0001140361-24-007983.txt : 20240214 0001140361-24-007983.hdr.sgml : 20240214 20240214161642 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-24-007983 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 18 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001838821 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] ORGANIZATION NAME: 05 Real Estate & Construction IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-40122 FILM NUMBER: 24638516 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10003 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-284-2300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10003 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001838821 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] ORGANIZATION NAME: 05 Real Estate & Construction IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10003 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-284-2300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 ASTOR PLACE, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10003 425 1 ny20020899x3_8k.htm 425


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K/A



CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 13, 2024

ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands
001-40122
98-1574672
(State or other jurisdiction of
 incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY
10003
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


(212) 284-2300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:



Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share
 
ARYD
 
The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


On February 13, 2024, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of ARYA (“ListCo”), Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of ListCo (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of ListCo (“Company Merger Sub”), and Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Adagio”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”). This Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is being filed to describe the material terms of the Business Combination Agreement and related agreements, which are filed as exhibits herewith. As used in this Current Report, “New Adagio” refers to ListCo after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

Item 1.01          Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

Business Combination Agreement

The Business Combination

The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were approved by the boards of directors of each of Adagio and ARYA. The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the consummation of the following transactions (the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, collectively, the “Business Combination”):


(i)
ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA (the “ARYA Merger”) and  Company Merger Sub will merge with and into Adagio (the “Adagio Merger” and, together with the ARYA Merger, the “Mergers”), with ARYA and Adagio surviving the Mergers and, after giving effect to such Mergers, each of ARYA and Adagio becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo, on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Business Combination Agreement;


(ii)
(A) each issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of ARYA (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) will be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New Adagio (the “New Adagio Common Stock”); and (B) each issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of ARYA (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), will be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one share of New Adagio Common Stock, other than 1,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares that will be forfeited by ARYA Sciences Holdings IV (the Sponsor), and issued to PIPE Investors (as defined below), including Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Perceptive PIPE Investor”). 1,147,500 shares of New Adagio Common Stock issuable to the Sponsor will be subject to share trigger price vesting and will vest if, prior to the tenth anniversary of the Closing, the post-closing share price of New Adagio equals or exceeds $24.00 per share for any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period (the “Share Trigger Price Vesting”); and


(iii)
(A) each warrant of Adagio will be either (x) terminated, or (y) “net” exercised in exchange for shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Adagio (“Adagio Common Stock”); (B) all issued and outstanding unsecured convertible promissory notes of Adagio (excluding the convertible notes issued by Adagio to the Perceptive PIPE Investor (as defined below) pursuant to the note purchase agreements dated April 4, 2023 and November 28, 2023, between Adagio and the Perceptive PIPE Investor (collectively, the “2023 Bridge Financing Notes”) and the 2024 Bridge Financing Notes (as defined below)) (the “Adagio Convertible Notes”), including any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, will be automatically and fully converted into shares of Adagio Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such Adagio Convertible Notes and such Adagio Convertible Notes will be cancelled, satisfied, extinguished, discharged and retired in connection with such conversion (the “Adagio Convertible Notes Conversion”); (C) each share of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Adagio (the “Adagio Preferred Stock”) that is issued and outstanding will be automatically converted into shares of Adagio Common Stock and each such share of Adagio Preferred Stock will be cancelled; (D) all issued and outstanding shares of Adagio Common Stock (other than treasury shares and shares with respect to which appraisal rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, are properly exercised and not withdrawn) will be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive shares of New Adagio Common Stock based on the exchange ratio set forth in the Business Combination Agreement; (E) each issued, outstanding and unexercised option to purchase Adagio Common Stock (“Adagio Option”) that is vested as of such time or will vest in connection with, or after taking into account the effect of, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement with an aggregate value that exceeds the aggregate exercise price of such Adagio Option (each an “In-the-Money Adagio Option”) will be cancelled and extinguished in exchange for options to purchase shares of New Adagio Common Stock, and each issued and outstanding Adagio equity award (other than an In-the-Money Adagio Option) will automatically be canceled and extinguished for no consideration and each holder thereof will cease to have any rights with respect thereto.


Prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), (A) ListCo will file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amended and restated certificate of incorporation of ListCo, and (B) the board of directors of ListCo will approve and adopt amended and restated bylaws of ListCo, each in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and Adagio. Following the Business Combination, New Adagio will change its name to Adagio Medical, Inc. and will be a publicly listed holding company which is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “ADGM.”

The Business Combination is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024, following the receipt of the required approval by ARYA’s and Adagio’s shareholders and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions.

Consideration

Under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, the aggregate consideration to be paid in the Business Combination is derived from an equity value of $24 million.

Representations and Warranties; Covenants

The Business Combination Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants of each of the parties thereto that are customary for transactions of this type. ListCo has agreed to take all action as may be necessary or appropriate such that, immediately after the Closing, New Adagio’s board of directors will consist of seven directors, which shall be divided into three classes and be comprised of seven individuals determined by Adagio, the Sponsor and ARYA prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), three of which directors shall be designated by Adagio, in consultation with ARYA and the Sponsor, and four of which directors shall be designated by the Sponsor, in consultation with Adagio. In addition, the board of directors of ListCo will adopt an equity incentive plan, a key employee equity incentive plan and an employee stock purchase plan prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations

The obligation of ARYA, ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub, Company Merger Sub and Adagio to consummate the Business Combination is subject to certain customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, (i)  the absence of any order, law or other legal restraint or prohibition issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity of competent jurisdiction prohibiting or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be filed by ListCo, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), registering certain shares of New Adagio Common Stock to be issued in the Business Combination, (iii) the required approval of Adagio’s stockholders, (iv) the required approval of ARYA’s shareholders, (v) New Adagio having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (provided such limitation has not been validly removed from the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Articles”) of ARYA prior to the Closing Date), (vi) the approval by Nasdaq of ListCo’s initial listing application in connection with the Business Combination and (vii) the aggregate cash proceeds from ARYA’s trust account, together with the proceeds from the PIPE Investment (as defined below) and the Convertible Security Financing (as defined below) being greater than or equal to $50,000,000, as described in the Business Combination Agreement.

Termination

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated under certain customary and limited circumstances prior to the closing of the Business Combination, including, but not limited to, (i) by mutual written consent of ARYA and Adagio, (ii) by ARYA if the representations and warranties of Adagio are not true and correct or if Adagio fails to perform any covenant or agreement set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing), in each case such that certain conditions to closing cannot be satisfied and the breach or breaches of such representations or warranties or the failure to perform such covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured or cannot be cured within certain specified time periods, (iii) by Adagio if the representations and warranties of ARYA are not true and correct or if ARYA fails to perform any covenant or agreement set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing), in each case such that certain conditions to closing cannot be satisfied and the breach or breaches of such representations or warranties or the failure to perform such covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured or cannot be cured within certain specified time periods, (iv) subject to certain limited exceptions, by either ARYA or Adagio if the Closing has not occurred by August 13, 2024, (v) by either ARYA or Adagio if the required approvals are not obtained from ARYA shareholders after the conclusion of a meeting of ARYA’s shareholders held for such purpose at which such shareholders voted on such approvals, (vi) by either ARYA or Adagio, if any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an order permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated under the Business Combination Agreement and such order shall have become final and nonappealable, (vii) by ARYA if Adagio does not deliver, or cause to be delivered to ARYA the written consent of the requisite shareholders of Adagio adopting and approving the Business Combination and such failure is not cured within specified time periods, and (viii) by either ARYA or Adagio if the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement have not been consummated on or prior to the last deadline for ARYA to consummate its initial business combination pursuant to the Articles.


If the Business Combination Agreement is validly terminated, none of the parties to the Business Combination Agreement will have any liability or any further obligation under the Business Combination Agreement, except in the case of a willful and material breach or fraud and for customary obligations that survive the termination thereof (such as confidentiality obligations).

A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto. The Business Combination Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other as of the date of the Business Combination Agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Business Combination Agreement are also modified in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules which are not filed publicly and which are subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to stockholders and were used for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties rather than establishing matters as facts. ARYA does not believe that these schedules contain information that is material to an investment decision.

Sponsor Letter Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ARYA, the Sponsor, each other holder of the Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Other Class B Shareholders” and with the Sponsor, the “Class B Shareholders”), including ARYA’s directors and officers (together with the Class B Shareholders, the “Insiders”), ListCo and Adagio entered into a letter agreement (the “Sponsor Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) each Class B Shareholder agreed to vote in favor of each of the transaction proposals to be voted upon at the meeting of ARYA shareholders, including approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) each Class B Shareholder agreed to waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the governing documents of ARYA or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the Class B Ordinary Shares (whether resulting from the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) or otherwise), (iii) each of the Insiders and ARYA agreed to terminate certain existing agreements or arrangements, (iv) each Class B Shareholder agreed to be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to his, her or its shares in ARYA prior to the Closing, (v) the Sponsor agreed that 1,147,500 shares of New Adagio Common Stock issued to the Sponsor will be subject to Share Trigger Price Vesting, (vi) the Sponsor has agreed to irrevocably forfeit, surrender and transfer to ARYA for no consideration 1,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, which will be re-issued by ListCo to the PIPE Investors (as defined below), including the Perceptive PIPE Investor, and (vii) the Sponsor has agreed to amend the lock-up provisions included in that certain letter agreement, dated as of February 25, 2021, and to replace such lock-up provisions with the transfer restrictions included in the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined below).

A copy of the Sponsor Letter Agreement is filed with this Current Report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Sponsor Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

Adagio Stockholder Transaction Support Agreements

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, certain stockholders of Adagio entered into transaction support agreements (collectively, the “Adagio Transaction Support Agreements”) with ARYA and Adagio, pursuant to which such stockholders of Adagio agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) be bound by certain covenants and agreements related to the Business Combination.

The form of the Adagio Transaction Support Agreement is filed with this Current Report as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.


PIPE Financing (Private Placement)

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ListCo and ARYA entered into Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with the Perceptive PIPE Investor and certain other investors (the “Other PIPE Investors,” and, together with the Perceptive PIPE Investor, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors committed $45,000,000 of financing, which includes (i) commitments by certain investors to subscribe for and purchase Class A Ordinary Shares in the open market and not to redeem such shares prior to the Closing Date, (ii) non-redemption commitments by certain investors, (iii) the contribution of $23,000,000 of 2023 Bridge Financing Notes to ListCo (or such lower amount as is loaned under such notes at Closing), and (iv) an additional cash investment by the Perceptive PIPE Investor of approximately $8.1 million (which amount will be increased by any undrawn capacity under the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes prior to Closing), as described in more detail below (together, the “PIPE Financing”). In connection with the PIPE Financing, PIPE Investors will also be issued warrants to purchase shares of New Adagio Common Stock at $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Warrants”), which are exercisable for shares of New Adagio Common Stock at $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment. As provided for in the Subscription Agreements, the number of shares of New Adagio Common Stock and Warrants issuable to the PIPE Investors will depend on the redemption value of the Class A Ordinary Shares at Closing, the average per share price of the Class A Ordinary Shares purchased by certain PIPE Investors in the open market and the amount of interest on the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes that will have accrued and be unpaid at Closing and be contributed to ListCo in exchange for shares of New Adagio Common Stock. In connection with the PIPE Financing, certain PIPE Investors also committed to purchase pre-funded warrants, which are exerciseable for a nominal exercise price of $0.001 (the “Pre-Funded Warrants,” and together with the Warrants, the “PIPE Warrants”). The shares of New Adagio Common Stock and PIPE Warrants to be issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreements have not been registered under the Securities Act and will be issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. ListCo will grant the PIPE Investors certain registration rights in connection with the PIPE Financing. The PIPE Financing is contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent closing of the Business Combination.

The subscription agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among the Perceptive PIPE Investor, ListCo and ARYA, the form of the non-redemption subscription agreement, the form of the open market purchase subscription agreement and the form of the subscription agreement with Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants are filed with this Current Report as Exhibits 10.3 through 10.6, and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement and PIPE Warrants are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

Convertible Security Financing (Private Placement)

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain investors, including the Perceptive PIPE Investor (“Convert Investors”), executed a securities purchase agreement, dated February 13, 2024, with ListCo (the “Convertible Security Subscription Agreement”), pursuant to which ListCo will issue on the Closing Date to the Convert Investors $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 13% senior secured convertible notes (the “New Adagio Convertible Notes”), which will be convertible into shares of New Adagio Common Stock, and 1,500,000 warrants (the “Convert Warrants”), which will be exercisable for New Adagio Common Stock at $24.00 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Base Convert Financing”), and will expire on the seventh anniversary of the Closing. The New Adagio Convertible Notes will have a maturity of 3 years and nine months after Closing and interest will be payable in cash or compound as additional principal outstanding. The Perceptive PIPE Investor also purchased a $7,000,000 convertible promissory note of Adagio (the “2024 Bridge Financing Notes”) pursuant to a note purchase agreement, dated February 13, 2024, by and among the Perceptive PIPE Investor, Adagio and ListCo (the “2024 Bridge Financing Notes Subscription Agreement”). On the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of the 2024 Bridge Financing Notes and the 2024 Bridge Financing Note Subscription Agreement, the 2024 Bridge Financing Notes will convert into New Adagio Convertible Notes and Convert Warrants, and the Perceptive PIPE Investor will subscribe for $5,500,000 aggregate principal amount of New Adagio Convertible Notes and 937,500 Convert Warrants, on the same terms as the other Convert Investors executing the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement (such additional investment by the Perceptive PIPE Investor, the “Perceptive Convertible Note Commitment,” and together with the Base Convert Financing, the “Convertible Security Financing”). Subject to ARYA and New Adagio receiving any new financing or commitment for financing, whether in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt, before the Closing Date, the Perceptive PIPE Investor may request that on the Closing Date the 2024 Bridge Financing Note is repaid, the Perceptive Convertible Note Commitment is reduced or a combination of both. The New Adagio Convertible Notes, the Convert Warrants or any shares of New Adagio Common Stock issuable in connection with the Convertible Security Financing have not been registered under the Securities Act and will be issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. ListCo will grant the Convert Investors certain registration rights in connection with the Convertible Security Financing. The Convertible Security Financing is contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent closing of the Business Combination.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement, on the Closing Date, ListCo, certain of its subsidiaries (other than Adagio Medical GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany and an excluded subsidiary thereunder) (the “Subsidiaries”) and Allegro Management LLC, as the collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) on behalf of the Convert Investors, will enter into a security and pledge agreement (the “Convert Security Document”), pursuant to which ListCo and the Subsidiaries will (i) pledge the equity interests in the Subsidiaries to the Collateral Agent, (ii) pledge all of their respective promissory notes, securities and other instruments evidencing indebtedness to the Collateral Agent, and (iii) grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in and lien on all of their respective personal property and assets, including, among other items, all of their deposit accounts, chattel paper, documents, equipment, general intangibles, instruments and inventory, and all proceeds therefrom, in each case subject to customary exceptions, all as set forth in the form of the Convert Security Document.  Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Subsidiaries will deliver a guaranty (the “Convert Guaranty”) to the Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Subsidiaries will, jointly and severally, guaranty ListCo’s obligation to repay the New Adagio Convertible Notes and all other obligations of ListCo under the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement and the New Adagio Convertible Notes and other related transaction documents, as set forth in the form of the Convert Guaranty. Any additional subsidiaries of ListCo formed or acquired after the closing date will be required to join the Convert Guaranty as additional guarantors.

The form of Convertible Security Subscription Agreement, the 2024 Bridge Financing Note Subscription Agreement, the form of Convert Warrant, the form of the Convert Guaranty, the form of the Convert Security Document, the form of the Convert Registration Rights Agreement and the form of New Adagio Convertible Notes are filed with this Current Report as Exhibits 10.7 through 10.12 and Exhibit 10.16, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions of the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement, 2024 Bridge Financing Note Subscription Agreement and the form of Convert Warrant are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

Convert Registration Rights Agreement
 
The Conversion Shares, the Convert Warrants, the Convert Warrant Shares, the New Adagio Convertible Notes and any capital stock of ListCo issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion Shares, have not been registered under the Securities Act. In connection with the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement, ListCo and the Convert Investors agreed to enter into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Convert Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which ListCo will be required to file a registration statement on Form S-3 or, if not available, Form S-1 (the “Convert Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register for resale all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Convert Registration Rights Agreement), as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Filing Deadline (as defined in the Convert Registration Rights Agreement). In the event that the number of shares registered for resale under the Convert Registration Statement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities, ListCo will amend the Registration Statement or file with the SEC a new registration statement to cover at least the Required Registration Amount (as defined in the Convert Registration Rights Agreement) as of the trading day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new registration statement, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 days after the necessity therefor arises.

If ListCo fails to file the Convert Registration Statement when required, fails to obtain effectiveness by SEC when required or fails to maintain the effectiveness of the Convert Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of Section 2(e) of the Convert Registration Rights Agreement, then as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of, its ability to sell the underlying shares of New Adagio Common Stock, ListCo will be required to pay each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Convert Registration Statement an amount equal to one percent of such Convert Investor’s original principal amount according to the timelines laid out in Section 2(e) of the Convert Registration Rights Agreement.

A copy of the Convert Registration Rights Agreement is filed with this Current Report as Exhibit 10.12 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Convert Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

Investor Rights Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ARYA, ListCo, the Perceptive PIPE Investor, the Sponsor, the Other Class B Shareholders and certain Adagio stockholders entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Perceptive PIPE Investor, the Sponsor, the Other Class B Shareholders and certain Adagio stockholders and investors in the Convertible Security Financing will be granted certain customary registration rights. Further, subject to customary exceptions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, the shares of New Adagio Common Stock beneficially owned or owned of record by the Sponsor, the Perceptive PIPE Investor, certain officers and directors of ARYA and New Adagio (including any shares of New Adagio Common Stock issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement or the PIPE Financing) will be subject to a lock-up period beginning on the date the Closing occurs (the “Closing Date”) until the date that is the earlier of (i) 365 days following the Closing Date (or six months after the Closing Date, in the case of Olav Bergheim, John Dahldorf, Hakon Bergheim, Todd Wider, Michael Henderson and Leslie Trigg) or (ii) the first date subsequent to the Closing Date with respect to which the closing price of the shares of New Adagio Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date.

A copy of the Investor Rights Agreement is filed with this Current Report as Exhibit 10.13 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Investor Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

ARYA Convertible Note Amendments and Conversions (Private Placement)

In connection with the Closing and immediately prior to the effective time of the ARYA Merger, the Sponsor may elect to contribute the unsecured convertible promissory note, dated as of November 7, 2022, by and between the Sponsor and ARYA (the “First Convertible Promissory Note”), the unsecured convertible promissory note, dated as of February 28, 2023, by and between the Sponsor and ARYA (as amended on February 13, 2024, the “Second Convertible Promissory Note”), the amended and restated unsecured convertible promissory note, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between the Sponsor and ARYA (the “A&R Third Promissory Note”) and the unsecured convertible promissory note, dated as of February 8, 2024, by and between the Sponsor and ARYA (the “Fourth Convertible Promissory Note,” and, together with the First Convertible Promissory Note, the Second Convertible Promissory Note and the A&R Third Promissory Note, the “ARYA Convertible Promissory Notes”) to ARYA in exchange for Class A Ordinary Shares at a conversion price of $10.00 per share. In connection with the Closing, each Class A Ordinary Share will be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive one share of New Adagio Common Stock.

The amendment to the Second Convertible Promissory Note and the A&R Third Promissory Note are filed with this Current Report as Exhibits 10.14 and 10.15, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions of the amendment to the Second Convertible Promissory Note and the A&R Third Promissory Note are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

Item 2.03           Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure related to the Convertible Security Financing and ARYA Convertible Promissory Notes set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3.02          Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure related to the PIPE Financing and Convertible Security Financing set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference herein. The shares of New Adagio Common Stock and PIPE Warrants offered and sold in connection with the PIPE Financing and the New Adagio Convertible Notes and Convert Warrants offered and sold in connection with the Convertible Security Financing have not been registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) thereof.


Item 8.01          Other Events.

On February 1, 2024, ARYA filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Extension Proxy Statement”) for an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders (the “Extension Meeting”) to be held at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on February 27, 2024, to seek shareholder approval to adopt amendments to the Articles (the “Articles Amendments”). Given the anticipated timing of the Business Combination, ARYA believes that it will not, despite its best efforts, be able to complete the Business Combination on or before March 2, 2024, the current deadline for ARYA to complete a business combination under the Articles. The Articles Amendments would (i) extend the date by which ARYA has to complete a business combination up to March 2, 2025 (if all eleven additional monthly extensions are exercised by the Sponsor and subsequently approved by the board of directors of ARYA as described in the Extension Proxy Statement), (ii) allow for the conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis at any time and from time to time prior to the consummation of a business combination at the option of the holder of such Class B Ordinary Shares, and (iii) eliminate the limitation that ARYA may not redeem Class A Ordinary Shares to the extent that such redemption would result in ARYA having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) of less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation”) in order to allow ARYA to redeem Class A Ordinary Shares irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the Redemption Limitation.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this Current Report may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or ARYA’s, Adagio’s or New Adagio’s future financial or operating performance. For example, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including post-Business Combination fully diluted equity value, the anticipated enterprise value of New Adagio, expected ownership in New Adagio, projections of market opportunity and market share, the capability of Adagio’s or New Adagio’s business plans including its plans to expand, the sources and uses of cash from the Business Combination, any benefits of Adagio’s partnerships, strategies or plans as they relate to the Business Combination, anticipated benefits of the Business Combination and expectations related to the terms and timing of the Business Combination, Adagio’s expected pro forma cash, Adagio’s or New Adagio’s expected cash runway through 2025 or statements related to Adagio’s or New Adagio’s funding gap, funded business plan or use of proceeds, or other metrics or statements derived therefrom, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “propose,” “seek,” “should,” “strive,” “will,” or “would” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may be beyond the control of ARYA, Adagio or New Adagio and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by ARYA and its management, Adagio and its management and New Adagio and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. Each of ARYA, Adagio and New Adagio caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known and projections of the future, which are inherently uncertain. There will be risks and uncertainties described in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement relating to the Business Combination, which is expected to be filed by ListCo with the SEC, and described in other documents filed by ARYA or New Adagio from time to time with the SEC. These filings may identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Neither ARYA nor Adagio can assure you that the forward-looking statements in this Current Report will prove to be accurate.


