agent and the Lenders shall not be subject to any “one action” or “election of remedies” law or rule, and (ii) all Liens and other rights, remedies or privileges provided to Agent or the Lenders shall remain in full force and effect until Agent or the Lenders have exhausted all remedies against the Collateral and any other properties owned by Borrower and the Financing Documents and other security instruments or agreements securing the Obligations have been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized upon in satisfaction of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents.

(e)          Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in payment of any or all of the Obligations.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Financing Document shall be construed as requiring Agent or any Lender to resort to any part of the Collateral for the satisfaction of any of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents in preference or priority to any other Collateral, and Agent may seek satisfaction out of all of the Collateral or any part thereof, in its absolute discretion in respect of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives in the event of foreclosure of any or all of the Collateral any equitable right otherwise available to any Credit Party which would require the separate sale of any of the Collateral or require Agent or the Lenders to exhaust their remedies against any part of the Collateral before proceeding against any other part of the Collateral; and further in the event of such foreclosure each Borrower does hereby expressly consent to and authorize, at the option of Agent, the foreclosure and sale either separately or together of each part of the Collateral.

 

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10.8          Injunctive Relief.  The parties acknowledge and agree that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any Credit Party’s obligations under any Financing Documents, Agent and the Lenders may have no adequate remedy in money damages and, accordingly, shall be entitled to an injunction (including, without limitation, a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, writ of attachment, or order compelling an audit) against such breach or threatened breach, including, without limitation, maintaining any cash management and collection procedure described herein.  However, no specification in this Agreement of a specific legal or equitable remedy shall be construed as a waiver or prohibition against any other legal or equitable remedies in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement.  Each Credit Party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the requirement of the posting of any bond in connection with such injunctive relief.  By joining in the Financing Documents as a Credit Party, each Credit Party specifically joins in this Section 10.8 as if this Section 10.8 were a part of each Financing Document executed by such Credit Party.

	11.	
NOTICES

All notices, consents, requests, approvals, demands, or other communication by any party to this Agreement or any other Financing Document must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, or delivered: (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class, registered or certified mail return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when sent by electronic mail (if an email address is specified herein) or facsimile transmission; (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address, facsimile number, or email address indicated below.  Any of Agent, a Lender or Borrower may change its mailing or electronic mail address or facsimile number by giving the other party written notice thereof in accordance with the terms of this Article 11.

If to Borrower:

Midatech Pharma plc

65 Innovation Drive

Milton Park

Abingdon

Oxfordshire OX14 4RQ

United Kingdom

Attn: Nick Robbins-Cherry

Fax: (___) ___-____

Email: nickrc@midatechpharma.com

If to Agent or to MidCap (or any of its Affiliates or Approved Funds) as a Lender:

MidCap Financial Trust

c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer

7255 Woodmont Ave, Suite 200

Bethesda, MD 20814

Attn: Account Manager for Midatech transaction

Fax:  301-941-1450

Email:  notices@midcapfinancial.com

With a copy to:

MidCap Financial Trust

c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer

7255 Woodmont Ave, Suite 200

Bethesda, MD 20814

Attn: Legal

Fax:  301-941-1450

Email:  legalnotices@midcapfinancial.com

If to any Lender other than MidCap: at the address set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement or provided as a notice address for such in connection with any assignment hereunder.

 

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	12.	
CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER

12.1          THIS AGREEMENT, EACH SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND EACH OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT (EXCLUDING THOSE FINANCING DOCUMENTS THAT BY THEIR OWN TERMS ARE EXPRESSLY GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION), AND THE RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR SUCH FINANCING DOCUMENT (EXCLUDING THOSE FINANCING DOCUMENTS THAT BY THEIR OWN TERMS ARE EXPRESSLY GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION), THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES AND ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATING HERETO, THERETO OR ARISING THEREFROM (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHICH AGENT AND THE LENDERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12.1) DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR TO OTHERWISE ENFORCE AGENT’S AND LENDERS’ RIGHTS AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY. BORROWER EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND ANY SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE, OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.  BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS, AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS, AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 11 OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER TO OCCUR OF BORROWER’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.

12.2          TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER, AGENT AND THE LENDERS EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BOTH PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL.

12.3          Borrower, Agent and each Lender agree that each Credit Extension (including those made on the Closing Date) shall be deemed to be made in, and the transactions contemplated hereunder and in any other Financing Document shall be deemed to have been performed in, the State of Maryland.

 

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	13.	
GENERAL PROVISIONS

13.1         Successors and Assigns.

(a)                 This Agreement binds and is for the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of each party.  No Credit Party may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations under it without Agent’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in Agent’s discretion).  Any Lender may at any time assign to one (1) or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of such Lender’s Applicable Commitment and/or Credit Extensions, together with all related obligations of such Lender hereunder.  The Credit Parties and Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interests so assigned until Agent shall have received and accepted an effective assignment agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent, executed, delivered and fully completed by the applicable parties thereto, and shall have received such other information regarding such Eligible Assignee as Agent reasonably shall require.  Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. If requested by Agent, Borrower agrees to (i) execute any documents reasonably required to effectuate and acknowledge each assignment of an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extension to an assignee hereunder and (ii) assist Agent or the Lenders in the preparation of information relating to the financial affairs of the Credit Parties as any prospective participant or assignee of an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extension reasonably may request.

(b)                 From and after the date on which the conditions described above have been met, (i) such Eligible Assignee shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent of the interests assigned to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such assignment agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (ii) the assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such assignment agreement, shall be released from its rights and obligations hereunder (other than those that survive termination).  Upon the request of the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) pursuant to an effective assignment agreement, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent for delivery to the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) secured notes in the aggregate principal amount of the Eligible Assignee’s Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments (and, as applicable, secured promissory notes in the principal amount of that portion of the principal amount of the Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments retained by the assigning Lender).

(c)                 Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at its offices located in Bethesda, Maryland a copy of each assignment agreement delivered to it and a Register for the recordation of the names and addresses of each Lender, and the commitments of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Credit Extensions owing to, such Lender pursuant to the terms hereof (the “Register”). The entries in such Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded therein pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Such Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to Agent. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this  purpose as an agent of Borrower maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Obligations (each, a “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Registers shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. Each Participant Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and Agent at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to the applicable Lender; provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Financing Document) to any Person (including Borrower) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  For the avoidance of doubt, Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a participant register.

 

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(d)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Credit Extensions (including any Secured Promissory Notes evidencing such Credit Extensions) are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of the Lenders and their assignees in and to such Credit Extensions shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein.  This Agreement shall be construed so that the Credit Extensions are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the IRC and Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.

13.2         Indemnification.

(a)                 Borrower hereby agrees to promptly pay (i) (A) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses and reasonable fees of one primary external counsel to Agent (and one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and one specialist counsel for each appropriate specialty), and independent appraisers and consultants retained by, Agent) in connection with the examination, review, due diligence investigation, documentation, negotiation, closing and syndication of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, and in connection with the continued administration of the Financing Documents including (1) any amendments, modifications, consents and waivers to and/or under any and all Financing Documents, and (2) any periodic public record searches conducted by or at the request of Agent (including, without limitation, title investigations, UCC searches, fixture filing searches, judgment, pending litigation and tax lien searches and searches of applicable corporate, limited liability, partnership and related records concerning the continued existence, organization and good standing of certain Persons), and (B) documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the performance by Agent of its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents; (ii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the creation, perfection and maintenance of Liens pursuant to the Financing Documents; (iii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (A) protecting, storing, insuring, handling, maintaining or selling any Collateral, (B) any litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document, and (C) any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all of the Financing Documents; (iv) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in connection with Agent’s reservation of funds in anticipation of the funding of the Credit Extensions to be made hereunder; and (v) all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Agent or the Lenders in connection with any litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document and in connection with any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all Financing Documents, whether or not Agent or the Lenders are a party thereto; provided, however, that the costs and expenses referred to in clause (a)(ii) through (iv) hereof shall be limited at all times to one primary outside counsel (and one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and one specialist counsel for each appropriate specialty) to the Agent.  If Agent or any Lender uses in-house counsel for any of these purposes, Borrower further agrees that the Obligations include reasonable charges for such work.

(b)                 Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, pay and hold harmless Agent and the Lenders and the officers, directors, employees, trustees, agents, investment advisors, collateral managers, servicers, and counsel of Agent and the Lenders (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the disbursements and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees of counsel for one primary counsel for all Indemnities, together with local counsel and specialist counsel where reasonably necessary in each applicable jurisdiction, and, solely in the event of a conflict of interest, additional primary counsel for each impacted Indemnitee, and where reasonably necessary, additional local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and additional specialist counsel for each impacted Indemnitee) in connection with any investigative, response, remedial, administrative or judicial matter or proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto and including any such proceeding initiated by or on behalf of a Credit Party, and the reasonable expenses of investigation by engineers, environmental consultants and similar technical personnel and any commission, fee or compensation claimed by any broker (other than any broker retained by Agent or the Lenders) asserting any right to payment for the transactions contemplated hereby, which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Credit Facilities, except that Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to an Indemnitee with respect to any liability (x) resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (y) if such Indemnitee is a party other than Agent and its officers, directors, employees, trustees, agents, investment advisors, collateral managers, servicers and counsel, and such liability does not involve an act or omission of Borrower or any other Credit Party or their respective Affiliates and is brought by another Indemnitee against such Indemnitee.  To the extent that the undertaking set forth in the immediately preceding sentence may be unenforceable, Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable Law to the payment and satisfaction of all such Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  This Section 13.2 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

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(c)                 Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, the obligations of Borrower under this Section 13.2 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. NO INDEMNITEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY CREDIT PARTY OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY FINANCING DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

13.3          Time of Essence.  Time is of the essence for the payment and performance of the Obligations in this Agreement.

13.4          Severability of Provisions.  Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision in determining the enforceability of any provision.

13.5          Correction of Financing Documents.  Agent and the Lenders may correct patent errors and fill in any blanks in this Agreement and the other Financing Documents consistent with the agreement of the parties.

13.6          Integration.  This Agreement and the other Financing Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements.  All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Agreement and the Financing Documents merge into this Agreement and the Financing Documents.

13.7          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, is an original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

13.8          Survival.  All covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement continue in full force until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied.  The obligation of Borrower in Section 13.2 to indemnify each Lender and Agent shall survive until the statute of limitations with respect to such claim or cause of action shall have run.  All powers of attorney and appointments of Agent or any Lender as Borrower’s attorney in fact hereunder, and all of Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and powers in respect thereof, are coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been fully repaid and performed and Agent’s and the Lenders’ obligation to provide Credit Extensions terminates.

 

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13.9         Confidentiality.  In handling any confidential information of Borrower, each of the Lenders and Agent shall use all reasonable efforts to maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained by it pursuant to any Financing Document and any other specific information which is designated in writing by any Credit Party as confidential, but disclosure of information may be made: (a) to the Lenders’ and Agent’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (b) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Credit Extensions; (c) as required by Law, regulation, subpoena, order or other legal, administrative, governmental or regulatory request; (d) to regulators or as otherwise required in connection with an examination or audit, or to any nationally recognized rating agency; (e) as Agent or any Lender considers appropriate in exercising remedies under the Financing Documents; (f) to financing sources that are advised of the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information confidential; (g) to third party service providers of the Lenders and/or Agent so long as such service providers are bound to such Lender or Agent by obligations of confidentiality; (h) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements; and (i) in connection with any litigation or other proceeding to which such Lender or Agent or any of their Affiliates is a party or bound, or to the extent necessary to respond to public statements or disclosures by Credit Parties or their Affiliates referring to a Lender or Agent or any of their Affiliates.  Confidential information does not include information that either: (i) is in the public domain or in the Lenders’ and/or Agent’s possession when disclosed to the Lenders and/or Agent, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to the Lenders and/or Agent; or (ii) is disclosed to the Lenders and/or Agent by a third party, if the Lenders and/or Agent does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the information.  Agent and/or the Lenders may use confidential information for the development of client databases, reporting purposes, and market analysis, so long as Agent and/or the Lenders, as applicable, do not disclose Borrower’s identity or the identity of any Person associated with Borrower unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement.  The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The agreements provided under this Section 13.9 supersede all prior agreements, understanding, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Section 13.9.

13.10       Right of Set-off.  Borrower hereby grants to Agent and to each Lender, a lien, security interest and right of set-off as security for all Obligations to Agent and each Lender hereunder, whether now existing or hereafter arising upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Agent or the Lenders or any entity under the control of Agent or the Lenders (including an Agent or Lender Affiliate) or in transit to any of them.  At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without demand or notice, Agent or the Lenders may set-off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of Borrower even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations.  ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE AGENT TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SET-OFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF BORROWER, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.

13.11       Publicity.  No Credit Party will directly or indirectly publish, disclose or otherwise use in any public disclosure, advertising material, promotional material, press release or interview, any reference to the name, logo or any trademark of Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates or any reference to this Agreement or the financing evidenced hereby, in any case except as required by (i) applicable Law, (ii) subpoena or judicial or similar order, (iii) the rules and regulations of AIM and of NASDAQ or (iv) the Market Abuse Regulation of the European Union, in which case the Credit Parties shall endeavor to give Agent prior written notice of such publication or other disclosure so far as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.  Each Lender and each Credit Party hereby authorize each Lender to publish the name of such Lender and the Credit Parties, the existence of the financing arrangements referenced under this Agreement, the primary purpose and/or structure of those arrangements, the amount of credit extended under each facility, the title and role of each party to this Agreement, and the total amount of the financing evidenced hereby in any “tombstone”, comparable advertisement or press release which such Lender elects to submit for publication.  In addition, each Lender and each Credit Party agree that each Lender may provide lending industry trade organizations with information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements after the Closing Date.  With respect to any of the foregoing, such authorization shall be subject to such Lender providing the Credit Parties and the other Lenders with an opportunity to review and confer with such Lender regarding, and approve, the contents of any such tombstone, advertisement or information, as applicable, prior to its initial submission for publication, but subsequent publications of the same tombstone, advertisement or information shall not require Credit Party approval.

 

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13.12       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.

13.13       Approvals.  Unless expressly provided herein to the contrary, any approval, consent, waiver or satisfaction of Agent or the Lenders with respect to any matter that is the subject of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents may be granted or withheld by Agent and the Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion and credit judgment.

13.14       Amendments; Required Lenders; Inter-Lender Matters.

(a)          No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, no approval or consent thereunder, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom (in each case, other than amendments, waivers, approvals or consents deemed ministerial by Agent), shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrower, the other Credit Parties, Agent and the Required Lenders.  Except as set forth in clause (b) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of the “Lenders” shall require the written consent of Required Lenders.

(b)          No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and by each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase or decrease the Applicable Commitment of any Lender (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Obligation or the amount of any fees payable hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for or waive any payment of principal of or interest on any Credit Extension, or any fees or reimbursement obligation hereunder, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, or consent to a transfer of any of the Intellectual Property, in each case, except as otherwise expressly permitted in the Financing Documents (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (v) subordinate the lien granted in favor of Agent securing the Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders, except as otherwise provided below), (vi) release a Credit Party from, or consent to a Credit Party’s assignment or delegation of, such Credit Party’s obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents or any Guarantor from its guaranty of the Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders) or (vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive this Section 13.14(b) or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the consent of each Lender.  For purposes of the foregoing, no Lender shall be deemed affected by (i) waiver of the imposition of the Default Rate or imposition of the Default Rate to only a portion of the Obligations, (ii) waiver of the accrual of late charges, (iii) waiver of any fee solely payable to Agent under the Financing Documents, (iv) subordination of a lien granted in favor of Agent; provided that such subordination is limited to equipment being financed by a third party providing Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 13.14 to the contrary, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting or modifying the rights or obligations of Agent hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Agent and the Required Lenders

(c)          Agent shall not grant its written consent to any deviation or departure by Borrower or any Credit Party from the provisions of Article 7 without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.  Required Lenders shall have the right to direct Agent to take any action described in Section 10.2(b). Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all remedies referenced in Section 10.2 without the written consent of Required Lenders following the occurrence of an “Exigent Circumstance” (as defined below).  All matters requiring the satisfaction or acceptance of Agent in the definition of Subordinated Debt shall further require the satisfaction and acceptance of each Required Lender.  Any reference in this Agreement to an allocation between or sharing by the Lenders of any right, interest or obligation “ratably,” “proportionally” or in similar terms shall refer to Pro Rata Share unless expressly provided otherwise.  As used in this Section, “Exigent Circumstance” means any event or circumstance that, in the reasonable judgment of Agent, imminently threatens the ability of Agent to realize upon all or any material portion of the Collateral, such as, without limitation, fraudulent removal, concealment, or abscondment thereof, destruction or material waste thereof, or failure of Borrower after reasonable demand to maintain or reinstate adequate casualty insurance coverage, or which, in the judgment of Agent, could result in a material diminution in value of the Collateral.

 

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13.15       Borrower Liability.  If there is more than one (1) entity comprising Borrower, then (a) any Borrower may, acting singly, request Credit Extensions hereunder, (b) each Borrower hereby appoints the other as agent for the other for all purposes hereunder, including with respect to requesting Credit Extensions hereunder, (c) each Borrower shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay and perform all obligations under the Financing Documents, including, but not limited to, the obligation to repay all Credit Extensions made hereunder and all other Obligations, regardless of which Borrower actually receives said Credit Extensions, as if each Borrower directly received all Credit Extensions, and (d) each Borrower waives (1) any suretyship defenses available to it under the Code or any other applicable law, and (2) any right to require the Lenders or Agent to: (A) proceed against any Borrower or any other person; (B) proceed against or exhaust any security; or (C) pursue any other remedy.  The Lenders or Agent may exercise or not exercise any right or remedy they have against any Credit Party or any security (including the right to foreclose by judicial or non-judicial sale) without affecting any other Credit Party’s liability or any Lien against any other Credit Party’s assets.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or other related document, until the indefeasible payment in cash in full of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made) and termination of the Applicable Commitments, each Borrower irrevocably waives all rights that it may have at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law subrogating Borrower to the rights of the Lenders and Agent under this Agreement) to seek contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement from any other Credit Party, or any other Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any of the Obligations, for any payment made by any Credit Party with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise and all rights that it might have to benefit from, or to participate in, any security for the Obligations as a result of any payment made by a Credit Party with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise.  Any agreement providing for indemnification, reimbursement or any other arrangement prohibited under this Section shall be null and void.  If any payment is made to a Credit Party in contravention of this Section, such Credit Party shall hold such payment in trust for the Lenders and Agent and such payment shall be promptly delivered to Agent for application to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

13.16       Reinstatement.  This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition or other proceeding be filed by or against any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should an interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a fraudulent preference reviewable transaction or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

13.17       USA PATRIOT Act Notification.  Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) and each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies such Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of such Credit Party and such other information that will allow Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

13.18       Warrants.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any warrants issued to the Lenders by any Credit Party, the stock issuable thereunder, any equity securities purchased by Lenders, any amounts paid thereunder, any dividends, and any other rights in connection therewith shall not be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall affect any Lender’s rights under any such warrants, stock, or other equity securities to administer, manage, transfer, assign, or exercise such warrants, stock, or other equity securities for its own account.

