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Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of [insert], 201__ (the “Effective Date”) between Organovo Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons who have executed the signature page(s) hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with Organovo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Organovo”), pursuant to which a newly organized, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company has merged with and into Organovo, with Organovo remaining as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Merger, Organovo issued (the “Notes Offering”) Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Bridge Notes”) and common stock purchase warrants (“Bridge Warrants”).  Upon the closing of the Merger and the PPO (as defined below), the Bridge Notes automatically converted into Units (as defined below) and the Bridge Warrants automatically converted into common stock purchase warrants (the “Exchange Warrants”) to purchase shares of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the Merger and to provide the capital required by the Company for working capital and other purposes, the Company has offered in compliance with Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act (as defined herein), to investors in a private placement transaction (the “PPO”), units (“Units”) of its securities, each Unit consisting of one share of Common Stock (the “Investor Shares”) and a common stock purchase warrant (the “Investor Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, the initial closing of the PPO and the closing of the Merger have taken place on the Effective Date; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Notes Offering and the PPO, the Company agrees to provide certain registration rights related to the Investor Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Warrants and the Investor Warrants, on the terms set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions set forth herein, the parties mutually agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Approved Market” means the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the OTC Markets, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange.

 

  

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“Blackout Period” means, with respect to a registration, a period, in each case commencing on the day immediately after the Company notifies the Purchasers that they are required, because of the occurrence of an event of the kind described in Section 4(f) hereof, to suspend offers and sales of Registrable Securities during which the Company, in the good faith judgment of its board of directors, determines (because of the existence of, or in anticipation of, any acquisition, financing activity, or other transaction involving the Company, or the unavailability for reasons beyond the Company’s control of any required financial statements, disclosure of information which is in its best interest not to publicly disclose, or any other event or condition of similar significance to the Company) that the registration and distribution of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such Registration Statement, if any, would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders and ending on the earlier of (1) the date upon which the material non-public information commencing the Blackout Period is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material and (2) such time as the Company notifies the selling Holders that the Company will no longer delay such filing of the Registration Statement, recommence taking steps to make such Registration Statement effective, or allow sales pursuant to such Registration Statement to resume.

 

“Bridge Notes” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Bridge Warrants” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which the Commission is required or authorized to close.

 

“Commission” means the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and any and all shares of capital stock or other equity securities of: (i) the Company which are added to or exchanged or substituted for the Common Stock by reason of the declaration of any stock dividend or stock split, the issuance of any distribution or the reclassification, readjustment, recapitalization or other such modification of the capital structure of the Company; and (ii) any other corporation, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any state or other governmental authority, with which the Company is merged, which results from any consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, or to which is sold all or substantially all of the shares or assets of the Company, if immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Company or the stockholders of the Company own equity securities having in the aggregate more than 50% of the total voting power of such other corporation.

 

“Effective Date” has the meaning given it in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Warrants” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

  

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“Family Member” means (a) with respect to any individual, such individual’s spouse, any descendants (whether natural or adopted), any trust all of the beneficial interests of which are owned by any of such individuals or by any of such individuals together with any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the estate of any such individual, and any corporation, association, partnership or limited liability company all of the equity interests of which are owned by those above described individuals, trusts or organizations and (b) with respect to any trust, the owners of the beneficial interests of such trust.

 

“Holder” means each Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Purchaser or from any Permitted Assignee.

 

“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Investor Shares” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Investor Warrants” has the meaning given it in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Majority Holders” means at any time Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities.

 

“Permitted Assignee” means (a) with respect to a partnership, its partners or former partners in accordance with their partnership interests, (b) with respect to a corporation, its stockholders in accordance with their interest in the corporation, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, (d) with respect to an individual party, any Family Member of such party, (e) an entity that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with a transferor, or (f) a party to this Agreement.

 

“Piggyback Registration” means, in any registration of Common Stock as set forth in Section 3(b), the ability of holders of Registrable Securities to include Registrable Securities in such registration.

 

The terms “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

 

“Registrable Securities” means the Investor Shares and the Registrable Warrant Shares but excluding (i) any Registrable Securities that have been publicly sold or may be sold immediately without registration under the Securities Act either pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act or otherwise; (ii) any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (iii) any Registrable Securities that are at the time subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

“Registrable Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser upon exercise of the Exchange Warrants and the Investor Warrants.

 

  

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“Registration Default Date” means the date that is 180 days after the date the Registration Statement is actually filed with the Commission.

 

“Registration Default Period” means the period following the Registration Default Date during which any Registration Event occurs and is continuing.

 

“Registration Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a) the Company fails to file with the Commission the Registration Statement on or before the Registration Filing Date;

 

(b) the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Registration Default Date;

 

(c) after the SEC Effective Date, sales cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement) except as excused pursuant to Section 3(e); or

 

(d) the Common Stock generally or the Registrable Securities specifically are not listed or included for quotation on an Approved Market, or trading of the Common Stock is suspended or halted on the Approved Market, which at the time constitutes the principal market for the Common Stock, for more than two full, consecutive Trading Days; provided, however, a Registration Event shall not be deemed to occur if all or substantially all trading in equity securities (including the Common Stock) is suspended or halted on the Approved Market for any length of time.

 

“Registration Filing Date” means the date that is 90 days after date of the final closing of the PPO.

 

“Registration Statement” means the registration statement that the Company is required to file pursuant to this Agreement to register the Registrable Securities.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute promulgated in replacement thereof, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“SEC Effective Date” means the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission.

 

  

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“Trading Day” means (a) if the Common Stock is listed or quoted on an Approved Market, then any day during which securities are generally eligible for trading on the Approved Market, or (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on an Approved Market, then any business day.

 

2. Term.  This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a period of one year from the SEC Effective Date, unless terminated sooner hereunder.

 

3. Registration.

 

(a) Registration on Form S-1.  Not later than the Registration Filing Date, the Company shall file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or other applicable form, relating to the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonably efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective prior to the Registration Default Date.

 

(b) Piggyback Registration.  In addition to the Company agreement pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if the Company shall determine to register for sale for cash any of its Common Stock, for its own account or for the account of others (other than the Holders), other than (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or securities issued or issuable to employees, consultants (to the extent the securities owned or to be owned by such consultants could be registered on Form S-8) or any of their Family Members (including a registration on Form S-8) or (ii) a registration relating solely to a Securities Act Rule 145 transaction or a registration on Form S-4 in connection with a merger, acquisition, divestiture, reorganization or similar event, the Company shall promptly give to the Holders written notice thereof (and in no event shall such notice be given less than 20 calendar days prior to the filing of such registration statement), and shall, subject to Section 3(c), include as a Piggyback Registration all of the Registrable Securities specified in a written request delivered by the Holder thereof within 10 calendar days after receipt of such written notice from the Company. However, the Company may, without the consent of the Holders, withdraw such registration statement prior to its becoming effective if the Company or such other stockholders have elected to abandon the proposal to register the securities proposed to be registered thereby.