In addition, new risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it may not be possible to identify and accurately predict the potential impacts of any such risks and uncertainties that may arise in the future. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of negotiations and any subsequent definitive agreements with respect to the Business Combination; (2) the outcome of any potential litigation, government or regulatory proceedings that may be instituted against ARYA, Adagio, New Adagio or others; (3) the inability to complete the Business Combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of ARYA, to obtain financing to complete the Business Combination or to satisfy other conditions to closing; (4) the amount of redemption requests made by ARYA’s public shareholders; (5) changes to the proposed structure of the Business Combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the Business Combination; (6) delays in obtaining, adverse conditions in, or the inability to obtain regulatory approvals, or delays in completing regulatory reviews, required to complete the Business Combination; (7) the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards prior to or following the consummation of the Business Combination; (8) the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of Adagio or New Adagio as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; (9) Adagio’s ability to remain compliant with the covenants of its existing debt, including any convertible or bridge financing notes; (10) New Adagio’s ability to remain compliant with the covenants of, and other obligations under, the senior secured convertible notes that will be issued in connection with the closing of the Business Combination; (11) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of New Adagio to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (12) costs related to the Business Combination; (13) risks associated with changes in applicable laws or regulations and Adagio’s or New Adagio’s international operations and operations in a regulated industry; (14) the possibility that Adagio or New Adagio may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (15) Adagio’s or New Adagio’s use of proceeds, post-Business Combination fully diluted equity value or fully diluted enterprise value, expected pro forma cash, expected cash runway or funding gap, estimates of expenses and profitability; and (16) the other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in ARYA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents filed, or to be filed, with the SEC by ARYA or New Adagio. There may be additional risks that ARYA, Adagio or New Adagio do not presently know or that ARYA, Adagio or New Adagio currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may materially differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of ARYA, Adagio and New Adagio.

Nothing in this Current Report should be regarded as a representation or warranty by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved, in any specified time frame, or at all. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made in this Current Report. Subsequent events and developments may cause those views to change. Neither ARYA, Adagio nor New Adagio undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Additional Information

In connection with the Business Combination, ListCo intends to file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 containing a preliminary proxy statement of ARYA and a preliminary prospectus of ListCo, and after the Registration Statement is declared effective, ARYA expects to mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus related to the Business Combination to its shareholders. The proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at ARYA’s shareholder meeting to be held to approve the Business Combination. ARYA and ListCo may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the Business Combination. This Current Report does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Business Combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Business Combination. Before making any voting or other investment decisions, shareholders of ARYA and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and any amendments thereto, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about ARYA, Adagio and the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement becomes effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the Business Combination will be mailed to shareholders of ARYA as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York, 10003, Attention: Secretary, ARYA4@perceptivelife.com.

INVESTMENT IN ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


Participants in the Solicitation

ARYA and its respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from ARYA’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination. A list of the names of ARYA’s directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in ARYA is contained in ARYA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York, 10003, Attention: Secretary, ARYA4@perceptivelife.com. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the Business Combination when available. Investors, security holders and other interested persons of ARYA, Adagio and New Adagio are urged to carefully read in their entirety the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents that will be filed with the SEC, when they become available, because they will contain important information about the Business Combination. Also see above under the heading “Additional Information.”

Adagio and New Adagio, and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of ARYA in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the Business Combination will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus for the Business Combination when available.

No Offer and Non-Solicitation

This Current Report does not constitute (i) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination or (ii) an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any securities of ARYA, Adagio or New Adagio, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, or an exemption therefrom..

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits


     
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
   
2.1
Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among ARYA, ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub, Company Merger Sub and Adagio.
Sponsor Letter Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among ARYA, the Sponsor, ListCo, Adagio and the other parties thereto.
Form of Adagio Stockholder Transaction Support Agreement.
PIPE Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among the Perceptive PIPE Investor, ListCo and ARYA.
Form of Non-Redemption Subscription Agreement.
10.5 Form of Open Market Purchase Subscription Agreement
10.6 Form of Subscription Agreement with Pre-Funded Warrant and Warrant.
Form of Convertible Security Subscription Agreement.
2024 Bridge Financing Note Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between ListCo, the Perceptive PIPE Investor and certain other investors thereto.
Form of Convert Warrant Agreement.
Form of Convert Guaranty.
Form of Convert Security Document.
Form of Convert Registration Rights Agreement.
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among ARYA, ListCo, the Perceptive PIPE Investor, the Sponsor and the other parties thereto.
Amendment to the Second Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between ARYA and the Sponsor.
Amended and Restated Third Promissory Note, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between ARYA and the Sponsor.
10.16
Form of New Adagio Convertible Promissory Note.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
† Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 14, 2024


 
ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
   
 
By:
/s/ Adam Stone
 
Name:
 Adam Stone
 
Title:
 Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit 2.1
BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV,
AJA HOLDCO, INC.,
AJA MERGER SUB 1
AJA MERGER SUB 2, INC.
AND
ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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ANNEXES AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
Form of Sponsor Letter Agreement
Exhibit B
Form of Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreement
Exhibit C
Forms of PIPE Subscription Agreements
Exhibit D
Form of Convertible Security Subscription Agreement
Exhibit E
Form of Investor Rights Agreement