 

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13.19       Process Agent.  Each Credit Party that is incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States (or any state thereof) hereby irrevocably designates, appoints, authorizes and empowers CT Corporation System, with an address of 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 on the date hereof (the “Process Agent”), as its agent to receive on behalf of itself, service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding brought in connection with this Agreement or any other Financing Document in the circuit court of any county of the state of New York, and any appellate court thereof.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to such Borrower in care of the Process Agent at its address specified above, and each such Borrower hereby authorizes and directs the Process Agent to receive such service on its behalf.  The appointment of the Process Agent shall be irrevocable by each such Borrower until the appointment of a successor Process Agent.  Each such Borrower further agrees promptly to appoint a successor Process Agent in New York (which shall accept such appointment in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) prior to the termination for any reason of the appointment of the initial Process Agent.  Nothing in this Section 13.19 shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any manner permitted by applicable law or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

13.20       Other Currency.  Without limiting Section 2.6 or any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of any of the Credit Parties in respect of any amount due under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (the “Other Currency”) (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the currency in which it is due (the “Agreed Currency”) that Agent or Lenders may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in the Other Currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately after the day on which Agent or Lender receives the payment.  If the amount of the Agreed Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, such Credit Party shall pay all additions amounts, in the Agreed Currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall.  Any obligation of a Credit Party not discharged by that payment shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided in this Section 13.18, continue in full force and effect.

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AGENT

14.1         Appointment and Authorization of Agent.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Financing Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders and none of Credit Parties nor any other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof.  The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Financing Document, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Financing Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Financing Documents with reference to Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (a) act as collateral agent for Agent and each Lender for purposes of the perfection of all liens created by the Financing Documents and all other purposes stated therein, (b) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (c) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the liens created or purported to be created by the Financing Documents, (d) except as may be otherwise specified in any Financing Document, exercise all remedies given to Agent and the other Lenders with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Financing Documents, applicable law or otherwise and (e) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Financing Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided, however, that Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Credit Party with, and cash and cash equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

 

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14.2         Successor Agent.

(a)                Agent may at any time assign its rights, powers, privileges and duties hereunder to (i) another Lender or an Affiliate of Agent or any Lender or any Approved Fund, or (ii) any Person to whom Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, has assigned (or will assign, in conjunction with such assignment of agency rights hereunder) fifty percent (50%) or more of the Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments then held by Agent (in its capacity as a Lender), in each case without the consent of the Lenders or Borrower.  Following any such assignment, Agent shall give notice to the Lenders and Borrower.  An assignment by Agent pursuant to this subsection (a) shall not be deemed a resignation by Agent for purposes of subsection (b) below.

(b)                Without limiting the rights of Agent to designate an assignee pursuant to subsection (a) above, Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within ten (10) Business Days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent; provided, however, that if Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders that no Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice from Agent that no Person has accepted such appointment and, from and following delivery of such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this subsection (b).

(c)                Upon (i) an assignment permitted by subsection (a) above, or (ii) the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent pursuant to subsection (b) above, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this subsection (c)).  The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, the provisions of this Article shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent and its sub-agents in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting or was continuing to act as Agent.

14.3         Delegation of Duties.  Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Financing Document by or through its, or its Affiliates’, agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to obtain and rely upon the advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Any such Person to whom Agent delegates a duty shall benefit from this Article 14 to the extent provided by Agent.

14.4         Liability of Agent.  Except as otherwise provided herein, no “Agent-Related Person” (as defined  below) shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Financing Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Financing Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or for any failure of any Credit Party or any other party to any Financing Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or to inspect the Collateral, other properties or books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof.  The term “Agent-Related Person” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, auditors and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons; provided, however, that no Agent-Related Person shall be an Affiliate of Borrower.

 

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14.5         Reliance by Agent.  Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Financing Document (a) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or any Financing Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose Agent to any potential liability under any law, statute or regulation or (c) if Agent shall not first have received such advice or concurrence of all Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Financing Document in accordance with a request or consent of all Lenders (or Required Lenders where authorized herein) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.

14.6         Notice of Default.  Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default and/or Event of Default, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower, describing such default or Event of Default. Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. While an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as Agent shall deem advisable or in the best interests of the Lenders, including without limitation,  satisfaction of other security interests, liens or encumbrances on the Collateral not permitted under the Financing Documents, payment of taxes on behalf of Borrower or any other Credit Party, payments to landlords, warehouseman, bailees and other Persons in possession of the Collateral and other actions to protect and safeguard the Collateral, and actions with respect to insurance claims for casualty events affecting a Credit Party and/or the Collateral.

14.7         Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agent.  Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent herein, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Credit Party which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

14.8         Indemnification of Agent.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each  Lender shall, severally and pro rata based on its respective Pro Rata Share, indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities (which shall not include legal expenses of Agent incurred in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall, severally and pro rata based on its respective Pro Rata Share, reimburse Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Protective Advances incurred after the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) incurred by Agent (in its capacity as Agent, and not as a Lender) in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Financing Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement and the resignation of Agent.  The term “Indemnified Liabilities” means those liabilities described in Section 13.2(a) and Section 13.2(b).

 

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14.9         Agent in its Individual Capacity.  With respect to its Credit Extensions, MidCap shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include MidCap in its individual capacity. MidCap and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party and any of their Affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates, all as if MidCap were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders.  MidCap and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from a Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.  Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest between MidCap as a Lender holding disproportionate interests in the Credit Extensions and MidCap as Agent, and expressly consents to, and waives, any claim based upon, such conflict of interest.

14.10       Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Credit Extension, shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Agent shall have made any demand on such Credit Party) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)          to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Credit Extensions and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and Agent allowed in such judicial proceeding); and

(b)          to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Agent and, in the event that Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Agent and its agents and counsel, including Protective Advances.  To the extent that Agent fails timely to do so, each Lender may file a claim relating to such Lender’s claim.

14.11       Collateral and Guaranty Matters.  The Lenders irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release (a) any Credit Party and any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by Agent under any Financing Document upon the date that all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) due hereunder have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full and no Applicable Commitments or other obligations of any Lender to provide funds to Borrower under this Agreement remain outstanding, and (b) any Lien on any Collateral that is transferred or to be transferred as part of or in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Financing Document. Upon request by Agent at any time, all Lenders will confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 14.11.

 

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14.12       Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders.

(a)          Advances; Payments.  If Agent receives any payment for the account of the Lenders on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on such Business Day. If Agent receives any payment for the account of the Lenders after 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on the next Business Day. To the extent that any Lender has failed to fund any Credit Extension (a “Non-Funding Lender”), Agent shall be entitled to set-off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrower.

(b)          Return of Payments.

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

(ii)          If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to a Credit Party or paid to any other person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender.  In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to a Credit Party or such other person, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

14.13       Miscellaneous.

(a)          Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Credit Extension or make any other advance required hereunder.  The failure of any Non‐Funding Lender to make any Credit Extension or any payment required by it hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make the Credit Extension or payment required by it, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Credit Extension or make any other payment required hereunder.  Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document or constitute a “Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Required Lender” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document.  At Borrower’s request, Agent or a person reasonably acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such person, all of the Applicable Commitments and all of the outstanding Credit Extensions of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of the Credit Extensions held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed assignment agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent.

 

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(b)          Each Lender shall promptly remit to the other Lenders such sums as may be necessary to ensure the ratable repayment of each Lender’s portion of any Credit Extension and the ratable distribution of interest, fees and reimbursements paid or made by any Credit Party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement requires payments of principal and interest to be made directly to the Lenders, a Lender receiving a scheduled payment shall not be responsible for determining whether the other Lenders also received their scheduled payment on such date; provided, however, if it is determined that a Lender received more than its ratable share of scheduled payments made on any date or dates, then such Lender shall remit to Agent (for Agent to redistribute to itself and the Lenders in a manner to ensure the payment to Agent of any sums due Agent hereunder and the ratable repayment of each Lender’s portion of any Credit Extension and the ratable distribution of interest, fees and reimbursements) such sums as may be necessary to ensure the ratable payment of such scheduled payments, as instructed by Agent.  If any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, properties or securities and whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise, shall be received by a Lender in excess of its ratable share, then (i) the portion of such payment or distribution in excess of such Lender’s ratable share shall be received by such Lender in trust for application to the payments of amounts due on the other Lender’s claims, or, in the case of Collateral, shall hold such Collateral for itself and as agent and bailee for Agent and other Lenders and (ii) such Lender shall promptly advise Agent of the receipt of such payment, and, within five (5) Business Days of such receipt and, in the case of payments and distributions, such Lender shall purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Lenders (through Agent), without recourse, such participations in the Credit Extension made by the other Lenders as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them in accordance with the respective Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered by or on behalf of a Credit Party from such purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest; provided, further, that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by a Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Applicable Commitment pursuant to Section 13.1.  Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section may exercise all of its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation.  No documentation other than notices and the like shall be required to implement the terms of this Section.  Agent shall keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased pursuant to this Section and shall in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases.

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GUARANTY

15.1         Guaranty.  Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally (a) guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by notice of prepayment or otherwise, the due and punctual performance of all of the Obligations, including payment in full of the principal, accrued but unpaid interest and all other amounts due and owing to the Agent and Lenders under any Credit Facility and (b) indemnifies each Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability suffered by such Lender if any obligations guaranteed by it are or become unenforceable, invalid, voided, avoid or illegal, the amount of which such cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which such Lender would otherwise be entitled to recover. Each payment made by any Guarantor pursuant to this Section 15 shall be made in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds

15.2         Payment of Amounts Owed.  The Guarantee hereunder is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guarantee of the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Obligations and not of their collectability only and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that the Agent or any Lender first attempt to collect any of the Obligations from Borrower or resort to any collateral security or other means of obtaining payment.  In the event of any default by Borrower in the payment of the Obligations, after the expiration of any applicable cure or grace period, each Guarantor agrees, on demand by Agent (which demand may be made concurrently with notice to Borrower that Borrower is in default of its obligations), to pay the Obligations, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or recoupment or claims which Borrower or Guarantor may have against Agent or Lenders or the holder of the Secured Promissory Notes.  All of the remedies set forth in this Agreement, in any other Financing Document or at law or equity shall be equally available to Agent and Lenders, and the choice by Agent or Lenders of one such alternative over another shall not be subject to question or challenge by any Guarantor or any other person, nor shall any such choice be asserted as a defense, setoff, recoupment or failure to mitigate damages in any action, proceeding, or counteraction by Agent or Lenders to recover or seeking any other remedy under this Guarantee, nor shall such choice preclude Agent or Lenders from subsequently electing to exercise a different remedy

 

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(a)          waive notice of acceptance of this Agreement by Agent and Lenders and any and all notices and demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any statute, rule or law;

(b)          agree to refrain from asserting, until after repayment in full of the Obligations, any defense, right of set-off, right of recoupment or other claim which such Guarantor may have against Borrower;

(c)          waive any defense, right of set-off, right of recoupment or other claim which such Guarantor may have against Agent, Lenders or the holder of the Secured Promissory Notes;

(d)          waive any and all rights such Guarantor may have under any anti-deficiency statute or other similar protections;

(e)          waive all rights at law or in equity to seek subrogation, contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement or repayment from Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person or entity now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any of the Obligations until the Obligations have been paid in full;

(f)           waive presentment for payment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge such Guarantor with liability;

(g)          waive the benefit of all appraisement, valuation, marshalling, forbearance, stay, extension, redemption, homestead, exemption and moratorium laws now or hereafter in effect;

(h)          waive any defense based on the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or entity or the failure of Agent or Lenders to file or enforce a claim against the estate of any other person or entity in any administrative, bankruptcy or other proceeding;

(i)           waive any defense based on an election of remedies by Agent or Lenders, whether or not such election may affect in any way the recourse, subrogation or other rights of such Guarantor against Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person in connection with the Obligations;

(j)           waive any defense based on the failure of the Agent or Lenders to (i) provide notice to such Guarantor of a sale or other disposition of any of the security for any of the Obligations, or (ii) conduct such a sale or disposition in a commercially reasonable manner;

(k)          waive any defense based on the negligence of Agent or Lenders in administering this Agreement or the other Financing Documents (including, but not limited to, the failure to perfect any security interest in any Collateral), or taking or failing to take any action in connection therewith, provided, however, that such waiver shall not apply to the gross negligence or willful misconduct or material breach of the Financing Documents on the part of the Agent or Lenders, as determined by the final, non-appealable decision of a court having proper jurisdiction;

(l)           waive any right to file any Claim (as defined below) as part of, and any right to request consolidation of any action or proceeding relating to a Claim with, any action or proceeding filed or maintained by Agent or Lenders to collect any Obligations of such Guarantor to Agent or Lenders hereunder or to exercise any rights or remedies available to Agent or Lenders under the Financing Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise;

(m)         agree that neither Agent nor Lenders shall have any obligation to obtain, perfect or retain a security interest in any property to secure any of the Obligations (including any mortgage or security interest contemplated by the Financing Documents);

 

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(n)          waive any obligation Agent or Lenders may have to disclose to such Guarantor any facts the Agent or Lenders now or hereafter may know or have reasonably available to it regarding Borrower or Borrower’s financial condition, whether or not the Agent or Lenders have a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts or have reason to believe that any such facts are unknown to such Guarantor or materially increase the risk to such Guarantor beyond the risk such Guarantor intends to assume hereunder;

(o)          agree that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable in any way for any decrease in the value or marketability of any property securing any of the Obligations which may result from any action or omission of the Agent or Lenders in enforcing any part of this Agreement;

(p)          waive any defense based on any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any one or more of the Financing Documents;

(q)          waive any defense based on any change in the composition of Borrower, and

(r)           waive any defense based on any representations and warranties made by such Guarantor herein or by Borrower herein or in any of the Financing Documents.

For purposes of this section, the term “Claim” shall mean any claim, action or cause of action, defense, counterclaim, retention, set-off or right of recoupment of any kind or nature against the Agent or Lenders, its officers, directors, employees, agents, members, actuaries, accountants, trustees or attorneys, or any affiliate of the Agent or Lenders in connection with the making, closing, administration, collection or enforcement by the Agent or Lenders of the Obligations.

15.4         Guarantor’s Obligations Not Affected by Modifications of Financing Documents.  Each Guarantor further agrees that such Guarantor’s liability as guarantor shall not be impaired or affected by any renewals or extensions which may be made from time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of Guarantor for the time for payment of interest or principal or by any forbearance or delay in collecting interest or principal hereunder, or by any waiver by Agent or Lenders under this Agreement or any other Financing Documents, or by Agent’s or Lenders’ failure or election not to pursue any other remedies it may have against Borrower or Guarantor, or by any change or modification in the Secured Promissory Notes, this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or by the acceptance by Agent or Lenders of any additional security or any increase, substitution or change therein, or by the release by Agent or Lenders of any security or any withdrawal thereof or decrease therein, or by the application of payments received from any source to the payment of any obligation other than the Obligations even though Agent or Lenders might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any part or all of the Obligations, it being the intent hereof that, subject to Agent’s or Lenders’ compliance with the terms of this Section 15 and the Financing Documents, each Guarantor shall remain liable for the payment of the Obligations, until the Obligations have been paid in full, notwithstanding any act or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of a surety.  Each Guarantor further understands and agrees that Agent or Lenders may at any time enter into agreements with Borrower to amend, modify and/or increase the principal amount of, interest rate applicable to or other economic and non-economic terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, and may waive or release any provision or provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, and, with reference to such instruments, may make and enter into any such agreement or agreements with a Credit Party as Agent, Lenders and Borrower may deem proper and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Guarantee or any of Agent’s or Lenders’ rights hereunder or each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall apply to the this Agreement and other Financing Documents as so amended, modified, extended, renewed or increased.

15.5         Reinstatement; Deficiency.  This guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated (as the case may be) if at any time payment of all or any part of any sum payable pursuant to this Agreement or any other Financing Document is rescinded or otherwise required to be returned by Agent or Lenders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, or reorganization of Borrower, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor, custodian or conservator of or trustee or similar officer for, Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment to Agent or Lenders had not been made, regardless of whether Agent or Lenders contested the order requiring the return of such payment.  In the event of the foreclosure of the Financing Documents and of a deficiency, each Guarantor hereby promises and agrees forthwith to pay the amount of such deficiency notwithstanding the fact that recovery of said deficiency against Borrower would not be allowed by applicable law; however, the foregoing shall not be deemed to require that Agent or Lenders institute foreclosure proceedings or otherwise resort to or exhaust any other collateral or security prior to or concurrently with enforcing this guaranty.

 

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15.6         Subordination of Borrower’s Obligations to Guarantors; Claims in Bankruptcy.

(a)          Any indebtedness of Borrower to any Guarantor (including, but not limited to, any right of such Guarantor to a return of any capital contributed to Borrower), whether now or hereafter existing, is hereby subordinated to the payment of the Obligations.  Each Guarantor agrees that, until the Obligations have been paid in full, such Guarantor will not seek, accept, or retain for its own account, any payment from Borrower on account of such subordinated debt.  Any payments to any Guarantor on account of such subordinated debt shall be collected and received by such Guarantor in trust for Agent and Lenders and shall be immediately paid over to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, on account of the Obligations without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

(b)          Each Guarantor shall promptly file in any bankruptcy or other proceeding in which the filing of claims is required by law, all claims and proofs of claims that such Guarantor may have against Borrower or any other Guarantor and does with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default hereby assign to Agent or its nominee (and will, upon request of Agent, reconfirm in writing the assignment to Agent or its nominee of) all rights of such Guarantor under such claims.  If such Guarantor does not file any such claim, Agent, as attorney in fact for such Guarantor, is hereby irrevocably authorized with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default to do so in the name of such Guarantor, or in Agent’s discretion, to assign the claim to a designee and cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of Agent’s designee.  In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise, the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, the full amount thereof and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Guarantor with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default hereby assigns to the Lenders all of such Guarantor’s rights to any such payments or distributions to which such Guarantor would otherwise be entitled, such assignment being a present and irrevocable assignment of all such rights.