 

(c) Underwriting.  If a Piggyback Registration is for a registered public offering that is to be made by an underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders of the Registrable Securities eligible for inclusion in such Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 3(b).  In that event, the right of any Holder to Piggyback Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to sell any of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company and any other stockholders of the Company selling their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or the selling stockholders, as applicable.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if the underwriter or the Company determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of other securities to be underwritten, the underwriter may exclude some or all Registrable Securities from such registration and underwriting.  The Company shall so advise all Holders (except those Holders who failed to timely elect to include their Registrable Securities through such underwriting or have indicated to the Company their decision not to do so), and indicate to each such Holder the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting, if any. The number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders as follows:

 

  

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(i) If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the Company, the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein; and

 

(ii) If the Piggyback Registration was initiated by the exercise of demand registration rights by a stockholder or stockholders of the Company (other than the Holders), then the number of shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to such selling stockholders who exercised such demand and then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all other selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have requested to sell in the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares requested to be included therein.

 

No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw such Holder’s Registrable Securities therefrom by delivering a written notice to the Company and the underwriter.  The Registrable Securities so withdrawn from such underwriting shall also be withdrawn from such registration; provided, however, that, if by the withdrawal of such Registrable Securities, a greater number of Registrable Securities held by other Holders may be included in such registration (up to the maximum of any limitation imposed by the underwriters), then the Company shall offer to all Holders who have included Registrable Securities in the registration the right to include additional Registrable Securities pursuant to the terms and limitations set forth herein in the same proportion used above in determining the underwriter limitation.

 

(d) Occurrence of Registration Event.  If a Registration Event occurs, then the Company will make payments to each Holder of Registrable Securities (a “Qualified Purchaser”), as liquidated damages for the amount of damages to the Qualified Purchaser by reason thereof, at a rate equal to 0.50% of the purchase price per Unit paid by such Holder in the PPO (including, without limitation, Bridge Note conversion amounts) for the Registrable Securities then held by each Qualified Purchaser for each full period of 30 days of the Registration Default Period (which shall be pro rated for any period less than 30 days); provided, however, if a Registration Event occurs (or is continuing) on a date more than one-year after the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Merger and the PPO and providing Form 10 information with respect thereto, liquidated damages shall be paid only with respect to that portion of the Qualified Purchaser’s Registrable Securities that cannot then be immediately resold in reliance on Rule 144.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of liquidated damages that may be paid to any Qualified Purchaser pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be an amount equal to 6% of the purchase price per Unit paid by such Holder in the PPO for the Registrable Securities held by such Qualified Purchaser at the time of the first occurrence of a Registration Event.  Each such payment shall be due and payable within five days after the end of each full 30-day period of the Registration Default Period until the termination of the Registration Default Period and within five days after such termination.  Such payments shall constitute the Qualified Purchaser’s exclusive remedy for such events.  If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages or refund pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 8% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full.  The Registration Default Period shall terminate upon (i) the filing of the Registration Statement in the case of clause (a) of the definition of Registration Event, (ii) the SEC Effective Date in the case of clause (b) of the definition of Registration Event, (iii) the ability of the Qualified Purchaser to effect sales pursuant to the Registration Statement in the case of clause (c) of the definition of Registration Event, and (iv) the listing or inclusion and/or trading of the Common Stock on an Approved Market, as the case may be, in the case of clause (d) of the definition of Registration Event.  The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be payable in lawful money of the United States.

 

  

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(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(d) above, (a) if the Commission does not declare the Registration Statement effective on or before the Registration Default Date, or (b) if the Commission allows the Registration Statement to be declared effective at any time before or after the Registration Default Date, subject to the withdrawal of certain Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement, and the reason for (a) or (b) is the Commission’s determination that (x) the offering of any of the Registrable Securities constitutes a primary offering of securities by the Company, (y) Rule 415 may not be relied upon for the registration of the resale of any or all of the Registrable Securities, and/or (z) a Holder of any Registrable Securities must be named as an underwriter, the Holders understand and agree that in the case of (b) the Company may reduce, on a pro rata basis, the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of each such Holder, and, in the case of (a) or (b), and that a Holder shall not be entitled to any liquidated damages with respect to the Registrable Securities not registered for the reason set forth in (a), or so reduced on a pro rata basis as set forth in (b).  In any such pro reduction, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by the Registrable Securities represented by the Registrable Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Registrable Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Warrant Shares held by such Holders on a fully diluted basis), and second by Registrable Securities represented by Investor Shares (applied, in the case that some Investor Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Investor Shares held by such Holders).  In addition, any such affected Holder shall be entitled to Piggyback Registration rights after the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until such time as: (AA) all Registrable Securities have been registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, (BB) the Registrable Securities may be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or (CC) the Holder agrees to be named as an underwriter in any such registration statement. The Holders acknowledge and agree the provisions of this paragraph may apply to more than one Registration Statement.

 

  

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4. Registration Procedures for Registrable Securities.  The Company will keep each Holder reasonably advised as to the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement. At its expense with respect to the Registration Statement, the Company will:

 

(a) prepare and file with the Commission with respect to the Registrable Securities, a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or any other form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and shall remain effective for a period of one year or for such shorter period ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the date as of which all of the Holders as selling stockholders thereunder may sell all of the Registrable Securities registered for resale thereon without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor rule thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act or (ii) the date when all of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder shall have been sold (the “Effectiveness Period”).  Thereafter, the Company shall be entitled to withdraw such Registration Statement and the Investors shall have no further right to offer or sell any of the Registrable Securities registered for resale thereon pursuant to the respective Registration Statement (or any prospectus relating thereto);

 

(b) if the Registration Statement is subject to review by the Commission, promptly respond to all comments and diligently pursue resolution of any comments to the satisfaction of the Commission;

 

(c) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period;

 

(d) furnish, without charge, to each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) a reasonable number of copies of such Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto other than exhibits incorporated by reference), each amendment and supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request, (ii) such number of copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 of the Securities Act) as such Holders may reasonably request, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and (iii) such other documents as such Holder may require to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder, but only during the Effectiveness Period;

 

(e) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such registration under such other applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement reasonably requests and as may be necessary for the marketability of the Registrable Securities (such request to be made by the time the applicable Registration Statement is deemed effective by the Commission) and do any and all other acts and things necessary to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

  

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(f) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, the disposition of which requires delivery of a prospectus relating thereto under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event (as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event), which comes to the Company’s attention, that will after the occurrence of such event cause the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, if not amended or supplemented, to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and the Company shall promptly thereafter prepare and furnish to such Holder a supplement or amendment to such prospectus (or prepare and file appropriate reports under the Exchange Act) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, unless suspension of the use of such prospectus otherwise is authorized herein or in the event of a Blackout Period, in which case no supplement or amendment need be furnished (or Exchange Act filing made) until the termination of such suspension or Blackout Period;

 

(g) comply, and continue to comply during the Effectiveness Period, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

(h) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to the Registration Statement of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the Registration Statement;

 

(i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or such other Approved Market on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed or traded;

 

(j) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, for the shares of Common Stock at all times;

 

(k) If requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may request;

 

(l) during the Effectiveness Period, refrain from bidding for or purchasing any Common Stock or any right to purchase Common Stock or attempting to induce any person to purchase any such security or right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the Holders to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations set forth in Regulation M of the Exchange Act; and

 

(m) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate the disposition by the Holders of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

  

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5. Suspension of Offers and Sales.  Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(f) hereof or of the commencement of a Blackout Period, such Holder shall discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(f) hereof or notice of the end of the Blackout Period, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies (including, without limitation, any and all drafts), other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

6. Registration Expenses.  The Company shall pay all expenses in connection with any registration obligation provided herein, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, stock exchange fees, printing expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with applicable securities laws, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent accountants; provided, that, in any registration, each party shall pay for its own underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes. Except as provided in this Section and Section 9, the Company shall not be responsible for the expenses of any attorney or other advisor employed by a Holder.