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT
This BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 13, 2024, is made by and among ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“HoldCo”), Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company Merger Sub”). ARYA, HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub, the Company, and Company Merger Sub shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
WHEREAS, (a) ARYA is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 24, 2020 and incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, (b) HoldCo is, as of the date of this Agreement, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of ARYA that was formed for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable Ancillary Documents, (c) ARYA Merger Sub is, as of the date of this Agreement, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of HoldCo that was formed for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable Ancillary Documents, and (d) Company Merger Sub is, as of the date of this Agreement, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of HoldCo that was formed for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the applicable Ancillary Documents;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Governing Documents of ARYA, ARYA is required to provide an opportunity for its shareholders to have their outstanding ARYA Class A Shares redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein in connection with obtaining the ARYA Shareholder Approval;
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the “ARYA Sponsor”), and the Other ARYA Class B Shareholders collectively own 3,737,500 ARYA Class B Shares;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the ARYA Sponsor, the ARYA Insiders, ARYA, HoldCo, and the Company are entering into the sponsor letter agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Sponsor Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the ARYA Sponsor and each Other ARYA Class B Shareholder has agreed to (i) vote all ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it in favor of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers), and (ii) subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, to waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the Governing Documents of ARYA or any other anti-dilution or similar protection, in each case, with respect to the ARYA Class B Shares owned by him, her or it in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the ARYA Sponsor and each ARYA Insider has agreed to, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, terminate certain existing agreements or arrangements and (c) the ARYA Sponsor has agreed to, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of ARYA Merger Effective Time, (i) forfeit and surrender for no consideration a number of the ARYA Class B Shares owned by it (with such number of ARYA Class B Shares so forfeited and surrendered for no consideration determined pursuant to the Sponsor Letter Agreement) and (ii) subject 1,147,500 HoldCo Shares into which its ARYA Class B Shares are exchanged as a result of the ARYA Merger (with such number of HoldCo Shares determined pursuant to the Sponsor Letter Agreement) to certain vesting conditions, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Letter Agreement;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, ARYA, the Company, and certain Company Shareholders (collectively, the “Supporting Company Shareholders”) shall enter into a transaction support agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (collectively, the “Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements”), pursuant to which each such Supporting Company Shareholder will agree to, among other things, (a) support and vote in favor of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers), (b) take, or cause to be taken, any actions necessary or advisable to cause certain agreements to be terminated effective as of the Closing, and (c) not transfer any of his, her or its Equity Securities of the Company, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”) and Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands limited company (the “Perceptive
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Investor”), respectively, are each entering into a subscription agreement with HoldCo and ARYA, substantially in the applicable forms attached hereto as Exhibits C-1 through C-4 (collectively, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Perceptive Investor and each PIPE Investor has agreed to subscribe for and purchase on the Closing Date, and HoldCo has agreed to issue and sell to the Perceptive Investor and each PIPE Investor on the Closing Date, the number of HoldCo Shares and HoldCo Warrants set forth in the applicable PIPE Subscription Agreement in exchange for the purchase price set forth therein (the financing under all PIPE Subscription Agreements, collectively, the “PIPE Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable PIPE Subscription Agreement;
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2023 and November 28, 2023, the Perceptive Investor and the Company entered into Note Purchase Agreements (as amended, the “2023 Bridge Financing Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Perceptive Investor agreed to (a) purchase up to an aggregate of $23,000,000 (such aggregate amount, the “2023 Bridge Financing Commitment”) in one or more convertible promissory notes of the Company (collectively, the “2023 Bridge Financing Notes”) and (b) purchase HoldCo Shares and HoldCo Warrants at the same purchase price as the PIPE Investors in the PIPE Financing in an aggregate amount equal to any unfunded portion of the 2023 Bridge Financing Commitment on the Closing Date (the financing contemplated by clause (a) and (b), collectively, the “2023 Bridge Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the 2023 Bridge Financing Agreements;
WHEREAS, the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes will be contributed to HoldCo in exchange for (or will otherwise be converted into) HoldCo Shares and HoldCo Warrants based on the purchase price in the PIPE Financing, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable 2023 Bridge Financing Note and the applicable PIPE Subscription Agreement (the “2023 Bridge Note Exchange”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, certain investors (collectively, the “Convertible Security Investors”) and the Perceptive Investor are each entering into a subscription agreement with HoldCo and ARYA, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (collectively, the “Convertible Security Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, each Convertible Security Investor has agreed to subscribe for and purchase on the Closing Date, and HoldCo has agreed to issue and sell to each Convertible Security Investor on the Closing Date, the senior secured convertible notes (the “HoldCo Convertible Notes”) and HoldCo Warrants issuable pursuant to the applicable Convertible Security Subscription Agreement in exchange for the purchase price set forth therein (the financing under all Convertible Security Subscription Agreements, collectively, the “Convertible Security Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable Convertible Security Subscription Agreement;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Perceptive Investor and the Company are entering into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “2024 Bridge Financing Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Perceptive Investor agreed to (a) purchase a convertible promissory note of the Company (the “2024 Bridge Financing Note”) in the original principal amount of up to $9,000,000 (the “2024 Bridge Financing Commitment”) and (b) purchase HoldCo Convertible Notes and HoldCo Warrants at the same purchase price as the Convertible Security Investors in the Convertible Security Financing in an aggregate amount equal to 2024 Bridge Financing Commitment on the Closing Date, (the financing contemplated by clause (a) and (b), collectively, the “2024 Bridge Financing”), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreement;
WHEREAS, the 2024 Bridge Financing Note will be contributed to HoldCo in exchange for (or will otherwise be converted into) HoldCo Convertible Notes and HoldCo Warrants based on the purchase price in the Convertible Security Financing, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the 2024 Bridge Financing Note and the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreement (the “2024 Bridge Note Exchange”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, each of HoldCo, the ARYA Sponsor, the Perceptive Investor, the Other ARYA Class B Shareholders and certain Company Shareholders shall enter into an investor rights agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of, the ARYA Merger Effective Time, each of the ARYA Sponsor, the Perceptive Investor, the Other ARYA Class B Shareholders and the
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Company Shareholders party thereto (a) will agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any Equity Securities of HoldCo held by any of them during the lock-up period described therein and (b) will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective HoldCo Shares, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of ARYA (the “ARYA Board”) has (a) approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which ARYA is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers) and (b) recommended, among other things, approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Mergers) by the holders of ARYA Shares entitled to vote thereon;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of HoldCo (the “HoldCo Board”) has (a) unanimously approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which HoldCo is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers) and (b) recommended, among other things, approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Mergers) by the holders of HoldCo Shares entitled to vote thereon;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of ARYA Merger Sub has unanimously approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which ARYA Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the ARYA Merger);
WHEREAS, the board of directors of Company Merger Sub has unanimously approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Company Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Company Merger);
WHEREAS, ARYA, as the sole stockholder of HoldCo, will as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which HoldCo is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers);
WHEREAS, HoldCo, as the sole shareholder of ARYA Merger Sub and the sole stockholder of Company Merger Sub, will as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which each of ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers);
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has (a) unanimously approved this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Company Merger) and (b) recommended, among other things, the approval of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Company Merger) by the holders of Company Shares entitled to vote thereon;
WHEREAS, the Company Shareholders holding a number of Company Shares sufficient to provide the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval will, as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) following the date on which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, approve this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Company Merger) by executing and delivering the Company Shareholder Written Consent;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, at the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA (the “ARYA Merger”), with ARYA as the surviving company in such merger and, after giving effect to such merger, ARYA will be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of HoldCo, and each issued and outstanding ARYA Share will be automatically converted, as of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, into the right to receive one (1) HoldCo Share, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, following the consummation of the ARYA Merger, at the Company Merger Effective Time, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Company Merger” and together with the ARYA Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Company as the surviving company in such merger and, after
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giving effect to such merger, the Company will be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of HoldCo, and each issued and outstanding Company Share will be automatically converted as of the Company Merger Effective Time into the right to receive a portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each of the Parties intends for U.S. federal income tax purposes that (a) the Mergers, the PIPE Financing, the Convertible Security Financing (to the extent applicable), and the 2023 Bridge Note Exchange and 2024 Bridge Note Exchange (to the extent applicable) shall collectively be treated as an integrated transaction qualifying under Section 351(a) of the Code, (b) the Company Merger qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and (c) this Agreement constitutes a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, (clauses (a) through (c), collectively, the “Intended Tax Treatment”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Article 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below.
280G Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.25.
2023 Bridge Financing” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2023 Bridge Financing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2023 Bridge Financing Commitment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2023 Bridge Financing Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2023 Bridge Note Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2024 Bridge Financing” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2024 Bridge Financing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2024 Bridge Financing Commitment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2024 Bridge Financing Note” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
2024 Bridge Note Exchange” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Additional ARYA SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
Adjusted Equity Value” means (a) the Equity Value, plus (b) the Aggregate In-the-Money Option Exercise Price.
Adjusted Equity Value Per Share” means (a) the Adjusted Equity Value, divided by (b) the Fully-Diluted Company Capitalization.
Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration” means an aggregate number of HoldCo Shares equal to (a) the Adjusted Equity Value, divided by (b) the HoldCo Share Value.
Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the Affiliates of the ARYA Sponsor shall be deemed to include Perceptive and its Affiliates.
Aggregate Financing Proceeds” means the sum of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate gross cash proceeds received by the ARYA Parties in respect of the PIPE Financing, including pursuant to any PIPE Subscription Agreements executed after the date of this Agreement, (b) the aggregate gross cash proceeds received by the
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Company in respect of the 2023 Bridge Financing, (c) the aggregate gross cash proceeds received by the ARYA Parties or the Company in respect of the 2024 Bridge Financing, and (d) the aggregate gross cash proceeds received by the ARYA Parties or the Company in respect of the Convertible Security Financing, in the case of each of clause (a) through (d) whether such proceeds are received prior to or on the Closing Date and before giving effect to any uses thereof (including the payment or satisfaction of any fees, costs or expenses). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) any cash proceeds received by an ARYA Party or the Company or any of its Affiliates in respect of the PIPE Financing, the 2023 Bridge Financing, the 2024 Bridge Financing or the Convertible Security Financing prior to the Closing Date shall constitute, and be taken into account for purposes of determining, Aggregate Financing Proceeds (without, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to, or otherwise taking into account the use of any such proceeds) and (ii) if any ARYA Party or the Company or any of its Affiliates directs all or any portion of the proceeds from any of the foregoing financings to pay any fees, costs or expenses, such proceeds will, for the avoidance of doubt, be deemed received pursuant to this definition and will constitute “Aggregate Financing Proceeds”.
Aggregate In-the-Money Option Exercise Price” means the aggregate exercise price that would be paid to the Company in respect of all In-the-Money Options if all such In-the-Money Options were exercised in full immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time (without giving effect to any “net” exercise or similar concept).
Aggregate Transaction Proceeds” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate cash proceeds available for release to any ARYA Party (or any designees thereof) from the Trust Account in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (after giving effect to the ARYA Shareholder Redemption and before giving effect to the payment of any fees, costs or expenses (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any deferred underwriting commissions)) and (b) the Aggregate Financing Proceeds.
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Allocation Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
Allocation Schedule Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
Ancillary Documents” means the Investor Rights Agreement, Sponsor Letter Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreements, 2023 Bridge Financing Agreements, 2023 Bridge Financing Notes, the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreement, 2024 Bridge Financing Note, the Convertible Security Subscription Agreements, the HoldCo Convertible Notes, the Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements and each other agreement, document, instrument and/or certificate contemplated by this Agreement executed or to be executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers).
Anti-Corruption Laws” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), (b) the UK Bribery Act 2010 and (c) any other anti-bribery, anti-money laundering or anti-corruption Laws or Orders related to combatting bribery, corruption and money laundering.
ARYA” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
ARYA Acquisition Proposal” means any transaction or series of related transactions under which ARYA or any of its controlled Affiliates, directly or indirectly, (i) acquires or otherwise purchases any other Person(s), (ii) engages in a “business combination” (as defined in the Governing Documents of ARYA), or (iii) acquires or otherwise purchases all or a material portion of the assets, Equity Securities or businesses of any other Person(s) (in the case of each of clause (i), (ii) and (iii), whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of Equity Securities, purchase of assets, tender offer or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall constitute an ARYA Acquisition Proposal.
ARYA Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
ARYA Board Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
ARYA Class A Shares” means ARYA’s Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share.
ARYA Class B Shares” means ARYA’s Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share.
ARYA D&O Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(a).
ARYA Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.18(b).
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ARYA Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to the Company by ARYA on the date of this Agreement.
ARYA Expiration Date” means the later of (a) March 2, 2024 or (b) the date (or latest date, in the event of multiple ARYA Extensions) set as the deadline for ARYA to consummate its initial business combination following one or more ARYA Extensions.
ARYA Extension” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.27.
ARYA Financial Statements” means all of the financial statements of ARYA included in the ARYA SEC Reports.
ARYA Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section 4.2 (Authority), Section 4.4 (Brokers), and Section 4.6 (other than clause (d) thereof) (Capitalization of the ARYA Parties).
ARYA Insiders” means collectively, Adam Stone, Michael Altman, Joseph Edelman, Konstantin Poukalov and the Other ARYA Class B Shareholders.
ARYA Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with any other change, event, effect or occurrence, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the ARYA Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (a) in no event shall (i) the execution or public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of any ARYA Party with investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.3(b) to the extent that its purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (ii) any ARYA Shareholder Redemption, in and of itself, or (iii) any breach of any covenants, agreements or obligations of a Strategic Investor under any Strategic Financing Agreement (including any breach of a Strategic Investor’s (other than ARYA Sponsor and its Affiliates) obligations to fund any amounts thereunder when required), in and of itself, constitute an ARYA Material Adverse Effect and (b) no change, event, effect or occurrence that is generally applicable to “SPACs” shall be taken into account in determining whether an ARYA Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, except to the extent any such change, event, effect or occurrence has or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate adverse effect on ARYA relative to other similarly situated “SPACs”.
ARYA Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
ARYA Merger Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(vii).
ARYA Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(ii).
ARYA Merger Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
ARYA Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
ARYA Parties” means, collectively, ARYA, HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub.
ARYA Plan of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(ii).
ARYA Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
ARYA Related Party Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9.
ARYA SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
ARYA Shareholder” means a holder of ARYA Class A Shares and/or ARYA Class B Shares as of any determination time prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time.
ARYA Shareholder Approval” means, collectively, the Required ARYA Shareholder Approval and the Other ARYA Shareholder Approval.
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ARYA Shareholder Redemption” means the right of eligible holders of ARYA Class A Shares to redeem all or a portion of their ARYA Class A Shares (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) as set forth in Governing Documents of ARYA.
ARYA Shareholders Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
ARYA Shares” means, collectively, the ARYA Class A Shares and the ARYA Class B Shares.
ARYA Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Business” means the business of, directly or indirectly, researching, developing, testing, manufacturing, distributing, marketing or selling products, platforms, or services related to cardiac ablation therapeutic (or similar) technologies for the treatment of cardiac disorders or diseases, or any activities, services, products, platforms or businesses incidental or attendant thereto.
Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks in New York, New York and the Cayman Islands are open for the general transaction of business.
Cayman Companies Law” means the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands.
CBA” means any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union, labor organization, or works council.
Certificates” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(vii).
Change of Control Payment” means (a) any success, change of control, retention, transaction bonus or other similar payment or amount to any Person as a result of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, excluding any “double trigger” or “multiple trigger” bonus, payment or amount that may become payable when combined with or followed by one or more additional facts, matters or events, or (b) any payments made or required to be made pursuant to or in connection with or upon termination of, or any fees, expenses or other payments owing or that will become owing in respect of, any Company Related Party Transaction (in the case of each of clause (a) and (b), regardless of whether paid or payable prior to, at or after the Closing or in connection with or otherwise related to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or one or more circumstances, matters, transactions or events unrelated to this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents).
Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing Filing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
Closing Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
COBRA” means Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code and any similar state Law.
Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Company Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer concerning (a) any transaction or series of related transactions under which any Person(s), directly or indirectly, (i) acquires or otherwise purchases the Company and its controlled Affiliates, taken as a whole, or a majority of the voting power or Equity Securities of the Company, or (ii) acquires, is granted, leased or licensed or otherwise purchases all or a material portion of assets, properties or businesses of the Company and its controlled Affiliates, taken as a whole (in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), whether by merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization, reorganization, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, purchase of assets, share exchange, business combination, purchase or issuance of Equity Securities, tender offer or otherwise), or (b) any issuance, sale or acquisition of any portion of the Equity Securities or voting power or similar investment in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the issuance of Company
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Options in accordance with the terms of a Company Equity Plan prior to the Closing). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, none of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any other transaction with ARYA, the Perceptive Investor or any of their respective Affiliates shall constitute a Company Acquisition Proposal.
Company Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
Company Certificate of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d)(ii).
Company Common Shares” means shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Common Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Convertible Note” means, as of any determination time, each convertible promissory note or similar instrument of the Company that is convertible into, exchangeable for, or that may be satisfied in whole or in part for Equity Securities, including those unsecured convertible promissory notes listed on Section 2.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes and 2024 Bridge Financing Note (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Holdco Convertible Notes) shall not constitute Company Convertible Notes for purposes of Section 2.4(a) or otherwise.
Company Convertible Notes Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
Company D&O Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17(a).
Company Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.18(b).
Company Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement delivered to ARYA by the Company on the date of this Agreement.
Company Equity Award” means, as of any determination time, each Company Option and each other award (including restricted share unit, deferred share unit, share appreciation right, or phantom equity award) to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company that provides rights of any kind to receive any Equity Security, or a payment with respect to the value of any Equity Security, of any Group Company under any Company Equity Plan or otherwise.
Company Equity Plan” means the Company 2012 Stock Plan, the Company 2022 Stock Plan and each other plan that provides for the award, grant or issuance to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company of rights of any kind to receive Equity Securities of any Group Company or benefits measured in whole or in part by reference to Equity Securities of any Group Company.
Company Equityholders” means, collectively, the Company Shareholders, the holders of Company Equity Awards, the holders of Company Convertible Notes, the holders of Company Warrants, and the holders of any other Equity Securities of the Company, as of any determination time prior to the Company Merger Effective Time.
Company Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b) (Organization and Qualification), Section 3.2(a) through Section 3.2(e), and Section 3.2(g) (Capitalization of the Group Companies), Section 3.3 (Authority), Section 3.4(f) (Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities), Section 3.8(a) and Section 3.8(b)(ii) (Absence of Changes) and Section 3.17 (Brokers).
Company IT Systems” means all computer systems, Software and hardware, communication systems, servers, network equipment and related documentation, in each case, owned, licensed or leased by a Group Company.
Company Licensed Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property Rights owned by any Person (other than a Group Company) that is licensed to any Group Company.
Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, effect or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with any other change, event, effect or occurrence, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Group Companies, taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in
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accordance with the terms of hereof; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (a), none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: any adverse change, event, effect or occurrence arising after the date of this Agreement from or related to (i) general business or economic conditions in or affecting the United States, or changes therein, or the global economy generally, (ii) any national or international political or social conditions in the United States or any other country, including the engagement by the United States or any other country in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence in any place of any military or terrorist attack, sabotage or cyberterrorism, (iii) changes in conditions of the financial, banking, capital or securities markets generally in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries, (iv) changes in any applicable Laws, (v) any change, event, effect or occurrence that is generally applicable to the industries or markets in which any Group Company operates, (vi) the execution or public announcement of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of any Group Company with employees, customers, investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (vi) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.5(b) to the extent that its purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) to the extent it relates to such representations and warranties), (vii) any failure by any Group Company to meet, or changes to, any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions (although the underlying facts and circumstances resulting in such failure may be taken into account to the extent not otherwise excluded from this definition pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) or (viii)), or (viii) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, natural disaster, mudslides, wild fires, epidemics, pandemics (including COVID-19) or quarantines, acts of God or other natural disasters or comparable events in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing; provided, however, that any change, event, effect or occurrence resulting from a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or clause (viii) may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur to the extent such change, event, effect or occurrence has had or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Group Companies relative to other participants operating in the industries or markets in which the Group Companies operate.
Company Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Company Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d)(ii).
Company Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
Company Option” means, as of any determination time, each option to purchase Company Common Shares that is outstanding and unexercised, whether granted under a Company Equity Plan or otherwise.
Company Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by the Group Companies.
Company Preferred Shares” means, collectively, the Company Series A Preferred Shares, the Company Series B Preferred Shares, the Company Series C Preferred Shares, the Company Series D Preferred Shares and the Company Series E Preferred Shares.
Company Preferred Shares Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Company Product” means iCLAS Cryoablation Console, Adagio iCLAS Cryoablation Catheter and Shaped Stylet, Adagio Esophageal Warming Balloon Catheter, and each other platform, product, product and/or product candidate, medical device or technology that is being researched, tested, developed, manufactured, distributed, used, marketed or sold by or on behalf of the Group Companies.
Company Registered Intellectual Property” means all Registered Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by, or filed by or in the name of any Group Company.
Company Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.
Company Related Party Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.
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Company Series A Preferred Shares” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series A Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Series B Preferred Shares” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series B Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Series C Preferred Shares” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series C Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Series D Preferred Shares” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series D Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Series E Preferred Shares” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series E Preferred Stock” pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Company Shareholder Written Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Company Shareholder Written Consent Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Company Shareholders” means, collectively, the holders of Company Shares as of any determination time prior to the Company Merger Effective Time.
Company Shareholders Agreements” mean, collectively, (a) the Company Third Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto, (b) the Company Fourth Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto and (c) the Company Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto.
Company Shares” means, collectively, the Company Preferred Shares, the Company Common Shares, and any Company Common Shares issuable in respect of any Company Warrant or any Company Convertible Note.
Company Warrant Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e).
Company Warrants” means, as of any determination time, each warrant (or similar instrument) to purchase Company Shares that is outstanding, including those listed on Section 2.4(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.
Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2023, by and between the Company and ARYA.
Consent” means any notice, authorization, qualification, registration, filing, notification, waiver, order, consent or approval to be obtained from, filed with or delivered to, a Governmental Entity or other Person.
Continuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.23(a).
Continuing Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.23(a).
Contract” or “Contracts” means any agreement, contract, license, lease, obligation, undertaking or other commitment or arrangement that is legally binding upon a Person or any of his, her or its properties or assets.
Convertible Security Financing” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Convertible Security Investorshas the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Convertible Security Subscription Agreementshas the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Copyrights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.
COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 and any evolutions thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemic or disease outbreaks.
Creator” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(d).
Designated Material Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b)(vii).
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DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Dissenting ARYA Shareholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b).
Dissenting ARYA Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b).
Dissenting Company Shareholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
Dissenting Company Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
DPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.18.
Employee Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA), each severance, gratuity, termination indemnity, incentive or bonus, retention, change in control, deferred compensation, profit sharing, retirement, welfare, post-employment welfare, vacation or paid-time-off, stock purchase, stock option or equity incentive plan, program, policy, Contract or arrangement and each other benefit or compensatory plan, program, policy or Contract that any Group Company maintains, sponsors, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or under or with respect to which any Group Company has any Liability or with respect to which any Group Company has or could reasonably be expected to have any Liability, other than any plan required by applicable Law that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Entity.
Environmental Laws” means all Laws and Orders concerning pollution, protection of the environment, or human health or safety.
Equity Securities” means any share, share capital, capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or similar interest in any Person (including any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights), and any option, warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor.
Equity Value” means $24,000,000.
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Exchange Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
Exchange Agent Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
Exchange Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d).
Exchange Ratio” means (a) the Adjusted Equity Value Per Share, divided by (b) the HoldCo Share Value.
FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
FDCA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.24(b).
Federal Securities Laws” means the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and the other U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise.
First Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(i).
First Surviving Company Governing Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c)(iv).
Foreign Benefit Plan” means each Employee Benefit Plan maintained by any of the Group Companies for its current or former employees, officers, directors or other individual service providers located outside of the United States.
Fully-Diluted Company Capitalization” means, without duplication, the sum of (a) the aggregate number of Company Shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time (and after, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to (i) the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, (ii) the termination or net exercise of the Company Warrants pursuant to Section 2.4(e), and (iii) the Company Convertible Notes Conversion), and (b) the aggregate number of Company Shares subject to In-the-Money Options as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time.
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Fully-Diluted HoldCo Closing Capitalization” means, without duplication, the sum of (a) number of HoldCo Shares outstanding immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, (b) the number of HoldCo Shares that are subject to Rollover In-the-Money Options and deemed to be outstanding based on the application of the treasury share method, and (c) the Earn-Out Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Letter Agreement).
GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.
Governing Documents” means the legal document(s) by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs. For example, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. corporation are its certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited partnership are its limited partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership, the “Governing Documents” of a U.S. limited liability company are its operating or limited liability company agreement and certificate of formation and the “Governing Documents” of a Cayman Islands exempted company are its memorandum and articles of association.
Governmental Entity” means any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including notified bodies as well as any arbitral tribunal (public or private). For the avoidance of doubt, any institutional review board, ethics committee, data monitoring committee, or other committee or entity with authority with respect to any activities or Company Products that are subject to Medical Devices Laws or any Healthcare Regulatory Authorities shall constitute a Governmental Entity.
Group Company” and “Group Companies” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Hazardous Substance” means any material, substance or waste that is regulated by, or may give rise to standards of conduct or Liability pursuant to, any Environmental Law, including any petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and poly-fluoroakyl substances, or radon.
Healthcare Regulatory Authority” means any Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over (a) the research, development, marketing, labeling, sale, distribution, use, handling and control, safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacturing, approval, licensing of any drug or medical device, (b) federal healthcare programs, (c) commercial or private insurance entities or companies or (d) the protection of personal or health information. For the avoidance of doubt the FDA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, State Departments of Insurance, and the Federal Trade Commission and their equivalent state, local and foreign entities as well as notified bodies shall each constitute a Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
HoldCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
HoldCo Board” means the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
HoldCo Convertible Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