15.7         Maximum Liability.  The provisions of this Article 15 are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under this Article 15 would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Guarantor’s liability under this Article 15, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 15 to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Guarantors or the Agent or any Lender, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding; provided, however, that such amount shall not exceed, in any event, the total aggregate amount of the Obligations (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”). This Section 15.6 with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Guarantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Agent and the Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section 15.6 with respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Guarantor without impairing this guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Agent or the Lenders hereunder, provided that, nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.

15.8         Guarantor’s Investigation.  Each Guarantor acknowledges receipt of a copy of each of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents. Each Guarantor has made an independent investigation of the other Credit Parties and of the financial condition of the other Credit Parties. Neither Agent nor any Lender has made and neither Agent nor any Lender does make any representations or warranties as to the income, expense, operation, finances or any other matter or thing affecting any Credit Party nor has Agent or any Lender made any representations or warranties as to the amount or nature of the Obligations of any Credit Party to which this Section 15 applies as specifically herein set forth, nor has Agent or any Lender or any officer, agent or employee of Agent or any Lender or any representative thereof, made any other oral representations, agreements or commitments of any kind or nature, and each Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that no such representations or warranties have been made and such Guarantor expressly disclaims reliance on any such representations or warranties.

 

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15.9         Termination.  The provisions of this Article 15 shall remain in effect until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied.

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DEFINITIONS

In addition to any terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, or in any schedule or exhibit attached hereto, as used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Access Agreement” means a landlord consent, bailee letter or warehouseman’s letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in favor of Agent executed by such landlord, bailee or warehouseman, as applicable, for any third party location.

“Account” means any “account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes, without limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing to Borrower.

“Account Debtor” means any “account debtor”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly the Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person, and each of that Person’s senior executive officers, directors, partners and, for any Person that is a limited liability company, that Person’s managers and members.

“Agent” means, MidCap, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as agent on behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders, together with its successors and assigns.

“Agreement” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Agreed Currency” has the meaning given it in Section 13.19.

“AIM” means the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

“Amortization Schedule” means the “Amortization Schedule” attached to this Agreement.

“Announcement” means any public announcement made by the Parent through a regulatory information service approved by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom for distribution of regulatory and other announcements to the public.

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by OFAC.

“Applicable Commitment” has the meaning given it in Section 2.2

“Applicable Floor” means for each Credit Facility the per annum rate of interest specified on the Credit Facility Schedule; provided, however, that for the Applicable Prime Rate, the Applicable Floor is a per annum rate that is three hundred (300) basis points above the Applicable Floor for the Applicable Libor Rate.

 

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“Applicable Index Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by Agent equal to the Applicable Libor Rate; provided, however, that in the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of Agent or any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for Agent or such Lender to fund or maintain Obligations bearing interest based upon the Applicable Libor Rate, Agent or such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and the Applicable Index Rate for Obligations outstanding or thereafter extended or made by Agent or such Lender shall thereafter be the Applicable Prime Rate until Agent or such Lender determines (as to the portion of the Credit Extensions or Obligations owed to it) that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to fund or maintain such Obligations or Credit Extensions at the Applicable Libor Rate. In the event that Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), as of any Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to any Credit Facility on the basis provided for herein, then Agent may select a comparable replacement index and corresponding margin.

“Applicable Interest Period” for each Credit Facility has the meaning specified for that Credit Facility in the Credit Facility Schedule; provided, however, that, at any time that the Applicable Prime Rate is the Applicable Index Rate, Applicable Interest Period shall mean the period commencing as of the most recent Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date and continuing until the next Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date or such earlier date as the Applicable Prime Rate shall no longer be the Applicable Index Rate; and provided, further, that, at any time the Libor Rate Index is adjusted as set forth in the definition thereof, or re-implemented following invocation of the Applicable Prime Rate as permitted herein, the Applicable Interest Period shall mean the period commencing as of such adjustment or re-implementation and continuing until the next Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, if any.

“Applicable Interest Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to the Applicable Index Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

“Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date” means the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the first (1st) day of the related Applicable Interest Period; provided, however, that, at any time that the Applicable Prime Rate is the Applicable Index Rate, Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date means the date of any change in the Base Rate Index; and provided, further, that, at any time the Libor Rate Index is adjusted as set forth in the definition thereof, the Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date shall mean the date of such adjustment or the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the first (1st) day of the related Applicable Interest Period, as elected by Agent.

“Applicable Libor Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%), equal to the greater of (a) the Applicable Floor and (b) the Libor Rate Index.

“Applicable Margin” for each Credit Facility has the meaning specified for that Credit Facility in the Credit Facility Schedule.

“Applicable Prepayment Fee”, for each Credit Facility, has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule for such Credit Facility.

“Applicable Prime Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%), equal to the greater of (a) the Applicable Floor and (b) the Base Rate Index.

“Approved Fund” means any (a) investment company, fund, trust, securitization vehicle or conduit that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (b) any Person (other than a natural person) which temporarily warehouses loans for any Lender or any entity described in the preceding clause (a) and that, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (a) and (b), is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) a Person (other than a natural person) or an Affiliate of a Person (other than a natural person) that administers or manages a Lender.

“Base Rate Index” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%) as being the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate,” with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate; provided, however, that Agent may, upon prior written notice to any Borrower, choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Base Rate Index.

 

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“Blocked Person” means: (a) any Person listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) a Person with whom any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, or (e) a Person that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar list.

“Books” means all books and records of a Person, including ledgers, federal and state tax returns, records regarding the Person’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition, and all computer programs or storage or any equipment containing such information.

“Borrowers” has the meaning given it in the preamble.  The term “each Borrower” shall refer to each Person comprising the Borrower if there is more than one (1) such Person, or the sole Borrower if there is only one (1) such Person.  The term “any Borrower” shall refer to any Person comprising the Borrower if there is more than one (1) such Person, or the sole Borrower if there is only one (1) such Person.

“Business Day” means any day that is not (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which Agent is closed.

“Change in Control” means any event, transaction, or occurrence as a result of which (a) any “person” (as such term is defined in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Parent, is or becomes a beneficial owner (within the meaning Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Parent, representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding equity securities; provided that a sale of Parent’s equity securities in a public offering or to venture capital or private equity investors shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if (i) Borrower identifies to Agent the proposed purchasers at least five (5) Business Days prior to the closing of the transaction and provides to Agent a description of the material terms of the transaction and (ii) Agent provides it written consent prior to the consummation of such sale (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); (b) Parent ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, all of the economic and voting rights associated with the outstanding securities of each of its Subsidiaries; (c) the occurrence of any “change in control” or any term or provision of similar effect under any Subordinated Debt Document or any Credit Party’s Operating Documents; or (d) any Credit Party ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, all of the economic and voting rights associated with the outstanding securities of each of its Subsidiaries.

“Closing Date” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect on the date hereof, as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Financing Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; and provided, further, 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 in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

“Collateral” means all property, now existing or hereafter acquired, mortgaged or pledged to, or purported to be subjected to a Lien in favor of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, all of the property described in Exhibit A hereto.

 

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“Collateral Account” means any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account.

“Commitment Commencement Date” has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule.

“Commitment Termination Date” has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule.

“Commodity Account” means any “commodity account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

“Companies Act” means the Companies Act 2006, enacted in the United Kingdom.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by an authorized officer of Borrower, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Contingent Obligation” means, for any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or not, of that Person for (a) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another such as an obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co‐made, discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is directly or indirectly liable; (b) any obligations for undrawn letters of credit for the account of that Person; and (c) all obligations from any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; but “Contingent Obligation” does not include endorsements in the Ordinary Course of Business.  The amount of a Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation for which the Contingent Obligation is made or, if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability for it determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may not exceed the maximum of the obligations under any guarantee or other support arrangement.

“Control Agreement” means any control agreement, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, entered into among the depository institution at which a Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which Credit Party maintains a Securities Account or a Commodity Account, such Credit Party, and Agent pursuant to which Agent obtains control (within the meaning of the Code) for the benefit of the Lenders over such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account.

“Credit Extension” means an advance or disbursement of proceeds to or for the account of Borrower in respect of a Credit Facility.

“Credit Extension Form” means that certain form attached hereto as Exhibit C, as the same may be from time to time revised by Agent.

“Credit Facility” means a term loan credit facility specified on the Credit Facility Schedule.

“Credit Facility Schedule” means each “Credit Facility Schedule” attached to this Agreement.

“Credit Party” means any Borrower, any Guarantor under a guarantee of the Obligations or any part thereof, and any other Person (other than Agent, a Lender or a participant of a Lender), whether now existing or hereafter acquired or formed, that becomes obligated as a borrower, guarantor, surety, indemnitor, pledgor, assignor or other obligor under any Financing Document; and “Credit Parties” means all such Persons, collectively.

“DARA Therapeutics” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“DEA” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America, any comparable state or local Government Authority, any comparable Government Authority in any non-United States jurisdiction, and any successor agency of any of the foregoing.

“Default” means any fact, event or circumstance which with notice or passage of time or both, could constitute an Event of Default.

 

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“Default Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(b).

“Deposit Account” means any “deposit account” as defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

“Deposit Account Transition Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) one hundred twenty (120) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as Agent may agree in writing) and (b) the date on which Borrowers have satisfied the requirements of paragraph 1 of Post-Closing Obligations Schedule.

“Designated Funding Account” is Borrower’s Deposit Account, account number ******, maintained with Silicon Valley Bank and over which Agent has been granted control for the ratable benefit of all Lenders.

“Dollars,” “dollars” and “$” each means lawful money of the United States.

“Draw Period” means, for each Credit Facility, the period commencing on the Commitment Commencement Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date.

“Drug Application” means a new drug application, an abbreviated drug application, or a product license application for any Product, as appropriate, as those terms are defined in the FDCA.

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with assignments by a Lender due to a forced divestiture at the request of any regulatory agency, the restrictions set forth herein shall not apply and Eligible Assignee shall mean any Person or party becoming an assignee incident to such forced divestiture.

“Environmental Law” means each present and future law (statutory or common), ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, policy, other legal requirement or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority and/or Required Permits imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the workplace, the environment and natural resources, and including public notification requirements and environmental transfer of ownership, notification or approval statutes.

“Equipment” means all “equipment”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all machinery, fixtures, goods, vehicles (including motor vehicles and trailers), and any interest in any of the foregoing.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” has the meaning given it in Section 5.7.

“Event of Default” has the meaning given it in Section 10.1.

“Excluded Accounts” means (a) Payroll Accounts and (b) during the Deposit Account Transition Period, the First Citizens Deposit Accounts.

 

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“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Credit Extension or Applicable Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Credit Extension or Applicable Commitment  or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.6(h)(i) or 2.6(h)(iii), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Sections 2.6(h)(vi) and (vii) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Exigent Circumstance” has the meaning given it in Section 13.14.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the IRC.

“FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America, any comparable state or local Government Authority, any comparable Government Authority in any non-United States jurisdiction, and any successor agency of any of the foregoing.

“FDCA” means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq., and all regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Agent in a commercially reasonable manner.

“Fee Letters” means, collectively, the fee letter agreements among either the Credit Parties and Agent or the Credit Parties and each Lender.

“Financing Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, the Security Documents, each Subordination Agreement and any subordination or intercreditor agreement pursuant to which any Indebtedness and/or any Liens securing such Indebtedness is subordinated to all or any portion of the Obligations, the Fee Letter(s), each note and guarantee executed by one (1) or more Credit Parties in connection with the indebtedness governed by this Agreement, and each other present or future agreement executed by one (1) or more Credit Parties and, or for the benefit of, the Lenders and/or Agent in connection with this Agreement, all as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

“First Citizens Deposit Accounts” means, collectively, the Deposit Accounts of the Credit Parties maintained First Citizens Bank with account numbers *****, ***** and *****.

“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of Credit Parties, ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each calendar year.

“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of Credit Parties, ending on December 31 of each calendar year.

“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

“Funding Date” means any date on which a Credit Extension is made to or on account of Borrower which shall be a Business Day.

 

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“General Intangibles” means all “general intangibles”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation, all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, any trade secret rights, including any rights to unpatented inventions, payment intangibles, royalties, contract rights, goodwill, franchise agreements, purchase orders, customer lists, route lists, telephone numbers, domain names, claims, income and other tax refunds, security and other deposits, options to purchase or sell real or personal property, rights in all litigation presently or hereafter pending (whether in contract, tort or otherwise), insurance policies (including, without limitation, key man, property damage, and business interruption insurance), payments of insurance and rights to payment of any kind.

“Gelclair Distribution Agreement” means that certain Distribution and License Agreement for Gelclair, dated as of September 7, 2012, between Helsinn Healthcare SA (“HHC”) and Midatech US as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to after the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Financing Documents.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization.

“Guarantor” means each Person that is or hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement as a guarantor of the Obligations.

“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum and petroleum products and compounds containing them, including gasoline, diesel fuel and oil; explosives, flammable materials; radioactive materials; polychlorinated biphenyls and compounds containing them; lead and lead-based paint; asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; underground or above-ground storage tanks, whether empty or containing any substance; any substance the presence of which is prohibited by any Laws; toxic mold, any substance that requires special handling; and any other material or substance now or in the future defined as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic substance,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “pollutant” or other words of similar import within the meaning of any Environmental Law, including:  (a) any “hazardous substance” defined as such in (or for purposes of) CERCLA, or any so-called “superfund” or “superlien” Law, including the judicial interpretation thereof; (b) any “pollutant or contaminant” as defined in 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601(33); (c) any material now defined as “hazardous waste” pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 260; (d) any petroleum or petroleum by-products, including crude oil or any fraction thereof; (e) natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel; (f) any “hazardous chemical” as defined pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Part 1910; (g) any toxic or harmful substances, wastes, materials, pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, infectious substances, materials containing lead-based paint or raw materials which include hazardous constituents); and (h) any other toxic substance or contaminant that is subject to any Environmental Laws or other past or present requirement of any Governmental Authority.

“Hazardous Materials Contamination” means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air or other elements on or of the relevant property by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from or disposed of in connection with the relevant property.

“ICS Location” means the premises occupied by Integrated Commercialization Solutions, Inc. of 3101 Gaylord Parkway, Frisco, Texas 75034 USA where Borrowers are storing certain of their Inventory.

“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards, which are the standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board together with the interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board (as amended, supplemented or re-issued from time to time), applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.

 

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“Indebtedness” means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including the Obligations) or the deferred price of, or payment for, property or services, such as reimbursement and other obligations for surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) capital lease obligations, (d) non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, (e) equity securities of such Person subject to repurchase or redemption other than at the sole option of such Person, (f) obligations secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is otherwise an obligation of such Person, (g) “earnouts”, purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts, (h) all Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person, (i) off-balance sheet liabilities and/or pension plan or multiemployer plan liabilities of such Person, and (j) Contingent Obligations.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning given it in Section 14.8.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower under this Agreement and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning given it in Section 13.2(b).

“Insolvency Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986, enacted in the United Kingdom.

“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding by or against any Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the Insolvency Act, 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 relief, or any corporate action, legal proceeding of other procedure or step being taken in relation to: (i) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise); (ii) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor; (iii) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer; (iv) enforcement of any security over any assets; or (v) any analogous procedure or step taken in any jurisdiction.

“Intellectual Property” means all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, trade names, service marks, mask works, rights of use of any name, domain names, or any other similar rights, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, clinical and non-clinical data, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing.

“Inventory” means all “inventory”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished products, including without limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of any Credit Party’s custody or possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of title representing any of the above.

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to purchase or acquire any stock or stock equivalents, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, including the establishment or creation of a Subsidiary, (b) to make or commit to make any acquisition (including through licensing) of (i) of all or substantially all of the assets of another Person, or (ii) any business, Product, business line or product line, division or other unit operation of any Person or (c) to make or purchase any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or any other investment in, any Person.

“IP Security Agreement” means any security agreement executed by a Credit Party that grants (or is prepared as a notice filing or recording with respect to) a Lien or security interest in favor of Agent and/or Lenders on Intellectual Property, each as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor provisions.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Joinder Requirements” has the meaning given it in Section 6.8.

“Key Persons” means the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of Parent as of the Closing Date.

“Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, guidance, guidelines, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions, whether now or hereafter in effect, which are applicable to any Credit Party in any particular circumstance.

“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified on the Credit Facility Schedule as amended from time to time to reflect assignments made in accordance with this Agreement.

“Libor Rate Index” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%) by dividing (a) the rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers appropriate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100%), to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first (1st) day of such Applicable Interest Period or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the preceding Business Day) in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) are offered to major banks in the London interbank market on or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, for a period of thirty (30) days, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, by (b) one hundred percent (100%) minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, that Agent may, upon prior written notice to any Borrower, choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Libor Rate Index. The Libor Rate Index may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable Law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then Applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding loans bearing interest based upon the Libor Rate Index; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “change in applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.  In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such Libor Rate Index and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment.

“Lien” means a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, lien, levy, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law or otherwise against any property.

“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

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“Material Adverse Change” means (a) a material impairment in the perfection or priority of Agent’s Lien (or any Lender’s Lien therein to the extent provided for in the Financing Documents) in the Collateral; (b) a material impairment in the value of any material Collateral; (c) a material adverse change in the business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) or the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); or (d) a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations.

“Material Agreement” means (a) the agreements listed in the Disclosure Schedule, (b) each agreement or contract to which a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is a party relating to Material Intangible Assets or Material Products or Intellectual Property, (c) any agreement with respect to any Material Product, the loss of which would materially impair a Credit Party’s (or any Subsidiary’s) ability to sell or market such Material Product, and (d) any agreement or contract to which such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries is a party the termination of which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

“Material Indebtedness” has the meaning given it in Section 10.1(e).

“Material Intangible Assets” means (a) all of the Credit Parties’ Intellectual Property and (b) each license or sublicense agreements or other agreements with respect to rights in Intellectual Property, that, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), is material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of the Credit Parties, as determined by Agent.