 

7. Assignment of Rights.  No Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without such consent to a Permitted Assignee as long as (a) such transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become subject to the terms of this Agreement; and (c) such Holder notifies the Company in writing of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned.

 

8. Information by Holder.  A Holder with Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required in order to comply with any applicable law or regulation in connection with the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities or any qualification or compliance with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities and referred to in this Agreement.  A form of Selling Stockholder Questionnaire is attached as Exhibit A hereto for such purposes.

 

  

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9. Indemnification.

 

(a) In the event of the offer and sale of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its directors, officers, partners, each other person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such securities, and each other person, if any, who controls or is under common control with such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, and expenses to which the Holder or any such director, officer, partner or underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement prepared and filed by the Company under which Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, or any violation or alleged violation of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law in connection with this Agreement; and the Company shall reimburse the Holder, and each such director, officer, partner, underwriter and controlling person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, that such indemnity agreement found in this Section 9(a) shall in no event exceed the net proceeds from the Notes Offering or the PPO, as applicable, received by the Company; and provided further, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case (i) to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Holder specifically for use in the preparation thereof or (ii) if the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) who purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof did not receive a copy of an amended preliminary prospectus or the final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented) at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities to such person because of the failure of such Holder or underwriter to so provide such amended preliminary or final prospectus and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact made in such preliminary prospectus was corrected in the amended preliminary or final prospectus (or the final prospectus as amended or supplemented). Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holders, or any such director, officer, partner, underwriter or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such shares by the Holder.

 

  

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(b) As a condition to including Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 9 and to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director or officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state law, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, any prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the registration statement or such prospectus or (ii) to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such prospectus or such form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 4(f) hereof, the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the advice contemplated in Section 4(f).  In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in this Section (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action; provided, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.  In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, unless in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such indemnified party a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist or the indemnified party may have defenses not available to the indemnifying party in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect of such claim after the assumption of the defenses thereof or the indemnifying party fails to defend such claim in a diligent manner, other than reasonable costs of investigation.  Neither an indemnified nor an indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its consent.  No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement, which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and without limiting any of the rights set forth above, in any event any party shall have the right to retain, at its own expense, counsel with respect to the defense of a claim.

 

  

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(d) If an indemnifying party does or is not permitted to assume the defense of an action pursuant to Sections 9(c) or in the case of the expense reimbursement obligation set forth in Sections 9(a) and (b), the indemnification required by Sections 9(a) and 9(b) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills received or expenses, losses, damages, or liabilities are incurred.

 

(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or 9(b) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall (i) contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as is appropriate to reflect the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other (determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission), or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the amount hereinafter calculated, not only the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, but also the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(f) Other Indemnification.  Indemnification similar to that specified in this Section (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the Securities Act.

 

10. Rule 144.  With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees: (i) to make and keep public information available as those terms are understood in Rule 144, (ii) to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed by an issuer of securities registered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) as long as any Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish in writing upon such Holder’s request a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and to furnish to such Holder a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company as may be reasonably requested in availing such Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission permitting the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration and (iv) undertake any additional actions commercially reasonably necessary to maintain the availability of the use of Rule 144.

 

  

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11. Corporate Existence.  So long as any Holder owns any Registrable Securities, the Company shall not directly or indirectly consummate any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, an “Organizational Change”), unless, prior to the consummation of an Organizational Change, the Company obtains the written consent of the Majority Holders.

 

12. Independent Nature of Each Purchaser’s Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute such Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

13. Other Registration Rights.  The Company shall not grant any registration rights without the consent of the Majority Holders prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

14. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York, both substantive and remedial, without regard to New York conflicts of law principles. Any judicial proceeding brought against either of the parties to this Agreement or any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any matter related hereto shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party to this Agreement accepts the jurisdiction of such courts. The foregoing consent to jurisdiction shall not be deemed to confer rights on any person other than the parties to this Agreement.

 

(b) Remedies.  In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

  

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(c) Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, Permitted Assignees, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.

 

(d) No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company has not entered, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter, on or after the date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

(e) Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.

 

(f) Notices, etc. All notices or other communications which are required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid, by electronic mail, or by courier or overnight carrier, to the persons at the addresses set forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so delivered:

 

If to the Company to:

Organovo Holdings, Inc.

5871 Oberlin Drive, Suite 150

San Diego, Ca. 92121

Attention:  Keith Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile:  (858) 550-9948

with copy to:

Meister Seelig & Fein LLP

Two Grand Central Tower, 19th Floor

140 East 45th Street

New York, NY 10017

Attention:  Kenneth S. Goodwin, Esq.

Facsimile:  (212) 655-3535

If to the Purchasers:

To each Purchaser at the address set forth on the signature page hereto

or at such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other parties in writing.

 

(g) Delays or Omissions.  No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Holder, upon any breach or default of the Company under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such Holder nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereunder occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Holder of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Holder of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to any holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

  

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(h) Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

 

(i) Severability. In the case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(j) Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time, and particular provisions of this Agreement may be waived, with and only with an agreement or consent in writing signed by the Company and the Majority Holders. The Purchasers acknowledge that by the operation of this Section, the Majority Holders may have the right and power to diminish or eliminate all rights of the Purchasers under this Agreement.

 

(k) Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights.  After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would grant such holder registration rights senior or equal to those granted to the Holders hereunder.

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

 

  

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This Registration Rights Agreement is hereby executed as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.

By:                                                                

Name:         Keith Murphy

Title:           Chief Executive Officer

 

 

THE PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT DATED OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH SHALL CONSTITUTE THE PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE TO THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.

 

  

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Exhibit A

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire

 

  

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ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC. 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS’ QUESTIONNAIRE

The following information is requested from you in connection with the preparation and filing by Organovo Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or other appropriate form (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) covering the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock, including shares of common stock underlying Warrants (the “Registrable Securities”) by certain stockholders of the Company.

We would appreciate your answering all of the questions included in this questionnaire, even though your answers may be in the negative, so that the Company will have a record of your responses for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement.  It is requested that you give careful attention to each question and that you complete this questionnaire personally.

In order to assist you in completing this questionnaire, certain terms used herein are defined in the appendix which is attached to this questionnaire.  Each of such defined terms has been bolded and italicized for identification.  The term “person,” as used in this questionnaire, means any natural person, company, government or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

After you have completed the following questionnaire, please send the completed questionnaire by facsimile (212) 655-3535 or overnight courier as soon as possible to the attention of Kenneth S. Goodwin, Esq. at Meister Seelig & Fein LLP, Two Grand Central Tower, 19th Floor, 140 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017.

 

*********************

 

General Information

 

1.           Please provide your full name and address or the full name and address of the entity on whose behalf you are completing this questionnaire.  The address may be a business, mailing or residence address.

 

	Name: 	 
	Address: 	 
	 	 

                                                                                                                  

2.           Name the Control Person of your organization:  _________________________________

1. 3.           (a) Are you a broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act?

 

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

  

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2. (b) If your response to Item 3(a) above is no, are you an "affiliate" of a broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act?

 

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

For the purposes of this Item 3(b), an "affiliate" of a registered broker-dealer shall include any company that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such broker-dealer, and does not include any individuals employed by such broker-dealer or its affiliates.

3. 