HoldCo Incentive Equity Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.21.
HoldCo Share Value” means $10.00.
HoldCo Shares” means shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of HoldCo.
HoldCo Warrants” means warrants to purchase HoldCo Shares.
HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
In-the-Money Option” means each Vested Company Option with an aggregate value (based on the Adjusted Equity Value) that exceeds the aggregate exercise price of such Company Option.
Incentive Stock Option” means a Company Option intended to be an “incentive stock option” (as defined in Section 422 of the Code).
Indebtedness” means, as of any time, without duplication, with respect to any Person, the outstanding principal amount of, accrued and unpaid interest on, fees and expenses arising under or in respect of (a) indebtedness for
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borrowed money, (b) other obligations evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other debt security, (c) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or assets, including “earn-outs” and “seller notes” (but excluding any trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments, in each case, solely to the extent drawn, (e) leases required to be capitalized under GAAP, (f) derivative, hedging, swap, foreign exchange or similar arrangements, including swaps, caps, collars, hedges or similar arrangements, and (g) any of the obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or secured by any assets of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person.
Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights and related priority rights protected, created or arising under the Laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction or under any international convention, including all (a) patents and patent applications, industrial designs and design patent rights, including any continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part and provisional applications and statutory invention registrations, and any patents issuing on any of the foregoing and any reissues, reexaminations, substitutes, supplementary protection certificates, extensions of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Patents”); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, Internet domain names, corporate names and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications, registrations, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Marks”); (c) copyrights and works of authorship, database and design rights, mask work rights and moral rights, whether or not registered or published, and all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions and reversions of any of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Copyrights”); (d) trade secrets, know-how and confidential and proprietary information, including invention disclosures, inventions and formulae, whether patentable or not, (e) rights in or to Software or other technology; and (f) any other intellectual or similar proprietary rights protectable, arising under or associated with any of the foregoing, including those protected by any Law anywhere in the world.
Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Investor Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
IPO” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.
JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.
Key Employee Incentive Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20.
Latest Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Law” means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.
Leased Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(b).
Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal, in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Liability” or “liability” means any and all debts, liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Law (including any Environmental Law), Proceeding or Order and those arising under any Contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or undertaking.
Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, license or sub-license, charge, or other similar encumbrance or interest (including, in the case of any Equity Securities, any voting, transfer or similar restrictions).
Lookback Date” means January 1, 2022.
Marks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.
Material Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
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Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
Material Supplier” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.
Medical Devices Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to the development, design, pre-clinical testing, clinical testing, approval or clearance, manufacture, production, analysis, distribution, placing on the market, putting into service, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, sale, advertising or promotion of any drug, biologic, medical device or electronic product (including medical devices regulated by FDA as electronic products and any ingredient or component of the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and its implementing regulations, or similar federal, state or foreign Laws, including the Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC and the Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745.
Mergers” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section (3)(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Off-the-Shelf Software” means any Software that is made generally and widely available to the public on a commercial basis and is licensed to any of the Group Companies on a non-exclusive basis under standard terms and conditions.
Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.18(d).
Order” means any outstanding writ, order, judgment, injunction, decision, determination, award, ruling, subpoena, verdict or decree entered, issued or rendered by any Governmental Entity.
Other ARYA Class B Shareholders” means, collectively, Todd Wider, Leslie Trigg and Michael Henderson.
Other ARYA Shareholder Approval” means the approval of each Other Transaction Proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of ARYA Shares entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at the ARYA Shareholders Meeting (or any adjournment thereof), in accordance with the Governing Documents of ARYA and applicable Law.
Other Transaction Proposal” means each Transaction Proposal, other than the Business Combination Proposal and the ARYA Merger Proposal.
Parties” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Patents” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Intellectual Property Rights.
PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Perceptive” means Perceptive Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Perceptive Investor” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Permits” means any approvals, authorizations, clearances, declarations of conformity, licenses, registrations, permits or certificates of a Governmental Entity.
Permitted Liens” means (a) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, repairers’ and other similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts that are not yet due and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which sufficient reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (c) encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, conditions, rights of way and similar restrictions) that do not prohibit or materially interfere with, as applicable, any of the Group Companies’ or ARYA’s use or occupancy of such real property, (d) zoning, building codes and other land use Laws regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property and which are not violated by the use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the businesses of the Group Company or ARYA, as applicable, and do not prohibit or materially interfere with any of, as applicable, the Group Companies’ or ARYA’s use or occupancy of such real property, (e) cash deposits or cash pledges to secure the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security benefits or obligations arising under similar Laws or to secure the
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performance of public or statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable, (f) grants by any Group Company or ARYA, as applicable, of non-exclusive rights in Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (g) other Liens that do not materially and adversely affect the value, use or operation of the asset subject thereto.
Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity, or Governmental Entity.
Personal Data” means any data or information that (a) can, alone or when combined with other information, identify a natural person, or (b) is otherwise classified as “personal data,” “personal information,” “personally identifiable information” (or any similar term) subject to Privacy Laws or Privacy and Data Security Policies.
PIPE Financing” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
PIPE Investors” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
PIPE Subscription Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
PNO” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25(a).
Post-Closing Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.23(b).
Post-Closing HoldCo Bylaws” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Post-Closing HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
Pre-Closing ARYA Articles of Association” means the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of ARYA, adopted as of February 24, 2021, as amended during the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of ARYA held on February 28, 2023.
Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents” means, collectively, the Pre-Closing ARYA Articles of Association and Pre-Closing ARYA Memorandum of Association.
Pre-Closing ARYA Memorandum of Association” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of ARYA, adopted as of February 24, 2021, as amended during the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of ARYA held on February 28, 2023.
Privacy and Data Security Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(a).
Privacy Laws” means Laws in any jurisdiction relating to the Processing or protection of Personal Data, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, the e-Privacy Directive (2002/58/ED) and including any predecessor, successor or implementing legislation of the foregoing, and any amendments or re-enactments of the foregoing.
Proceeding” means any lawsuit, litigation, action, audit, examination or investigation, claim, complaint, charge, proceeding, suit or arbitration (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative and whether public or private) pending by or before or otherwise involving any Governmental Entity.
Process” (or “Processing” or “Processes”) means the collection, use, storage, processing, recording, distribution, transfer, import, export, protection (including security measures), disposal or disclosure or other activity regarding data (whether electronically or in any other form or medium).
Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.
Public Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.
Public Software” means any Software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including under any terms or conditions that impose any requirement that any Software using, linked with, incorporating, distributed with or derived from such Public Software (a) be made available or distributed in source code form; (b) be licensed for purposes of making derivative works; or (c) be redistributable at no, or a nominal, charge.
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Real Property Leases” means all leases, sub-leases, licenses, concessions or other agreements, in each case, pursuant to which any Group Company leases or sub-leases any real property.
Registered Intellectual Property” means all issued Patents, pending Patent applications, registered Marks, pending applications for registration of Marks, registered Copyrights, pending applications for registration of Copyrights and Internet domain name registrations.
Registration Statement / Proxy Statement” means a registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and containing a prospectus of HoldCo and proxy statement of ARYA.
Regulatory Permits” means all Permits granted by any Healthcare Regulatory Authority or comparable Governmental Entity and/or notified bodies, including biomarker qualification determinations, drug development tool qualifications, investigational new drug applications, new drug applications, abbreviated new drug applications, device premarket approval applications, device premarket notifications, EC certificates, EC declarations of conformity, investigational device exemptions, and other comparable national or foreign manufacturing approvals and authorizations.
Representatives” means (a) with respect to any Party or other Person (in each case, other than the Company prior to the Closing), such Party’s or Person’s, as applicable, Affiliates and its and such Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, members, owners, accountants, consultants, advisors, attorneys, agents and other representatives, and (b) with respect to the Company prior to the Closing, the Company’s Affiliates and the Company’s and its Affiliates’ respective equityholders, directors, officers, employees, members, owners, accountants, consultants, advisors, attorneys, agents and other representatives.
Required ARYA Shareholder Approval” means the approval of the Business Combination Proposal and the ARYA Merger Proposal by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of ARYA Shares entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at the ARYA Shareholders Meeting (or any adjournment thereof), in accordance with the Governing Documents of ARYA and applicable Law.
Required Company Financial Statements” means, collectively, (a) the Audited Financial Statements, (b) Unaudited Financial Statements and (c) each of the other financial statements or similar reports of the Group Companies required, as a result of the passage of time or otherwise, to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement or any other filings to be made by HoldCo, the Group Companies or ARYA with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any other Ancillary Document.
Requisite Company Shareholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Requisite Preferred Majority” means the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Preferred Shares, whose vote or prior written consent is required for the automatic conversion of Company Preferred Shares into Company Common Shares pursuant to Article V, Section 4(b) of the Company Certificate of Incorporation.
Rollover In-the-Money Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c).
Sanctioned Country” means any jurisdiction that is, or has been since the Lookback Date, the subject or target of a comprehensive embargo under Sanctions and Export Control Laws, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and the Crimea region and so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) regions of Ukraine.
Sanctioned Person” means any Person subject to or the target of sanctions or restrictions Sanctions and Export Control Laws, including (a) any Person listed on any U.S. or applicable non-U.S. sanctions- or export-related restricted persons list, including the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC; (b) any Person organized, resident, or located in a Sanctioned Country; (c) any Person in which a Person described in clauses (a)-(b) otherwise controls or directly or indirectly owns a 50% or greater interest; or (d) any Person with which U.S. Persons are otherwise prohibited from doing business under Sanctions and Export Control Laws.
Sanctions and Export Control Laws” means any Law or Order related to export, reexport, transfer (in-country), import, and provision of goods (including technical data and technology) and services, including (a) any applicable Law or Order relating to economic or trade sanctions, including the regulations administered and enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; (b) the U.S. Export Administration Regulations; (c) the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; (d) the Foreign Trade Regulations; (e) the Laws
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administered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection; (f) any other applicable Laws relating to the export, reexport, transfer, and import activities of the Company in or economic or trade sanctions administered by the European Union, any European Union Member State, the United Nations, and His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom; or (g) anti-boycott measures.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Schedules” means, collectively, the Company Disclosure Schedules and the ARYA Disclosure Schedules.
SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d)(i).
Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Federal Securities Laws and other applicable foreign and domestic securities or similar Laws.
Security Incident” means actions that result in an actual, suspected, alleged or potentially likely cyber or security incident that could have an adverse effect on a Company IT System, Personal Data or any Company trade secret (including any processed, stored, or transmitted thereby or contained therein), including an occurrence that actually or potentially likely jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a Company IT System, Personal Data or any Company trade secret. A Security Incident includes incidents of security breaches or intrusions, denial of service, or unauthorized entry, access, collection, use, Processing, storage, sharing, distribution, transfer, disclosure, or destruction of, any Company IT Systems, Personal Data or Company trade secrets, or any loss, distribution, compromise or unauthorized disclosure of any of the foregoing.
Signing Filing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
Signing Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
Software” shall mean any and all (a) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; (b) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; (c) descriptions, flowcharts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and (d) all documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, related to any of the foregoing.
Solvent” means, with respect to the Group Companies as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, the Group Companies (a) are able to pay all Indebtedness as it becomes due, have capital sufficient to carry on their business as presently conducted and proposed to be conducted, and own property and assets which have both a fair value and a fair saleable value in excess of the amount required to pay all Indebtedness as it becomes due, and (b) have not (i) defaulted on or otherwise failed to pay its Indebtedness when due or are otherwise in default or breach in respect of any of its Indebtedness, (ii) agreed to, requested or adopted (A) any moratorium or suspension of payment of any Indebtedness, or (B) the appointment of a receiver, administrator, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar officer with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, businesses or properties, (iii) made any assignment for the benefit of creditors or an admission in writing of the inability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay its debts as they become due, or (iv) done any other thing under any applicable Law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency with similar effect as any of the foregoing (i) through (iii).
Sponsor Letter Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
Strategic Financing Agreements” means, collectively, the PIPE Subscription Agreements, the 2023 Bridge Financing Agreements, the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes, 2024 Bridge Financing Agreement, the 2024 Bridge Financing Note, the Convertible Security Subscription Agreements and any other agreements entered into or to be entered into by a Strategic Investor, on the one hand, and any of the ARYA Parties and/or the Company, on the other hand, in each case in connection with the PIPE Financing, the 2023 Bridge Financing, the 2024 Bridge Financing or the Convertible Security Financing, as applicable.
Strategic Investors” means, collectively, the PIPE Investors, the Convertible Security Investors, and the Perceptive Investor.
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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of Equity Securities entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof and for this purpose, a Person or Persons own a majority ownership interest in such a business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of such business entity’s gains or losses or shall be a, or control any, managing director or general partner of such business entity (other than a corporation). The term “Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.
Supporting Company Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
SVB” means Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizen Bank & Trust Company (successor by purchase to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank N.A. (as successor to Silicon Valley Bank)).
SVB Credit Agreement” means that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2023, by and between the Company and SVB.
SVB Payoff Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
Tax” means any federal, state, local or non-United States income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, sales, use, transfer, value added, excise, stamp, customs, duties, ad valorem, real property, personal property (tangible and intangible), capital stock, social security, national health insurance, unemployment, payroll, wage, employment, severance, occupation, registration, environmental, communication, mortgage, profits, license, lease, service, goods and services, withholding, premium, unclaimed property, escheat, turnover, windfall profits or other taxes of any kind whatever imposed by any Governmental Entity, whether computed on a separate or combined, unitary or consolidated basis or in any other manner, together with any interest, deficiencies, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Entity with respect thereto.
Tax Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the collection or administration of Taxes or Tax Returns.
Tax Return” means returns, information returns, statements, declarations, claims for refund, schedules, attachments and reports relating to Taxes filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity, including any amendment of any of the foregoing.
Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d).
Transaction Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(d).
Transaction Proposals” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code by the Internal Revenue Service and United States Department of Treasury.
Trust Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.
Trust Account Released Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.18.
Trust Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Group Companies as of September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies for the nine-month periods then ended.
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Vested Company Option” means each Company Option outstanding as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time that is vested as of such time or will vest in connection with, or after taking into account the effect of, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether at the Company Merger Effective Time or otherwise).
Waived 280G Benefits” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.25.
WARN” means the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act of 1988, as well as similar foreign, state or local Laws.
Article 2
MERGERS
Section 2.1Closing Transactions. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the following transactions shall occur in the order set forth in this Section 2.1:
(a) ARYA Shareholder Redemption. On the Closing Date, prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA shall cause each ARYA Share that an ARYA Shareholder has timely and validly elected to redeem (pursuant to the exercise of such holder’s right to an ARYA Shareholder Redemption), to be redeemed, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in ARYA’s Governing Documents.
(b) HoldCo Governing Documents. Prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA and HoldCo shall cause (i) HoldCo to file with the Delaware Secretary of State, an amended and restated certificate of incorporation of HoldCo, in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “Post-Closing HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation”), and (ii) the board of directors of HoldCo to approve and adopt amended and restated bylaws of HoldCo, in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “Post-Closing HoldCo Bylaws”). Following the Closing, HoldCo’s name will be changed to “Adagio Medical, Inc.”, provided that if such name is not available in Delaware or HoldCo is otherwise unable to change its name to “Adagio Medical, Inc.” in Delaware, it shall cause its name to be changed to such other name mutually agreed to by ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Post-Closing HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation and the Post-Closing HoldCo Bylaws shall be the Governing Documents of HoldCo from and after the filing of the Post-Closing HoldCo Certificate of Incorporation until such time that any such Governing Documents are amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the underlying terms thereof and applicable Law.
(c) The ARYA Merger.
(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the ARYA Plan of Merger and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law, as promptly as practicable on the Closing Date, ARYA Merger Sub shall merge with and into ARYA at the ARYA Merger Effective Time. At and following the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the separate existence of ARYA Merger Sub shall cease and ARYA shall continue as the surviving company of the ARYA Merger (the “First Surviving Company”).
(ii) On the Closing Date HoldCo, ARYA and ARYA Merger Sub shall cause the ARYA Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, the plan of merger substantially in the form to be agreed between ARYA and the Company (which shall, without limitation, include the particulars required pursuant to the Cayman Companies Law) (the “ARYA Plan of Merger”) and such other documents as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law or by any other applicable Law to make the ARYA Merger effective. The ARYA Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time at which the ARYA Plan of Merger is registered by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands or such later date and/or time as ARYA and ARYA Merger Sub may agree and specify pursuant to the Cayman Companies Law (the time the ARYA Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “ARYA Merger Effective Time”).
(iii) The ARYA Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the ARYA Plan of Merger and the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the ARYA Merger Effective Time, all of the assets, properties, rights, privileges, powers and
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franchises of ARYA and ARYA Merger Sub shall vest in the First Surviving Company and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of ARYA and ARYA Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the First Surviving Company, in each case, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law.
(iv) At the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the memorandum and articles of association of ARYA, as in effect immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “First Surviving Company Governing Documents”) and, as so amended and restated, shall be the Governing Documents of the First Surviving Company on and from the ARYA Merger Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
(v) At the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the initial directors and officers of the First Surviving Company shall be the same Persons that are designated as the officers and directors of HoldCo, each to hold office in accordance with the First Surviving Company Governing Documents until such director’s or officer’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified, or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal.
(vi) At the ARYA Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the ARYA Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, (A) each share of ARYA Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled and extinguished and converted into one (1) Class A ordinary share, par value US $0.0001 per share of the First Surviving Company, with the rights, powers and privileges given to such share by the First Surviving Company Governing Documents and the Cayman Companies Law, and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of the First Surviving Company immediately following the ARYA Merger Effective Time and (B) each share of HoldCo that is issued, outstanding and held by ARYA immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto. Immediately following the ARYA Merger Effective Time, HoldCo shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all shares of the First Surviving Company and the register of members of the First Surviving Company shall be updated at the ARYA Merger Effective Time to reflect the foregoing.
(vii) At the ARYA Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the ARYA Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each ARYA Share (other than any Dissenting ARYA Shares, any ARYA Shares cancelled and extinguished pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(viii) and, for the avoidance of doubt, any ARYA Shares forfeited and surrendered for no consideration by the ARYA Sponsor pursuant to the Sponsor Letter Agreement) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time shall be automatically canceled and extinguished and converted into the right to receive one (1) HoldCo Share (cumulatively, the “ARYA Merger Consideration”). From and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, each ARYA Shareholder’s certificates (the “Certificates”), if any, evidencing ownership of the ARYA Shares and the ARYA Shares held in book-entry form issued and outstanding immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time (and the holders thereof) shall each cease to have any rights with respect to such ARYA Shares except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or under applicable Law.
(viii) At the ARYA Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the ARYA Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each ARYA Share held immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time by ARYA as a treasury share or held by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of ARYA immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time shall be automatically canceled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto.
(d) The Company Merger.
(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, on the Closing Date, Company Merger Sub shall merge with and into the Company at the Company Merger Effective Time. Following the Company Merger Effective Time, the separate existence of Company Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving company of the Company Merger (the “Second Surviving Company”).
(ii) On the Closing Date promptly following the consummation of the ARYA Merger, the Parties shall cause the Company Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger (the “Company Certificate of Merger”) in the form required by, and
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otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the DGCL. The Company Merger shall become effective on the date and at the time at which the Company Certificate of Merger is accepted for filing by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date and/or time as may be agreed by the Company and Company Merger Sub and specified in the Company Certificate of Merger (the time the Company Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “Company Merger Effective Time”).
(iii) The Company Merger shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Company Merger Effective Time, all of the assets, properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Company Merger Sub shall vest in the Second Surviving Company and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Company and Company Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Second Surviving Company, in each case, in accordance with the DGCL.
(iv) At the Company Merger Effective Time, the Governing Documents of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and, as so amended and restated, shall be the Governing Documents of the Second Surviving Company, until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
(v) At the Company Merger Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time shall be the initial directors and officers of the Second Surviving Company, each to hold office in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Second Surviving Company until such director’s or officer’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified, or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal.
(vi) At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each share of capital stock of Company Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled and extinguished and converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Second Surviving Company.
(vii) At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each Company Share (other than any Dissenting Company Shares and the Company Shares cancelled and extinguished pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(viii)) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time shall be automatically canceled and extinguished and converted into the right to receive a number of Holdco Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio. From and after the Company Merger Effective Time, each Company Shareholder’s Certificates, if any, evidencing ownership of the Company Shares and the Company Shares held in book-entry form issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time shall each cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Shares except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or under applicable Law.
(viii)At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, each Company Share held immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time by the Company as treasury stock shall be automatically canceled and extinguished, and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto.
Section 2.2Closing of the Transactions Contemplated by this Agreement. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically by exchange of the closing deliverables by the means provided in Section 8.11 as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the third (3rd) Business Day, following the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver) of the conditions set forth in Article 6 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) (the “Closing Date”) or at such other place, date and/or time as ARYA and the Company may agree in writing.
Section 2.3Company Allocation Schedule.
(a) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to ARYA and HoldCo an allocation schedule (the “Allocation Schedule”) (x) setting forth: (i) (A) the number and type of Company Shares held by each Company Shareholder and the number of Company Common Shares that will be held by each such Company Shareholder after giving effect to the conversion of the Company Preferred Shares pursuant to Section
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2.4(b), (B) the number and type of Company Shares subject to each Company Warrant held by each holder thereof and the number and type of Company Shares that will be held by each such holder after giving effect to the exercise or termination of Company Warrants pursuant to Section 2.4(e), (C) the number and type of Company Shares subject to each Company Option held by each holder thereof that is outstanding and whether such Company Option will be an In-the-Money Option as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, (D) the number and type of Company Shares that will be held by each holder of Company Convertible Notes after giving effect to the Company Convertible Notes Conversion pursuant to Section 2.4(a), as well as, in each case, reasonably detailed calculations with respect to the components and subcomponents thereof (including any conversion, exchange (or similar) ratio on which such calculations are based); (ii) in the case of the Company Options and the Company Warrants, the exercise (or similar) price and, if applicable, the exercise (or similar) date; and (iii) (A) the Adjusted Equity Value, the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration, the Fully-Diluted Company Capitalization and the Exchange Ratio, as well as, in each case, reasonably detailed calculations of the components and subcomponents thereof, (B) the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration allocated to each In-the-Money Option pursuant to Section 2.4(c) and the exercise price of each Rollover In-the-Money Option at the Company Merger Effective Time determined pursuant to Section 2.4(c), as well as, in each case, reasonably detailed calculations of the components and subcomponents thereof, and (C) the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration allocated to each holder of Company Common Shares pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Company Common Share that is issued in connection with the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, the Company Warrant Exercise and the Company Convertible Notes Conversion), as well as, in each case, reasonably detailed calculations with respect to the components and subcomponents thereof; and that includes (y) a certification duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, in his or her capacity as an officer of the Company and not in his or her individual capacity, that the information and calculations delivered pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) are, and will be as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, (i) true and correct in all respects (other than de minimis inaccuracies of which the Company does not have knowledge), and (ii) in accordance with the Allocation Schedule Requirements.
(b) The Allocation Schedule (and the calculations and determinations contained therein) will be prepared by the Company in accordance with (i) the applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Governing Documents of the Company, the Company Shareholders Agreements and applicable Laws, (ii) in the case of the Company Options, in accordance with the applicable Company Equity Plan and any applicable grant or similar agreement with respect to each Company Option, (iii) in the case of the Company Warrants, any applicable warrant or similar agreement with respect to each such Company Warrant, and (iv) in the case of the Company Convertible Notes, each such Company Convertible Note (clauses (i) through (iv), collectively, the “Allocation Schedule Requirements”). The Company will review any comments to the Allocation Schedule provided by ARYA, ARYA Sponsor or any of their respective Representatives and consider in good faith and incorporate any reasonable comments proposed by ARYA or any of its Representatives.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) the aggregate number of HoldCo Shares that each Company Equityholder will have a right to receive (and/or to otherwise be allocated in respect of any other Equity Securities of the Company prior to the Closing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any Company Convertible Notes and any Company Warrants)) under this Agreement will be rounded down to the nearest whole share, and (ii) in no event shall the aggregate number of HoldCo Shares set forth on the Allocation Schedule that are allocated to holders of Company Shares, Company Warrants, In-the-Money Options, and Company Convertible Notes, or to be received or otherwise granted in respect of the Equity Securities of the Company, exceed (A) the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration minus (B) the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration that would be allocated to Company Shares pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) but for such Company Shares being Dissenting Company Shares (it being further understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that in no event shall any portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration described in this clause (B) be allocated to any other holder of Equity Securities of the Company and shall instead not be allocated at the Closing or otherwise, except solely in the circumstances described in Section 2.6).
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the 2023 Bridge Financing Notes shall not be included in the allocation of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration and shall be converted into HoldCo Shares and HoldCo Warrants pursuant to the 2023 Bridge Note Exchange, and (ii) the 2024 Bridge Financing Note shall not be included in the allocation of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration and shall be converted into HoldCo Convertible Notes and HoldCo Warrants pursuant to the 2024 Bridge Note Exchange. The ARYA Parties and the Exchange Agent will
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be entitled to rely upon the Allocation Schedule for purposes of allocating the transaction consideration to the Company Equityholders under this Agreement or under the Exchange Agent Agreement, as applicable, other than de minimis inaccuracies of which the Company does not have knowledge.
Section 2.4Conversion of Company Preferred Shares, Treatment of Company Options, Company Warrants, and Convertible Notes.
(a) On the Closing Date, prior to the Company Preferred Shares Conversion and the Company Merger Effective Time, the Company shall cause the Company Convertible Notes to be automatically and fully converted into the number of Company Shares set forth on the Allocation Schedule in accordance with the terms of such Company Convertible Notes and such Company Convertible Notes (including the outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on such Company Convertible Notes) shall be canceled, satisfied, extinguished, discharged and retired in connection with such conversion and shall (after giving effect to the Company Preferred Shares Conversion pursuant to Section 2.4(b), to the extent applicable) be entitled only to the consideration set forth in Section 2.1(d)(vii) based upon the number of Company Common Shares held by such holder after giving effect to this Section 2.4(a) and the Company Preferred Shares Conversion (the “Company Convertible Notes Conversion”). From and after such Company Convertible Notes Conversion, any notes evidencing such Company Convertible Notes shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled, satisfied, extinguished, discharged and retired and shall cease to exist, and the holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, as expressly provided herein.