“Material Product” means any Product that accounts for, directly or indirectly, annual Net Revenue of the Credit Parties in excess of $500,000.

“Maturity Date” means December 1, 2021.

“Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(g).

“Midatech US” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Midatech Limited” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Midatech Wales” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“MidCap” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) or ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has at any time (whether presently or in the past) sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or had an obligation to make contributions to or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, contingent or otherwise.

“Net Revenue” means, for any period, Borrowers (a) gross revenues generated solely through the commercial sale of Products by the Borrowers during such period, less (b)(i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by the Borrowers, (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price, (iii) product returns and allowances, (iv) allowances for shipping or other distribution expenses, (iv) set-offs and counterclaims, and (v) any other similar and customary deductions used by the Borrowers in determining net revenues, all, in respect of (a) and (b), as determined in accordance with IFRS and in the Ordinary Course of Business.

“Non-U.S. Credit Party” means each Credit Party that is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof.

“Obligations” means all of Borrower’s obligations to pay when due any debts, principal, interest, Protective Advances, fees, indemnities and other amounts Borrower owes Agent or the Lenders now or later, under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, interest accruing after Insolvency Proceedings begin (whether or not allowed) and debts, liabilities, or obligations of Borrower assigned to the Lenders and/or Agent, and the payment and performance of each other Credit Party’s covenants and obligations under the Financing Documents.  “Obligations” does not include obligations under any warrants issued to Agent or a Lender by the Parent.

 

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“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“OFAC Lists” means, collectively, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (Sept. 25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or other restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable Executive Orders.

“Operating Documents” means, for any Person, such Person’s formation documents, as certified with the Secretary of State of such Person’s state of formation on a date that is no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and (a) if such Person is a corporation, its bylaws in current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto.

“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Credit Party, the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party, as conducted by such Credit Party in accordance with past practices or then current business practices set forth in the most recent operating plan of the Credit Parties to the extent approved by Agent, which shall in any event be at arms-length.

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced this Agreement, or sold or assigned an interest in any Obligation hereunder).

“Other Currency” has the meaning given it in Section 13.19.

“Other Tax Certification” means such certification or evidence, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Borrower and Agent, that any Lender or prospective Lender is exempt from, or eligible for a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding tax or backup withholding tax, including evidence supporting the basis for such exemption or reduction.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

“Parent” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Participant Register” has the meaning given it in Section 13.1(c).

“Payment Date” means the first (1st) calendar day of each calendar month.

“Payroll Account” means deposit accounts of the Credit Parties exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and, in Agent’s discretion, other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s employees and identified to Agent by such Credit Party as such.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor entity thereto.

“Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act 2004, enacted in the United Kingdom.

 

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“Pension Plan” means any employee benefit pension plan that is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code or is covered by Title IV of ERISA (including a Multiemployer Plan) that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has, at any time (whether presently or in the past) sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or had an obligation to make contributions to or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).

“Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993, enacted in the United Kingdom.

“Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate delivered to Agent as of the Closing Date, together with any amendments thereto required under this Agreement.

“Permitted Contest” means a contest maintained in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and with respect to which such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with IFRS shall have been made; provided that compliance with the obligation that is the subject of such contest is effectively stayed during such challenge.

 “Permitted Contingent Obligations” means (a) Contingent Obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (c) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements with title insurers; (d) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of personal property assets permitted under Article 7; (e) Contingent Obligations arising under the Financing Documents; (f) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Contingent Obligations existing or arising under any swap contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Borrower or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation; (g) Contingent Obligations existing or arising in connection with any security deposit or letter of credit obtained for the sole purpose of securing a lease of real property, or in connection with ancillary bank services such as a corporate credit card facility, provided that the aggregate face amount of all such security deposits, letters of credit and ancillary bank services does not at any time exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000); and (h) other Contingent Obligations not permitted by clauses (a) through (g) above, not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means:  (a) Borrower’s Indebtedness to the Lenders and Agent under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents; (b) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and described on the Disclosure Schedule; (c) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; (d) Subordinated Debt; (e) unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; (f) Permitted Contingent Obligations; (g) extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any items of Permitted Indebtedness set forth in (b) and (c) above, provided, however, that the principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not modified to impose more burdensome terms upon the obligors thereunder; (h) Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party, provided that the obligations of the Credit Parties under such intercompany loan shall be subordinated at all times to the Obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder or under the other Financing Documents in a manner satisfactory to Agent; (i) Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of business; (j) unsecured Indebtedness of Midatech Pharma Espana SL, payable to third parties, in the amounts and on the terms and conditions set forth in the documentation delivered by the Credit Parties to Agent prior to the Closing Date (without giving effect to any subsequent amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications or supplements thereto); and (k) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Credit Parties not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate at any time.

 

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“Permitted Investments” means:  (a) Investments existing on the Closing Date and described on the Disclosure Schedule; (b) Investments consisting of cash equivalents; (c) any Investments in liquid assets permitted by Borrower’s investment policy, as amended from time to time, provided that such investment policy (and any such amendment thereto) has been approved in writing by Agent (provided that, under no circumstances shall Borrower be permitted to invest in or hold Margin Stock); (d) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of any Credit Party; (e) Investments consisting of deposit accounts or securities accounts in which Agent has a first priority perfected security interest except as otherwise provided by Section 6.6; (f) if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Investments consisting solely of cash and cash equivalents in a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary solely to the extent that (i) the aggregate amount of such Investments with respect to all Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries does not, at any time, exceed $1,000,000 in any twelve (12) month period and (ii) the aggregate amount of such Investments made in any particular Restricted Foreign Subsidiary does not, at any time, exceed the amount necessary to fund the current and three months’ forward operation of such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary (taking into account their revenue from other sources); (g) Investments by any Credit Party in any Subsidiary now owned or hereafter created by such Credit Party, which Subsidiary (x) is a Borrower or (y) has provided a Guarantee of the Obligations of the Borrowers which Guarantee is secured by a Lien granted by such Subsidiary to Agent in all or substantially all of its property of the type described on Exhibit A hereto and otherwise made in compliance with Section 6.8; (h) Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s board of directors; (i) 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 Business; and (j) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates of the relevant Credit Party, in the ordinary course of business; provided that this paragraph (j) shall not apply to Investments of any Credit Party in any Subsidiary.

“Permitted License” means any non-exclusive license of patent rights of Borrower or its Subsidiaries so long as all such Permitted Licenses are granted to third parties in the Ordinary Course of Business, do not result in a legal transfer of title to the licensed property, and have been granted in exchange for fair consideration.

“Permitted Liens” means: (a) Liens existing on the Closing Date and shown on the Disclosure Schedule or arising under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents; (b) purchase money Liens or capital leases securing no more than One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the aggregate amount outstanding (i) on Equipment acquired or held by a Credit Party incurred for financing the acquisition of the Equipment, or (ii) existing on Equipment when acquired, if the Lien is confined to the property and improvements and the proceeds of the Equipment; (c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either not delinquent or subject to a Permitted Contest, provided that no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under any applicable law in the United States, including, without limitation, the IRC and the treasury regulations adopted thereunder; (d) statutory Liens securing claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other Persons imposed without action of such parties which either (x) arise in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations that are not due or (y) are being contested pursuant to a Permitted Contest; (e) leases or subleases of real property granted in the Ordinary Course of Business, and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of property (other than real property or Intellectual Property) granted in the Ordinary Course of Business, if the leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Agent a security interest; (f) banker’s liens, rights of set-off and Liens in favor of financial institutions incurred made in the Ordinary Course of Business arising in connection with a Credit Party’s Collateral Accounts provided that such Collateral Accounts are subject to a Control Agreement to the extent required hereunder; (g) Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business (other than Liens imposed by ERISA); (h) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default; (i) easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar charges or encumbrances affecting real property not constituting a Material Adverse Change; and (j) Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens described in (a) and (b) above, but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness may not increase.

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.

 

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“Pledge Agreement” means that certain New York law governed Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by certain Credit Parties in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, covering all the equity interests respectively owned by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Pro Rata Share” means, as determined by Agent, with respect to each Credit Facility and Lender holding an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extensions in respect of such Credit Facility, a percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal place) determined by dividing (a) in the case of fully-funded Credit Facilities, the amount of Credit Extensions held by such Lender in such Credit Facility by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Credit Extensions for such Credit Facility, and (b) in the case of Credit Facilities that are not fully-funded, the amount of Credit Extensions and unfunded Applicable Commitments held by such Lender in such Credit Facility by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Credit Extensions and unfunded Applicable Commitments for such Credit Facility.

“Process Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.19.

“Products” means any products manufactured, sold, developed, tested or marketed by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, those products set forth on the Products Schedule (as updated from time to time in accordance with Section 6.16); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any new Product not disclosed on the Products Schedule shall still constitute a “Product” as herein defined.

“Protective Advances” means all audit fees and expenses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of Agent and the Lenders for preparing, amending, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the Financing Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with appeals or Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred by Agent or the Lenders in connection with the Financing Documents.

“Recipient” means Agent and any Lender, as applicable.

“Register” has the meaning given it in Section 13.1(c).

“Registered Intellectual Property” means any patent, registered trademark or servicemark, registered copyright, registered mask work, or any pending application for any of the foregoing.

“Registered Organization” means any “registered organization” as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

“Regulatory Reporting Event” has the meaning given it in Section 6.16(a).

“Regulatory Required Permit” means any and all licenses, approvals and permits issued by the FDA, DEA or any other applicable Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority), including without limitation Drug Applications, necessary for the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of any Product by any applicable Credit Party and its Subsidiaries as such activities are being conducted by such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Product at such time and any drug listings and drug establishment registrations under 21 U.S.C. Section 510, registrations issued by DEA under 21 U.S.C. Section 823 (if applicable to any Product), and those issued by State governments or foreign governments for the conduct of such Credit Party’s or any Subsidiary’s business.

“Required Lenders” means, unless all of the Lenders and Agent agree otherwise in writing, Lenders having (a) more than sixty percent (60%) of the Applicable Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if such Applicable Commitments have expired or been terminated, more than sixty percent (60%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Credit Extensions.

 

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“Required Permit” means all licenses, certificates, accreditations, product clearances or approvals, provider numbers or provider authorizations, supplier numbers, provider numbers, marketing authorizations, other authorizations, registrations, permits, consents and approvals of a Credit Party issued or required under Laws applicable to the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the manufacturing, importing, exporting, possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of goods or services under Laws applicable to the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Required Permits” includes any Regulatory Required Permit.

“Reserve Percentage” means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities”) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve Percentage shall be zero.

“Resolutions” means, with respect to any Person, those resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, adopted by such Person’s Board of Directors or other appropriate governing body and delivered by such Person to Agent approving the Financing Documents to which such Person is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, as well as any other approvals as may be necessary or desired to approve the entering into the Financing Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or in connection therewith.

“Responsible Officer” means any of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Parent or other applicable Credit Party.

“Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” means (a) the Subsidiaries set forth on the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries Schedule on the Closing Date, and (b) each other Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Credit Parties) not organized under the laws of the United States, England or Wales that Agent may agree (in its sole discretion) in writing from time to time after the Closing Date is not required to comply with the Joinder Requirements set forth in Section 6.8(a) and may be designated as an “Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement.

“SEC” has the meaning given it in Section 6.2(a).

“Secretary’s Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by such Person’s secretary (or other appropriate officer acceptable to Agent in its sole but reasonable discretion) on behalf of such Person certifying (a) that such Person has the authority to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under each of the Financing Documents to which it is a party, (b) that attached to such certificate is a true, correct, and complete copy of the Resolutions then in full force and effect authorizing and ratifying the execution, delivery, and performance by such Person of the Financing Documents to which it is a party, (c) the name(s) of the Person(s) authorized to execute the Financing Documents on behalf of such Person, together with a sample of the true signature(s) of such Person(s), (d) that attached to such certificate are true, correct, and complete copies of the Operating Documents of such Credit Party and good standing certificates of such Credit Party certified by the Secretary of State of the state(s) of organization of such Credit Party as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, (e) that attached to such certificate is true, correct, and complete copy of the Credit Party’s Registration Rights Agreement/Investors’ Rights Agreement, voting agreements or other agreements among shareholders and any amendments to the foregoing; and (f) that Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate unless and until such Person shall have delivered to Agent a further certificate canceling or amending such prior certificate.

“Secured Promissory Note” has the meaning given it in Section 2.7.

“Securities Account” means any “securities account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.

“Security Agent” has the meaning given to it in the UK Security Documents.

 

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“Security Documents” means, collectively, the UK Security Documents, the Pledge Agreement, each IP Security Agreement, each Control Agreement, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which one (1) or more Credit Parties or any other Person provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Stated Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(g).

“Subordinated Debt” means indebtedness incurred by any Credit Party which shall be (a) in an amount satisfactory to Agent, (b) made pursuant to documents in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (the “Subordinated Debt Documents”), and (c) subordinated to all of Credit Party’s now or hereafter indebtedness to Agent and the Lenders pursuant to a Subordination Agreement.

“Subordination Agreement” means a subordination, intercreditor, or other similar agreement in form and substance, and on terms, approved by Agent in writing.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Person of which more than fifty percent (50.0%) of the voting stock or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations) is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Testing Date” means each date identified as a “Testing Date” on the Minimum Net Revenue Schedule.

“Transfer” has the meaning given it in Section 7.1.

“UK Credit Parties” means, collectively, Parent, Midatech Limited, Midatech Wales, and each other Credit Party party hereto, from time to time, organized under the laws of England and Wales.

“UK Debenture” means the debenture dated on or about the Closing Date and entered into by each of Parent, Midatech Limited, and Midatech Wales in favor of the Security Agent.

“UK Security Documents” means (i) the UK Debenture and (ii) each other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which a Credit Party or any other Person organized in the United Kingdom provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent or Security Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, and in all cases, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“U.S. Credit Parties” means each Credit Party that is incorporated in the United States or any state thereof.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“Withholding Agent” means the Credit Parties and Agent.

“Zuplenz License Agreement” means that certain License and Supply Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2014, among Monosol RX, LLC and Parent (as successor to Galena Biopharma, Inc.), as the same has been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, prior to the Closing Date.

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON FOLLOWING PAGES]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Closing Date.

BORROWERS:

MIDATECH PHARMA PLC

 

 

By: /s/ James N. Phillips

Name: James N. Phillips

 Title: Director

 

 

MIDATECH PHARMA US INC.

 

 

By: /s/ James N. Phillips

Name: James N. Phillips

 Title: Director

 

 

DARA THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

 

By: /s/ James N. Phillips

Name: James N. Phillips

 Title: Director

 

 

MIDATECH PHARMA (WALES) LIMITED

 

 

By: /s/ James N. Phillips

Name: James N. Phillips

 Title: Director

 

 

MIDATECH LIMITED

 

 

By: /s/ James N. Phillips

Name: James N. Phillips

 Title: Director

 

 

AGENT:

MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST

By:          Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,

its investment manager

By:          Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,

its general partner

By: /s/ Maurice Amsellem

Name: Maurice Amsellem

 Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

LENDERS:

MIDCAP FUNDING I (IRELAND) LIMITED

By:          Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,

its investment manager

By:          Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,

its general partner

By: /s/ Maurice Amsellem

Name: Maurice Amsellem

 Title: Authorized SignatoryExhibit 4.27

  

The Midatech Pharma 

 Share Incentive Plan

 

Trust Deed and Plan Rules

 

 

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TRUST DEED OF

THE MIDATECH PHARMA SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

This deed is made on       February 2017 between:

	(1)	
Midatech Pharma plc CRN 09216368 with registered office 65 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RQ (“the Company”) and Midatech Limited CRN 04097593 with registered office 65 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RQ and Midatech Pharma (Wales) Limited CRN 04929486 with registered office Oddfellows House, 19 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0AA and such other companies as shall pursuant to Clause 15 of this Deed subsequently enter into a deed of adherence on the one part; and

 

	(2)	
RM2 Trustees Limited CRN 03363760 with registered office Sycamore House, 86-88 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4QS (“the Original Trustee”) on the other part.

 

BACKGROUND

 

		(a)	
The Company has decided to establish a trust, to be constituted as an employees’ share scheme under section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006, on the terms of this Deed

		(b)	
The Original Trustees has agreed to act as the first Trustee of the trust created by this Deed, and on the terms of this Deed

 

		1.	
PURPOSE

 

The purpose of this Deed is to establish a trust for the share incentive plan known as The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan (“the Plan”), which satisfies Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003 (“the Schedule”).

 

	2.	
STATUS

 

The Plan consists of this Deed, the Rules and Appendix A and Appendix B.  The definitions in the Rules apply to this Deed.  The Company shall from time to time determine which of Rules 5 to 8 inclusive shall have effect.  Where the Company determines that Rule 6 shall have effect it shall also specify whether there is to be an Accumulation Period of up to 12 months, which shall apply equally to all Qualifying Employees in the Plan.

 

	3.	
DECLARATION OF TRUST

 

		3.1.	
The Company and the Trustees have agreed that all the Shares and other assets which are issued to or transferred to the Trustees are to be held in the trusts declared by this Deed, and subject to the terms of the Rules.  When Shares or assets are transferred to the Trustees by the Company with the intention of being held as part of the Plan they shall be held upon the trusts and provisions of this Deed and the Rules.

 

		3.2.	
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund upon the following trusts namely:

 

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		(a)	
as to Shares which have not been awarded to Participants (“Unawarded Shares”) upon trust during the Trust Period to allocate those Shares in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the Rules,

 

		(b)	
as to Shares which have been awarded to a Participant (“Plan Shares”) upon trust for the benefit of that Participant on the terms and conditions set out in the Rules,

 

		(c)	
as to Partnership Share Money upon trust to purchase Shares for the benefit of the contributing Qualifying Employee in accordance with the Rules, provided that the Trustees shall be under no duty or obligation to deposit such funds in an interest-bearing account, and

 

		(d)	
as to other assets (“Surplus Assets”) upon trust to use them to purchase further Shares to be held on the trusts declared in (a) above, at such time during the Trust Period and on such terms as the Trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.  The income of Unawarded Shares and Surplus Assets shall be accumulated by the Trustees and added to, and held upon the trusts applying to, Surplus Assets.