 

4. (c) Full legal name of person through which you hold the Registrable Securities—(i.e. name of your broker, if applicable, through which your Registered Securities are held):

 

Name of broker:                                ________________________________________________

Contact person:                                ________________________________________________

Telephone No.:                                ________________________________________________

 

 

Securities Holdings

 

Please fill in all blanks in the following questions related to your beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock.  Generally, the term “beneficial ownership” refers to any direct or indirect interest in the securities which entitles you to any of the rights or benefits of ownership, even though you may not be the holder of record of the securities.  For example, securities held in “street name” over which you exercise voting or investment power would be considered beneficially owned by you.  Other examples of indirect ownership include ownership by a partnership in which you are a partner or by an estate or trust of which you or any member of your immediate family is a beneficiary.  Ownership of securities held in the names of your spouse, minor children or other relatives who live in the same household may be attributed to you.

If you have any reason to believe that any interest in securities of the Company which you may have, however remote, is a beneficial interest, please describe such interest.  For purposes of responding to this questionnaire, it is preferable to err on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion.  Where the SEC’s interpretation of beneficial ownership would require disclosure of your interest or possible interest in certain securities of the Company, and you believe that you do not actually possess the attributes of beneficial ownership, an appropriate response is to disclose the interest and at the same time disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities.

  

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Please indicate the amount of common stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which you beneficially owned as of the date hereof.

For each holding:

	
  

	
·

	
State the nature of the holding (i.e., held in your own name, jointly, as a trustee or beneficiary of a trust, as a custodian, as an executor, in discretionary accounts, by your spouse or minor children, by a partnership of which you are a partner, etc.), and

 

	
  

	
·

	
State whether you are the beneficial owner by reason of (i) sole voting power, (ii) shared voting power, (iii) sole investment power, (iv) shared investment power, (v) the right to acquire stock within 60 days of the end of the calendar year, and/or (vi) the right to acquire stock with the purpose of changing or influencing control.

 

	
  

	
·

	
Indicate in the Remarks column whether you have sole or shared voting or investment power with respect to any such securities, and in what capacity (i.e., individual, general partner, trustee) you have such power or powers.

 

	
  

	
·

	
If you wish to disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares listed, so indicate by writing the word “Disclaim” in the Remarks column below; you understand that such shares will be shown separately from your beneficial holdings and an appropriate disclaimer set forth.

 

	
  

	
·

	
If any of the shares listed are subject to any claim, encumbrance, pledge or lien, so indicate in the Remarks column.

 

1.           Your Interest in the Registrable Securities.

(a)           State the number of such Registrable Securities beneficially owned by you.   

 

____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                          

(b)           Other than as set forth in your response to Item 1(a) above, do you beneficially own any other securities of the Company?

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

  

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(c)           If your answer to Item 1(b) above is yes, state the type, the aggregate amount and CUSIP No. (if applicable) of such other securities of the Company beneficially owned by you:

 

Type:  _______________________________________________________________________

Aggregate amount:   ____________________________________________________________

CUSIP No.:   __________________________________________________________________

 

(d)           Did you acquire the securities listed in Item 1(a) above in the ordinary course of business?

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

(e)           At the time of your purchase of the securities listed in Item 1(a) above, did you have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities?

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

(f)           If your response to Item 1(e) above is yes, please describe such agreements or understandings:

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

2.           Nature of Your Beneficial Ownership.

(a)           Does someone other than yourself have Control over the securities listed in Item 1(a) above?

 ̈  Yes.

 ̈  No.

  

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(b)           If your response to Item 2(a) above is yes, name your controlling shareholder(s) or other person who has the ability to exercise control over you (the "Controlling Entity"). If the Controlling Entity is not a natural person and is not a publicly held entity, name each shareholder of such Controlling Entity. If any of these named shareholders are not natural persons or publicly held entities, please provide the same information. This process should be repeated until you reach natural persons or a publicly held entity.

	  	
(A)(i)

	
Full legal name of Controlling Entity(ies) or natural person(s) with who have sole or shared voting or dispositive power over the Registrable Securities:

	 	 	 
	  	  	
Business address (including street address) (or residence if no business address), telephone number and facsimile number of such person(s):

	  	  	Address: 	
   

	  	  	Telephone:   	
 

	  	  	Fax:  	
  

	  	  	

Name of shareholder:;

	
 

	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	
(B)(i)

	

Full legal name of Controlling Entity(ies):

	
 

	  	  	  
	  	  	
Business address (including street address) (or residence if no business address), telephone number and facsimile number of such person(s):

	  	  	Address: 	
   

	  	  	Telephone:	
    

	  	  	Fax:  	
  

	  	  	Name of shareholders:  	
  

If you need more space for this response, please attach additional sheets of paper. Please be sure to indicate your name and the number of the item being responded to on each such additional sheet of paper, and to sign each such additional sheet of paper before attaching it to this Questionnaire. Please note that you may be asked to answer additional questions depending on your responses to the following questions.

  

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3.           5% Stockholders

 To the best of my knowledge, all persons (including myself and my associates and including corporations, partnerships, trusts, associations and other such groups) who beneficially own more than 5% of any class of the Company’s stock are described below:

	
Name of

Beneficial

   Owner   

	
Class of Shares

Beneficially

    Owned    

	
Holder of

Voting or

Investment Power

4.           No Adverse Interest

 

All interests I or my associates have or will have that are adverse to the Company interests in any pending or contemplated legal proceeding or government investigation to which the Company is or will be a party (or to which its property may be subject) are described below:

 

5.           Voting Arrangement

 

All voting trusts or similar agreements or arrangements of which I have knowledge under which more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, on an as converted basis, is held or to be held are described below:

	
Names and Addresses of Voting Trustees

	
Voting Rights and Other Powers

Under Trust, Agreement or Arrangement

	  	  

 

6.           Change in Control

 

All arrangements of which I have knowledge, including any pledge by any person of securities of the Company, the operations of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the Company, are described below:

 

  

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Transactions with the Company

 

1.           Information regarding all material interests of yours or your associates in any actual or proposed transaction during the last three fiscal years to which the Company was or is to be a party and that are identified under “Securities Holdings” above) is provided below.  Further, no such transaction need be described if:

(a)           the amount involved (including all periodic installments in the case of any lease or other agreement provided for periodic payments or installments and including the value of all transactions In a series of similar transactions) does not exceed $60,000;

(b)           the rates or charges involved in the transaction are fixed by law or governmental authority or determined by competitive bids;

(c)           the services involved are as a bank depositary of funds, transfer agent, registrar, trustee under a trust indenture or other similar service;

(d)           my interest arises solely from my ownership of securities of the Company and I received no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis by all other holders of securities in the same class;

(e)           my interest in the corporation that is a party to the transaction is solely as a director; or

(f)           my interest arose solely as an officer and/or director of the Company (e.g., my compensation arrangement with the Company).

Description:

  

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Affiliation with Accountants or attorneys

 

Described below is any interest, affiliation or connection you have with any law firm or accounting firm that has been retained by the Company during the last three fiscal years or is proposed to be retained by the Company:

 

  

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Contracts with the Company

 

Described below are all contracts with the Company or in which the Company has a beneficial interest, or to which the Company has succeeded by assumption or assignment, to which you or any of your associates is a party, which are to be performed in whole or in part at or after the date of the proposed filing of the Registration Statement, or which were made not more than two years prior thereto:

  

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FINRA-Related Questions

 

1.           Are you (i) a “member” of the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), (ii) an “affiliate” of a member of the FINRA, (iii) a “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” of the FINRA or (iv) associated with an “underwriter or related person” with respect to the proposed public offering of the Company’s securities?