(b) On the Closing Date, prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, the Company shall cause each Company Preferred Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time to be automatically converted into and become a number of Company Common Shares in accordance with the terms of Article V, Section 4 of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (the “Company Preferred Shares Conversion”), and each such Company Preferred Share shall no longer be issued and outstanding and shall automatically be canceled, extinguished, retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Shares shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Preferred Shares, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Company Common Shares into which such Company Preferred Shares have been converted and then as expressly provided herein.
(c) At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger and without any action of any Party or any other Person (but subject to, in the case of the Company, Section 2.4(g)), each In-the-Money Option shall automatically cease to represent the right to purchase Company Common Shares and shall be canceled and extinguished in exchange for an option to purchase HoldCo Shares (each, a “Rollover In-the-Money Option”) with the number of HoldCo Shares, exercise price thereof and the other terms and conditions determined pursuant to this Section 2.4(c). Each Rollover In-the-Money Option shall be (i) be exercisable for, and represent the right to purchase, a number of Holdco Shares equal to (A) the number of Company Common Shares subject to the corresponding In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, and (ii) have an exercise price per Holdco Share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) subject to such Rollover In-the-Money Option equal to (A) the exercise price per Company Common Share applicable to the corresponding In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Each Rollover In-the-Money Option shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions (including applicable expiration and forfeiture provisions) that applied to the corresponding In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, except for (I) terms rendered inoperative by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any anti-dilution or other similar provisions that adjust the number of underlying shares that are subject to any such option) and (II) such other immaterial administrative or ministerial changes as the HoldCo Board (or the compensation committee of the HoldCo Board) may determine in good faith are appropriate to effectuate the administration of the Rollover In-the-Money Options. Such conversion shall occur in a manner intended to comply with (x) the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and (y) in the case of any Rollover In-the-Money Option that is an Incentive Stock Option, the requirements of Section 424 of the Code.
(d) At the Company Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Company Merger and without any action of any Party or any other Person (but subject to, in the case of the Company, Section 2.4(g)), each Company Equity Award (other than the In-the-Money Options as contemplated hereby) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and extinguished for no consideration and each holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto.
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(e) Immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, each Company Warrant shall be either (i) terminated or (ii) “net” exercised in exchange for a number of Company Common Shares determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable warrant agreement, in either case, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable warrant agreement and shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and retired and shall cease to exist, and the holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Company Common Shares into which the Company Warrants are exchanged (“Company Warrant Exercise”).
(f) At the Company Merger Effective Time, all Company Equity Plans, Company Warrants, all Company Equity Awards (whether vested or unvested) and Company Convertible Notes shall automatically terminate without any further obligations or Liabilities to the Company or any of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the other Group Companies, ARYA and HoldCo), all Company Equity Awards (whether vested or unvested), all Company Warrants, and all Company Convertible Notes shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled, extinguished and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto or under the Company Equity Plans or any underlying grant, award, warrant, convertible promissory note or similar agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Section 2.4, as applicable.
(g) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall take, or cause to be taken, all necessary or appropriate actions under the Company Equity Plans or otherwise with respect to the Company Equity Awards, with respect to the Company Warrants, with respect to the Company Convertible Notes, and under each other underlying grant, award, warrant, convertible promissory note, or similar agreement (as applicable) and otherwise, to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.4, and cause the ARYA Parties and their respective Affiliates to have no Liability with respect thereto, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
Section 2.5ARYA Transfer Agent Matters; Exchange Agent Matters.
(a) HoldCo and ARYA shall each take, or cause to be taken, all necessary or reasonably advisable actions in order to appropriately reflect the HoldCo Shares issued to the ARYA Shareholders pursuant to, or as a result of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and outstanding immediately following the ARYA Merger Effective Time, including taking any necessary or reasonably advisable actions vis-à-vis HoldCo’s transfer agent, and HoldCo and ARYA shall each reasonably cooperate with the other and HoldCo’s transfer agent in connection with the foregoing.
(b) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, HoldCo shall appoint an exchange agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or any of its Affiliates) shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Company) for the purpose of exchanging Certificates, if any, representing the Company Shares and each Company Share held in book-entry form on the stock transfer books of the Company immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, for the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration issuable in respect of such Company Shares pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) and on the terms and subject to the other conditions set forth in this Agreement. If required by the Exchange Agent, HoldCo shall enter into an exchange agent agreement with the Exchange Agent (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) in a form and substance that is reasonably acceptable to HoldCo. The Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with HoldCo, the Exchange Agent and their respective Representatives in connection with the appointment of the Exchange Agent, the entry into the Exchange Agent Agreement (including, if necessary or advisable, as determined in good faith by HoldCo, by also entering into the Exchange Agent Agreement in the form agreed to by HoldCo and the Exchange Agent) and the covenants and agreements in this Section 2.5 (including the provision of any information, or the entry into any agreements or documentation, necessary or advisable, as determined in good faith by HoldCo, or otherwise required by the Exchange Agent Agreement for the Exchange Agent to fulfill its duties as the Exchange Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby).
(c) If the Exchange Agent requires that, as a condition to receive the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration, any holder of Company Shares deliver a Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent, then at or as promptly as practicable following the Company Merger Effective Time, HoldCo shall send, or shall cause the Exchange Agent to send, to the Persons that will be the Company Shareholders as of immediately prior to the
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Company Merger Effective Time, a Letter of Transmittal (which shall specify that the delivery shall be effected, and the risk of loss and title shall pass, only upon proper transfer of each share to the Exchange Agent, and which Letter of Transmittal will be in customary form and have such other provisions as HoldCo and the Company may reasonably specify).
(d) At or before the Company Merger Effective Time, HoldCo shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the Company Shareholders and for exchange in accordance with this Section 2.5 through the Exchange Agent, evidence of HoldCo Shares in book-entry form representing the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) in exchange for the Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time. All shares in book-entry form representing the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) deposited with the Exchange Agent shall be referred to in this Agreement as the “Exchange Fund.
(e) Each Company Shareholder whose Company Shares have been converted into the right to receive a portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii), shall be entitled to receive the portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration to which he, she or it is entitled upon (i) surrender of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in the form required by the Letter of Transmittal), together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Exchange Agent or (ii) delivery of an “agent’s message” in the case of Company Shares held in book-entry form, together with the delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal), to the Exchange Agent.
(f) If a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any Certificates (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in the form required by the Letter of Transmittal) or an “agent’s message”, as applicable, and any other documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal, is delivered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.5(e) (i) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, then HoldCo and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration to be issued to the applicable Company Shareholder in book-entry form on the Closing Date, and (ii) less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, then Holdco and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration to be issued to the applicable Company Shareholder in book-entry form within two (2) Business Days after such delivery.
(g) If any portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration is to be issued to a Person other than the Company Shareholder in whose name the surrendered Certificate or the transferred Company Share in book-entry form is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance of the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration that, in addition to any other requirements set forth in the Letter of Transmittal or the Exchange Agent Agreement, (i) either such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Company Share in book-entry form shall be properly transferred and (ii) the Person requesting such consideration pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or similar Taxes required as a result of such consideration being issued to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Company Share in book-entry form or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such transfer or similar Taxes have been paid or are not payable. No interest will be paid or accrued on the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration (or any portion thereof). From and after the Company Merger Effective Time, until surrendered or transferred, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 2.5, each Company Share (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Dissenting Company Shares and the Company Shares cancelled and extinguished pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(viii)) shall solely represent the right to receive a portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration to which such Company Share is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii).
(h) At the Company Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no transfers of Company Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time.
(i) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed twelve (12) months following the Closing Date shall be delivered to HoldCo or as otherwise instructed by HoldCo, and any Company Shareholder who has not exchanged his, her or its Company Shares for the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.5 prior to that time shall thereafter look only to HoldCo for the issuance of the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration, as applicable, without any interest thereon. None
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of HoldCo, ARYA, the Company, First Surviving Company, Second Surviving Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to any Person in respect of any consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, unclaimed property, escheat, or similar Law. Any portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration remaining unclaimed by the Company Shareholders immediately prior to such time when the amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the property of HoldCo free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
Section 2.6Dissenting Shareholders.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Company Share for which any Company Shareholder (such Company Shareholder, a “Dissenting Company Shareholder”) (i) has not voted in favor of the Company Merger or consented to it in writing, or has waived its rights of appraisal and (ii) has demanded the appraisal of such Company Shares in accordance with, and has complied in all respects with, Section 262 of the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Company Shares”) shall not be converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii). From and after the Company Merger Effective Time, (A) the Dissenting Company Shares shall be cancelled and extinguished and shall cease to exist and (B) the Dissenting Company Shareholders shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to them under Section 262 of the DGCL and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the voting rights or other rights of a stockholder of the Second Surviving Company or any of its Affiliates (including HoldCo); provided, however, that if any Dissenting Company Shareholder effectively withdraws or loses such appraisal rights (through failure to perfect such appraisal rights or otherwise), then the Company Shares held by such Dissenting Company Shareholder (1) shall no longer be deemed to be Dissenting Company Shares and (2) shall be treated as if they had been converted automatically at the Company Merger Effective Time into the right to receive the applicable portion of the Adjusted Transaction Share Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(vii) upon delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal) and the surrender of the applicable documents and other deliverables set forth in Section 2.5(e). Each Dissenting Company Shareholder who becomes entitled to payment for his, her or its Dissenting Company Shares pursuant to the DGCL shall receive payment thereof from the Company in accordance with the DGCL. The Company shall give ARYA and HoldCo prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal of any Company Share, attempted withdrawals of such demands and any other material developments related to any such demands and provide copies of all documents, instruments or other communications received by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives related thereto and shall otherwise keep ARYA and HoldCo reasonably apprised as to the status and developments related to such matters, and ARYA and HoldCo shall have the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to all such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of ARYA and HoldCo (prior to the Closing) or the ARYA Sponsor (after the Closing), make any payment or deliver any consideration (including HoldCo Shares) with respect to, settle or offer or agree to settle any such demands.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law, any ARYA Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time for which any ARYA Shareholder (such ARYA Shareholder, a “Dissenting ARYA Shareholder”) has validly exercised properly in writing their dissenters’ rights for such ARYA Shares in accordance with Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law, and has otherwise complied in all respects with all of the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law relevant to the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights (collectively, the “Dissenting ARYA Shares”) shall not be converted into the right to receive, and the applicable Dissenting ARYA Shareholder shall have no right to receive, the applicable portion of the ARYA Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(vii) unless and until such Dissenting ARYA Shareholder effectively withdraws or loses such dissenters’ rights (through failure to perfect such dissenters’ rights or otherwise) under the Cayman Companies Law. From and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, (A) the Dissenting ARYA Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and extinguished by virtue of the ARYA Merger and shall cease to exist and (B) the Dissenting ARYA Shareholders shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to them under Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the voting rights or other rights of a shareholder of the First Surviving Company or any of its Affiliates (including HoldCo); provided, however, that if any Dissenting ARYA Shareholder effectively withdraws or loses such dissenters’ rights (through failure to perfect such dissenters’ rights or otherwise) under the Cayman Companies Law, then the ARYA Shares held by such Dissenting ARYA Shareholder (1) shall no longer be deemed to be Dissenting ARYA Shares and (2) shall be treated as if they had been converted automatically at the ARYA
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Merger Effective Time into the right to receive the applicable portion of the ARYA Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(vii) upon delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other documents or agreements required by the Letter of Transmittal) and the surrender of the applicable documents and other deliverables described in Section 2.5(e). Each Dissenting ARYA Shareholder who becomes entitled to payment for his, her or its Dissenting ARYA Shares pursuant to the Cayman Companies Law shall receive payment thereof from ARYA in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law. ARYA shall give HoldCo prompt notice of any written demands for dissenters’ rights of any ARYA Share, attempted withdrawals of such demands and any other material developments related to any such demands and provide copies of all documents, instruments or other communications received by ARYA, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives related thereto and shall otherwise keep HoldCo reasonably apprised as to the status and developments related to such matters, and HoldCo shall have the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to all such demands. ARYA shall not, except with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of HoldCo (prior to the Closing) or the ARYA Sponsor (after the Closing), make any payment or deliver any consideration (including HoldCo Shares) with respect to, settle or offer or agree to settle any such demands.
Section 2.7Withholding. HoldCo, ARYA, the Group Companies, ARYA Merger Sub, Company Merger Sub, the First Surviving Company, the Second Surviving Company, and the Exchange Agent (and their respective Affiliates) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to eliminate or reduce any such deduction or withholding (including through the request and provision of any statements, forms or other documents to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding), except with respect to compensatory amounts payable to current or former employees.
Section 2.8Further Assurances. If, at any time after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, any further action is necessary, proper or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, HoldCo, the First Surviving Company, the Company Merger Sub and the Company (or their respective designees) shall take all such actions as are necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws, so long as such action is consistent with and for the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Agreement.
Article 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE GROUP COMPANIES
Subject to Section 8.8, except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the ARYA Parties, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, as follows:
Section 3.1Organization and Qualification.
(a) Each Group Company is a corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized, incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation (as applicable). Section 3.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth the jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation (as applicable) for each Group Company. Each Group Company has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other applicable business entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) True and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Company and each Company Shareholders Agreement have been made available to ARYA and HoldCo, in each case, as amended and in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The Governing Documents of the Company and the Company Shareholders Agreements are in full force and effect, and the Company is not in material breach or violation of any provision set forth in its Governing Documents or any Company Shareholders Agreement.
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standing or any equivalent thereof) in each jurisdiction in which the property and assets owned, leased or operated by it, or the nature of the business conducted by it, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2Capitalization of the Group Companies.
(a) Except for any changes to the extent permitted by, or resulting from, the issuance, grant, transfer or disposition of Equity Securities of the Company in compliance with Section 5.1(b)(v), Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of (i) the number and class or series (as applicable) of all of the Equity Securities of the Company issued and outstanding, (ii) the identity of the Persons that are the record and beneficial owners thereof, (iii) with respect to each Company Option, (A) the date of grant, (B) any applicable exercise (or similar) price, (C) any applicable expiration (or similar) date, (D) any applicable vesting schedule (including acceleration provisions), and (E) whether such Company Option is an Incentive Stock Option, (iv) with respect to each Company Warrant, (A) the date of grant, (B) any applicable exercise (or similar) price, (C) any applicable expiration (or similar) date, and (D) whether such Company Warrant is subject to a vesting schedule (including acceleration provisions), and (v) with respect to each Company Convertible Note, (A) the date of issuance, (B) any applicable exercise, conversion (or similar) price and (C) the maturity date. All of the Company Shares (including each Company Share issued or issuable in connection with the or as a result of the Company Convertible Notes Conversion or the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, after giving effect thereto) have been, are and at the Closing will be, duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, and fully paid and non-assessable and, except for the Equity Securities set forth on Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or issued or granted as permitted by or in accordance with Section 5.1(b)(v) or Section 5.20, there are no other Company Shares, no other capital stock, nor other Equity Securities (including convertible notes) of the Company outstanding. The Equity Securities of the Company (including each Equity Security of the Company issued or issuable in connection with the or as a result of the Company Convertible Notes Conversion or the Company Preferred Shares Conversion, after giving effect thereto) (1) were not, and at Closing will not have been, issued in violation of the Governing Documents of the Company or any other Contract to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is party to or bound by (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Shareholders Agreement) in any material respect and (2) have been, and at Closing will have been, offered, sold and issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, including Securities Laws and the Code. Except for the Company Options, Company Warrants, Company Convertible Notes 2023 Bridge Financing Notes and 2024 Bridge Financing Note set forth on Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and those either permitted by Section 3.2(a) or issued, granted or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b)(v) or Section 5.20, the Company has no outstanding (x) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (y) options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, equity or equity based rights, convertible notes or other convertible instruments, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts (other than the Company Shareholders Agreements) that could require the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of the Company.
(b) The Equity Securities of the Company are, and will be as of the Closing Date, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under this Agreement, under the applicable Ancillary Documents, under applicable Securities Law, under the Governing Documents of the Company and under any Company Shareholders Agreement). Except for the Company Shareholders Agreements or as contemplated in connection with the Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements, (i) there are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts to which the Company is a party with respect to the voting or transfer of the Equity Securities of the Company, and (ii) there is no other Contract, stockholders agreement, equityholders agreement, voting agreement, investors rights agreement, registration rights agreement or any other similar document or agreement (whether or not the Company is a party thereto or bound thereby) relating to any Equity Securities of the Company or any rights or obligations with respect thereto.
(c) Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of (i) the number and class or series (as applicable) of all of the Equity Securities of each Subsidiary of the Company issued and outstanding and (ii) the identity of the Persons that are the record and beneficial owners thereof. All of the Equity Securities of each Subsidiary of the Company (A) have been duly authorized and validly issued and, as applicable, are fully paid and non-assessable (except to the extent such concepts are not applicable under the applicable Law of such Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, (as applicable), or other applicable Law),
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(B) were not issued in violation of such Subsidiary’s Governing Documents, any Company Shareholders Agreement or any other Contract to which any Group Company is party or bound in any material respect, (C) are not subject to any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Laws or under the Governing Documents of any Group Company), (D) have been offered, sold and issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, including Securities Laws and the Code, and (E) are free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under this Agreement, under the applicable Ancillary Documents, under applicable Securities Law, under the Governing Documents of any Group Company and under any Company Shareholders Agreement and other than Permitted Liens). There are no outstanding (A) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (B) options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts that could require any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of the Subsidiaries of the Company. Other than the Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreements and the Company Shareholders Agreements, there are no voting trusts, proxies or other Contracts with respect to the voting or transfer of any Equity Securities of any Subsidiary of the Company.
(d) Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Change of Control Payments of the Group Companies.
(e) Except as set forth on Section 3.2(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, none of the Group Companies owns or holds (of record, beneficially, legally or otherwise), directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any other Person or the right to acquire any such Equity Security, and none of the Group Companies are a partner or member of any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture.
(f) Section 3.2(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all Indebtedness of the Group Companies of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (d), and clause (g) (to the extent applicable to the foregoing) of such definition as of the date of this Agreement, including the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the date of this Agreement, and the debtor and the creditor thereof.
(g) All Company Options have been granted with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Shares on the date each Company Option was granted within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Each Incentive Stock Option complies with all of the applicable requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
Section 3.3Authority. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Written Consent (including the approval of the Requisite Preferred Majority with respect to the Company Preferred Shares Conversion), the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of the Company. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which the Company is or will be a party has been or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution and delivery thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company (assuming that this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto), enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity). Except as set forth on Section 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company Shareholder Written Consent is the only vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of Equity Securities of the Company required to approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or is contemplated to be a party, the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers).
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Section 3.4Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) The Company has made available to ARYA a true and complete copy of the following financial statements, which are attached as Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules: audited consolidated balance sheets of the Group Companies as of December 31, 2022 (the “Latest Balance Sheet”) and December 31, 2021 and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies for the years then ended (the “Audited Financial Statements”). The Audited Financial Statements (including the notes thereto) (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto), (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies (on a consolidated basis) as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, (iii) were audited in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and contain an unqualified report of the Group Companies’ auditor, (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable) in effect as of the date of this Agreement and the respective dates thereof and (v) were prepared from and accurately reflect the books and records of the Group Companies.
(b) The Required Company Financial Statements, when delivered following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.19, (i) will be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto) and subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments (none of which are individually or in the aggregate material), (ii) will fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments (none of which are, individually or in the aggregate, material), (iii) in the case of any audited financial statements, will be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB by a PCAOB qualified auditor that was independent under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and will contain an unqualified report of the Group Companies’ auditor, (iv) will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable) in effect as of the respective dates of delivery, at the time of filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and (v) will be prepared from and accurately reflect the books and records of the Group Companies.
(c) Except (i) as set forth on the face of the Latest Balance Sheet, (ii) for Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet (none of which are Liabilities directly or indirectly related to a breach of Contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, Proceeding or violation of, or non-compliance with, Law), (iii) for Liabilities incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance by the Company of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iv) executory obligations under Material Contracts (excluding any Liabilities related to a breach of a Material Contract), (v) as disclosed on Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules and (vi) for Liabilities that are not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, no Group Company has any Liabilities.
(d) The Group Companies have established and maintain systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance (i) that all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization, (ii) that all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for the Group Companies’ assets and (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Group Company’s properties or assets. The Group Companies maintain and, for all periods covered by the Required Company Financial Statements, have maintained books and records of the Group Companies in the ordinary course of business that are accurate and complete and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Group Companies in all material respects.
(e) Since the Lookback Date, no Group Company has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is (i) “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group
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Companies to the Company’s knowledge, (ii) a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group Companies to the Company’s knowledge, or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Group Companies who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Group Companies.
(f) As of the date hereof, each Group Company is Solvent. Assuming (a) the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the ARYA Parties set forth in Article 4, (b) compliance by the ARYA Parties with their covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, (c) compliance by the ARYA Parties and the PIPE Investors with the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, (d) compliance by the Convertible Security Investors with the Convertible Security Subscription Agreement and (e) compliance by the Perceptive Investor with the terms of the 2024 Bridge Financing Agreement, upon and immediately after the consummation of the Closing, each of the Group Companies will be Solvent.
Section 3.5Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.
(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company with respect to the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the filing of the Company Certificate of Merger, (iii) compliance with the listing requirements of Nasdaq and such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the HoldCo Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq or (iv) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 3.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, none of the execution or delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in a violation or breach of any provision of the Company’s Governing Documents, or any of the Company Shareholders Agreements, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) any Contract to which any Group Company is a party or (B) any Material Permits, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any Group Company or any of its properties or assets are subject or bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens) or Equity Securities of any Group Company, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.6Permits. Each of the Group Companies has all material Permits (including Regulatory Permits) that are required to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as currently conducted (the “Material Permits”), except where the failure to hold the same would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, (a) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and (b) no written notice of suspension, limitation, revocation, cancellation, modification or termination of any Material Permit has been received by any Group Company.
Section 3.7Material Contracts.
(a) Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of the following Contracts to which a Group Company is, as of the date of this Agreement, a party (each Contract required to be set forth on Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, together with each Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement that would be required to be set forth on Section 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules if entered into prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, collectively, the “Material Contracts”):
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(i) any Contract relating to Indebtedness of any Group Company of the type described in clauses (a) or (b) of such definition or to the placing of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any material assets or properties of any Group Company;
(ii) any Contract under which any Group Company is lessee of or holds or operates, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned by any other Person, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed $25,000;
(iii) any Contract under which any Group Company is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate, in each case, any tangible property (other than real property), owned or controlled by such Group Company, except for any lease or agreement under which the aggregate annual rental payments do not exceed $25,000;
(iv) any (A) material joint venture, profit-sharing, partnership, collaboration, co-promotion, commercialization, research or development Contract or other similar Contract, or (B) other Contract with respect to material Company Licensed Intellectual Property (other than Off-the-Shelf Software);
(v) any Contract that (A) limits or purports to limit, in any material respect, the freedom of any Group Company to engage or compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any area, (B) contains any exclusivity, “most favored nation” or similar provisions, obligations or restrictions or (C) contains any other provisions restricting or purporting to restrict the ability of any Group Company to sell, manufacture, develop, commercialize, test or research products, directly or indirectly through third parties, or to solicit any potential employee or customer in any material respect;
(vi) any Contract requiring any future capital commitment or capital expenditure (or series of capital expenditures) by any Group Company in an amount in excess of (A) $250,000 annually or (B) $500,000 over the life of the agreement;
(vii) any Contract requiring any Group Company to guarantee the Liabilities of any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) or pursuant to which any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) has guaranteed the Liabilities of a Group Company, in each case in excess of $100,000;
(viii) any Contract under which any Group Company has, directly or indirectly, made or agreed to make any loan, advance, or assignment of payment to any Person or made any capital contribution to, or other investment in, any Person;
(ix) any Contract required to be disclosed on Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules;
(x) any Contract with any Person (A) pursuant to which any Group Company (or HoldCo or any of its Affiliates after the Closing) may be required to pay milestones, royalties or other contingent payments based on any research, testing, development, regulatory filings or approval, sale, distribution, commercial manufacture or other similar occurrences, developments, activities or events or (B) under which any Group Company grants to any Person any right of first refusal, right of first negotiation, option to purchase, option to license or any other similar rights with respect to any material Company Product or any material Company Owned Intellectual Property;
(xi) any Contract (A) governing the terms of the employment, engagement or services of any current director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of a Group Company whose annual base salary (or, in the case of an independent contractor, annual base compensation) is in excess of $275,000, or (B) providing for any Change of Control Payment of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof;
(xii) any Contract for the disposition of any portion of the assets or business of any Group Company or for the acquisition by any Group Company of the assets or business of any other Person (other than acquisitions or dispositions made in the ordinary course of business), or under which any Group Company has any continuing obligation with respect to an “earn-out”, contingent purchase price or other contingent or deferred payment obligation;
(xiii) any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract (A) the performance of which would be reasonably likely to involve any payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000, (B) with a Governmental Entity or (C) that imposes any material, non-monetary obligations on any Group Company (or HoldCo or any of its Affiliates after the Closing);
(xiv) any Contract set forth or required to be set forth on Section 3.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules;
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(xv) any other Contract (other than Employee Benefit Plans, Contracts governing the terms of employment or purchase orders entered into in the ordinary course of business) (A) the performance of which requires either (i) annual payments to or from any Group Company in excess of $150,000 or (ii) aggregate payments to or from any Group Company in excess of $150,000 over the life of the agreement and, in each case, that is not terminable by the applicable Group Company without penalty upon less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice or (B) which is otherwise a Contract with any Material Supplier; and
(xvi) any CBA.
(b) (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the applicable Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms against such Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity), (ii) the applicable Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto are not in material breach of, or default under, any Material Contract and (iii) no event has occurred that (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) would result in a material breach of, or material default under, any Material Contract by the applicable Group Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto. The Company has made available to ARYA true and complete copies of all Material Contracts in effect as of the date hereof.