 

		3.3.	
The income of Plan Shares and Partnership Share Money shall be dealt with in accordance with the Rules.

 

		3.4.	
The perpetuity period in respect of the trusts and powers declared by this Deed and the Rules shall be the period of 125 years from the date of this Deed.

 

	4.	
NUMBER OF TRUSTEES

 

Unless a corporate Trustee is appointed, there shall always be at least 2 Trustees.  Where there is no corporate Trustee, and the number of Trustees falls below 2, the continuing Trustee has the power to act only to achieve the appointment of a new Trustee.

 

	5.	
INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE COMPANY

 

Subject to Clause 9.9, the Trustees shall be entitled to rely, without further enquiry, on all information supplied to them by the Company in connection with their duties as trustees declared in this Deed, and the Trustees shall not be liable to any Participant or any Participating Company for any loss arising in consequence of the incompleteness or inaccuracy of any such information and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any notice given by the Company to the Trustees in respect of the eligibility of any person to become or remain a Participant shall be conclusive in favour of the Trustee

 

	6.	
RESIDENCE & ROLE OF TRUSTEES

 

	6.1.	
Every Trustee shall be resident in the United Kingdom.  The Company shall immediately remove any Trustee who ceases to be so resident and, if necessary, appoint a replacement.

 

	6.2.	
The Trustees shall supply to the Company on request from time to time by the Company such information relating to the Plan and individual entitlements of Participants under the Plan as it may reasonably require.

 

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	7.	
CHANGE OF TRUSTEES

 

	7.1.	
The Company has the power to appoint or remove any Trustee for any reason.  The change of Trustee shall be effected by executing a deed.  Any Trustee may resign on three months’ notice given in writing to the Company, provided that there will be at least two Trustees or a corporate Trustee immediately after the retirement.  Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the Company shall have the power exercisable by deed to remove any company as Trustee of this Plan and to appoint a new Trustee in the place of such person provided that the power conferred by this clause shall only be operative and capable of taking effect from the later of the date on which the first mentioned Trustee receives notice in writing of such removal and the date on which new Trustee accepts office as such new Trustee.

 

		7.2.	
An outgoing Trustee shall execute all such transfers or other documents, and shall do all such acts or things as may be necessary for vesting the Trust Fund in the continuing or new Trustees or placing it under their control and shall be bound and entitled to assume that any new Trustee is a proper person to have been appointed in accordance with this clause.

 

		7.3.	
A continuing or new Trustee shall cause the endorsement of a memorandum on this Deed as to the trusteeship in accordance with the provisions contained in Clause 7.4 provided that where an outgoing Trustee is liable as a Trustee for any duties or taxes then that Trustee shall not be bound so to transfer the Trust Fund unless reasonable security is provided for indemnifying the outgoing Trustee and that Trustee’s estate against such liability.

 

		7.4.	
On every change in the trusteeship a memorandum shall be endorsed on or permanently annexed to this Deed stating the name of the Trustees for the time being and signed by the continuing or new Trustee.

 

		7.5.	
Any person dealing with the affairs of this Plan shall be entitled to rely upon any memorandum endorsed on this Deed in accordance with Clause 7.4 (or, if there is more than one such memorandum, the latest) as sufficient evidence that the trustee named therein is duly appointed as a Trustee.

 

	8.	
INVESTMENT AND DEALING WITH TRUST ASSETS

 

	8.1.	
Save as otherwise provided for by the Plan (subject to any applicable law, rule or regulation including any regulation relating to insider trading) the Trustees shall not sell or otherwise dispose of Plan Shares.

 

	8.2.	
The Trustees shall obey any directions given by a Participant in accordance with the Rules in relation to his Plan Shares and any rights and income relating to those Shares.  In the absence of any such direction, or provision by the Plan, the Trustees shall take no action.

 

	8.3.	
Subject to Clause 8.4 and any express right of a Participant under this Deed or the Rules to direct the Trustees to take (or not to take) any action relating to that Participant’s Plan Shares, in relation to any matter on which the Trustees have a right or opportunity as a member of the Company to vote or to exercise any other right in respect of Plan Shares held by them on behalf of Participants, the Trustees may, but shall not be obliged to (unless the Company directs the Trustees to in the event of a compromise, a general offer, a takeover or a cash offer (as those terms are defined in Rule 10)), seek irrevocable directions from each Participant as to the manner in which the Trustees should exercise such rights in respect of a Participant’s Plan Shares.

 

	8.4.	
The Trustees shall not be entitled to vote on a show of hands on a particular resolution in respect of Plan Shares held on behalf of Participants unless all directions received from those Participants who have given directions in respect of that resolution are identical.  The Trustees shall not be under any obligation to call for a poll (unless the Company directs the Trustees to in the event of a compromise, a general offer, a takeover or a cash offer (as those terms are defined in Rule 10)), and in the event of any poll the Trustees shall in relation to Plan Shares vote only in accordance with the directions of Participants.  The Trustees shall not exercise any vote (whether on a show of hands or on a poll) in respect of Unawarded Shares.

 

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	8.5.	
The Company and Participating Companies shall, as soon as practicable after deduction from Salary, pass the Partnership Share Money to the Trustees who will put the money into an account with:

 

		(a)	
a person falling within section 991(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act 2007;

 

		(b)	
a building society; or

 

		(c)	
a firm falling within section 991(2)(c) of the Income Tax Act 2007,

 

until it is either used to acquire Partnership Shares on the Acquisition Date, or, in accordance with the Plan, returned to the individual from whose Salary the Partnership Share Money has been deducted.

 

The Trustees shall pass on any interest arising on this invested money to the individual from whose Salary the Partnership Share Money has been deducted.

 

	8.6.	
The Trustees may either retain or sell Unawarded Shares at their absolute discretion.  The proceeds of any sale of Unawarded Shares shall form part of Surplus Assets.

 

	8.7.	
The Trustees shall, unless otherwise directed by the Company, waive any right to dividend payments in respect of Unawarded Shares or securities and the Trustees shall not be liable for any loss to the Trust Fund as a result of such waiver.

 

	8.8.	
The Trustees shall have all the powers of investment of a beneficial owner in relation to Surplus Assets.

 

	8.9.	
The Trustees shall not be under any liability to the Participating Companies or to current or former Qualifying Employees by reason of a failure to diversify investments, which results from the retention of Plan or Unawarded Shares.

 

	8.10.	
The Trustees may delegate powers, duties or discretions to any persons employed by the Corporate Trustee, and on any terms.  No delegation made under this clause shall divest the Trustees of their responsibilities under this Deed or under the Schedule.

 

	8.11.	
The Trustees may allow any Shares to be registered in the name of an appointed nominee provided that such Shares shall be registered in a segregated and designated account.  Such registration shall not divest the Trustees of their responsibilities under this Deed or the Schedule.

 

	8.12.	
The Trustees may at any time, and shall if the Company so directs, revoke any delegation made under this clause or require any Plan assets held by another person to be returned to the Trustees, or both.

 

	8.13.	
The Trustees may, for the purpose of enabling the Trustees or any administrator to exercise the powers and duties of this Trust, seek and act upon the advice of any such firm of legal or other professional advisers and may pay for such advice out of the Trust Fund provided that no such advice shall be sought by the Trustees or the administrator on any occasion without the prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the Company as to the choice of such adviser and the terms on which such advice shall be sought.

 

	9.	
GENERAL TRUSTEES OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS

 

	9.1.	
The Trustees shall join with the Company in establishing and operating the Plan.

 

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	9.2.	
For as long as the Trustees hold Plan Shares:

 

		(a)	
the Trust Fund shall only be applied, and the Trust shall only be used, for the purpose of giving effect to the Plan;

 

		(b)	
the Trustees shall expend any contribution received from any Constituent Company for any one or more of the following purposes:

 

		(i)	
the acquisition of Shares for the purposes of the Plan;

 

		(ii)	
the payment of stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax (if any) on the acquisition of Shares for the purposes of the Plan or when Shares are acquired for or awarded to Participants;

 

		(iii)	
the repayment of sums borrowed in connection with the Plan;

 

		(iv)	
the payment of interest on sums borrowed in connection with the Plan;

 

		(v)	
satisfying any obligations of the Trustees under the Plan; and

 

		(vi)	
paying expenses of the Trustees in connection with the Plan (including the fees of the Trustees, any administrator of the Plan and any professional adviser retained by the Trustees in relation to the operation of the Plan).

 

	9.3.	
The Trustees shall hold and deal with all Plan Shares awarded to or acquired on behalf of any Participant only in accordance with the Rules.

 

	9.4.	
Subject to clause 9.5, the Trustees shall dispose of a Participant's Plan Shares or otherwise deal with any of those Shares or any rights conferred on the Participant only in accordance with directions given by or on behalf of the Participant.

 

	9.5.	
If a liability to income tax or employee NICs arises in relation to a Participant's Plan Shares for which the Trustees is liable to account through PAYE, the Trustees may dispose of such number of that Participant's Plan Shares as will produce sufficient net sale proceeds to meet that liability to income tax and employee NICs.

 

	9.6.	
The Trustees shall have the power to borrow money for the purpose of:

 

		(a)	
acquiring Shares; and

 

		(b)	
paying any other expenses properly incurred by the Trustees in administering the Plan.

 

provided that if such lender is not the Company or a Constituent Company the prior written consent of the Company shall be obtained prior to any such loan being entered into.

 

	9.7	
The Trustees shall respond promptly to any notice or enquiry made by law or under the rules and regulations of the London Stock Exchange, Financial Conduct Authority or other relevant regulator in relation to the Plan.

 

	9.8	
The Trustees shall not hold or acquire more than 5 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue from time to time without the prior consent of the Company.

 

	9.9	
The Trustee shall alert the Company to any changes in legislation that may have a bearing on the operation of the Plan.

 

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	10.	
TRUSTEES OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PLAN

 

Notice of Award of Free and Matching Shares

 

	10.1.	
After Free and/or Matching Shares have been awarded to a Participant, the Trustees shall, within such time period as is usual practice under and consistent with similar plans made under the Schedule, give the Participant a notice stating:

 

		(a)	
the number and description of those Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Shares are subject to any restriction, details of the restriction;

 

		(c)	
their Initial Market Value on the date of Award; and

 

		(d)	
the Holding Period applicable to them.

 

Notice of Award of Partnership Shares

 

	10.2.	
After any Partnership Shares have been acquired for a Participant, the Trustees shall, within such time period as is usual practice under and consistent with similar plans made under the Schedule, give the Participant a notice stating:

 

		(a)	
the number and description of those Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Shares are subject to any restriction, details of the restriction;

 

		(c)	
the amount of money applied by the Trustees in acquiring those shares on behalf of the Participant; and

 

		(d)	
the Market Value in accordance with which the number of Shares awarded to the employee was determined.

 

Notice of Award of Dividend Shares

 

	10.3.	
After Dividend Shares have been acquired on behalf of a Participant, the Trustees shall, within such time period as is usual under and consistent with similar plans made under the Schedule, give the Participant a notice stating:

 

		(a)	
the number and description of those Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Shares are subject to any restriction, details of the restriction;

 

		(c)	
the Market Value on the Acquisition Date;

 

		(d)	
the Holding Period applicable to them; and

 

		(e)	
any amount not reinvested and carried forward for acquisition of further Dividend Shares.

 

Notice of any foreign tax deducted before dividend paid

 

	10.4.	
Where any foreign cash dividend is received in respect of Plan Shares held on behalf of a Participant, the Trustees shall give the Participant notice of the amount of any foreign tax deducted from the dividend before it was paid.

 

Restrictions during the Holding Period

 

	10.5.	
During the Holding Period the Trustees shall not dispose of any Free, Matching or Dividend Shares (whether by transfer to the employee or otherwise) except as allowed by the following paragraphs of the Schedule:

 

		(a)	
paragraph 37 (power of Trustees to accept general offers etc.);

 

		(b)	
paragraph 77 (power of Trustees to raise funds to subscribe for rights issue);

 

		(c)	
paragraph 79 (meeting PAYE obligations); and

 

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		(d)	
paragraph 90(5) (termination of plan: early removal of shares with participant's consent).

 

PAYE Liability etc.

 

	10.6.	
The Trustees may dispose of a Participant’s Shares or accept a sum from the Participant in order to meet a PAYE obligation in any of the circumstances provided in sections 510-512 of ITEPA 2003 (PAYE: shares ceasing to be subject to the plan).

 

Where the Trustees receive a sum of money which constitutes a Capital Receipt in respect of which a Participant is chargeable to income tax under ITEPA 2003, the Trustees shall pay to the employer a sum equal to that on which income tax is so payable.

 

The Trustees shall maintain the records necessary to enable them to carry out their PAYE obligations, and the PAYE obligations of the employer company so far as they relate to the Plan.

 

Where the Participant becomes liable to income tax under ITEPA 2003, Chapter 3 Part 4 of Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 or Chapter 4 Part 4 of Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005, the Trustees shall inform the Participant of any facts which are relevant to determining that liability.

 

Money's worth received by Trustees

 

	10.7.	
The Trustees shall pay over to the Participant as soon as is practicable, any money or money's worth received by them in respect of or by reference to any shares, other than new shares within paragraph 87 of the Schedule (consequences of company reconstructions).

 

This is subject to:

 

		(a)	
the provisions of Part 8 of the Schedule (dividend reinvestment);

 

		(b)	
the Trustees’ obligations under sections 510-514 of ITEPA 2003 (PAYE: obligations to make payments to employer etc); and

 

		(c)	
the Trustees’ PAYE obligations.

 

General offers etc.

 

	10.8.	
If any offer, compromise, arrangement or scheme is made which affects the Free Shares or Matching Shares the Trustees shall notify the Participants.  Each Participant may direct how the Trustees shall act in relation to that Participant’s Plan Shares.  In the absence of any direction, the Trustees shall take no action.

 

Duty to monitor Participants in connected plans

 

	10.9.	
The Trustees shall maintain records of Participants who have participated in one or more other share incentive plans approved under the Schedule established by the Company or a Connected Company.

 

	11.	
POWER OF TRUSTEES TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR A RIGHTS ISSUE

 

If instructed by Participants in respect of their Plan Shares the Trustees may dispose of some of the rights under a rights issue arising from those Shares to obtain enough funds to exercise the remaining rights.  The Trustees shall aggregate fractions which cannot be allocated to Participants and use their reasonable endeavours to sell such fractions and distribute the net proceeds of sale (after deducting any expenses of sale and taxation that may be payable) proportionately amongst Participants whose allocation was rounded down, provided that any sum of less than £3 otherwise distributable to a particular Participant may be retained by the Trustees.

 

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The rights referred to are the rights to buy additional shares or rights in the same company.

 

	12.	
POWER TO AGREE MARKET VALUE OF SHARES

 

Where the Market Value of Shares is to be determined for the purposes of the Schedule, the Trustees may agree with HM Revenue & Customs that it shall be determined by reference to such date or dates, or to an average of the values on a number of dates, as specified in the agreement.

 

	13.	
PERSONAL INTEREST OF TRUSTEES

 

Trustees, Trustee Directors and other officers or employees of a corporate Trustee, shall not be liable to account for any benefit accruing to them by virtue of their:

 

		(a)	
participation in the Plan as a Qualifying Employee;

 

		(b)	
ownership, in a beneficial or fiduciary capacity, of any shares or other securities in any Participating Company;

 

		(c)	
being a director or employee of any Participating Company; or

 

		(d)	
being a creditor, or being in any other contractual relationship with any such Company.

 

	14.	
TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS

 

The Trustees shall hold meetings as often as is necessary for the administration of the Plan.  There shall be at least two Trustees present at a meeting except where the sole Trustee is a corporate Trustee and the Trustees shall give due notice to all the Trustees of such a meeting.  Decisions made at such a meeting by a majority of the Trustees present shall be binding on all the Trustees.  A written resolution signed by all the Trustees shall have the same effect as a resolution passed at a meeting.

 

	15.	
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

Any Subsidiary may with the agreement of the Company become a party to this Deed and the Plan by executing a deed of adherence agreeing to be bound by the Deed and Rules.

 

Any company which ceases to be a Subsidiary shall cease to be a Participating Company.

 

	16.	
EXPENSES OF PLAN

 

The Participating Companies shall meet the costs of the preparation and administration of this Plan.

 

	17.	
LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

 

	17.1.	
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustees and Trustee Directors against any expenses, liabilities and losses which are incurred through acting as a Trustee of the Plan and which cannot be recovered from the Trust Fund.  This does not apply to expenses, liabilities and losses which are incurred through any breach by the Trustees of the terms of this Deed or of any engagement letter for the services of a Trustee entered into between the Company and the Trustee, or for negligence or fraud of the Trustee.

 

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	17.2.	
No decision of or exercise of a power by the Trustee shall be invalidated or questioned on the grounds that a Trustee or any Trustee Director had an interest, in a personal or fiduciary capacity, in the result of the decision or in the exercise of the power, and any Trustee or Trustee Director may vote in respect of a decision or exercise of a power, and be taken into account for the purposes of a quorum, notwithstanding that he has such an interest.

 

	17.3.	
Neither the Trustees nor any Trustee Director shall be under any obligation to become a director or officer or to interfere or otherwise participate in the management of the Company or any other Participating Company notwithstanding that the Trustees have (whether directly or indirectly) a substantial holding in or control of such company or body.

 

	17.4.	
The Trustees shall not be under any obligation to seek information about the affairs of the Company or any other Participating Company other than that normally available or supplied to a holder of the relevant proportion of the then issued shares or debentures of such a company or body (including the payment or non-payment of dividends).

 

	17.5.	
Neither the Trustees nor the Company shall be liable to the Participant (or any other person) for any loss occasioned by delay on the part of the Company or the Trustees in giving effect to a direction or procuring a sale or transfer of any of a Participant’s Plan Shares (whether or not such delay is occasioned by the Company’s obligations to comply with the requirements of a Recognised Stock Exchange or otherwise).

 

	17.6.	
The Trustees shall not be liable for any loss to the capital or income of the Trust Fund occasioned by their failure to interfere or otherwise participate in or enquire into the affairs of such a company or body.

 

	17.7.	
Subject to the provisions of Clause 8, every power or discretion conferred on the Trustees shall be an absolute and uncontrolled power or discretion and:

 

		(a)	
neither a Trustee nor any Trustee Director shall be held liable for any loss or damage occurring as a result of the Trustee concurring, or refusing or failing to concur, in an exercise or proposed exercise of any such power or discretion; and

 

		(b)	
neither the Trustees nor any Trustee Director shall be obliged to give any Participant (or any person who would, but for the exercise or non-exercise of any such power or discretion, be a Participant) any reason nor justification for any exercise or non-exercise of any such power or discretion.