Yes                        No         

 

For the sole purpose of this Question: (i) the FINRA defines a “member” as being either any broker or dealer admitted to membership in the FINRA or any officer or partner of such a member or the executive representative of such member or the substitute for such representative; (ii) the term “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is in common control with the person specified.  Persons who have acted or are acting on behalf or for the benefit of a person include, but are not necessarily limited to, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and sales representatives; (iii) the FINRA defines a “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” as being every sole proprietor, partner, officer, director or branch manager of any member, or any natural person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any natural person engaged in the investment banking or securities business who is directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by such member (for example, any employee), whether or not any such person is registered or exempt from registration with the FINRA; and (iv) the term “underwriter or related person” includes, with respect to a proposed offering, underwriters, underwriters’ counsel, financial consultants and advisers, finders, members of the selling or distribution group, and any and all other persons associated with or related to any such persons.

If yes, kindly describe such relationship (whether direct or indirect) and please respond to Questions (2) and (3) below; if no, please proceed to Question (4).

2.           Please set forth information as to all purchases and acquisitions (including contracts for purchase or acquisition) of securities of the Company by you, regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived:

 

	                                     Seller or      

Prospective Seller

	                      Amount and      

Nature of Securities

	

        Price or Other 

Consideration

	 Date

 

3.           In connection with your direct or indirect affiliation or association with a “member” of the FINRA as set forth above in Question (1), please furnish the identity of such FINRA member and any information, if known, as to whether such FINRA member intends to participate in any capacity in this proposed initial public offering, including the details of such participation:

 

  

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4.           Please describe any underwriting compensation and arrangement or any dealings known to you between any “underwriter or related person”, “member” of the FINRA, “affiliate” of a member of the FINRA, “person associated with a member”, or “associated person of a member” of the FINRA on the one hand and the Company or controlling shareholder thereof on the other hand, other than information relating to the proposed initial public offering of the Company:

 

5.           Please set out below any information, if known, as to whether any “member” of the FINRA, any “underwriter or related person”, “affiliate” or a member of the FINRA, “person associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” of the FINRA may receive any portion of the net offering:

For subscribers answering “Yes” to Item 1 above:

The undersigned FINRA member form acknowledges receipt of the notice required by Article 3, Sections 28(a) and (b) of the Rules of Fair Practice.

	
_____________________________________

	
Name of FINRA Member Firm

	
By:__________________________________

	
Date:__________________________

      Authorized Officer

  

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The undersigned (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above pursuant to the Registration Statement only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Holder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents' commissions. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, or (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market.

I understand that material misstatements or the omission of material facts in the Registration Statement may give rise to civil and criminal liabilities to the Company, to each officer and director of the Company signing the Registration Statement and other persons signing the Registration Statement.  I will notify you and the Company of any misstatement of a material fact in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, and of the omission of any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading, as soon as practicable after a copy of the Registration Statement or any such amendment has been provided to me.

I confirm that the foregoing statements are correct, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

 

Dated: _____________________

 

 

Very truly yours,

                   ____________________________

(Signature)

 

  

____________________________

(Typed or Printed Name)

 

  

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Definitions

 

The term “arrangement” means any plan, contract, authorization or understanding whether or not set forth in a formal document.

The term “associate” as used throughout this questionnaire, means (a) any corporation or organization (other than the Company) of which I am an officer, director or partner or of which I am, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of equity securities, (b) any trust or other estate in which I have a substantial beneficial interest or as to which I serve as trustee or in a similar capacity, (c) my spouse, (d) any relative of my spouse or any relative of mine who has the same home as me or who is a director or officer or key executive of the Company, (e) any partner, syndicate member or person with whom I have agreed to act in concert with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of shares of the Company’s securities.

The term “beneficially owned” when used in connection with the ownership of securities, means (a) any interest in a security which entitles me to any of the rights or benefits of ownership even though I may not be the owner of record or (b) securities owned by me directly or indirectly, including those held by me for my own benefit (regardless of how registered) and securities held by others for my benefit (regardless of how registered), such as by custodians, brokers, nominees, pledgees, etc., and including securities held by an estate or trust in which I have an interest as legatee or beneficiary, securities owned by a partnership of which I am a partner, securities held by a personal holding company of which I am a stockholder, etc., and securities held in the name of my spouse, minor children and any relative (sharing the same home).  A “beneficial owner” of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares:

(a)           voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or

(b)           investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security.

The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

The term “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

The term “material,” when used in this questionnaire to qualify a requirement for the furnishing of information as to any subject, limits the information required to those matters as to which an average prudent investor ought reasonably to be informed before purchasing the Common Stock of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

Organovo, Inc.

5871 Oberlin Drive, Suite 150

San Diego, CA 92121

September 19, 2011

Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc.

750 Third Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Re:           Selling Agent Agreement

Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Organovo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), desires to offer for sale (the “Offering”) to certain “accredited investors” through Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. (“STVI” or the “Selling Agent”) up to twenty (20) units (“Units”) at a price of $50,000 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of (a) 6% convertible promissory notes in the principal amount of $50,000 (the “Notes”) and (b) warrants (the “Warrants”), to initially purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), with an exercise price equal to $1.00.  In the event the Offering is oversubscribed, the Company and the Selling Agent may, in their mutual discretion, sell up to ten (10) additional Units for an aggregate purchase price of $500,000 (the “Over-allotment”).

 

The offering of the Units will be made by the Company solely pursuant to the Memorandum.  “Memorandum” as used in this Agreement means the Company’s Confidential Information Memorandum dated September __, 2011, inclusive of all exhibits, including without limitation, a Securities Purchase Agreement (sometimes referred to herein as the “Purchase Agreement”) and all amendments, supplements and appendices thereto.  Unless otherwise defined, each term used in this Agreement will have the same meaning as set forth in the Memorandum.

 

1.           Appointment of Selling Agent.  STVI is hereby appointed a Selling Agent of the Company during the offering period specified in the Memorandum (the “Offering Period”) for the purposes of assisting the Company on a “reasonable efforts, no minimum” basis in finding qualified subscribers for the purchase of Units in connection with the Offering.

2.           Representations and Warranties of the Company.

 

  

  

  

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(a)           The Memorandum has been diligently prepared by the Company, in conformity with all applicable laws, and is in compliance with Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)  and the requirements of all other rules and regulations (the “Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to offerings of the type contemplated by the Offering, and the applicable securities laws and the rules and regulations of those jurisdictions wherein the Units are to be offered and sold.  With respect to actions taken by the Company, the Units will be offered and sold pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Regulation D and Section 4(2) and/or Section 4(5) of the Act as a transaction not involving a public offering and the requirements of any other applicable state securities laws and the respective rules and regulations thereunder in those jurisdictions in which the Selling Agent notifies the Company that the Units are being offered for sale.  The Company has not taken nor will it take any action which conflicts with the conditions and requirements of, or which would make unavailable with respect to the Offering, the exemption(s) from registration available pursuant to Regulation D or Section 4(2) and/or Section 4(5) of the Act, and knows of no reason why any such exemption would be otherwise unavailable to it. The Company has not been subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enjoining it for failing to comply with Section 503 of Regulation D.