Section 3.8Absence of Changes. During the period beginning on December 31, 2022 and ending on the date of this Agreement, (a) no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred and (b) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (i) the Group Companies have conducted their businesses in the ordinary course in all material respects and (ii) no Group Company has taken any action that would require the consent of ARYA if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(i), Section 5.1(b)(vii)(D) or Section 5.1(b)(xv).
Section 3.9Litigation. There is (and since the Lookback Date there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company that, if adversely decided or resolved, has been or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. Neither the Group Companies nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date hereof, there are no material Proceedings by a Group Company pending against any other Person.
Section 3.10Compliance with Applicable Law. Each Group Company (a) conducts (and since the Lookback Date has conducted) its business in accordance with all Laws and Orders applicable to such Group Company and is not in violation of any such Law or Order and (b) has not received any written communications or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other communications from a Governmental Entity that alleges that such Group Company is not in compliance with any Law or Order, except in each case of clauses (a) and (b), as is not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.11Employee Plans.
(a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all material Employee Benefit Plans. With respect to each material Employee Benefit Plan, the Group Companies have provided ARYA with true and complete copies of the documents pursuant to which the plan is maintained, funded and administered.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no Employee Benefit Plan is, and no Group Company has any material Liability under or with respect to: (i) a Multiemployer Plan; (ii) a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or a plan that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; (iii) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section of 413(c) of the Code or Section 210 of ERISA; or (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA. No Group Company has any Liability under or with respect to (i) through (iv) above by reason of at any time being considered a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any other Person. No Employee Benefit Plan provides, and no Group Company has any current or potential obligation to provide, any retiree or post-termination health or life insurance or other welfare-type benefits to any Person other than health continuation coverage pursuant to COBRA or similar Law for which the recipient pays the full premium cost of coverage.
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(c) Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and has timely received a favorable determination or opinion or advisory letter from the Internal Revenue Service, and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances existing as of the date hereof that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the qualification of any such Employee Benefit Plan. None of the Group Companies has incurred (whether or not assessed) any material penalty or Tax under Section 4980H, 4980B, 4980D, 6721 or 6722 of the Code.
(d) Each Employee Benefit Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 409A of the Code has been operated and administered in operational compliance with, and is in documentary compliance with, Section 409A of the Code, in all material respects, and no amount under any such plan, agreement or arrangement is or has been subject to the interest and additional Tax set forth under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
(e) There are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, material claims or Proceedings with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). There have been no “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA and no breaches of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA) with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that have resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a material Liability to any Group Company. Each Employee Benefit Plan has been established, maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Law.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.11(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (alone or in combination with any other event) (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to or result in the forgiveness of any indebtedness of any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies, (ii) increase in any material respect the amount or value of any compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting, or trigger any payment or funding of any compensation or benefits to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of any of the Group Companies.
(g) No amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) by any “disqualified individual” of any of the Group Companies under any Employee Benefit Plan or otherwise as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement could, separately or in the aggregate, be nondeductible under Section 280G of the Code or subjected to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
(h) The Group Companies have no material obligation to make a “gross-up” or similar payment in respect of any taxes that may become payable under Section 4999 or 409A of the Code.
(i)  Each Foreign Benefit Plan that is required to be registered or intended to be tax exempt or receive favorable tax treatment has been registered (and, where applicable, accepted for registration) and is tax exempt and has been maintained in good standing, to the extent applicable, with each Governmental Entity. No Foreign Benefit Plan is a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) or has any material unfunded or underfunded Liabilities. All material contributions required to have been made by or on behalf of the Group Companies with respect to plans or arrangements maintained or sponsored a Governmental Entity (including severance, termination indemnities or other similar benefits maintained for employees outside of the U.S.) have been timely made or fully accrued.
Section 3.12Environmental Matters. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(a) None of the Group Companies have received any written communication or, to the Company’s knowledge, other communication from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, or potential violation of, or Liability under, any Environmental Laws.
(b) There is (and since the Lookback Date, or earlier to the extent unresolved, there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company with respect to any Environmental Laws.
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(c) There has been no manufacture, release, treatment, storage, disposal, arrangement for disposal, transport or handling of, contamination by, or exposure of any Person to, any Hazardous Substances.
The Group Companies have made available to ARYA copies of all environmental assessments, audits and reports and all other material environmental, health and safety documents that are in any Group Company’s possession or control relating to the current or former operations, properties or facilities of the Group Companies.
Section 3.13Intellectual Property.
(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all currently issued or pending Company Registered Intellectual Property, and (ii) material unregistered Marks and Copyrights owned by any Group Company, in each case, as of the date of this Agreement. Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists, for each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property as of the date of this Agreement (A) the record owner of such item, (B) the jurisdictions in which such item has been issued or registered or filed, (C) the issuance, registration or application date, as applicable, for such item and (D) the issuance, registration or application number, as applicable, for such item.
(b) As of the date of this Agreement, all necessary fees and filings with respect to any material Company Registered Intellectual Property have been timely submitted to the relevant intellectual property office or Governmental Entity and Internet domain name registrars to maintain such Company Registered Intellectual Property in full force and effect. As of the date of this Agreement, no issuance or registration obtained and no application filed by the Group Companies for any Intellectual Property Rights has been cancelled, abandoned, allowed to lapse or not renewed, except where such Group Company has, in its reasonable business judgment, decided to cancel, abandon, allow to lapse or not renew such issuance, registration or application. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no material Proceedings pending, including litigations, interference, re-examination, inter parties review, reissue, opposition, nullity, or cancellation proceedings pending challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such material Proceedings are threatened by any Governmental Entity or any other Person.
(c) A Group Company exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to all material Company Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens or obligations to others (other than Permitted Liens). For all Patents owned by the Group Companies, each inventor on the Patent has assigned their rights to a Group Company. No Group Company has transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive license with respect to, any material Company Owned Intellectual Property to any other Person, except as provided in Section 3.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, which sets forth a list of all current Contracts as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to which any Person has been granted any license or covenant not to sue under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not exercisable) or interest in, any material Company Owned Intellectual Property, other than (A) licenses to Off-the-Shelf Software, (B) licenses to Public Software, (C) non-disclosure agreements and licenses granted by employees, individual consultants or individual contractors of any Group Company pursuant to Contracts with employees, individual consultants or individual contractors, in each case, that do not materially differ from the Group Companies’ form therefor that has been made available to ARYA, and (D) grants of non-exclusive rights in Company Owned Intellectual Property to customers and suppliers of any Group Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. The applicable Group Company has valid rights under all Contracts for Company Licensed Intellectual Property to use, sell, license and otherwise exploit, as the case may be, all Company Licensed Intellectual Property licensed pursuant to such Contracts as the same is currently used, sold, licensed and otherwise exploited by such Group Company, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. The Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property, to the Company’s knowledge, constitutes all of the Intellectual Property Rights used or held for use by the Group Companies in the operation of their respective businesses, and all Intellectual Property Rights necessary and sufficient to enable the Group Companies to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted in all material respects. The Company Registered Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property, to the Company’s knowledge, is valid, subsisting and enforceable, and, to the Company’s knowledge, all of the Group Companies’ rights in and to the Company Registered Intellectual Property, the Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company Licensed Intellectual Property, are valid and enforceable (in each case, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity), in each case except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
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(d) Each Group Company’s employees, consultants, advisors and independent contractors who independently or jointly contributed to or otherwise participated in the authorship, invention, creation, improvement, modification or development of any material Company Owned Intellectual Property since the Lookback Date (each such person, a “Creator”) have agreed to maintain and protect the trade secrets and confidential information of all Group Companies, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. Each Group Company’s employees, consultants, advisors and independent contractors who independently or jointly contributed to or otherwise participated in the authorship, invention, creation, improvement, modification or development of any material Company Owned Intellectual Property have assigned or have agreed to a present assignment to such Group Company all Intellectual Property Rights authored, invented, created, improved, modified or developed by such person in the course of such Creator’s employment or other engagement with such Group Company.
(e) Each Group Company has taken commercially reasonable steps to safeguard and maintain the secrecy of any trade secrets, know-how and other confidential information owned by Each Group Company. Without limiting the foregoing, each Group Company has not disclosed any trade secrets, know-how or confidential information to any other Person unless such disclosure was under an appropriate written non-disclosure agreement containing appropriate limitations on use, reproduction and disclosure. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no violation or unauthorized access to or disclosure of any trade secrets, know-how or confidential information of or in the possession each Group Company, or of any written obligations with respect to such.
(f) None of the Company Owned Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding Order that restricts in any material respect the use, sale, transfer, licensing or exploitation thereof by the Group Companies or affects the validity, use or enforceability of any such Company Owned Intellectual Property, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
(g) To the Company’s knowledge, neither the conduct of the business of the Group Companies nor any of the Company Products offered, marketed, licensed, provided, sold, distributed or otherwise exploited by the Group Companies nor the design, development, manufacturing, reproduction, use, marketing, offer for sale, sale, importation, exportation, distribution, maintenance or other exploitation of any Company Product infringes, constitutes or results from an unauthorized use or misappropriation of or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
(h) Since the Lookback Date, there is no material Proceeding pending nor has any Group Company received any written communications or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other communications (i) alleging that a Group Company has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, (ii) challenging the validity, enforceability, use or exclusive ownership of any Company Owned Intellectual Property or (iii) inviting any Group Company to take a license under any Patent or consider the applicability of any Patents to any products or services of the Group Companies or to the conduct of the business of the Group Companies.
(i)  To the Company’s knowledge, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, misusing, diluting or violating any Company Owned Intellectual Property in any material respect. Since the Lookback Date, no Group Company has made any written claim against any Person alleging any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company Owned Intellectual Property in any material respect.
(j) To the Company’s knowledge, each Group Company has obtained, possesses and is in compliance with valid licenses to use all of the Software present on the computers and other Software-enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that is otherwise used by such Group Company or its employees in connection with the Group Company business, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole. No Group Company has disclosed or delivered to any escrow agent or any other Person, other than employees or contractors who are subject to confidentiality obligations, any of the source code that is Company Owned Intellectual Property, and no other Person has the right, contingent or otherwise, to obtain access to or use any such source code. To the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license or disclosure of any source code that is owned by a Group Company or otherwise constitutes Company Owned Intellectual Property to any Person who is not, as of the date the event occurs or circumstance or condition comes into existence, a current employee or contractor of a Group Company subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto.
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(k) Section 3.13(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Public Software that is incorporated or embedded in any proprietary Software of a Group Company by any Group Company as of the date of this Agreement. No Group Company has accessed, used, modified, linked to, created derivative works from or incorporated into any proprietary Software that constitutes a product or service offered by a Group Company or is otherwise considered Company Owned Intellectual Property and that is distributed outside of the Group Companies, or is otherwise used in a manner that may trigger or subject such Group Company to any obligations set forth in the license for such Public Software, any Public Software, in whole or in part, in each case in a manner that (i) requires any Company Owned Intellectual Property to be licensed, sold, disclosed, distributed, hosted or otherwise made available in source code form or for the purpose of making derivative works, (ii) grants, or requires any Group Company to grant, the right to decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise derive the source code or underlying structure of any Company Owned Intellectual Property, (iii) limits in any manner the ability to charge license fees or otherwise seek compensation in connection with marketing, licensing or distribution of any Company Owned Intellectual Property or (iv) otherwise imposes any limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of any Group Company to use, hold for use, license, host, distribute or otherwise dispose of any Company Owned Intellectual Property, other than compliance with notice and attribution requirements, in each case, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
Section 3.14Labor Matters.
(a) (i) None of the Group Companies has (A) has, or, since the Lookback Date has had, any material Liability for any arrears of wages or other compensation for services (including salaries, wage premiums, commissions, fees or bonuses) to their current or former employees or independent contractors, or any penalties, fines, Taxes, interest, or other sums for failure to pay or delinquency in paying such compensation, and (B) has or has had any Liability for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Entity with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security, social insurances or other benefits or obligations for any employees of any Group Company (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice); and (ii) the Group Companies have withheld all amounts required by applicable Law or by agreement to be withheld from wages, salaries and other payments to employees or independent contractors or other service providers of each Group Company, except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, material Liability to the Group Companies.
(b) Since the Lookback Date, there has been no “mass layoff” or “plant closing” as defined by WARN related to any Group Company, and the Group Companies have not incurred any material Liability under WARN nor are they reasonably expected to incur any material Liability under WARN as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) No Group Company is a party to or bound by any CBA and no employees of any Group Company are represented by any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group with respect to their employment. There is no duty on the part of any Group Company to bargain with any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group, including in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Since the Lookback Date, there has been no actual or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened unfair labor practice charges, material grievances, arbitrations, strikes, lockouts, work stoppages, slowdowns, picketing, handbilling or other material labor disputes against or affecting any Group Company. To the Company’s knowledge, since the Lookback Date, there have been no labor organizing activities with respect to any employees of any Group Company.
(d) The Group Companies have, in all material respects, promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigated all sexual harassment, or other discrimination, retaliation or policy violation allegations of which they are aware. With respect to each such allegation with potential merit, the Group Companies have taken reasonable prompt corrective action that is reasonably calculated to prevent further improper conduct. No Group Company reasonably expects any material Liability with respect to any such allegations and is not aware of any material and substantiated allegations relating to officers, directors, employees, contractors, or agents of the Group Companies, that, if known to the public, would bring the Group Companies into material disrepute.
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any Group Company as of the date of this Agreement. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable thereon as of the date of this Agreement have been paid in full as of the date of this Agreement, and true and complete copies of all such policies have been made available to ARYA. As of the date of this Agreement, no claim by any Group Company is pending under any such policies as to which coverage has been denied or disputed, or rights reserved to do so, by the underwriters thereof, except as is not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
Section 3.16Tax Matters.
(a) Each Group Company has prepared and filed with the appropriate Tax Authority all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and each Group Company has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.
(b) Each Group Company has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, individual independent contractor, other service providers, creditors, equity interest holder or other third-party.
(c) No deficiencies for Taxes against any of the Group Companies have been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing by any Tax Authority that remain unpaid except for deficiencies which are being contested in good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established. No Group Company is currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination by any Tax Authority or has been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax audit or examination by any Tax Authority that has not been resolved or completed, in each case with respect to material Taxes.
(d) No Group Company has consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business or automatic extensions of time to file Tax Returns not requiring the consent of any Tax Authority.
(e) No “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law), private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to a Group Company which agreement or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date.
(f) No Group Company is or has been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law).
(g) There are no Liens for material Taxes on any assets of the Group Companies other than Permitted Liens.
(h) During the two (2)-year period ending on the date of this Agreement, no Group Company was a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
(i)  No Group Company (i) has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was a Group Company) or (ii) has any material Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than a Group Company) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or non-United States Law), as a transferee or successor or by Contract (other than any Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business and the principal purpose of which does not relate to Taxes).
(j) No written claims have ever been made by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where a Group Company does not file Tax Returns that such Group Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, which claims have not been resolved or withdrawn.
(k) No Group Company is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnity or similar agreements (other than one that is included in a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business that is not primarily related to Taxes) and no Group Company is a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.
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(l) Each Group Company is tax resident only in its country of organization, incorporation, or formation, as applicable.
(m) No Group Company has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.
(n) No Group Company has taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Documents and the Company does not have knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.
Section 3.17Brokers. Except as set forth on Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates for which any of the Group Companies has any obligation.
Section 3.18Real and Personal Property.
(a) Owned Real Property. No Group Company owns any real property.
(b) Leased Real Property. Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list (including street addresses) of all real property leased by any of the Group Companies (the “Leased Real Property”) and all Real Property Leases pursuant to which any Group Company is a tenant or landlord as of the date of this Agreement. True and complete copies of all such Real Property Leases have been made available to ARYA. Each Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the applicable Group Company party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms against such Group Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, each counterparty thereto (subject to applicable Laws on general terms and conditions and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity). There is no material breach or default by any Group Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any counterparty under any Real Property Lease, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred which (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute a material breach or default under any Real Property Lease or would permit termination of, or a material modification or acceleration thereof, by any counterparty to any Real Property Lease. Except as set forth in Section 3.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, no Group Company has (i) subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy the Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; or (ii) collaterally assigned or granted any other security interest in any Real Property Lease or any interest therein.
(c) Personal Property. Each Group Company has good, marketable and indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or license or right to use, all of the material assets and properties of the Group Companies reflected in the Audited Financial Statements or thereafter acquired by the Group Companies, except for assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business.
(d) Assets. Immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, the assets (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include any assets held pursuant to valid leasehold interest, license or other similar interests or right to use any assets) of the Group Companies will constitute all of the assets necessary to conduct the Business immediately after the Closing in materially the same manner (for the Group Companies, taken as a whole) as it is conducted on the date of this Agreement, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.19Transactions with Affiliates. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) any Group Company, on the one hand, and (b) any employee, officer, director, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or Affiliate of any Group Company (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Group Company) or, to the Company’s knowledge, any family member of the foregoing Persons, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), a “Company Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to a Company Related Party’s employment with any of the Group Companies entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans and other ordinary course compensation) and (ii) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b). Except as set forth on Section 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or as either permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b), no Company Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in any Group Company’s business, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of any Group Company, (C) is a supplier, vendor,
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partner, customer, lessor, or other material business relation of any Group Company or (D) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, any Group Company (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to any transaction entered into after the date of this Agreement that is either permitted pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or entered into in accordance with Section 5.1(b)). All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.19 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 3.19) are referred to herein as “Company Related Party Transactions”.
Section 3.20Data Privacy and Security.
(a) To the Company’s knowledge, each Group Company has implemented adequate written policies relating to the Processing of Personal Data as and to the extent required by applicable Law (“Privacy and Data Security Policies”).
(b) To the Company’s knowledge, there is (and since the Lookback Date there has been) no material Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company initiated by any Person (including (i) the United States Federal Trade Commission, any state attorney general or similar state official; (ii) any other Governmental Entity, foreign or domestic; or (iii) any regulatory or self-regulatory entity) alleging that any Processing of Personal Data by or on behalf of a Group Company is or was in violation of any Privacy Laws or any Privacy and Data Security Policies nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is there (nor since the Lookback Date has there been) any basis for the foregoing.
(c) To the Company’s knowledge, since the Lookback Date: (i) no person has alleged or given written notice of unauthorized access to, or use, disclosure, or Processing of Personal Data in the possession or control of any Group Company or any of its contractors with regard to any Personal Data obtained from or on behalf of a Group Company; (ii) no person has alleged or given written notice of unauthorized intrusions or breaches of security into any Company IT Systems; and (iii) none of the Group Companies has notified or been required to notify any Person of any (A) loss, theft or damage of, or (B) other unauthorized or unlawful access to, or use, disclosure or other Processing of, Personal Data, except, in each case, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Each Group Company owns or has license to use such Company IT Systems as necessary to operate the business of each Group Company as currently conducted. All Company IT Systems are: (i) free from any material defect, bug, virus or programming, design or documentation error and (ii) in sufficiently good working condition to effectively perform all material information technology operations necessary for the operation of the Business (except for ordinary wear and tear). To the Company’s knowledge, since the Lookback Date, there have not been any material failures, breakdowns or continued substandard performance of any Company IT Systems that have caused a material failure or disruption of the Company IT Systems other than routine failures or disruptions that have been remediated in the ordinary course of business.
Section 3.21Suppliers. Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of the top ten (10) suppliers and vendors of the Group Companies (measured by aggregate spend) (each, a “Material Supplier”) for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2022 and the six month period ended June 30, 2023. During the period beginning on the Lookback Date and ending on the date of this Agreement, no Material Supplier has cancelled or otherwise terminated or materially and adversely modified, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially and adversely modify, its relationship with the Group Companies.
Section 3.22Compliance with International Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws.
(a) None of the Group Companies, any of their respective officers, directors or employees or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their other Representatives, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, is or has been, since the Lookback Date, (i) a Sanctioned Person; (ii) located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country; (iii) engaged or engaging in any dealings or transactions with, or for the benefit of, any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country; (iv) engaged in or engaging in any transactions without, or exceeding the scope of, any licenses or authorizations required under Sanctions and Export Control Law; or (v) otherwise in violation of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws in any material respect.
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bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, (ii) made or paid any contributions, directly or indirectly, to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate, (iii) otherwise made, offered, received, authorized, promised or paid any improper payment under any Anti-Corruption Laws, or (iv) otherwise been in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws in any material respect.
(c) Since the Lookback Date, none of the Group Companies have received from any Governmental Entity or any Person any notice, inquiry, or internal or external allegation; made any voluntary or involuntary disclosure to a Governmental Entity; or conducted any internal investigation or audit concerning any actual or potential violation or wrongdoing in each case, related to Sanctions and Export Control Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws.
Section 3.23Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) is mailed to the ARYA Shareholders or at the time of the ARYA Shareholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
Section 3.24Regulatory Compliance.
(a) The Group Companies and the Company Products (i) have all Regulatory Permits that are required to conduct the Business as currently conducted, and each Regulatory Permit is in full force and effect, and (ii) are in compliance in all material respects with all Regulatory Permits. To the knowledge of the Company, (A) neither the FDA nor any other Governmental Entity has provided written or verbal notice of revocation, cancellation or termination of any Regulatory Permit to any Group Company, nor has any event occurred nor does any condition or state of facts exist, as of the date hereof, which would be reasonably likely to result in revocation, cancellation, suspension or any other adverse modification of any Regulatory Permit related, in whole or in part, to compliance with any Medical Devices Laws or any other comparable Laws, (B) no Governmental Entity nor the Company is considering limiting, suspending or revoking any Regulatory Permit held by a Group Company, and (C) each third party that is a manufacturer, contractor or agent for a Group Company is in compliance in all material respects with all Regulatory Permits, required by all applicable Medical Devices Laws insofar as they reasonably pertain to the Company Products. There is no material or false misleading information or significant omission in any submission related to any Regulatory Permit submitted to any Governmental Entity administering Medical Devices Laws and/or any other applicable Law.
(b) There is (and since the Lookback Date there has been) no material obligation arising under an administrative or regulatory action or material Proceeding, investigations or inspections by or on behalf of a Governmental Entity, warning letter, notice of violation letter, consent decree, request for information or other notice, response or commitment made to or with a Governmental Entity with respect to regulatory matters pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any Group Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their Representatives acting for or on their behalf, related to compliance with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”) or any other applicable Medical Devices Laws as it relates to a Company Product. The Group Companies do not have, and since the Lookback Date have not had, any material Liabilities for failure to comply with any Medical Devices Laws and no Group Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of their Representatives acting on their behalf, is party to or subject to any corporate integrity agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, deferred prosecution agreement, settlement order or similar Contract with or imposed by any Governmental Entity related to any applicable Medical Devices Laws that applies to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents. There is no, and there is no act, omission, event, or circumstance of which the Company has knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to or lead to, any civil, criminal, regulatory or administrative Proceeding or investigation, demand letter, warning letter, or request for information pending against the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no civil or criminal proceedings relating to the Company or any officer, director or employee of any Group Company that involve a matter within or related to FDA or any other Governmental Entity jurisdiction.
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compliance with Medical Devices Laws and any other applicable Law. No Group Company has, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, have any of their Representatives acting on their behalf, received any written notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity responsible for oversight or enforcement of any applicable Medical Devices Laws, or any institutional review board (or similar body responsible for oversight of human subjects research) or institutional animal care and use committee (or similar body responsible for oversight of animal research), has initiated, or threatened to initiate, any Proceeding to restrict or suspend preclinical or nonclinical research on or clinical study of any Company Product or in which the Governmental Entity alleges or asserts a failure to comply with applicable Medical Devices Laws.
(d) All Company Products are, and since the Lookback Date have been, as applicable, designed, developed, tested, investigated, manufactured, assessed for conformity, processed, prepared, assembled, packaged, stored, tested, labeled, imported, exported, distributed, sold, marketed, placed on the market, and put into service in compliance in all material respects with applicable Medical Devices Laws. The Company has not received any written notices, correspondence or other communications from any court or Governmental Entity and/or third party alleging violation of non-compliance with any Medical Devices Laws and/or any other applicable law.
(e) Since the Lookback Date, no Company Product has been seized, withdrawn, recalled, detained, subject to a suspension, field notification, and/or corrective action, destruction orders, safety alerts or similar actions of research, manufacturing, distribution, or commercialization activity, and there are no facts or circumstances reasonably likely to cause (i) the seizure, denial, withdrawal, recall, detention, public health notification, safety alert or suspension or termination of manufacturing, testing, marketing, or other activity relating to any Company Product, or (ii) a change in the labeling of any Company Product suggesting a compliance issue or risk, in either case. No Proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall, revocation, suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Company Product are pending or threatened against the Company.
(f) No Group Company has, nor as it relates to a Group Company or any Company Product, to the Company’s knowledge, has any Person engaged by a Group Company for contract research, consulting or other collaboration services with respect to any Company Product, made any untrue statement of a material fact or a fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity responsible for enforcement or oversight with respect to applicable Medical Devices Laws, or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or such other Governmental Entity that, at the time such disclosure was made, would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991), or for any other Governmental Entity to invoke a similar policy.
(g) No Group Company or any of their directors, officers or employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Group Companies’ individual independent contractors or other service providers, including clinical trial investigators, (i) have been or are currently disqualified or excluded under, (ii) are currently subject to an investigation or Proceeding that would reasonably be expected to result in disqualification or exclusion, the assessment of civil monetary penalties for violation of any health care programs of any Governmental Entity under, or (iii) have been convicted of any crime regarding health care products or services, or engaged in any conduct that would reasonably be expected to result in any such exclusion, disqualification, or ineligibility under applicable Medical Devices Laws, including, (A) exclusion under 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7 or any similar Law, (B) exclusion under 48 C.F.R. Subpart Section 9.4, the System for Award Management Nonprocurement Common Rule, or (C) disqualification under 21 C.F.R § 812.119. No Group Company or any of their current or former directors, officers or employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no Group Company’s individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of a Group Company have been subject to any criminal or civil fine or penalty imposed by, any Governmental Entity related to fraud, theft, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, financial misconduct, or obstruction of an investigation of controlled substances. To the Company’s knowledge, no Group Company or any of their current or former directors, officers or employees, individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of a Group Company, has been (1) subject to any enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceedings against or affecting the Company or any of its Affiliates relating to material violations of any Medical Devices Laws and no such enforcement, regulatory or administrative proceeding has been threatened, or (2) a party to any corporate integrity agreement, monitoring agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, consent decree, settlement order or similar agreement imposed by any Governmental Entity. To the Company’s knowledge, no Group Company or any of their directors, officers or