 

	17.8.	
A Trustee who carries on a profession or business may charge for services rendered on a basis agreed with the Company.  A firm or company in which a Trustee is interested or by which he is employed may also charge for services rendered on this basis.

 

	17.9.	
The provisions of sections 37 and 39 of the Trustee Act 1925 shall apply hereto as if any reference therein to a trust corporation were a reference to a company or body corporate carrying on trust business.

 

	18.	
COSTS AND LIEN OF TRUSTEES

 

	18.1.	
All costs, charges and expenses of, and incidental to, the preparation, operation and determination of the Trust or the management of the Trust Fund (including remuneration of the Trustees and any stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax payable) shall be payable by the Constituent Companies in such proportions as the Company shall determine.

 

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	18.2.	
The Trustee’s lien over the Trust Fund in respect of liabilities incurred by them in the performance of their duties (including the repayment of borrowed money and tax liabilities) shall be enforceable subject to the following restrictions:

 

		(a)	
the Trustees shall not be entitled to resort to Partnership Share Money for the satisfaction of any of their liabilities; and

 

		(b)	
the Trustees shall not be entitled to resort to Plan Shares for the satisfaction of their liabilities except to the extent that this is permitted by the Plan.

 

	19.	
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS

 

The Trustees may accept gifts of Shares and other assets which shall be held upon the trusts declared by Clause 3.2 as the case may be.

 

	20.	
AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN

 

The Company may, with the Trustees’ written consent, from time to time amend the Plan provided that:

 

		(a)	
no amendment which would adversely prejudice to a material extent the rights attaching to any Plan Shares awarded to or acquired by Participants may be made nor may any alteration be made giving to Participating Companies a beneficial interest in Plan Shares; and

 

		(b)	
no amendment may be made as a result of which the Plan ceases to be a Qualifying Plan; and

 

		(c)	
if, following registration of the Plan with HM Revenue & Customs at the time of an amendment or addition, any amendment or addition is made to a “key feature” (as defined in paragraph 81B(8) of the Schedule) of the Plan an appropriate declaration shall be made in accordance with paragraph 81B(6) of the Schedule.

 

	21.	
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

 

	21.1.	
The Plan shall terminate:

 

		(a)	
in accordance with a Plan Termination Notice issued by the Company to the Trustees under paragraph 89 of the Schedule; or

 

		(b)	
if earlier, on the expiry of the Trust Period.

 

	21.2.	
The Company shall immediately upon executing a Plan Termination Notice provide a copy of the notice to the Trustees, HM Revenue & Customs and each individual who has Plan Shares or who has entered into a Partnership Share Agreement which was in force immediately before the Plan Termination Notice was issued.

 

	21.3.	
Upon the issue of a Plan Termination Notice or upon the expiry of the Trust Period paragraph 90 of the Schedule shall have effect.

 

	21.4.	
Any Shares or other assets which remain undisposed of after the requirements of paragraph 90 of the Schedule have been complied with shall be held by the Trustees upon trust to pay or apply them to or for the benefit of the Participating Companies as at the termination date in such proportion, having regard to their respective contributions, as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think appropriate.

 

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	22.	
REFERENCES TO TRUSTEE TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO ADMINISTRATOR

 

	22.1.	
References in this Plan to anything done or to be done by or to the Trustees shall be read and construed as including anything done or to be done by or to an administrator pursuant to the powers and duties delegated to the administrator by the Trustees pursuant to Clause 8.12 of the Deed.

 

	22.2.	
Other than as specified in Clause 22.1, this Deed is personal to the parties hereto and no party shall assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under this Deed.

 

24.          COUNTERPARTS

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.

 

25.          PROPER LAW

 

The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales.  The Trustees, all Participating Companies and Participants shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales in relation to any dispute or claim arising under the Plan.

 

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EXECUTED AS A DEED THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN BY:

 

 

	
 

	 	
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Director, Midatech Pharma plc

	 	
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Director, Midatech Limited

	 	
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Director, Midatech Pharma (Wales) Limited

	 	
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Director, RM2 Trustees Limited, Trustee

	 	
 

 

 

 

	
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Director, RM2 Trustees Limited, Trustee

	 	
 

 

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RULES OF THE MIDATECH PHARMA SHARE INCENTIVE 

 PLAN

 

CONTENTS

 

		1.	
DEFINITIONS

 

		2.	
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

		3.	
ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

 

		4.	
PARTICIPATION ON SAME TERMS

 

		5.	
FREE SHARES

 

		6.	
PARTNERSHIP SHARES

 

		7.	
MATCHING SHARES

 

		8.	
DIVIDEND SHARES

 

		9.	
COMPANY RECONSTRUCTIONS

 

		10.	
PROVISION FOR FORFEITURE

 

		11.	
PLAN SHARES CEASING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

		12.	
RIGHTS ISSUES

 

		13.	
RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

 

		14.	
MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

	1.	
DEFINITIONS

 

	1.1	
The following words and expressions have the following meanings:

 

	
“Accumulation Period”

	
in relation to Partnership Shares, the period during which the Trustees accumulate a Qualifying Employee’s Partnership Share Money before acquiring Partnership Shares or repaying it to the employee

	 	 
	
“Acquisition Date”

	
(a)     in relation to Partnership Shares, where there is no Accumulation Period, the meaning given by paragraph 50(4) of the Schedule; and

 

(b)     in relation to Partnership Shares, where there is an Accumulation Period, the meaning given by paragraph 52(5) of the Schedule

 

(c)    in relation to Dividend Shares, the meaning given by paragraph 66(4) of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“AIM”

	
the Alternative Investment Market

	 	 
	
“Associated Company”

	
the same meaning as in paragraph 94 of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“Award Date”

	
in relation to Free and Matching Shares, the date on which such Shares are awarded to Participants

	 	 
	
“Award”

	
(a)    in relation to Free and Matching Shares, the appropriation of Free and Matching Shares to Participants in accordance with the Plan; and

 

(b)    in relation to Partnership Shares and Dividend Shares, the acquisition of Partnership Shares and Dividend Shares on behalf of Qualifying Employees in accordance with the Plan

	 	 
	
“Capital Receipt”

	
the same meaning as in section 502 of ITEPA 2003

	 	 
	
“Close Company”

	
the same meaning as in section 989 of ITA 2007

	 	 
	
“Company”

	
Midatech Pharma plc, CRN 09216368

	 	 
	
“Connected Company”

	
the same meaning as in paragraph 18(3) of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“Control”

	
the same meaning as in section 719 of ITEPA 2003

	 	 
	
“CTA 2010”

	
the Corporation Tax Act 2010

	 	 
	
“Dealing Day”

	
a day on which the Recognised Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business

	 	 
	
“Deed”

	
Trust Deed of The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan

	 	 
	
“Directors”

	
the board of directors of the Company (or a duly authorised committee)

 

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“Dividend Shares”

	
Shares acquired on behalf of a Participant from reinvestment of dividends under Rule 8 of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan

	 	 
	
“Forfeit”

	
the automatic transfer of the beneficial ownership of Free Shares or Matching Shares from a Participant to the Trustees for no consideration and the term “Forfeiture” shall be construed accordingly

	 	 
	
“Free Share 

 Agreement”

	
an agreement in the terms set out in Appendix B (and as amended by the Directors from time to time)

	 	 
	
“Free Shares”

	
Shares awarded under Rule 5 of the Plan which are subject to the Plan

	 	 
	
“Group Plan”

	
the Plan as established by Midatech Pharma plc and extending to its Subsidiaries which are Participating Companies

	 	 
	
“Holding Period”

	
(a)          in relation to Free Shares, the period specified by the Company as mentioned in Rule 5.12;

 

(b)          in relation to Matching Shares, the period specified by the Company as mentioned in Rule 7.5; and

 

(c)          in relation to Dividend Shares, the period of 3 years from the Acquisition Date

	 	 
	
“Initial Market Value”

	
the Market Value of a Share on an Award Date.  Where the Share is subject to a restriction or risk of Forfeiture, the Market Value shall be determined without reference to that restriction or risk

	 	 
	
“ITA 2007”

	
the Income Tax Act 2007

	 	 
	
“ITEPA 2003”

	
the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

	 	 
	
“ITTOIA 2005”

	
the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

 

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“Market Value”

	
in relation to a Share on a given date:

 

(a)    if shares in the Company of the same class as the Shares are then quoted on a Recognised Stock Exchange or AIM and

 

(i)      all of the Shares in respect of which an Award is to be made are purchased in the market over 5 or fewer consecutive Dealing Days ending on the Award Date (or in the case of Partnership Shares and Dividend Shares, the Acquisition Date), the average of the prices at which such shares were so purchased (and for these purposes an Award of Matching Shares and the corresponding acquisition of Partnership Shares with which they are matched, shall be treated as one award of Shares); or

 

(ii)     if all the Shares are not so purchased, the closing quotation of a Share on such Recognised Stock Exchange or AIM on the Dealing Day immediately preceding the date of the Award; and

 

(b)    in any other case, determined in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 and agreed for the purposes of the Plan with HM Revenue & Customs Shares and Assets Valuation on or before that day;

 

PROVIDED that the market value of Shares subject to a restriction shall be determined as if they were not subject to the restriction

	 	 
	
“Matching Shares”

	
Shares awarded under Rule 7 of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan

	 	 
	
“NICs”

	
National Insurance Contributions

	 	 
	
“Participant”

	
an individual who has received under the Plan an Award of Free Shares, Matching Shares or Partnership Shares, or on whose behalf Dividend Shares have been acquired

	 	 
	
“Participating 

 Company”

	
the Company and such of its Subsidiaries as have executed deeds of adherence to the Plan under Clause 16 of the Trust Deed

	 	 
	
“Partnership Shares”

	
Shares awarded under Rule 6 of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan

	 	 
	
“Partnership Share 

 Agreement”

	
an agreement in the terms set out in Appendix A and entitled “Partnership Share Agreement” (and as amended by the Directors from time to time)

 

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“Partnership Share 

 Money”

	
money deducted from a Qualifying Employee’s Salary pursuant to a Partnership Share Agreement and held by the Trustees to acquire Partnership Shares or to be returned to such a person

	 	 
	
“Performance 

 Allowance”

	
the criteria for an Award of Free Shares where:

 

(a)   whether Shares are awarded; or

 

(b)   the number or value of Shares awarded

 

is conditional on performance targets being met

	 	 
	
“Plan”

	
The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan

	 	 
	
“Plan Shares”

	
(a)   Free Shares, Matching Shares or Partnership Shares awarded to Participants;

 

(b)   Dividend Shares acquired on behalf of Participants; and

 

(c)   shares in relation to which paragraph 87(1) (consequences of company reconstructions) of the Schedule applies

 

that remain subject to the Plan

	 	 
	
“Plan Termination 

 Notice”

	
a notice issued under paragraph 89 of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“Qualifying Company”

	
the same meaning as in paragraph 17 of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“Qualifying Corporate 

 Bond”

	
the same meaning as in section 117 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

	 	 
	
“Qualifying Employee”

	
an employee who must be invited to participate in an award in accordance with Rule 3.3 and any employee who the Company has invited in accordance with Rule 3.4

	 	 
	
“Qualifying Period”

	
(a)   in the case of Free Shares such period as the Directors shall decide in relation to each Award, such period not exceeding 18 months ending with the date on which the Award is made

 

(b)   in the case of Partnership Shares and Matching Shares where there is an Accumulation Period such period as the Directors shall decide in relation to each Award, such period not exceeding 6 months ending with the start of the Accumulation Period

 

(c)   in the case of Partnership Shares and Matching Shares where there is no Accumulation Period, such period as the Directors shall decide in relation to each Award, such period not exceeding 18 months ending with the deduction of Partnership Share Money relating to the Award

	 	 
	
“Qualifying Plan”

	
a Share Incentive Plan that meets and continues to meet the requirements of the Schedule

 

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“Recognised Stock 

 Exchange”

	
has the meaning given to it by section 1005 of ITA 2007

	 	 
	
“Redundancy”

	
the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996

	 	 
	
“Relevant Employment”

	
employment by the Company or any Associated Company

	 	 
	
“Rules”

	
the rules of the Plan

	 	 
	
“Salary”

	
the same meaning as in paragraph 43(4) of the Schedule

	 	 
	
“Schedule”

	
Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003

	 	 
	
“Shares”

	
Ordinary Shares of £0.00005 each in the capital of the Company which comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 25 of the Schedule and which are subject to the rights and restrictions as set out in the Company’s Articles of Association.

	 	 
	
“SIP”

	
a share incentive plan within the meaning of section 488(4) of ITEPA 2003

	 	 
	
“Subsidiary”

	
any company which is for the time being under the Control of the Company

	 	 
	
“Tax Year”

	
a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April

	 	 
	
“Trustees”

	
the Trustees or Trustee of the Plan, including a corporate Trustee

	 	 
	
“Trustee Director”

	
a director or officer of a corporate Trustee

	 	 
	
“Trust Fund”

	
all assets transferred to the Trustees to be held on the terms of the Trust Deed and the assets from time to time representing such assets, including any accumulations of income

	 	 
	
“the Trust Period”

	
the period of 125 years beginning with the date of the Deed

 

 

 

	1.2	
References to any Act, or Part, Chapter, or section (including ITEPA 2003, ITTOIA 2005, ITA 2007 and CTA 2010) shall include any statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment of that Act, for the time being in force.

 

	1.3	
Words of the feminine gender shall include the masculine and vice versa and words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa unless, in either case, the context otherwise requires or it is otherwise stated.

 

	2.	
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

The purpose of the Plan is to enable employees of Participating Companies to acquire shares in a company which give them a continuing stake in that company.

 

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	3.	
ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

 

	3.1	
Individuals are eligible to participate in an Award only if:

 

		(a)	
they are employees of a Participating Company;

 

		(b)	
they have been employees of a Qualifying Company at all times during any Qualifying Period.

 

		(c)	
they are eligible on the date(s) set out in paragraph 14(1) of the Schedule; and

 

		(d)	
they do not fail to be eligible under Rule 3.2

 

	3.2	
Individuals are not eligible to participate in an Award of Free Shares, Partnership Shares or Matching Shares in any Tax Year if in that Tax Year they are at the same time participating in an award under another plan established by the Company or a Connected Company and approved under the Schedule, or if they would have received such an award but for their failure to meet a performance target (see Rule 5.5).  If the Qualifying Employee participates in an Award in a Tax Year in which he has already participated in an award of shares under one or more share incentive plans approved under the Schedule and established by the Company or a Connected Company then the limits specified in Rule 5.4 and 6.3 apply as if the Plan and the other plan or plans were a single plan as required by paragraph 18A of the Schedule.

 

Employees who must be invited to participate in Awards

 

	3.3	
Individuals shall be eligible to receive an Award of Shares under the Plan if they meet the requirements in Rule 3.1 and are chargeable to income tax in respect of their employment as a UK resident taxpayer (within the meaning of paragraph 8(2) of the Schedule).  In this case they shall be invited to participate in any Awards of Free Shares, Partnership Shares or Matching Shares, and acquisitions of Dividend Shares, as are set out in the Plan.

 

Employees who may be invited to participate in Awards

 

	3.4	
The Company may also invite any employee who meets the requirements in Rule 3.1 to participate in any Award of Free Shares, Partnership Shares or Matching Shares, and acquisitions of Dividend Shares, as are set out in the Plan.

 

	4.	
PARTICIPATION ON SAME TERMS

 

	4.1	
Every Qualifying Employee shall be invited to participate in an Award on the same terms.  All who do participate in an Award shall do so on the same terms.

 

	4.2	
The Company may make an Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees by reference to their remuneration, length of service or hours worked.

 

	4.3	
The Company may make an Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees by reference to their performance as set out in Rule 5.5.

 

	4.4	
The Company shall decide if/when it may wish to offer an Award to Qualifying Employees and the Company is not obliged to make any such offer.

 

	5.	
FREE SHARES

 

	5.1	
If the Company invites employees to participate in an award of Free Shares then every Qualifying Employee shall enter into an agreement with the Company (a "Free Share Agreement”) in the terms of Appendix B to these Rules.

 

	5.2	
The Trustees, acting with the prior consent of the Company, may from time to time award Free Shares.

 

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	5.3	
The number of Free Shares to be awarded by the Trustees to each Qualifying Employee on an Award Date shall be determined by the Company in accordance with this Rule and Rule 4.

 

Maximum annual Award

 

	5.4	
The Initial Market Value of the Free Shares awarded to a Qualifying Employee in any Tax Year shall not exceed £3,600 (or such other amount as is stated in paragraph 35(1) of the Schedule).

 

Allocation of Free Shares by reference to performance

 

	5.5	
The Company may stipulate that the number of Free Shares (if any) to be awarded to each Qualifying Employee on a given Award Date shall be determined by reference to Performance Allowances.

 

	5.6	
If Performance Allowances are used, they shall apply to all Qualifying Employees.

 

	5.7          	(a)          	Performance Allowances shall be determined by reference to such fair and objective criteria (performance targets) relating to business results as the Company shall determine over such period as the Company shall specify;

 

		(b)	
performance targets must be set for performance units of one or more employees; and

 

		(c)	
for the purposes of an Award of Free Shares an employee must not be a member of more than one performance unit.

 

	5.8	
Where the Company decides to use Performance Allowances it shall, as soon as reasonably practicable:

 

		(a)	
notify each employee participating in the Award of the performance targets and measures which, under the Plan, shall be used to determine the number or value of Free Shares awarded to him; and

 

		(b)	
notify all Qualifying Employees of the Company or, in the case of a Group Plan, of any Participating Company, in general terms, of the performance targets and measures to be used to determine the number or value of Free Shares to be awarded to each Participant in the Award.

 

	5.9	
The Company shall determine the number of Free Shares (if any) to be awarded to each Qualifying Employee by reference to performance using Method 1 or Method 2.  The same method shall be used for all Qualifying Employees for each Award.

 

Performance Allowances: Method 1

 

	5.10	
By this Method:

 

		(a)	
at least 20% of Free Shares awarded in any performance period shall be awarded without reference to performance;

 

		(b)	
the remaining Free Shares shall be awarded by reference to performance; and

 

		(c)	
the highest Award made to an individual by reference to performance in any period shall be no more than four times the highest Award to an individual without reference to performance.