 

(b)           The Memorandum does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  None of the statements, documents, certificates or other items prepared or supplied by the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made.  There is no fact which the Company has not disclosed to the Selling Agent and its counsel in writing and of which the Company is aware which materially adversely affects or could materially adversely affect the business prospects, financial condition, operations, property or affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(c)           Except for the compensation set forth in this Agreement, the Company is not obligated to pay, and has not obligated the Selling Agent to pay, a finder’s or origination fee in connection with the Offering, and hereby agrees to indemnify the Selling Agent from any such claim made by any other person as more fully set forth in Section 5 hereof.  The Company has not offered for sale or solicited offers to purchase the Units except for negotiations with the Selling Agent.  Except as set forth in the Memorandum, no other person has any right to participate in any offer, sale or distribution of the Company’s securities to which the Selling Agent’s rights, described herein, shall apply.

 

(d)           Immediately prior to the First Closing, the Agent’s Warrants (as defined in Section 3(c) hereof) will have been duly authorized.  No holder of any of the Agent’s Warrants will be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such a holder, and none of the Agent’s Warrants are subject to preemptive or similar rights of any stockholder or security holder of the Company or an adjustment under the antidilution or exercise rights of any holders of any outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any securities of the Company. Immediately prior to the First Closing, a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock will have been reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Agent’s Warrants.

 

  

  

  

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(e)           The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to (i) enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and (ii) issue, sell and deliver the securities comprising the Units and the Agent’s Warrants.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (i) except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect related to laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and except that no representation is made herein regarding the enforceability of the Company’s obligations to provide indemnification and contribution remedies under the securities laws  and (ii) subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(f)           For the benefit of the Selling Agent, the Company hereby incorporates by reference all of its representations and warranties as set forth in Section 2 of the Purchase  Agreement with the same force and effect as if specifically set forth herein. 

2A           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Selling Agent.  The Selling Agent hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Company that each of the following is true in all respects as of the date hereof:

(a)           The Selling Agent is duly registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as a broker-dealer and is a member in good standing of the FINRA and is duly registered as a broker-dealer in those states in which it is required to be so registered in order to carry out the Offering contemplated by the Memorandum.

(b)           The Selling Agent will not offer to sell nor sell any Units on behalf of the Company by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D.

(c)           The Selling Agent will notify the Company promptly (and confirm any verbal notice in writing) of the issuance by the SEC or by any state securities administrator of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration or qualification of the Units or enjoining the sale of the Units or enjoining the use of the Purchase Agreement in connection with the offer, sale, or offer for sale of the Units, or of the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose.

3.           Closing; Fees.

(a)           Closing.   Each prospective purchaser of Units will be required to complete and execute one original of the Purchase Agreement and the Accredited Investor Certification and Investor Profile in the forms provided to investors (collectively, the “Investor Documents”).  All funds for subscriptions received from the Offering will be promptly forwarded by the Selling Agent of the Company, if received by it, to and deposited into the escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) established for such purpose with Signature Bank, a New York State chartered bank, 261 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 (the “Escrow Agent”).  All such funds for subscriptions of Units will be held in the Escrow Account pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement among the Company, the Selling Agent and the Escrow Agent.  The Company will 

 

  

  

  

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either accept or reject the Investor Documents in a timely fashion and at each closing of the purchase and sale of the Units (each, a “Closing”) will countersign the Purchase Agreement and provide duplicate copies of such Purchase Agreement to the Selling Agent for distribution to the subscribers. The Company will give notice to the Selling Agent of its acceptance of each accepted subscription. The Company will return to subscribers incomplete, improperly executed and rejected Investor Documents and give notice thereof to the Selling Agent upon such return.  If the Company and the Selling Agent have received and accepted subscriptions for the Units prior to the Termination Date and are satisfied that the funds for such Units have been collected and all of the conditions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement are fulfilled, a Closing shall be held promptly with respect to the Units sold. Thereafter, the remaining Units will continue to be offered and sold until the expiration of the Offering Period or the prior termination of the Offering (“Termination Date”). Additional Closings may from time to time be conducted at times mutually agreeable with respect to additional Units sold. The final Closing (the “Final Closing”) shall occur within ten (10) days from the earlier of the Termination Date or the Company’s acceptance of subscriptions for all Units offered.  Delivery of payment for the accepted subscriptions for Units from the funds received in respect of such sales will be made at each Closing at such place as may be mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Selling Agent against delivery of the Units by the Company. If Investor Documents have not been received and accepted by the Company on or before the Termination Date, the Offering may be terminated by the Company or the Selling Agent for any reason and no Units will be sold, and the Escrow Agent will, at the request of the Company and the Selling Agent, cause all monies received from subscribers for the Units to be promptly returned to such subscribers without interest, penalty, expense or deduction.

(b)           Agents Fee.  The Company will pay a cash fee (the “Agent’s Fee”) to the Selling Agent at each Closing equal to 10% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the sale of Units sold in the Offering.

(c)           Agent Warrants.  As additional compensation hereunder, at the final Closing the Company will issue to the Selling Agent or its designees, for nominal consideration, warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 20% of the number of shares of Common Stock or units (i) issuable upon conversion of the Notes in the event of a Qualified Next Round Financing (as defined in the Notes) at an exercise price equal to the conversion price of the Notes and (ii) issuable upon conversion of the Notes on the maturity date of the Notes in the event no Qualified Next Round Financing is consummated prior to such date at an exercise price equal to $1.00 per unit (the warrants to be issued per (i) and (ii) above are collectively referred to as the “Agent Warrants”).  The Agent’s Warrants and the Agent’s Fee are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Agent’s Compensation.”

 

The Agent’s Warrants shall provide the holder thereof with a cashless exercise right with respect to the securities issuable upon exercise of such warrant.  The Agent’s Warrants shall be exercisable until the date that is five (5) years after the date of issuance.  For purposes of clarity and notwithstanding anything contained herein, the foregoing Agent Warrants shall not include coverage with respect to the Warrants that are included in the Units being issued in the Offering.

 

  

  

  

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(d)           Expense Allowance.  The Selling Agent shall also receive a non-accountable expense allowance equal to three percent (3%) of the gross proceeds raised at each Closing (the “Agent Expense Allowance”), which shall cover all of the costs and expenses of the Selling Agent (including legal fees of Selling Agent’s counsel, travel costs, due diligence costs and marketing expenses including expenses related to Company presentations).  Payment of the Agent Expense Allowance will be made out of the proceeds of subscriptions for Units sold at each Closing.  The Selling Agent shall pay the fee of the Escrow Agent out of the Agent Expense Allowance.

(e)           With respect to sales of Units to the Selling Agent or to affiliates, as such term is defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Selling Agent, the Agent’s Compensation and the Agent Expense Allowance shall only be paid with respect to the first $100,000 of aggregate gross proceeds derived from the sale of Units to the Selling Agent or such affiliates.

(f)           SA Potential Investors Tail.  The Company shall also pay and issue to the Selling Agent the Agent’s Compensation calculated according to the percentages set forth in Sections 3(b) and (c) of this Agreement, if any person or entity contacted by the Selling Agent during the Offering, other than an executive officer or director of the Company or a person or entity with which the Company or its management can demonstrate a pre-existing material relationship, invests in the Company (the “SA Post-Closing Investors”) at any time prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months after the later to occur of the termination of the Offering and the final closing of the Offering regardless of whether such SA Potential Investor purchased Units in the Offering.  If requested by the Company prior to or at the final closing of the Offering, the Selling Agent shall provide the Company with a list (the “Post-Closing List”) of all persons or entities contacted by it during the Offering Period, and the SA Post-Closing Investors shall be limited to the persons or entities included on the Post-Closing List.