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employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Group Companies’ individual independent contractors or other service providers to the extent acting on behalf of a Group Company, have received notice from the FDA, any other Governmental Entity or any health insurance institution with respect to disqualification or restriction.
(h) All material reports, documents, claims, permits and notices required to be filed, maintained or furnished to the FDA or any similar foreign Governmental Entity by a Group Company have been so filed, maintained or furnished, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such reports, documents, claims, permits and notices were complete and accurate in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent filing).
Section 3.25Antitrust Matters. As of the Closing, all of the following conditions relating to the HSR Act will be true and correct:
(a) The Company will be its own ultimate parent entity (as such term is defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.1(a)(3) and is interpreted by the Premerger Notification Office of the United States Federal Trade Commission (“PNO”)) and will not be controlled (as such term is defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.1(b) and is interpreted by the PNO) by any other person or entity (as such terms are defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.1(a) and are interpreted by the PNO).
(b) The annual net sales (as such term is defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.11 and is interpreted by the PNO) of the Company will be below $222.7 million.
(c) The total assets (as such term is defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.11 and is interpreted by the PNO) of the Company will be below $22.3 million.
(d) The Company will not be engaged in manufacturing (as such term is defined in 16 C.F.R. § 801.1(j) and is interpreted by the PNO).
Section 3.26Investigation; No Other Representations.
(a) The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, the ARYA Parties and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the ARYA Parties and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, the Company has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 4 and in the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of any ARYA Party or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 4 and in the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party, none of the ARYA Parties or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 3.27EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO ANY ARYA PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 3 OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, AND THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, INCLUDING AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF THE GROUP COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY ARYA PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE GROUP COMPANIES BY THE MANAGEMENT OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY THE
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ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY ANY ARYA PARTY IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING OR PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 3 OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY GROUP COMPANY ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY ANY ARYA PARTY IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING OR PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
Article 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE ARYA PARTIES
(a)  Subject to Section 8.8, except as set forth on the ARYA Disclosure Schedules, or (b) except as set forth in any ARYA SEC Reports (excluding (x) any disclosures in any “risk factors” section that do not constitute statements of fact, disclosures in any forward-looking statements disclaimers and other disclosures that are generally cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature, (y) any information incorporated by reference into the ARYA SEC Reports (other than from other ARYA SEC Reports), or (z) any information or disclosure subject to a confidential treatment order and not otherwise publicly available), each ARYA Party, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, as follows:
Section 4.1Organization and Qualification. Each ARYA Party is an exempted company, corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized, incorporated or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation (as applicable). Each ARYA Party has the requisite corporate or other applicable business entity power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to have such power or authority would not have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.2Authority. Each ARYA Party has the requisite exempted company, corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and, subject to the receipt of, in the case of ARYA, the ARYA Shareholder Approval and, as applicable, the approvals and consents to be obtained pursuant to Section 5.27, in the case of HoldCo, the approvals and consents to be obtained by HoldCo pursuant to Section 5.9, in the case of ARYA Merger Sub, the approvals and consents to be obtained by ARYA Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.10, and in the case of Company Merger Sub, the approvals and consents to be obtained by Company Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.11, in each case to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Subject to the receipt of the ARYA Shareholder Approval and, as applicable, the approvals and consents to be obtained pursuant to Section 5.27, and the approvals and consents to be obtained by HoldCo (pursuant to Section 5.9), ARYA Merger Sub (pursuant to Section 5.10) and Company Merger Sub (pursuant to Section 5.11), the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which an ARYA Party is or will be a party, the performance of an ARYA Party’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Ancillary Document entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary exempted company, corporate, limited liability company or other similar action on the part of such ARYA Party. This Agreement has been and each Ancillary Document to which an ARYA Party is or will be a party has been or will be, upon execution thereof, duly and validly executed and delivered by such ARYA Party and constitutes or will constitute, upon execution thereof, as applicable, a valid, legal and binding agreement of such ARYA Party (assuming this Agreement has been and the Ancillary Documents to which such ARYA Party is or will be a party are or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party hereto or thereto, as applicable), enforceable against such ARYA Party in accordance with their terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to
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general principles of equity). The ARYA Shareholder Approval, together with, as applicable, the approvals and consents to be obtained pursuant to Section 5.27, are the only votes or consents of the holders of any class or series of Equity Securities of ARYA required to approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which ARYA is or is contemplated to be a party, the performance of the obligations of the ARYA hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers).
Section 4.3Consents and Requisite Governmental Approvals; No Violations.
(a) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of an ARYA Party with respect to such ARYA Party’s execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) (A) the filing with the SEC of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC, (B) the filing with the SEC, and mailing to shareholders, of a proxy statement to amend the Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents in order extend the time period ARYA has to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the clearance of SEC comments in connection with such proxy statement if any are issued during the 10-day waiting period provided by Rule 14a-6(a) of the Exchange Act, and (C) the filing with the SEC of such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) compliance with the listing requirements of Nasdaq and such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the HoldCo Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the filing of the Company Certificate of Merger, (iv) the filing of the ARYA Plan of Merger and the other documents referred to in Section 2.1(c)(ii) with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, (v) the approvals and consents to be obtained by HoldCo pursuant to Section 5.9, (vi) the approvals and consents to be obtained by ARYA Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.10, (vii) the approvals and consents to be obtained by Company Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.11, (viii) the ARYA Shareholder Approval or (ix) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.
(b) None of the execution or delivery by an ARYA Party of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to which it is or will be a party, the performance by an ARYA Party of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by an ARYA Party of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in a violation or breach of any provision of the Governing Documents of an ARYA Party, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which an ARYA Party is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which any such ARYA Party or any of its properties or assets are subject or bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the assets or properties (other than any Permitted Liens) of an ARYA Party, except in the case of any of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, as would not have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.4Brokers. Except as set forth on Section 4.4 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of any ARYA Party for which an ARYA Party has any obligation.
Section 4.5Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of either ARYA Party expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) will, when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) is declared effective or when the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (or any proxy statement related to an ARYA Extension) is mailed to the ARYA Shareholders or at the time of the ARYA Shareholders Meeting, and in the case of any amendment thereto, at the time of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
Section 4.6Capitalization of the ARYA Parties.
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resulting from any ARYA Shareholder Redemption, Section 4.6(a) of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete statement of the number and class or series (as applicable) of the issued and outstanding ARYA Shares prior to any ARYA Shareholder Redemption. All outstanding Equity Securities of ARYA (except to the extent such concepts are not applicable under the applicable Law of ARYA’s jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or other applicable Law) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Such Equity Securities (i) were not issued in violation of the Governing Documents of ARYA, and (ii) are not subject to any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person (other than restrictions under applicable Securities Laws, under the Governing Documents of ARYA or under this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents) and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, call option, right of first refusal, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights of any Person and (iii) have been offered, sold and issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, including Securities Laws. Except for the ARYA Shares set forth on Section 4.6(a) of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules (assuming that no ARYA Shareholder Redemptions are effected) and those Equity Securities of ARYA either permitted by Section 5.12 or issued or granted in accordance with Section 5.12, immediately prior to Closing and before giving effect to the PIPE Financing, the Convertible Security Financing, the 2023 Bridge Financing and the 2024 Bridge Financing, there shall be no other Equity Securities of ARYA issued and outstanding.
(b) Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as otherwise either permitted pursuant to Section 5.12 or issued, granted or entered into, as applicable, in accordance with Section 5.12, there are no outstanding (i) equity appreciation, phantom equity or profit participation rights or (ii) options, restricted stock, phantom stock, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts, in each case that could require ARYA to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities of ARYA.
(c) The Equity Securities of each of HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law, and (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract to which any of HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub or Company Merger Sub is a party or bound in any material respect. All of the outstanding Equity Securities of HoldCo are as of the date hereof and will be prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by Section 2.1 owned directly by ARYA free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law and those restrictions set forth in this Agreement, the other Ancillary Documents, or the Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents). All of the outstanding Equity Securities of ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub are as of the date hereof and will be prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by Section 2.1 owned directly by HoldCo free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law and those restrictions set forth in the applicable ARYA Party’s Governing Documents, this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents). As of the date of this Agreement, ARYA has no Subsidiaries other than HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub, and does not own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities in any Person other than the foregoing.
(d) Section 4.6 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules sets forth as of the date of this Agreement a list of all Indebtedness for borrowed money of ARYA.
Section 4.7SEC Filings. ARYA has, as of the date hereof, timely filed or furnished all statements, forms, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it prior to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to Federal Securities Laws since its initial public offering (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, the “ARYA SEC Reports”), and, as of the Closing, will have timely filed or furnished all other statements, forms, reports and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it subsequent to the date of this Agreement with the SEC pursuant to Federal Securities Laws through the Closing (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, but excluding the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the “Additional ARYA SEC Reports”), in each case, after giving effect to any applicable grace periods. Each of the ARYA SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, or as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, complied and each of the Additional ARYA SEC Reports, as of their respective dates of filing, and as of the date of any amendment or filing that superseded the initial filing, will comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Federal Securities Laws (including, as applicable, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any
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rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) applicable to the ARYA SEC Reports or the Additional ARYA SEC Reports (for purposes of the Additional ARYA SEC Reports, assuming that the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.23 is true and correct in all respects with respect to all information supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein). As of their respective dates of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, the ARYA SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made or will be made, not misleading. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the ARYA SEC Reports.
Section 4.8Trust Account. As of the date of this Agreement, ARYA has an amount in cash in the Trust Account equal to at least $38,000,000. The funds held in the Trust Account are (a) invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or in cash and (b) held in trust pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 2, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), between ARYA and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”). There are no separate agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the ARYA SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to ARYA’s knowledge, that would entitle any Person to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account (other than (i) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes, (ii) the ARYA Shareholders who shall have elected to redeem their ARYA Class A Shares pursuant to the Governing Documents of ARYA or (iii) if ARYA fails to complete a business combination within the allotted time period set forth in the Governing Documents of ARYA and liquidates the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, ARYA (in limited amounts to permit ARYA to pay the expenses of the Trust Account’s liquidation, dissolution and winding up of ARYA) and then the ARYA Shareholders). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account are permitted to be released, except in the circumstances described in the Governing Documents of ARYA and the Trust Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, ARYA has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date, and is not in material default, under the Trust Agreement, and, to ARYA’s knowledge, no event has occurred which (with due notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute a material default under the Trust Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Proceedings pending with respect to the Trust Account. Since March 2, 2021, ARYA has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement and with respect to the redemption of shareholders of ARYA that elected to redeem their shares in connection with the amendment of the Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents on February 28, 2023). Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the distribution of assets from the Trust Account (A) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or Taxes or (B) to the ARYA Shareholders who have elected to redeem their ARYA Class A Shares pursuant to the Governing Documents of ARYA, each in accordance with the terms of and as set forth in the Trust Agreement), ARYA shall have no further obligation under either the Trust Agreement or the Governing Documents of ARYA to liquidate or distribute any assets held in the Trust Account, and the Trust Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms.
Section 4.9Transactions with Affiliates. Section 4.9 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules sets forth all Contracts between (a) ARYA, on the one hand, and (b) any officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or Affiliate of ARYA or the ARYA Sponsor or, on the other hand (each Person identified in this clause (b), an “ARYA Related Party”), other than (i) Contracts with respect to an ARYA Related Party’s employment with, or the provision of services to, ARYA entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans, indemnification arrangements and other ordinary course compensation) and (ii) Contracts entered into after the date of this Agreement that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.12 or entered into in accordance with Section 5.12. Except as set forth on Section 4.9 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules or as either permitted pursuant to Section 5.12 or entered into in accordance with Section 5.12, no ARYA Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in the business of ARYA, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a material client, supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of ARYA or (C) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, ARYA (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a transaction entered into after the date of this Agreement that is either permitted pursuant to Section 5.12 or entered into in accordance with Section
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5.12). All Contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.9 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 4.9) are referred to herein as “ARYA Related Party Transactions”.
Section 4.10Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is (and since its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, there has been) no Proceeding pending or, to ARYA’s knowledge, threatened against or involving any ARYA Party that, if adversely decided or resolved, would be material to the ARYA Parties, taken as a whole. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the ARYA Parties nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material Order. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no material Proceedings by any ARYA Party pending against any other Person.
Section 4.11Compliance with Applicable Law. Each ARYA Party is (and since its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, has been) in compliance with all applicable Laws, except as would not have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.12Absence of Changes. During the period beginning on March 2, 2021 and ending on the date of this Agreement, (a) no ARYA Material Adverse Effect has occurred and (b) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the ARYA Parties have conducted their businesses in the ordinary course in all material respects.
Section 4.13HoldCo and Merger Sub Activities. Each of HoldCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub was organized solely for the purpose of entering into this Agreement and the applicable Ancillary Documents, the performance of its respective covenants and agreements in this Agreement and the applicable Ancillary Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and has not engaged in any activities or business, other than those incidental or related to, or incurred in connection with, its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or continuing corporate (or similar) existence or the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 4.14Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.
(a) Except as is not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of ARYA’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, or “smaller reporting company” within the meaning of the Exchange Act, since its initial public offering, (i) ARYA has established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of ARYA’s financial reporting and the preparation of ARYA’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and (ii) ARYA has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to ARYA is made known to ARYA’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within ARYA.
(b) ARYA has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(c) Since its initial public offering, ARYA has complied in all material respects with all applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq. The classes of securities representing issued and outstanding ARYA Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no material Proceeding pending or, to ARYA’s knowledge, threatened against ARYA by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister ARYA Class A Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of ARYA Class A Shares on Nasdaq. Except as otherwise contemplated in connection with the Closing and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, ARYA has not taken any action that is designed to terminate the registration of ARYA Class A Shares under the Exchange Act.
(d) The ARYA SEC Reports contain true and complete copies of the applicable ARYA Financial Statements. The ARYA Financial Statements (i) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of ARYA as at the respective dates thereof (as amended), and the results of its operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments (none of which is expected to be material) and the absence of notes thereto), (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods indicated (except, in the case of any audited
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financial statements, as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments (none of which is expected to be material) and the absence of notes thereto), (iii) in the case of the audited ARYA Financial Statements, were audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable) in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
(e) ARYA has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and (ii) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of proper and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for ARYA’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets. ARYA maintains and, for all periods covered by the ARYA Financial Statements, has maintained books and records of ARYA in the ordinary course of business that are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the accuracy and completeness thereof and reflect the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of ARYA in all material respects.
(f) Since its incorporation, ARYA has not received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that there is (i) a “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of ARYA to ARYA’s knowledge, (ii) except as disclosed in the ARYA SEC Reports, a “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of ARYA to ARYA’s knowledge or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of ARYA who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of ARYA.
Section 4.15No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except for the Liabilities (a) set forth in Section 4.15 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules, (b) incurred in connection with, related to or arising out of the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fees, costs or expenses incurred by or on behalf of any ARYA Party and any Liabilities directly or indirectly arising out of, or related to, any Proceeding related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any shareholder demand or other shareholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) arising out of, or related to, any of the foregoing), (c) that are incurred in connection with or are incidental or related to its organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable, or continuing corporate (or similar) existence or ARYA being (or continuing to be) a public company listed on Nasdaq, (d) set forth or disclosed in the ARYA Financial Statements, (e) that have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the ARYA SEC Reports in the ordinary course of business, (f) that are either permitted pursuant to Section 5.12 or incurred in accordance with Section 5.12, or (g) that are not, and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the ARYA Parties, taken as a whole, the ARYA Parties do not have any Liabilities.
Section 4.16Tax Matters.
(a) Each ARYA Party has prepared and filed with the appropriate Tax Authority all material Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects and prepared in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and each ARYA Party has paid all material Taxes required to have been paid or deposited by it regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return.
(b) Each ARYA Party has timely withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax Authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, individual independent contractor, other service providers, equity interest holder or other third-party.
(c) No deficiencies for Taxes against any ARYA Party have been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing by any Tax Authority that remain unpaid except for deficiencies which are being contested in good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established. No ARYA Party is currently the subject of a Tax audit or examination by any Tax Authority or has been informed in writing of the commencement or anticipated commencement of any Tax audit or examination by any Tax Authority that has not been resolved or completed, in each case with respect to material Taxes.
(d) None of the ARYA Parties have consented to extend or waive the time in which any material Tax may be assessed or collected by any Tax Authority, other than any such extensions or waivers that are no longer in effect or that were extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business or automatic extensions of time to file Tax Returns not requiring the consent of any Tax Authority.
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(e) No “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law), private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements or rulings have been entered into or issued by any Tax Authority with respect to any ARYA Party which agreement or ruling would be effective after the Closing Date.
(f) None of the ARYA Parties is and none of the ARYA Parties has been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law).
(g) There are no Liens for material Taxes on any assets of the ARYA Parties other than Permitted Liens.
(h) During the two (2)-year period ending on the date of this Agreement, none of the ARYA Parties was a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
(i)  None of the ARYA Parties (i) has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was a Group Company) or (ii) has any material Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than an ARYA Party) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or non-United States Law), as a transferee or successor or by Contract (other than any Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business and the principal purpose of which does not relate to Taxes).
(j) No written claims have ever been made by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where an ARYA Party does not file Tax Returns that such ARYA Party is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, which claims have not been resolved or withdrawn.
(k) None of the ARYA Parties is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or Tax indemnity or similar agreements (other than one that is included in a Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business that is not primarily related to Taxes) and none of the ARYA Parties is a party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.
(l) Each ARYA Party is tax resident only in its country of organization, incorporation or formation, as applicable.
(m) None of the ARYA Parties has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.
(n) None of the ARYA Parties has taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement and/or any Ancillary Documents and the ARYA Parties do not have knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.
Section 4.17Investment Company Act. No ARYA Party is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
Section 4.18CFIUS Foreign Person Status. No ARYA Party is a “foreign person” or a “foreign entity,” as defined in Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, including all implementing regulations thereof (the “DPA”). No ARYA Party is controlled by a “foreign person,” as defined in the DPA. No ARYA Party permits any foreign person affiliated with ARYA, whether affiliated as a limited partner or otherwise, to obtain through ARYA any of the following with respect to ARYA: (i) access to any “material nonpublic technical information” (as defined in the DPA) in the possession of ARYA; (ii) membership or observer rights on the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of ARYA or the right to nominate an individual to a position on the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of ARYA; (iii) any involvement, other than through the voting of shares, in the substantive decision-making of ARYA regarding (x) the use, development, acquisition, or release of any “critical technology” (as defined in the DPA), (y) the use, development, acquisition, safekeeping, or release of “sensitive personal data” (as defined in the DPA) of U.S. citizens maintained or collected by ARYA, or (z) the management, operation, manufacture, or supply of “covered investment critical infrastructure” (as defined in the DPA); or (iv) “control” of the Company (as defined in the DPA).
Section 4.19Compliance with Internal Trade & Anti-Corruption Laws.
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foregoing, is or has been, (i) a Person named on any Sanctions and Export Control Laws-related list of designated Persons maintained by a Governmental Entity; (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory which is itself the subject of or target of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws; (iii) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by one or more Persons described in clause (i) or (ii); or (iv) otherwise engaging in dealings with or for the benefit of any Person described in clauses (i) - (iii) or any country or territory which is or has, since ARYA’s incorporation, been the subject of or target of any Sanctions and Export Control Laws (at the time of this Agreement, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Sudan and Syria).
(b) Since ARYA’s incorporation, none of the ARYA Parties, any of their respective officers or directors or, to ARYA’s knowledge, any of their other Representatives, or any other Persons acting for or on behalf of the ARYA Parties has (i) made, offered, promised, paid or received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, (ii) made or paid any contributions, directly or indirectly, to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate or (iii) otherwise made, offered, received, authorized, promised or paid any improper payment under any Anti-Corruption Laws.
Section 4.20Investigation; No Other Representations.
(a) Each ARYA Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects, of the Group Companies and (ii) it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Group Companies and their respective businesses and operations as it and its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(b) In entering into this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party, each ARYA Party has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 3 and in the Ancillary Documents to which each ARYA Party is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of the Company or any other Person, either express or implied, and each ARYA Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article 3 and in the Ancillary Documents to which each ARYA Party is or will be a party, neither the Company nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 4.21EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 4 OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, NONE OF THE ARYA PARTIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES, AND EACH ARYA PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, INCLUDING AS TO THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OR HOLDINGS OF THE ARYA PARTIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES OR IN ANY PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF THE ARYA PARTIES BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY ARYA PARTY OR OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, AND NO STATEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF SUCH MATERIALS OR MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING OR PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 4 OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY COST ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER PREDICTIONS, ANY DATA, ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR ANY MEMORANDA OR OFFERING MATERIALS OR PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY ARYA PARTY ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE
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OR TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY ARYA PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON, AND ARE NOT AND SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE RELIED UPON BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN EXECUTING, DELIVERING OR PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
Article 5
COVENANTS
Section 5.1Conduct of Business of the Company.
(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, or as consented to in writing by ARYA (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (i) operate the business of the Group Companies in the ordinary course in all material respects and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to maintain and preserve intact the business organization, assets, properties and business relations of the Group Companies.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, as required by applicable Law, as set forth on, Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or as consented to in writing by ARYA (such consent, other than in the case of Section 5.1(b)(i), Section 5.1(b)(vii)(D), Section 5.1(b)(xv), or Section 5.1(b)(xvi) (to the extent related to any of the foregoing), not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), not do any of the following:
(i)  declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, any Equity Securities of any Group Company or repurchase or redeem any outstanding Equity Securities of any Group Company, other than dividends or distributions, declared, set aside or paid by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the Company or any Subsidiary that is, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by the Company;
(ii) merge, consolidate, combine or amalgamate any Group Company with any Person or purchase or otherwise acquire (whether by merging or consolidating with, purchasing any Equity Security in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner) any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity or organization or division thereof;
(iii) adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to (A) any Group Company’s Governing Documents, or (B) any Company Shareholders Agreement;
(iv) transfer, sell, assign, abandon, lease, permit to lapse or expire, license or otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties of any of the Group Companies, other than the sale of inventory or the abandonment of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business, or create, subject to or incur any Lien on any material assets or properties of any of the Group Companies (other than any Permitted Liens);
(v) transfer, issue, sell, grant or otherwise directly or indirectly dispose of, or subject to a Lien, (A) any Equity Securities of any Group Company or (B) any options, warrants, rights of conversion or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating any Group Company to issue, deliver or sell any Equity Securities of any Group Company, other than, prior to the delivery of the Allocation Schedule pursuant to Section 2.3, (x) the issuance of the Company Common Shares upon the exercise of any Company Options outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Company Equity Plans and the underlying grant, award or similar agreement, (y) the issuance of Company Common Shares upon the exercise of any Company Warrants outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the underlying warrant or similar agreement or (z) the issuance of Company Common Shares upon the Company Preferred Shares Conversion or the Company Convertible Notes Conversion;
(vi) incur, create or assume any Indebtedness, other than ordinary course trade payables and the funding of any amounts pursuant to the 2023 Bridge Financing or 2024 Bridge Financing;
(vii) (A) amend, modify or terminate any Material Contract of the types described in Section 3.7(a)(i), Section 3.7(a)(v), Section 3.7(a)(vii), Section 3.7(a)(viii), Section 3.7(a)(ix), Section 3.7(a)(x)(B) or Section 3.7(a)(xii) (such types of Material Contracts, collectively, the “Designated Material Contracts”) or, except as would not be reasonably
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expected to be materially adverse to any Group Company (or, following the Closing, the ARYA Parties), any other Material Contract (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any Material Contract pursuant to its terms or entering into additional work or purchase orders pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, any Material Contract), (B) waive any material benefit or right under any Designated Material Contract or, except as would not be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to any Group Company (or, following the Closing, the ARYA Parties), any other Material Contract, (C) enter into any Contract that would otherwise constitute a Designated Material Contract or, except as would not be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to any Group Company (or, following the Closing, the ARYA Parties), any other Material Contract, in each case if entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, or (D) consummate any other transaction or make (or agree to make) any other payments that, if reflected in a Contract and existing on the date hereof, would be required to be disclosed on Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, provided that for purposes of this Section 5.1(b)(vii), Material Contracts shall not include employment agreements, which are the subject of Section 5.1(b)(ix);
(viii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or guarantees for the benefit of, or any investments in, any Person, other than intercompany loans or capital contributions between the Company and any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries and the reimbursement of expenses of employees in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) except (x) as required under the terms of any Employee Benefit Plan of any Group Company that is set forth on the Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or (y) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as otherwise required by Law (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that in no event shall the exceptions in this clause (y) be deemed or construed as permitting any Group Company to take any action that is prohibited by any other provision of this Section 5.1(b)), (A) amend, modify in any material respect, adopt, enter into or terminate any material Employee Benefit Plan of any Group Company or any material benefit or compensation plan, policy, program or Contract that would be an Employee Benefit Plan if in effect as of the date of this Agreement (excluding any employment or consulting agreements that are entered into in the ordinary course of business) (1) with any newly hired or newly engaged service providers to any Group Company each of whose compensation would not exceed, on an annualized basis $275,000 per year, (B) materially increase the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company (except as set forth in (A)), (C) take any action to accelerate any payment, right to payment, or benefit, or the funding of any payment, right to payment or benefit, payable or to become payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company, or (D) waive or release any noncompetition, non-solicitation, non-interference, non-disparagement, no-hire, nondisclosure or other restrictive covenant obligation of any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of any Group Company;