 

If this Method is used:

 

		·	
the Free Shares awarded without reference to performance (paragraph (a) above) shall be awarded on the same terms mentioned in Rule 4; and

 

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		·	
the Free Shares awarded by reference to performance (paragraph (b) above) need not be allocated on the same terms mentioned in Rule 4.

 

Performance Allowances: Method 2

 

	5.11	
By this method:

 

(a)          some or all Free Shares shall be awarded by reference to performance;

 

		(b)	
the Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees who are members of the same performance unit shall be made on the same terms, as mentioned in Rule 4; and

 

		(c)	
Free Shares awarded for each performance unit shall be treated as separate Awards.

 

Holding Period for Free Shares

 

	5.12	
The Company shall, in relation to each Award Date, specify a Holding Period throughout which a Participant shall be bound by the terms of the Free Share Agreement.

 

	5.13	
The Holding Period shall, in relation to each Award, be a specified period of not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years, beginning with the Award Date, and shall be the same for all Participants who receive an Award at the same time.  The Holding Period shall not be increased in respect of Free Shares already awarded under the Plan.

 

	5.14	
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:

 

		(a)	
to accept an offer for any of their Free Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or

 

		(b)	
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Free Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c); or

 

		(c)	
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Free Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their shares, or to holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010; or

 

		(d)	
to exercise a right, if in the case of a takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the Companies Act 2006) there arises a right under section 983 of that Act to require the offeror to acquire the Participant’s Free Shares, or such of them as are of a particular class; or

 

		(e)	
to agree to a transaction affecting their Free Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting;

 

		(i)	
all of the ordinary share capital of the Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or

 

		(ii)	
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan approved under the Schedule.

 

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	5.15	
The obligations of the Participant with respect to the Holding Period will end:

 

		(a)	
if the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment and this may lead to Forfeiture of the Free Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Company terminates the Plan in accordance with clause 22 of the Deed and the Participant has consented to the transfer of the Shares to the Participant.

 

	5.16	
The Company may stipulate that the number of Free Shares awarded to a Qualifying Employee may be Forfeited in the circumstances set out in the Free Share Agreement provided that any provision for Forfeiture shall comply with the requirements of Rule 10.

 

	6.	
PARTNERSHIP SHARES

 

	6.1	
The Company may at any time invite every Qualifying Employee to enter into an agreement with the Company (a “Partnership Share Agreement”).

 

Maximum amount of deductions

 

	6.2	
The amount of Partnership Share Money deducted from an employee’s Salary shall not exceed £1,800 in a Tax Year (or such other amount as is stated in paragraph 46(1) of the Schedule).  If there is an Accumulation Period, the Company may set a maximum monthly amount that may be deducted from an employee’s Salary and this shall be set before the start of any Accumulation Period and stated in the Partnership Share Agreement.

 

	6.3	
The amount of Partnership Share Money deducted in a Tax Year must not exceed 10% of the employee’s Salary for that Tax Year (or such other percentage as is stated in paragraph 46(2) of the Schedule).

 

	6.4	
Any amount deducted in excess of that allowed by Rule 6.3 or 6.4 shall be paid over to the employee, subject to both deduction of income tax under PAYE and NICs, as soon as practicable.

 

Minimum amount of deductions

 

	6.5	
The minimum amount to be deducted under the Partnership Share Agreement on any occasion shall be the same in relation to all Partnership Share Agreements entered into in response to invitations issued on the same occasion.  It shall not be greater than £10.

 

Notice of possible effect of deductions on benefit entitlement

 

	6.6	
Every Partnership Share Agreement shall contain a notice under paragraph 48 of the Schedule.

 

 

Restriction imposed on number of Shares awarded

 

	6.7	
The Company may specify the maximum number of Shares to be included in an Award of Partnership Shares.

 

	6.8	
The Partnership Share Agreement shall contain an undertaking by the Company to notify each Qualifying Employee of any restriction on the number of Shares to be included in an Award.

 

	6.9	
The notification in Rule 6.9 above shall be given:

 

		(a)	
if there is no Accumulation Period, before the deduction of the Partnership Share Money relating to the Award; and

 

		(b)	
if there is an Accumulation Period, before the beginning of the Accumulation Period relating to the Award.

 

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Plan with no Accumulation Period

 

	6.10	
The Trustees shall acquire Shares on behalf of the Qualifying Employee using the Partnership Share Money.  They shall acquire the Shares on the Acquisition Date.  The number of Shares awarded to each employee shall be determined in accordance with the Market Value of the Shares on that date.

 

Plan with Accumulation Period

 

	6.11	
If there is an Accumulation Period, the Trustees shall acquire Shares on behalf of the Qualifying Employee, on the Acquisition Date, using the Partnership Share Money.

 

	6.12	
The Partnership Share Agreement shall state whether the number of Shares acquired on behalf of each Participant shall be determined by reference to:

 

		(a)	
the Market Value of the Shares at the beginning of the Accumulation Period; or

 

		(b)	
the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date; or

 

		(c)	
the lower of the Market Value of the Shares at the beginning of the Accumulation Period and the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date.

 

	6.13	
If a transaction occurs during an Accumulation Period which results in a new holding of shares being equated for the purposes of capital gains tax with any of the shares to be acquired under the Partnership Share Agreement, the employee may agree that the Partnership Share Agreement shall have effect after the time of that transaction as if it were an agreement for the purchase of shares comprised in the new holding.

 

Surplus Partnership Share Money

 

	6.14	
Any surplus Partnership Share Money remaining after the acquisition of Shares by the Trustees:

 

		(a)	
may, with the agreement of the Participant, be carried forward to the next Accumulation Period or if there is no Accumulation Period to the next deduction; and

 

		(b)	
in any other case, shall be paid over to the Participant, subject to both deduction of income tax under PAYE and NICs, as soon as practicable.

 

Scaling down

 

	6.15	
If the Company receives applications for Partnership Shares exceeding the Award maximum determined in accordance with Rule 6.8 then the following steps shall be taken in sequence until the excess is eliminated.

 

		Step 1.	
the excess of the monthly deduction chosen by each applicant over £10.00 shall be reduced pro rata;

 

		Step 2.	
all monthly deductions shall be reduced to £10.00;

 

		Step 3.	
applications shall be selected by lot, each based on a monthly deduction of £10.00.

 

Each application shall be deemed to have been modified or withdrawn in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and each employee who has applied for Partnership Shares shall be notified of the change.

 

Withdrawal from Partnership Share Agreement

 

	6.16	
An employee may withdraw from a Partnership Share Agreement at any time by notice in writing to the Company.  Unless a later date is specified in the notice, such a notice shall take effect 30 days after the Company receives it.  Any Partnership Share Money then held on behalf of an employee shall be paid over to that employee as soon as practicable.  This payment shall be subject to income tax under PAYE and NICs.

 

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Repayment of Partnership Share Money on the Plan ceasing to Qualify or on Termination

 

	6.17	
If the Plan ceases to Qualify or a Plan Termination Notice is issued in respect of the Plan, any Partnership Share Money held on behalf of employees shall be repaid to them as soon as practicable, subject to deduction of income tax under PAYE, and NICs.

 

Notice to stop or change deductions

 

	6.18	
An employee may at any time give notice in writing to the Company directing the Company to procure that deductions being made from his Salary pursuant to a Partnership Share Agreement be stopped or the amount of those deductions varied subject to the limits in Rules 6.3 and 6.4.

 

	6.19	
If an employee has given a notice to stop his deductions pursuant to Rule 6.19 he may (on one occasion only in any Accumulation Period) subsequently give notice in writing to the Company directing the Company to procure that deductions are again made pursuant to the Partnership Share Agreement.

 

	6.20	
If an employee has given a notice to vary his deductions pursuant to Rule 6.19 he may (on one occasion only in any Accumulation Period) subsequently give notice in writing to the Company directing the Company to procure that deductions are varied again.

 

	6.21	
Unless an employee specifies a later date in any such notice, the Company shall procure that:

 

		(a)	
within 30 days of receiving a notice given pursuant to Rule 6.19 no further deductions shall be made or the amount of the deductions shall be altered as the case may be; and

 

		(b)	
if a notice is given pursuant to Rule 6.20 the first deduction made thereafter shall be made not later than the date on which the first deduction is due to be made under the relevant Partnership Share Agreement more than 30 days after the receipt of such a notice; and

 

		(c)	
if a notice is given pursuant to Rules 6.21 the alteration to the amount of the first deduction made thereafter shall be made not later than the date on which the first deduction is due to be made under the relevant Partnership Share Agreement more than 30 days after the receipt of such a notice; and

 

	6.22	
An employee may not make up any deduction that has been missed in consequence of him having given such notices.

 

	7.	
MATCHING SHARES

 

	7.1	
If the Company invites employees to participate in an award of Matching Shares then the Partnership Share Agreement shall set out the basis on which a Participant is entitled to Matching Shares in accordance with this part of the Rules.

 

General requirements for Matching Shares

 

	7.2	
Matching Shares shall:

 

		(a)	
be Shares of the same class and carrying the same rights as the Partnership Shares to which they relate;

 

		(b)	
subject to Rule 7.4, be awarded on the same day as the Partnership Shares to which they relate are acquired on behalf of the Participant; and

 

		(c)	
be awarded to all Participants on exactly the same basis.

 

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Ratio of Matching Shares to Partnership Shares

 

	7.3	
The Partnership Share Agreement shall specify the ratio of Matching Shares to Partnership Shares for the time being offered by the Company and that ratio shall not exceed 2:1 (or such other ratio as is stated in paragraph 60(2) of the Schedule). The Company may vary the ratio before Partnership Shares are acquired.  Employees shall be notified of the terms of any such variation before the Partnership Shares are awarded under the Partnership Share Agreement.

 

	7.4	
If the Partnership Shares on that day are not sufficient to produce a Matching Share, the match shall be made when sufficient Partnership Shares have been acquired to allow at least one Matching Share to be appropriated.

 

Holding Period for Matching Shares

 

	7.5	
The Company shall, in relation to each Award Date, specify a Holding Period throughout which a Participant shall be bound by the terms of the Partnership Share Agreement.

 

	7.6	
The Holding Period shall, in relation to each Award, be a specified period of not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years, beginning with the Award Date and shall be the same for all Participants who receive an Award at the same time. The Holding Period shall not be increased in respect of Matching Shares awarded under the Plan.

 

	7.7	
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:

 

		(a)	
to accept an offer for any of their Matching Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those original Shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or

 

		(b)	
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Matching Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c); or

 

		(c)	
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Matching Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their Shares or to the holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010; or

 

		(d)	
to exercise a right, if in the case of a takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the Companies Act 2006) there arises a rights under section 983 of that Act to require the offeror to acquire the Participant’s Free Shares, or such of them as are of a particular class; or

 

		(e)	
to agree to a transaction affecting their Matching Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting;

 

		(i)	
all of the ordinary share capital of the Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or

 

		(ii)	
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan approved under the Schedule.

 

	7.8	
The obligations of the Participant with respect to the Holding Period will end:

 

		(a)	
if the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment and this may lead to the Forfeiture of the Matching Shares;

 

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		(b)	
if the Company terminates the Plan in accordance with Clause 22 of the Deed and the Participant has consented to the transfer of the Shares to the Participant.

 

	7.9	
The Company may stipulate that the number of Matching Shares awarded to a Qualifying Employee may be Forfeited in the circumstances set out in the Partnership Share Agreement provided that any provision for Forfeiture shall comply with the requirements of Rule 10.

 

	8.	
DIVIDEND SHARES

 

Reinvestment of cash dividends

 

	8.1	
The Free Share Agreement or Partnership Share Agreement, as appropriate, shall set out the rights and obligations of Participants receiving Dividend Shares under the Plan.

 

	8.2	
The Company may direct that any cash dividend in respect of Plan Shares held on behalf of Participants may be applied in acquiring further Plan Shares on their behalf.

 

	8.3	
Dividend Shares shall be Shares:

 

		(a)	
of the same class and carrying the same rights as the Shares in respect of which the dividend is paid; and

 

		(b)	
which are not subject to any provision for Forfeiture.

 

	8.4	
The Company may decide to:

 

		(a)	
apply the Specified Percentage of all Participants’ dividends to acquire Dividend Shares;

 

		(b)	
to pay all dividends in cash to all Participants; or

 

		(c)	
to offer Participants the choice of either (a) or (b) above.

 

	8.5	
The Company may revoke any direction for reinvestment of cash dividends.

 

	8.6	
The Specified Percentage referred to in Rule 8.4(a) may be an amount up to and including 100 per cent. and may from time to time be modified by the Company.  The Dividend Shares are those acquired under this Plan and those acquired under any other plan approved under the Schedule.  In exercising their powers in relation to the acquisition of Dividend Shares the Trustees must treat Participants fairly and equally.

 

	8.7	
The Trustees shall apply the Specified Percentage of the cash dividend to acquire Shares on behalf of the Participant on the Acquisition Date.  The number of Dividend Shares acquired on behalf of each Participant shall be determined by the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date.

 

Certain amounts not reinvested to be carried forward

 

	8.8	
Any amount that is not reinvested because the amount of the cash dividend is insufficient to acquire a Share may be retained by the Trustees and carried forward to be added to the amount of the next cash dividend to be reinvested.

 

	8.9	
If the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment or a Plan Termination Notice is issued the amount shall be repaid to the Participant as soon as practicable.  On making such a payment, the Participant shall be provided with the information specified in paragraph 80(4) of the Schedule.

 

Holding Period for Dividend Shares

 

	8.10	
The Holding Period shall be a period of 3 years, beginning with the Acquisition Date.

 

	8.11	
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:

 

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		(a)	
to accept an offer for any of their Dividend Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or

 

		(b)	
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Dividend Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c); or

 

		(c)	
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Dividend Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their shares or to holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010; or

 

		(d)	
to agree to a transaction affecting their Dividend Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting;

 

		(i)	
all of the ordinary share capital of the Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or

 

		(ii)	
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan approved under the Schedule.

 

	8.12	
Where a Participant is charged to tax in the event of their Dividend Shares ceasing to be subject to the Plan, they shall be provided with the information specified in paragraph 80(4) of the Schedule.

 

	9.	
COMPANY RECONSTRUCTIONS

 

	9.1	
The following provisions of this Rule apply if there occurs in relation to any of a Participant’s Plan Shares (referred to in this Rule as “the Original Holding”):

 

		(a)	
a transaction which results in a new holding (referred to in this Rule as “the New Holding”) being equated with the Original Holding for the purposes of capital gains tax; or

 

		(b)	
a transaction which would have that result but for the fact that what would be the new holding consists of or includes a Qualifying Corporate Bond.

 

	9.2	
If an issue of shares of any of the following description (in respect of which a charge to income tax arises) is made as part of a company reconstruction, those shares shall be treated for the purposes of this Rule as not forming part of the New Holding:

 

		(a)	
redeemable shares or securities issued as mentioned in paragraph C or D in section 1000(1) of CTA 2010;

 

		(b)	
share capital issued in circumstances such that section 1022(3) CTA 2010 (bonus issues) applies; or

 

		(c)	
share capital to which section 410 ITTOIA 2005 (stock dividends) applies that is issued in a case where subsection (2) or (3) of that section applies.

 

	9.3	
In this Rule:

 

“Corresponding Shares” in relation to any New Shares, means the Shares in respect of which the New Shares are issued or which the New Shares otherwise represent.

 

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“New Shares” means shares comprised in the New Holding which were issued in respect of, or otherwise represent, shares comprised in the Original Holding.

 

	9.4	
Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, references in this Plan to a Participant’s Plan Shares shall be respectively construed, after the time of the company reconstruction, as being or, as the case may be, as including references to any New Shares.

 

	9.5	
For the purposes of the Plan:

 

		(a)	
a company reconstruction shall be treated as not involving a disposal of Shares comprised in the Original Holding; and

 

		(b)	
the date on which any New Shares are to be treated as having been appropriated to or acquired on behalf of the Participant shall be that on which Corresponding Shares were so appropriated or acquired.

 

	9.6	
In the context of a New Holding, any reference in this Rule to shares includes securities and rights of any description which form part of the New Holding for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

 

	10.	
PROVISION FOR FORFEITURE

 

	10.1	
The Company may determine that Free Shares or Matching Shares to be awarded at an Award Date shall, subject to Rules 10.2 to 10.9, be subject to Forfeiture in the following circumstances only:

 

		(a)	
on the Participant ceasing to be in Relevant Employment at any time within a specified number of years of the relevant Award Date (such period shall be specified at the time an Award is offered);

 

		(b)	
on the Participant withdrawing the shares from the plan in that period; or

 

		(c)	
in the case of Matching Shares, on the Participant withdrawing the Partnership Shares in respect of which those shares were awarded from the Plan within that period.

 

	10.2	
No Forfeiture shall occur if an event referred to in Rule 10.1(a) above arises by reason the Participant ceasing to be in Relevant Employment:

 

		(a)	
because of injury or disability;

 

		(b)	
on being dismissed by reason of Redundancy or by reason of a transfer to which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 apply;

 

		(c)	
if the Relevant Employment is employment by an Associated Company, by reason of a change of control or other circumstances ending that company’s status as an Associated Company;

 

		(d)	
by reason of the Participant’s retirement; or

 

		(e)	
on the Participant’s death.

 

	10.3	
No Forfeiture shall occur if an event referred to in Rule 10.1 above arises by reason of Shares being withdrawn from the plan (the “relevant shares”) as a result of any of the following circumstances:

 

		(a)	
a transaction resulting from a compromise, arrangement or scheme falling within subsection 498(9) ITEPA 2003 (a “compromise”); or

 

		(b)	
an offer forming part of a general offer falling within subsection 498(10) ITEPA 2003 (a “general offer”); or

 

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		(c)	
the application of sections  979 to 982 or 983 to 985 of the Companies Act 2006 (a “takeover offer”); or

 

		(d)	
if as a result of any of the circumstances set out in this Rule 10.3, the participant receives cash (and no other assets) in exchange for the relevant shares (a “cash offer”).

 

	10.4	
Rule 10.3 shall not apply to the relevant shares (or a proportion of them) if:

 

		(a)	
in connection with a compromise, a general offer, a takeover offer or a cash offer, a course of action was open to the Participant which, had it been followed would have resulted in other assets being received in exchange for the relevant shares (or a proportion of them) instead of cash; or

 

		(b)	
if it is reasonable to suppose that the relevant shares (or a proportion of them) would not have been awarded to the Participant had the compromise, general offer, takeover offer or cash offer not been made, or had any arrangements for the making of the compromise, general offer, takeover offer or cash offer not been in place or under consideration.