 

4.           Covenants of the Company.

(a)           Company Expenses. The Company shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and printing of all necessary offering documents, amendments, and instruments related to the Offering and the issuance of the Units, the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Agent’s Warrants, and shall also pay its own expenses for accounting fees, legal fees and other costs involved with the Offering. The parties anticipate that the Memorandum and related documents will be distributed to prospective investors in “pdf” format.

(b)           Blue Sky.  The Company will pay all reasonable filing fees, costs and legal fees for Blue Sky services and related filings and reasonable expenses of counsel (up to $5,000 of legal fees), which $5,000 of legal fees and an additional amount commensurate with the required filing fees shall be paid on or before the First Closing with respect to obtaining Blue Sky exemptions.  Additional amounts, if any, for required filing fees shall be paid at any subsequent Closing, as applicable.  The Blue Sky filings shall be prepared by the Selling Agent’s counsel for the Company’s account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Units.

 

  

  

  

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The Company will file or cause to be filed with the SEC, and shall promptly thereafter forward or cause to be forwarded to the Selling Agent, any and all reports on Form D as are required.

The Company will promptly provide to the Selling Agent for delivery to all offerees and investors and their representatives any additional information, documents and instruments which the Selling Agent or the Company reasonably deem necessary to comply with the rules, regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations respecting compliance with such exemptions or qualifications and registrations in those states where the Units are to be offered or sold.

(c)           Amendments and Supplements.  The Company covenants and agrees that, until the Offering has been completed or terminated, if there shall occur any event relating to or affecting, among other things, the Company, or the proposed operations of the Company as described in the Memorandum, as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of the Selling Agent and its counsel or counsel to the Company, to amend or supplement the Memorandum in order that the Memorandum not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company shall immediately prepare and furnish to the Selling Agent a reasonable number of copies of an appropriate amendment of or supplement to the Memorandum, in form and substance satisfactory to the Selling Agent and its counsel.

(d)           Use of Proceeds.  The net proceeds of the Offering will be used by the Company, as more fully described in the Memorandum, for the purposes set forth therein.

(e)           Legal Opinions.  At each Closing and dated as of the date thereof, the Selling Agent shall receive the opinions of Meister Selig & Fein LLP, special counsel to the Company, and of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, counsel to the Company, containing substantially the opinions set forth on Exhibits A-1 and A-2, respectively, annexed hereto.

 

(f)           Exchange Agreement and Release.  At or prior to the First Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Selling Agent a fully executed Exchange Agreement and Release pursuant with each holder of the Company’s Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,130,000 pursuant to which such holders are exchanging such notes for common stock and warrants in the Company as further described in the Memorandum.

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(a)           The Company will (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Selling Agent, its sub-agents and their respective officers, directors, employees and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Agent within the meaning of the Act and such selected dealers (each an “Indemnitee”) against, and pay or reimburse each Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions or proceedings or investigations in respect thereof), joint or several (which will, for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, including appeals), to which any Indemnitee may become subject (x) under the Act or otherwise, in connection with the offer and sale of the Units, and (y) as a result of the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company herein, regardless of whether such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses shall result from any claim of any Indemnitee or any third party; and (ii) reimburse each Indemnitee for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, action, damage or liability; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, damage or liability results from (A) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact made in the Memorandum  or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof, or (B) any violations by the Selling Agent of any federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations thereunder or any self-regulatory organization. In addition to the foregoing agreement to indemnify and reimburse, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions or proceedings or investigations in respect thereof), joint or several (which shall for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including appeals) to which any Indemnitee may become subject insofar as such costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon the claim of any person or entity that he or it is entitled to broker’s or finder’s fees from any Indemnitee in connection with the Offering. The foregoing indemnity agreements will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b)           The Selling Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act against, and pay or reimburse any such person for, any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities or expenses whatsoever (or actions, proceedings or investigations in respect thereof) to which the Company or any such person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, whether such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses shall result from any claim of the Company, any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or any third party, but only to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum made in reliance upon and in conformity with information contained in the Memorandum relating to the Selling Agent, or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in either case, if made or omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Agent, specifically for use in the preparation thereof. The Selling Agent will reimburse the Company or any such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, proceeding or investigation to which such indemnity obligation applies. The foregoing indemnity agreements will be in addition to any liability which the Selling Agent may otherwise have.

 

  

  

  

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(c)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action, claim, proceeding or investigation (the “Action”), such indemnified party, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, will notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 5 except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually prejudiced by such omission. The indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof sub­ject to the provisions herein stated, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. The indemnified party will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will not be at the expense of the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party has assumed the defense of the Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, provided, however, that if the indemnified party shall be requested by the indemnifying party to participate in the defense thereof or shall have concluded in good faith and specifically notified the indemnifying party either that there may be specific defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or that such Action involves or could have a Material Adverse Effect upon it with respect to matters beyond the scope of the indemnity agreements contained in this Agreement, then the counsel representing it, to the extent made necessary by such defenses, shall have the right to direct such defenses of such Action on its behalf and in such case the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel in connection with any such participation or defenses shall be paid by the indemnifying party. No settlement of any Action against an indemnified party will be made without the consent of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed in light of all factors of importance to such party and no indemnifying party shall be liable to indemnify any person for any settlement of any such claim effected without such indemnifying party’s consent.

6.           Contribution.  To provide for just and equitable contribution, if (i) an indemnified party makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 5 hereof and it is finally determined, by a judgment, order or decree not subject to further appeal that such claims for indemnification may not be enforced, even though this Agreement expressly provides for indemnification in such case; or (ii) any indemnified or indemnifying party seeks contribution under the Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Selling Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Selling Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear

 

  

  

  

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to the total commissions and fees actually received by the Selling Agent. The relative fault, in the case of an untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission will be determined by, among other things, whether such statement, alleged statement, omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Selling Agent, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement, alleged statement, omission or alleged omission. The Company and the Selling Agent agree that it would be unjust and inequitable if the respective obligations of the Company and the Selling Agent for contribution were determined by pro rata allocation of the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses or by any other method or allocation that does not reflect the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6. No person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6, each person, if any, who controls the Selling Agent within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as the Selling Agent, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the provisions of this Section 6. Anything in this Section 6 to the contrary notwithstanding, no party will be liable for contribution with respect to the settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent. This Section 6 is intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution under the Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise available.

 

7.           Company Cooperation.  The Company shall make members of management and other employees, advisors and agents available to STVI as STVI shall reasonably request for consummating the Offering, and shall commit such time and other resources as are necessary or appropriate to secure reasonable and timely success of the Offering.  The Company shall inform the Selling Agent of any material events or developments reasonably expected to lead to material events that may come to the attention of the Company at any point during the Offering Period.

8.           Securities Law Compliance.  Each of the Company and the Selling Agent agrees to conduct the Offering in a manner intended (a) to qualify as a private placement of the Securities in any jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered and (b) to comply with the requirements of Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties given to the Company by each investor to the extent relevant for such determination, the Offering will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  In connection with offers made in the U.S. pursuant to Regulation D, the Company and the Selling Agent agree (i) to limit offers to sell, and solicitations of offers to buy, the Securities to persons reasonably believed by it to be “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, and (ii) not to engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the Offering within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.

 

  

  

  

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9.           Termination.  Either the Selling Agent or the Company may terminate the Offering in its sole discretion before Closing.  The Company shall promptly pay to the Selling Agent the amount of its actual out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) upon presentation of documentation demonstrating that such expenses have actually been incurred if termination is based on any of the following: (i) the Company terminates the Offering during the Offering Period for any reason other than the Selling Agent’s breach of this Agreement; or (ii) the Selling Agent terminates the Offering during the Offering Period because (a) the Company has not performed any material obligation under this Agreement or any representation or warranty under this Agreement is inaccurate in any material respect, and the Company’s non-performance remains unremedied within ten (10) days after written notice thereof from the Selling Agent; (b) there has been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Memorandum, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company, or (c) facts have come to the Selling Agent’s attention that cause the Selling Agent to believe that the Memorandum contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, and the Company, within ten (10) days’ after written notice thereof from the Selling Agent, has not remedied such untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact by the preparation of a supplement to the Memorandum.  Upon termination, all subscription documents and payment for the Units shall be returned to the respective subscribers, without interest or deduction.

10.           Miscellaneous.

(a)           Survival.  Any termination of the Offering shall be without obligation on the part of any party except that the provisions of Sections 3(f), 4(a), 5, 6, 9 and 10(b), (d) and (e) shall survive.

(b)           Representations, Warranties and Covenants to Survive Delivery.  The representations, warranties, indemnities, agreements, covenants and other statements of the Company contained herein shall survive for a period of one (1) year following the final closing of the Offering, if any.

(c)           No Other Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, controlling persons and permitted assigns, and no other person, firm or corporation shall have any third party beneficiary or other rights hereunder.

(d)           ARBITRATION, CHOICE OF LAW; COSTS.This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and delivered in New York City and shall be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, affect and in all other respects by the internal laws of the State of New York. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMINATION OR VALIDITY HEREOF, ANY ALLEGED BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ENGAGEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (ANY OF THE FOREGOING, A “CLAIM”) SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC (“JAMS”), OR ITS SUCCESSOR, IN NEW YORK, FOR FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF THREE ARBITRATORS WITH JAMS IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK UNDER THE JAMS COMPREHENSIVE ARBITRATION RULES AND 

 

  

  

  

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PROCEDURES (WITH EACH OF THE SELLING AGENT AND THE COMPANY CHOOSING ONE ARBITRATOR, AND THE CHOSEN ARBITRATORS CHOOSING THE THIRD ARBITRATOR).  THE ARBITRATORS SHALL, IN THEIR AWARD, ALLOCATE ALL OF THE COSTS OF THE ARBITRATION, INCLUDING THE FEES OF THE ARBITRATORS AND THE REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES OF THE PREVAILING PARTY, AGAINST THE PARTY WHO DID NOT PREVAIL.  THE AWARD IN THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING.  THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT, 9 U.S.C. SEC.1-16, AND THE JUDGMENT UPON THE AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATORS MAY BE ENTERED BY ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF.  THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING AGENT AGREE AND CONSENT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION, SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT WITHIN THE STATE AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION BROUGHT TO ENFORCE AN AWARD IN ARBITRATION.

(e)           Notices.                 All notices, requests, demands and other communications which are required or may be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered personally, receipt acknowledged, (ii) five (5) days after being sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iii) one (1) business day after being sent via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service guaranteeing next business day delivery.  All notices shall be made to the parties at the addresses designated above or at such other or different addresses which a party may subsequently provide with notice thereof, and to their respective legal counsel, as follows:

If to STVI, to:

Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc.

535 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: John Heidenreich, President

With a copy to:

Littman Krooks LLP

655 Third Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Attn.: Steven D. Uslaner, Esq.

or to such other person or address as STVI shall furnish to the Company in writing.

If to the Company, to:

Organovo, Inc.

5871 Oberlin Drive, Suite 150

 

  

  

  

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San Diego, CA 92121

Attention: Keith Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Fax:  (858) 550 - 9948

 

With a copy to:

 

Meister Selig & Fein LLP

Two Grand Central Tower

140 East 45th Street, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10017,

Attn: Kenneth S. Goodwin, Esq.

Fax:  (212) 655-3535

or to such other person or address as the Company shall furnish to STVI in writing.

(f)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement (and all signatures need not appear on anyone counterpart).  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.  This Agreement shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed and delivered by each of the parties hereto.

(g)           Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, documents, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties hereto.

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If you find the foregoing is in accordance with our understanding, kindly sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between us.

Dated:           September 19, 2011

 

	 	Very truly yours,	 
	 	 	 
	 	ORGANOVO, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
Date

	
By: 

	/s/ Keith Murphy	 
	 	 	Keith Murphy	 
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer	 
	 	 	 	 

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

SPENCER TRASK VENTURES INC.

	
By: 

	/s/ John Heidenreich	 
	 	John Heidenreich	 
	 	President	 
	 	 	 

 

  

  

  

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Exhibit A-1

Form of Company Special Counsel Opinion

1.           Based solely on the Certificate of Incorporation and good standing certificate from the State of Delaware, the Company is a corporation duly organized as a corporation and is validly existing and in good legal standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Based solely upon our review of the _________, the Company is qualified to do business in the states of _____________.

2.           The Company has (a) the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Selling Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and (b) taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Selling Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

3.           The Selling Agreement and the Transaction Documents are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and to the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity (whether applied by a court at law or in equity). The Notes and Warrants have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

4.           The shares of Common Stock issuable upon (i) exercise of the Warrants and the Agent’s Warrants and (ii) conversion of the Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  The issuance of the Notes, Warrants, Agent’s Warrants and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any statutory or, to our knowledge, contractual preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company.  A sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the Notes and due exercise of the Warrants and Agent’s Warrants as of the date hereof.

5.           The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Selling Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby will not (i) violate the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any United States federal or state law, rule or regulation known to us to be currently applicable to the Company,  (ii) violate the provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws; (iii) violate any judgment, decree, order or award known to us of any court, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company; or (iv) result in the breach or termination of any material term or provision of an agreement known to us to which the Company is a party, except in any such case where the breach or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect upon the business, financial condition, prospects, or results of operations of the Company or its ability to perform its obligations under the Selling Agreement and Transaction Documents.

 

  

  

  

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6.           No consent, approval or authorization of, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or state governmental authority on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid execution and delivery of the Selling Agreement or Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereunder, except for (A) the notices and filings required by state and federal securities laws; (B) any filings relating to public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or (C) any required consent, approval, authorization, action or filing has been obtained, performed or made by the Company.

 

7.           Assuming that the Units were sold only to “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the  Selling Agent complied in all material respects with Regulation D of the Securities Act and the terms and conditions of the Offering set forth in the Selling Agreement and the Memorandum, and assuming further that a Form D was properly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the securities comprising the Units will be issued pursuant to valid exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and will not be registered under the Securities Act and such securities will constitute “restricted securities” under the Securities Act.

 

8.           Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, to our knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or litigation pending or threatened against the Company before any court, governmental or administrative agency or body.

 

 

  

  

  

 

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Exhibit A-2

Form of Company Counsel Opinion

 

The authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Memorandum.  All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized and validly authorized, are fully paid and non assessable and were not issued in violation of, or subject to, any statutory or, to our knowledge, contractual preemptive rights.

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