 

	10.5	
Forfeiture shall not be linked to the performance of any person or persons.

 

	10.6	
The same provision for Forfeiture shall apply in relation to all Free or Matching Shares included in the same Award under the Plan.

 

	10.7	
The Company shall inform all Qualifying Employees of any provision for Forfeiture in respect of any proposed Award at least 14 days before the closure date for return by Participants of signed Free Share Agreements or Partnership Share Agreements in respect of that Award.

 

	10.8	
No provision for Forfeiture may be made in respect of Partnership Shares or Dividend Shares.

 

	10.9	
Where shares are subject to Forfeiture under the terms of this Rule they shall be constituted Unawarded Shares under the terms of the Trust.

 

	11.	
PLAN SHARES CEASING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

	11.1	
Plan Shares cease to be subject to the Plan on the earliest of the following:

 

		(a)	
When they are withdrawn from the Plan by the Participant (subject to Rule 10); or

 

		(b)	
When the relevant Participant’s employment with a Participating Company or any Associated Company ends (and he is not employed by any other Participating Company or Associated Company).

 

	11.2	
If a Participant is expected to acquire Partnership Shares under a Partnership Share Agreement but his employment with a Participating Company or any Associated Company ends (and he is not employed by any other company that is a Participating Company or an Associated Company) before the Acquisition Date:

 

		(a)	
If there is an Accumulation Period and it has ended; or

 

		(b)	
If there is no Accumulation Period, but Partnership Share Money has been deducted,

 

for the purposes of Rule 11.1(a), his employment is treated as ending immediately after the relevant Partnership Share Award is made.

 

SIP Plan Rules

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	11.3	
Subject to Rule 10, the Trustees will transfer or dispose of Shares that cease to be subject to the Plan under Rule 11.1 as soon as possible in accordance with the Participants’ instructions.  This is provided the Shares are not required by the Trustee to discharge the Participant’s PAYE obligations in accordance with clause 10.6 of the Deed.

 

	12.	
RIGHTS ISSUES

 

	12.1	
Any shares or securities allotted under Clause 12 of the Trust Deed shall be treated as Plan Shares identical to the shares in respect of which the rights were conferred.  They shall be treated as if they were awarded to or acquired on behalf of the Participant under the Plan in the same way and at the same time as those shares.

 

	12.2	
Rule 12.1 does not apply:

 

		(a)	
to shares and securities allotted as the result of taking up a rights issue where the funds to exercise those rights were obtained otherwise than by virtue of the Trustees disposing of rights in accordance with this Rule; or

 

		(b)	
where the rights to a share issue attributed to Plan Shares are different from the rights attributed to other ordinary shares of the Company.

 

	13.	
RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

 

	13.1	
Nothing in the Trust Deed or this Plan shall in any way be construed as imposing upon a Participating Company a contractual obligation as between the Participating Company and any Qualifying Employee to contribute or to continue to contribute to the Plan or (subject to Rules 3 and 4) to make any Award to Qualifying Employees in general.

 

	13.2	
In no circumstances shall any person who has ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary by reason of dismissal or otherwise howsoever or who is under notice of termination of his employment be entitled to claim as against any Participating Company or Subsidiary or the Trustee any compensation for or in respect of any consequential loss he may suffer by reason of the operation of the terms of the Plan or of the provisions of CTA 2010, ITEPA 2003 or the Schedule.

 

	13.3	
The benefit to a Participant of any Plan Shares held by him shall not form any part of his remuneration or count as his remuneration for any purpose and shall not be pensionable.

 

	14.	
MISCELLANEOUS

 

	14.1	
Any notice or other communication under or in connection with Plan Shares may be given by a Participant or the Trustees or any Participating Company either personally or by post; items sent by post shall be prepaid and shall be deemed to have been served 72 hours after posting.

 

	14.2	
By entering into a Free Share Agreement or a Partnership Share Agreement a Participant agrees that the Trustees or any Participating Company or any person retained by any of the foregoing in relation to the operation or administration of  the Plan, may obtain, store and process data about the Participant in connection with the Plan and agrees further that any of the aforementioned parties or other third parties may use the information to contact the Participant from time to time by post, fax, email or telephone in connection with the operation of the Plan and to process information including personal data and personal sensitive data as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of the Plan including all relevant disclosures to HM Revenue and Customs.

 

SIP Plan Rules

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	14.3	
Save as otherwise provided in these Rules, a person who is not a party to a Free Share Agreement or a Partnership Share Agreement shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to rely upon or enforce any term of these Rules or any Free Share Agreement or Partnership Share Agreement.  This Rule shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

 

SIP Plan Rules

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APPENDIX A

 

The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan (“THE PLAN”):

 

 PARTNERSHIP SHARE AGREEMENT

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE SIGNING

 

 

This agreement is between:                                            BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE

	
Participant (“the 

 Participant”)

and

	
Full Name

 

 

	 
	
Home Address

 

 

 

	 
	
National Insurance 

Number

 

(see payslip)

	 
	
Midatech Pharma plc 

 (“the Company”)

and

	
Registered Address

 

	
65 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RQ

	
Registered Number

 

	
09216368

	
RM2 Trustees Limited CRN 03363760 with registered office Sycamore House, 86-88 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4QS (“the Trustees”)

This agreement sets out the terms on which the Participant agrees to take part under the terms of the Plan and is subject to the Rules of the Plan and the Company’s Articles of Association.  The definitions in the Rules of the Plan apply to this agreement.

NOTICE TO PARTICIPANT ABOUT POSSIBLE EFFECT ON BENEFITS

 

Deductions from your pay to buy Partnership Shares under this agreement may affect your entitlement to, or the level of, some contributory social security benefits, statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay.

 

They may also have a similar effect in respect of some contributory social security benefits paid to your spouse or civil partner.

 

With this agreement you should have been given information on the effect of deductions from your pay to buy Partnership Shares on entitlement to social security benefits, statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay. The effect is particularly significant if your earnings are brought below the lower earnings limit for National Insurance purposes, and is explained in the information: it is therefore important that you read it. If you have not been given a copy, ask your employer for it. Otherwise a copy may be obtained from any office of HM Revenue and Customs the Department for Works and Pensions, or, in Northern Ireland, the Department for Social Development. You should take the information you have been given into account in deciding whether to buy Partnership Shares.

 

Alternatively you can download the leaflet IR177 from the HMRC website, at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/share-incentive-plans-and-your-entitlement-to-benefits-ir177

 

Partnership Share Agreement

Page 1 of 4

 

PARTICIPANT

 

		1.	
(a) I agree to allow my employer to deduct the following amount per month from my Salary in the April 2017 payroll until I provide alternative instructions to Human resources (enter amount in box):

 

	
£

	
 

Insert monthly amount between £10 and £150

 

  

Note: Salary includes cash bonuses but not the value of any non-cash items.  The total of deductions cannot exceed the lesser of £1,800 or 10% of salary in any tax year.

		2.	
I agree that these deductions will be used to buy Partnership Shares in Midatech Pharma plc for me on the Acquisition Date/s.

 

		3.	
I agree to accept Matching Shares in Midatech Pharma plc awarded to me under the Plan and leave them in the hands of the Trustees, and not to assign, charge or otherwise dispose of my beneficial interest in the shares for the whole of the Holding Period of 3 years.

 

		4.	
I agree that all dividends paid on my shares will be paid into my bank / building society account.

 

		5.	
I understand that shares may fall in value as well as rise.

 

		6.	
I have read this agreement and The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan [Information Summary] and I agree to be bound by this agreement, the rules of the Plan and the Company’s Articles of Association (as amended from time to time).

 

COMPANY

 

		7.	
The Company agrees to arrange for shares in Midatech Pharma plc to be bought for me, according to the Rules of the Plan.

 

		8.	
The Company agrees to provide 1 Matching Share for every 1 Partnership Share.

 

		9.	
The Company undertakes to notify me of any restriction on the number of Partnership Shares available in the Award.

 

TRUSTEE

 

		10.	
The Trustees agrees to keep my Salary deductions in a designated bank account complying with the Trust Deed and Rules until they are used to buy shares in Midatech Pharma plc for me.

 

Partnership Share Agreement

Page 2 of 4

 

Rights and Obligations

 

		1.	
I agree that taking part in the Plan does not affect my rights, entitlements and obligations under my contract of employment, and does not give me any rights or additional rights to compensation or damages if my employment ceases.

 

		2.	
I may stop the deductions from my Salary at any time or begin them again, by writing to Midatech HR.

 

		3.	
I agree that the deductions from my Salary, or the number of shares that I receive may be scaled down if the limit on the number of shares set by the Company for this award is exceeded.

 

		4.	
I may ask the Trustees for my Partnership Shares at any time, but I may have to pay income tax and National Insurance Contributions when they are taken out of the Plan.

 

		5.	
I agree to allow the Trustees to sell some or all of my shares to pay any income tax and National Insurance Contributions in respect of my shares ceasing to be subject to the Plan, unless I provide them in advance with sufficient funds to pay these amounts.

 

		6.	
I agree that any Salary deductions not used to buy shares will at the discretion of the Trustees be repaid to me after the deduction of any necessary income tax or National Insurance Contributions, or will be carried forward and added to the next deduction.

 

		7.	
If there is a rights issue, I agree to allow the Trustees to sell some of the rights attached to my shares in the Plan, in order to fund the exercise of the rights attached to other shares held by me in the Plan.

 

		8.	
I can at any time withdraw from this agreement by writing to Midatech HR.  Any unused deductions will be returned to me after the deduction of any necessary income tax or National Insurance Contributions.

 

		9.	
I agree that withdrawal from this agreement will not affect the terms on which I agreed to buy shares already held for me under the Plan.

 

Matching Shares

 

		10.	
The ratio of Matching Shares to Partnership Shares is 1 Matching Share/s for every 1 Partnership Share and may be varied by the Company in its sole discretion.  If the ratio varies the Company will notify me before the Partnership Shares are bought for me.

 

		11.	
I will lose my Matching Shares if, within three years from the date of the Award: (i) I withdraw the Partnership Shares in respect of which the Matching Shares were awarded or (ii) I cease to be in Relevant Employment, unless the employment ceases for one of the following reasons:

 

(a)    injury or disability;

 

(b)    redundancy;

 

		(c)	
transfer of employment to which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 apply;

 

		(d)	
if the Relevant Employment is employment by an Associated Company, by reason of a change of control or other circumstances ending that company’s status as an Associated Company;

 

(e)    retirement; or

 

(f)     death.

 

Partnership Share Money held by Trustees

 

		12.	
The Trustees are under no obligation to keep the deductions in an interest-bearing account, but if they do, they will pay the interest to me.

 

 

Dividends

 

		13.	
The Company will pay any dividends to my nominated bank or building society account.

 

Partnership Share Agreement

Page 3 of 4

 

Holding Period: Matching shares

 

		14.	
I understand that my obligations during the Holding Period will end:

 

		(a)	
if I cease to be in Relevant Employment, and this may lead to Forfeiture of my Matching Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Company terminates the Plan in accordance with Clause 22 of the Deed and I have consented to the transfer of the Shares to me.

 

		15.	
I understand that my obligations under the Holding Period are subject to:

 

		(a)	
the right of the Trustees to sell my shares to meet PAYE obligations;

 

		(b)	
the Trustees accepting at my direction an offer for my shares in accordance with the Plan.

 

Data Protection

 

		16.	
I consent to the holding, processing and disclosure by the Company and any of its subsidiaries of any personal data relating to me for the purpose of my participation in the Plan and to the transfer of such data to third parties for the purpose of administering the Plan.  These include but are not limited to:

 

(a)    administering and maintaining Participant records;

 

		(b)	
providing information to the Trustees, a Plan administrator, a custodian, registrar or broker; and

 

		(c)	
providing information to any future purchasers of the Company for which I work or the business in which I work.

 

		17.	
I agree that the Company, the Trustees and its agents may disclose to the Company and/or to my employer all such information relating to me and my participation in the Plan as shall, in the opinion of any of those persons be necessary to enable my employer to comply with the requirements of PAYE and National Insurance Contributions.

 

 

Acknowledgements

 

		18.	
I have noted that: the decision to participate in the Plan is strictly personal and will not have any positive or negative impact on my employment within Midatech Pharma plc.  This acquisition form or any other document provided or made available to me in the context of Plan does not modify in any way the terms of my work contract or my situation within Midatech Pharma plc.  The opportunity to participate in the Plan or actual participation in this plan does not in any way whatsoever presuppose the existence of future plans or the opportunity to participate in them.

 

		19.	
Documents in relation to the Plan are provided to me for information purposes only, and neither Midatech Pharma plc nor any subsidiary, by way of these documents is providing me with, nor intends to provide me with, any financial or investment-related advice.  I should consult an independent legal and/or tax adviser if I have any doubts on what decision to take with respect to the Plan.

 

		20.	
I acknowledge that my instruction to purchase Midatech Pharma plc shares is irrevocable, subject to the Rules of the Plan.

 

 

I have read this agreement and agree to be bound by it and by the Rules of the Plan.

 

 

 

  

 

	
Signature: ________________________________Û

	
Date:   ___ / ___ /___ Û

 

Partnership Share Agreement

Page 4 of 4

 

APPENDIX B

The Midatech Pharma Share Incentive Plan (“THE PLAN”):

 

FREE SHARE AGREEMENT

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE SIGNING

This agreement is between:                                            BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE

	
Participant (“the 

 Participant”)

and

	
Full Name

    

	 
	
Home Address

   

	 
	
National Insurance  

 Number

 

(see payslip)

	 
	
Midatech Pharma plc 

 (“the Company”)

and

	
Registered Address

  

	
65 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RQ

	
Registered Number

 

	
09216368

	
RM2 Trustees Limited CRN 03363760 with registered office Sycamore House, 86-88 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4QE (“the Trustees”)

This agreement sets out the terms on which the Participant agrees to take part under the terms of the Plan and is subject to the Rules of the Plan.  The definitions in the Rules of the Plan apply to this agreement.

PARTICIPANT

 

	1.	
I agree to accept Free Shares in Midatech Pharma plc awarded to me under the Plan, including any future awards.

 

	2.	
I agree to leave the Free Shares in the hands of the Trustees, and not to assign, charge or otherwise dispose of my beneficial interest in the shares for the whole of the Holding Period of three years.

 

	3.	
I agree that all dividends paid on my shares will be paid into my nominated bank / building society account.

 

 

COMPANY

 

	4.	
The Company agrees to arrange for shares in Midatech Pharma plc to be awarded to me, according to the Rules of the Plan.

 

Free Share Agreement

Page 1 of 3

 

Rights and Obligations

 

	1.	
I agree that taking part in the Plan does not affect my rights, entitlements and obligations under my contract of employment, and does not give me any rights or additional rights to compensation or damages if my employment ceases.

 

	2.	
I agree to allow the Trustees to sell some or all of my shares to pay any income tax and National Insurance Contributions in respect of my shares ceasing to be subject to the Plan, unless I provide them in advance with sufficient funds to pay these amounts.

 

	3.	
If there is a rights issue, I agree to allow the Trustees to sell some of the rights attached to my shares in the Plan, in order to fund the exercise of the rights attached to other shares held by me in the Plan.

 

	4.	
I can at any time withdraw from this agreement, by writing to my employer.

 

	5.	
I agree that withdrawal from this agreement will not affect the terms on which I agreed to accept any shares that have already been awarded to me under the terms of the Plan.

 

	6.	
I understand that my obligations during the Holding Period will end:

 

		(a)	
if I cease to be in Relevant Employment and this may lead to Forfeiture of the Free Shares;

 

		(b)	
if the Company terminates the Plan in accordance with Clause 22 of the Deed and I have consented to the transfer of the Shares to myself.

 

	7.	
I understand that my obligations under the Holding Period are subject to:

 

		(a)	
the right of the Trustees to sell my shares to meet PAYE obligations;

 

		(b)	
the Trustees accepting at my direction an offer for my shares in accordance with the Plan.

 

	9.	
I will lose my Free Shares if within three years from the date of the Award I cease to be in Relevant Employment, unless the employment ceased for one of the following reasons:

 

		(a)	
injury or disability;

 

		(b)	
redundancy;

 

		(c)	
transfer of employment to which The Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 apply;

 

		(d)	
change of control or other circumstances ending the associated company status of the employer company;

 

		(e)	
retirement; or

 

		(f)	
death.

 

 

Dividends

 

	10.	
The Company will pay any dividends to my nominated bank or building society account.

 

Data Protection

 

	11.	
I consent to the holding, processing and disclosure by the Company and any of its subsidiaries of any personal data relating to me for the purpose of my participation in the Plan and to the transfer of such data to third parties for the purpose of administering the Plan.  These include but are not limited to:

 

		(a)	
administering and maintaining Participant records;

 

		(b)	
providing information to the Trustees, a Plan administrator, a custodian, registrar or broker; and

 

		(c)	
providing information to any future purchasers of the Company for which I work or the business in which I work.

 

	12.	
I agree that the Company, the Trustees and its agents may disclose to the Company and/or to my employer all such information relating to me and my participation in the Plan as shall, in the opinion of any of those persons be necessary to enable my employer to comply with the requirements of PAYE and National Insurance Contributions.

 

Free Share Agreement

Page 2 of 3

 

Acknowledgements

 

	13.	
I have noted that the decision to participate in the Plan is strictly personal and will not have any positive or negative impact on my employment within Midatech Pharma plc.  This acquisition form or any other document provided or made available to me in the context of Plan does not modify in any way the terms of my work contract or my situation within Midatech Pharma plc.  The opportunity to participate in the Plan or actual participation in this plan does not in any way whatsoever presuppose the existence of future plans or the opportunity to participate in them.

 

	14.	
Documents in relation to the Plan are provided to me for information purposes only, and neither Midatech Pharma plc nor any subsidiary, by way of these documents is providing me with, nor intends to provide me with, any financial or investment-related advice.  I should consult an independent legal and/or tax adviser if I have any doubts on what decision to take with respect to the Plan.

 

 

I have read this agreement and agree to be bound by it and by the Rules of the Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

	
Signature: ________________________________Û

	
Date:   ___ / ___ /___ Û

 

 

Free Share Agreement

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