(x) make (other than (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) as may be required by Law), change or revoke any material election concerning Taxes, change any material Tax accounting method or period, amend any material Tax Return, surrender any right to claim a material refund of any Taxes, enter into any material Tax closing agreement, settle any material Tax claim, assessment, or Proceeding, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to or relating to any material Tax claim or assessment, or Proceeding, other than any such extension or waiver that is obtained in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) enter into any settlement, conciliation or similar Contract the performance of which would involve the payment by the Group Companies in excess of $25,000, in or that imposes, or by its terms will impose at any point in the future, any material, non-monetary obligations on any Group Company (or ARYA or any of its Affiliates after the Closing);
(xii) authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt, or otherwise effect, a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving any Group Company;
(xiii) change any Group Company’s methods of accounting in any material respect, other than changes that are made in accordance with PCAOB standards;
(xiv) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document;
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(xv) make any Change of Control Payment that is not set forth on Section 3.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules; or
(xvi) enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.1.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.1 or this Agreement to the contrary, nothing set forth in this Agreement shall give ARYA, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Group Companies prior to the Closing.
Section 5.2Efforts to Consummate; Transaction Litigation.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as reasonably practicable the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including (i) the satisfaction, but not waiver, of the Closing conditions set forth in Article 6 and, in the case of any Ancillary Document to which such Party will be a party after the date of this Agreement, to execute and deliver such Ancillary Document when required pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) using reasonable best efforts to obtain the PIPE Financing on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the PIPE Subscription Agreements, (iii) using reasonable best efforts to obtain the Convertible Security Financing on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Convertible Security Subscription Agreements, and (iv) the Company taking, or causing to be taken, all actions necessary or advisable to cause the agreements set forth on Section 5.2(a)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedules to be terminated effective as of the Closing without any further obligations or Liabilities to the Company or any of its Affiliates (including the other Group Companies and, from and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x) each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, file with or deliver to, as applicable, any Consents of any Governmental Entities or other Persons necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents and (y) the Company shall, prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the ARYA Parties, (I) a payoff letter (the “SVB Payoff Letter”) with respect to the SVB Credit Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto, that provides for, among other things, the satisfaction and discharge in full of all outstanding amounts and Liabilities in respect of the SVB Credit Agreement and release in full of any Liens in respect of the SVB Credit Agreement and (II) any Lien release documentation necessary or advisable in connection with the matters described in clause (I) that are duly executed by the appropriate parties to the SVB Credit Agreement, in the case of each of clause (I) and (II), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the ARYA Parties. Each of the Company, on the one hand, and ARYA, on the other, shall bear 50% of all of the costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with obtaining the Consents of any Governmental Entities, and any filing (or similar) fees or other costs payable in connection the preparation, filing or mailing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement; provided, however, that, subject to Section 8.6, each Party shall bear its own out-of-pocket costs and expenses of attorneys and other advisors incurred in connection with the preparation of or seeking any such Consents.
(b) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the ARYA Parties, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each as promptly as reasonably practicable notify each other of any written communication received from any Governmental Entity regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or a termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, each of the Group Companies and ARYA shall give counsel for the Company (in the case of any ARYA Party) or ARYA (in the case of the Company), a reasonable opportunity to review in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, (i) any proposed written communication to any Governmental Entity relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or (ii) any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of either Party to any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Parties agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either in person or by telephone with any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless it consults with, in the case of any ARYA Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, ARYA in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Governmental Entity, gives, in the case of any ARYA Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, ARYA, the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting or discussion. If any Party receives a request for additional information or
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documentary material from any such Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, then such Party will use its reasonable best efforts to make, or cause to be made, as expeditiously as possible and after consultation with the other Parties, an appropriate response to such request.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.2 conflicts with any other covenant or agreement in this Article 5 that is intended to specifically address any subject matter, then such other covenant or agreement shall govern and control solely to the extent of such conflict.
(d) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the ARYA Parties, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall each notify the other in writing promptly after learning of any shareholder demands or other shareholder Proceedings (including derivative claims) relating to this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or any matters relating thereto (collectively, the “Transaction Litigation”) commenced against, in the case of ARYA, any of the ARYA Parties or any of their respective Representatives (in their capacity as a Representative of a ARYA Party) or, in the case of the Company, any Group Company or any of their respective Representatives (in their capacity as a Representative of any Group Company). ARYA and each Group Company shall each (i) keep the other reasonably informed regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) give the other the opportunity to, at its own cost and expense, participate in the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation and reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) consider in good faith the other’s advice with respect to any such Transaction Litigation and (iv) reasonably cooperate with each other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (x) any ARYA Party or any of their respective Representatives settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), or (y) any Group Company or any of their respective Representatives settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of ARYA (prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time) or the ARYA Sponsor (from and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time) (in either case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that following the Closing Date, the prior written consent of the ARYA Sponsor shall not be required if (A) none of the ARYA Sponsor, any of its Representatives or any officer, director or other Representative of ARYA prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time are the subject of (in whole or in part) such Transaction Litigation and (B) such settlement or compromise does not contain a claim of, admission, statement or other acknowledgement of wrongdoing or liability by the ARYA Sponsor, any of its Representatives or any officer, director or other Representative of ARYA.
Section 5.3Confidentiality and Access to Information.
(a) The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the information being provided in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that this Section 5.3(a) or the Confidentiality Agreement conflicts with any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document that contemplates the disclosure, use or provision of information or otherwise, then such other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or such Ancillary Document, as applicable, shall govern and control to the extent of such conflict.
(b) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, the Company shall provide, or cause to be provided, to ARYA and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records and properties of the Group Companies (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the Group Companies). Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Group Companies shall be required to provide, or cause to be provided, to ARYA or any of its Representatives any information (i) if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Law to which any Group Company is subject, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties in breach of any Contract with such third party, (C) violate any legally binding obligation of any Group Company with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy or (D) jeopardize protections afforded to any Group Company under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (D), the Company shall, and shall cause the other Group Companies to, use reasonable best efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege,
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doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if any Group Company, on the one hand, and any ARYA Party, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation or other Proceeding and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that the Company shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis unless such written notice is prohibited by applicable Law or Order.
(c) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon reasonable advance written notice, ARYA shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Company and its Representatives during normal business hours reasonable access to the directors, officers, books and records of the ARYA Parties (in a manner so as to not interfere with the normal business operations of the ARYA Parties). Notwithstanding the foregoing, ARYA shall not be required to provide, or cause to be provided to, the Company or any of its Representatives any information (i) if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Law to which any ARYA Party is subject, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties in breach of any Contract with such third party, (C) violate any legally binding obligation of any ARYA Party with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy or (D) jeopardize protections afforded to any ARYA Party under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (D), ARYA shall use, and shall cause the other ARYA Parties to use, reasonable best efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Law), or (ii) if an ARYA Party or the ARYA Sponsor or any of their respective Representatives, on the one hand, and any Group Company, or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, are adverse parties in a litigation or other Proceeding and such information is reasonably pertinent thereto; provided that ARYA shall, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), provide prompt written notice of the withholding of access or information on any such basis unless such written notice is prohibited by applicable Law or Order.
(d) The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall be automatically terminated effective as of the Closing without any further action by any Party or any other Person.
Section 5.4Public Announcements.
(a) Subject to Section 5.4(b), Section 5.7 and Section 5.8, none of the Parties or any of their respective Representatives shall issue any press releases or make any public announcements with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of, prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the Company and ARYA or, after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, Holdco and the ARYA Sponsor; provided, however, that each Party, the ARYA Sponsor and their respective Representatives may issue or make, as applicable, any such press release, public announcement or other communication (i) if such press release, public announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law, in which case (A) prior to the Closing, the disclosing Party or its applicable Representatives shall, unless and to the extent prohibited by such applicable Law, (x) if the disclosing Person is an ARYA Party or a Representative of an ARYA Party, reasonably consult with the Company in connection therewith and provide the Company with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and shall consider any such comments in good faith, or (y) if the disclosing Party is the Company or a Representative of the Company, reasonably consult with ARYA in connection therewith and provide ARYA with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and shall consider any such comments in good faith, or (B) after the Closing, the disclosing Party or its applicable Representatives shall, unless and to the extent prohibited by such applicable Law, (x) if the disclosing Person is the ARYA Sponsor or a Representative of the ARYA Sponsor, reasonably consult with HoldCo in connection therewith and provide the Company with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and consider any such comments in good faith, (y) if the disclosing Person is HoldCo or a Representative of HoldCo, reasonably consult with the ARYA Sponsor in connection therewith and provide the ARYA Sponsor with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and consider any such comments in good faith, and (z) if the disclosing Person is HoldCo or a Representative of HoldCo, reasonably consult with the ARYA Sponsor in connection therewith and provide the ARYA Sponsor with an opportunity to review and comment on such press release, public announcement or communication and consider any such comments in good faith, (ii) to the extent such press release, public announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a press release, public announcement or other communication previously made in accordance with this Section 5.4 and (iii) to Governmental Entities in connection with any Consents required to be made under this Agreement, the Ancillary
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Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4 or otherwise in this Agreement, the Parties agree that the ARYA Parties, the ARYA Sponsor, the Perceptive Investor and their respective Representatives may provide general information about the subject matter of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to any direct or indirect former, current or prospective investor or in connection with normal fund raising or related marketing or informational or reporting activities.
(b) The initial press release concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be a joint press release in the form agreed by the Company and ARYA prior to the execution of this Agreement and such initial press release (the “Signing Press Release”) shall be released as promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement on the day thereof (or, if the date of execution of this Agreement is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following execution of this Agreement). Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, ARYA shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Signing Filing”) with the Signing Press Release and a description of this Agreement as required by, and in compliance with, the Securities Laws, which the Company shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon prior to filing and ARYA shall consider such comments in good faith. The Company, on the one hand, and ARYA, on the other hand, shall mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either the Company or ARYA, as applicable) a press release announcing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing Press Release”) prior to the Closing, and, on the Closing Date (or such other date as may be mutually agreed to in writing by ARYA and the Company prior to the Closing), the Parties shall cause the Closing Press Release to be released. Promptly after the Closing (but in any event within four (4) Business Days after the Closing), HoldCo shall file a current report on Form 8-K (the “Closing Filing”) with the Closing Press Release and a description of the Closing as required by Securities Laws, which Closing Filing shall be in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In connection with the preparation of each of the Signing Press Release, the Signing Filing, the Closing Press Release and the Closing Filing, each Party shall, upon written request by any other Party, furnish such other Party with all information concerning itself, its directors, officers and, in the case of the Company, its equityholders, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for such press release or filing.
Section 5.5Tax Matters.
(a) Tax Treatment.
(i) The Parties intend that (A) the Mergers, the PIPE Financing, the 2023 Bridge Note Exchange, the 2024 Bridge Note Exchange (to the extent applicable) and the Convertible Security Financing (to the extent applicable) shall collectively be treated as an integrated transaction qualifying under Section 351(a) of the Code and (B) the Company Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, use reasonable best efforts to cause the Mergers to so qualify and shall file all Tax Returns consistent with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise), such treatment unless required to do so pursuant to applicable Law. The Parties further acknowledge that the ARYA Merger may also independently qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and for the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall not be interpreted to prevent a person from reporting the ARYA Merger as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(ii) The Parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a). The Parties shall not take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act prevents or impedes, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Intended Tax Treatment.
(iii) If in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the SEC requires that tax opinions be prepared and submitted, HoldCo, ARYA and the Company shall deliver to the applicable tax advisors or counsel of HoldCo, ARYA and/or the Company customary Tax representation letters satisfactory to such tax advisors or counsel, dated and executed as of the date(s) as determined reasonably necessary by such tax advisors or counsel in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, and, if the SEC requires a tax opinion with respect to the Intended Tax Treatment of the Mergers or other Tax consequences of the transactions contemplated hereby to equityholders of ARYA, ARYA shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such opinion (as so required by the SEC) to be provided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (or such other tax advisors or counsel of ARYA as determined by ARYA and acceptable to the SEC), subject to customary assumptions
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and limitations, and, if the SEC requires a tax opinion with respect to the Intended Tax Treatment of the Mergers or other Tax consequences of the transactions contemplated hereby to equityholders of the Company, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such opinion (as so required by the SEC) to be provided by Reed Smith LLP (or such other tax advisors or counsel of the Company as determined by the Company and acceptable to the SEC), subject to customary assumptions and limitations. Each of the Parties shall (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another and their respective Tax advisors or counsel in connection with the issuance of an opinion described under this Section 5.5(a)(iii).
(b) Tax Matters Cooperation. Each of the Parties shall (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to) cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by another Party, in connection with the filing of relevant Tax Returns, and any audit or Tax Proceeding. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other Party’s request) the provision (with the right to make copies) of records and information reasonably relevant to any Tax Proceeding or audit, making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder and making available to the ARYA Shareholders information reasonably necessary to compute any income of any such holder (or its direct or indirect owners) arising, if applicable, as a result of ARYA’s status as a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the Code or a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code for any taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing, including timely providing (i) a PFIC Annual Information Statement to enable such holders to make a “Qualifying Electing Fund” election under Section 1295 of the Code for such taxable period, and (ii) information to enable applicable holders to report their allocable share of “subpart F” income under Section 951 of the Code for such taxable period.
Section 5.6Exclusive Dealing.
(a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall not, and shall cause the other Group Companies and its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage (including by means of furnishing or disclosing information), knowingly facilitate, discuss or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with respect to a Company Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iii) enter into any Contract, arrangement or understanding regarding a Company Acquisition Proposal; (iv) other than in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, prepare or take any steps in connection with a public offering of any Equity Securities or other securities of any Group Company (or any Affiliate or successor of any Group Company or any of their respective Affiliates); or (v) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing. The Company agrees to (A) notify ARYA promptly upon receipt of any written offer or proposal that the Company reasonably determines represents a Company Acquisition Proposal by any Group Company, and to describe the material terms and conditions of any such Company Acquisition Proposal in reasonable detail (including the identity of the Persons making such Company Acquisition Proposal) and (B) keep ARYA reasonably informed on a current basis of any modifications to such offer or information.
(b) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the ARYA Parties shall not, and each of them shall cause their Representatives not to, (i) solicit or initiate or enter into, directly or indirectly, discussions, negotiations or transactions with respect to, or knowingly encourage (including by means of providing any information to any other potential business combination target of ARYA), any ARYA Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish or disclose any non-public information to any Person in connection with, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an ARYA Acquisition Proposal, (iii) enter into any Contract, arrangement or understanding regarding an ARYA Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort or attempt by any Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing. ARYA agrees to (A) notify the Company promptly upon receipt by any ARYA Party of any written offer or proposal that ARYA reasonably determines represents an ARYA Acquisition Proposal, and to describe the material terms and conditions of any such ARYA Acquisition Proposal in reasonable detail (including the identity of any person or entity making such ARYA Acquisition Proposal) and (B) keep the Company reasonably informed on a current basis of any modifications to such offer or information.
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any actions in the ordinary course that are not otherwise in violation of this Section 5.6 (such as answering phone calls) or informing any Person inquiring about a possible Company Acquisition Proposal or ARYA Acquisition Proposal, as applicable, of the existence of the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 5.6.
Section 5.7Preparation of Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, ARYA and the Company shall prepare and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either of ARYA or the Company, as applicable), and HoldCo shall file with the SEC, the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement (it being understood and agreed that the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall include a prospectus of HoldCo and a proxy statement and notice of extraordinary general meeting of ARYA which will be included therein and which will be used for the ARYA Shareholders Meeting to adopt and approve the Transaction Proposals and other matters reasonably related to the Transaction Proposals and provide the applicable holders of ARYA Class A Shares with the opportunity to effect the ARYA Shareholder Redemption, all in accordance with and as required by ARYA’s Governing Documents, applicable Law, and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq). Each of ARYA and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (a) cause the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement to comply in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC (including, in the case of the Company, using reasonable best efforts to provide financial statements (audited and unaudited) of, and any other information with respect to, the Group Companies and pro forma financial statements for all periods, and in the form, required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement under Securities Laws (after giving effect to any waivers received) or in response to any comments or requests from the SEC and using reasonable best efforts to cause the Group Companies’ auditors to deliver the required audit opinions and consents); (b) promptly notify, in the case of the Company, ARYA or, in the case of ARYA, the Company of, reasonably cooperate with each other with respect to and respond promptly to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff; (c) promptly prepare and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either of ARYA or the Company, as applicable) any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement in order to address comments or requests from the SEC or its staff (which amendments or supplements shall be promptly filed by the Company); (d) have the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after it is filed with the SEC; and (e) keep the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement effective through the Closing in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. ARYA, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall promptly furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the other all information concerning such Party and its Representatives that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.7 or for inclusion in any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of HoldCo, ARYA or the Company to the SEC or Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, including delivering customary tax representation letters to counsel to enable counsel to deliver any tax opinions requested or required by the SEC to be submitted in connection therewith as described in Section 5.5(a)(iii). If any Party becomes aware of any information that should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, then (i) such Party shall promptly inform, in the case of any ARYA Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, ARYA, thereof; (ii) such Party shall prepare and mutually agree upon with, in the case of ARYA, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, ARYA (in either case, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement; (iii) HoldCo shall as promptly as practicable file such mutually agreed upon amendment or supplement with the SEC; and (iv) the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the mailing such amendment or supplement to the ARYA Shareholders. ARYA shall as promptly as reasonably practicable advise the Company of the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of ARYA Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and ARYA and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that none of the information related to him, her or it or any of his, her or its Representatives, supplied by or on his, her or its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is initially filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended, or at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act contain 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 are made, not misleading.
Section 5.8ARYA Shareholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, ARYA shall (a) duly give
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notice of and (b) use reasonable best efforts to duly convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (the “ARYA Shareholders Meeting”) in accordance with the Governing Documents of ARYA, for the purposes of obtaining the ARYA Shareholder Approval and, if applicable, any approvals related thereto and providing its applicable shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an ARYA Shareholder Redemption. Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, (i) ARYA shall, through the approval of the ARYA Board, recommend to its shareholders (the “ARYA Board Recommendation”), (A) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers) (the “Business Combination Proposal”); (B) the adoption and approval of the ARYA Plan of Merger, the ARYA Merger and the First Surviving Company Governing Documents (the “ARYA Merger Proposal”); (C) the adoption and approval of each other proposal that either the SEC or Nasdaq (or the respective staff members thereof) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement or in correspondence related thereto; (D) the adoption and approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed to by ARYA and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents; and (E) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the adjournment of the ARYA Shareholders Meeting, if necessary (1) because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing or (2) to seek to limit or reverse any redemptions of ARYA Class A Shares (such proposals in (A) through (E), collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”), and (ii) ARYA shall include such recommendation contemplated by clause (i) in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, ARYA may adjourn the ARYA Shareholders Meeting (1) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the ARYA Shareholder Approval or (2) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosures that ARYA has determined, based on the advice of outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the ARYA Shareholders prior to the ARYA Shareholders Meeting; provided that, without the consent of the Company, in no event shall ARYA adjourn the ARYA Shareholders Meeting for more than fifteen (15) Business Days later than the most recently adjourned meeting or to a date that is beyond the Termination Date. Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, ARYA covenants that none of the ARYA Board or ARYA nor any committee of the ARYA Board shall withdraw or modify, or propose publicly or by formal action of the ARYA Board, any committee of the ARYA Board or ARYA to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the ARYA Board Recommendation or any other recommendation by the ARYA Board or ARYA of the proposals set forth in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement.
Section 5.9HoldCo Shareholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, ARYA, as the sole stockholder of HoldCo, shall approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which HoldCo is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers).
Section 5.10ARYA Merger Sub Shareholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, HoldCo, as the sole shareholder of ARYA Merger Sub, shall approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which ARYA Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the ARYA Merger).
Section 5.11Company Merger Sub Shareholder Approval. As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) following the date of this Agreement, HoldCo, as the sole stockholder of Company Merger Sub, shall approve and adopt this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which Company Merger Sub is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Company Merger).
Section 5.12Conduct of Business of ARYA. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, ARYA shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, as applicable, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the PIPE Financing, any ARYA Extension or the Convertible Security Financing), as required by applicable Law, as set forth on Section 5.12 of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules or as consented to in writing by the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), do any of the following:
(a) adopt any amendments, supplements, restatements or modifications to the Trust Agreement or the Governing Documents of any ARYA Party;
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(b) declare, set aside, make or pay a dividend on, or make any other distribution or payment in respect of, its Equity Securities, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any of its outstanding Equity Securities;
(c) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or other Equity Securities or issue any other security in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;
(d) incur, create or assume any Indebtedness, except for Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate;
(e) make any loans or advances to, or capital contributions in, any other Person, other than to, or in, ARYA or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) issue any Equity Securities or grant any additional options, warrants or stock appreciation rights with respect to its Equity Securities;
(g) (i) amend, modify or renew any ARYA Related Party Transaction, other than (A) the entry into, amendment or modification of any Contract with an ARYA Related Party with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 5.12(d) or (B) for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration or automatic extension or renewal of any Contract pursuant to its terms, or (ii) enter into any Contract that would constitute an ARYA Related Party Transaction if entered into prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement;
(h) engage in any activities or business, or incur any material Liabilities, other than any activities, businesses or Liabilities that are (A) either permitted under this Section 5.12 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any activities, businesses or Liabilities contemplated by, incurred in connection with or that are otherwise incidental or attendant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document, the performance of any covenants or agreements hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby) or in accordance with this Section 5.12; (B) in connection with or incidental or related to its continuing corporate (or similar) existence or it being (or continuing to be) a public company listed on Nasdaq, or (C) administrative or ministerial in nature;
(i)  authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution;
(j) make (other than (i) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) as may be required by Law), change or revoke any material election concerning Taxes, change any material Tax accounting method or period, amend any material Tax Return, surrender any right to claim a material refund of any Taxes, enter into any material Tax closing agreement, settle any material Tax claim, assessment, or Proceeding, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to or relating to any material Tax claim, assessment, or Proceeding, other than any such extension or waiver that is obtained in the ordinary course of business;
(k) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or
(l) enter into any Contract to take, or cause to be taken, any of the actions set forth in this Section 5.12.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.12 or this Agreement to the contrary, (i) nothing set forth in this Agreement shall give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of any ARYA Party and (ii) nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit, or otherwise restrict the ability of, any ARYA Party from using the funds held by an ARYA Party outside the Trust Account to pay any fees, costs or expenses incurred by expenses or Liabilities or from otherwise distributing or paying over any funds held by ARYA outside the Trust Account to the ARYA Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, in each case, prior to the Closing.
Section 5.13Stock Exchange Listing. ARYA shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the current listing of ARYA Shares on Nasdaq from the date of this Agreement until the Closing. HoldCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to (a) cause the HoldCo Shares issuable in accordance with this Agreement to be approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance thereof, and (b) to satisfy any applicable initial listing requirements of Nasdaq, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time. The Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with ARYA, HoldCo and their respective Representatives in connection with the foregoing.
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Section 5.14Trust Account. Upon satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 6 and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee, (a) at the Closing, ARYA shall (i) cause the documents, certificates and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered, and (ii) make all appropriate arrangements to cause the Trustee to (A) pay as and when due all amounts, if any, payable to the Public Shareholders of ARYA pursuant to the ARYA Shareholder Redemption, (B) pay the amounts due to the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering for their deferred underwriting commissions as set forth in the Trust Agreement and (C) immediately thereafter, pay all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to ARYA in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided therein.
Section 5.15Company Shareholder Approval.
(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) following the date on which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (the “Company Shareholder Written Consent Deadline”), the Company shall obtain and deliver to ARYA a true and correct copy of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company Shareholders acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to ARYA) (the “Company Shareholder Written Consent”) that is duly executed and delivered by the Company Shareholders that hold (i) in the aggregate, the requisite number and type of Company Shares as are required for the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers and the termination of the Company Shareholders Agreements), in each case, in accordance with the DGCL, the Company’s Governing Documents and the Company Shareholders Agreements and (ii) the Requisite Preferred Majority in favor of the approval and adoption of the Company Preferred Shares Conversion (clause (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Requisite Company Shareholder Approval”). The Company, through the unanimous approval of the Company Board, shall recommend to the holders of Company Shares the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers, the Company Preferred Shares Conversion and the termination of the Company Shareholders Agreements) (the “Company Board Recommendation”).
(b) Promptly following the receipt of the Company Shareholder Written Consent, and in any event within five (5) Business Days thereof, the Company shall prepare and deliver to each Company Shareholder who has not executed and delivered the Company Shareholder Written Consent an information statement, in form and substance required under the DGCL in connection with the Company Merger and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to ARYA, which information statement shall include (i) copies of this Agreement and the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, (ii) the Company Board Recommendation, (iii) a description of any dissenters’ rights of the Company Shareholders available under Section 262 of the DGCL and any other disclosure with respect to dissenters’ rights required by applicable Law and (iv) in accordance with the requirements of Section 228(e) of the DGCL, notice to any Company Shareholder who has not executed and delivered the Company Shareholder Written Consent of the corporate action by those Company Shareholders who did execute the Company Shareholder Written Consent. Prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a written consent from each Company Shareholder who has not previously delivered the Company Shareholder Written Consent in respect of such Company Shareholder’s approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is or will be a party, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Mergers).
Section 5.16ARYA Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of each ARYA Party, as provided in the applicable ARYA Party’s Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and (ii) HoldCo will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, during such six (6)-year period, HoldCo shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the applicable ARYA Party’s Governing Documents or other applicable agreements as in effect immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time. The indemnification and
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liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the ARYA Parties’ Governing Documents shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified following the ARYA Merger Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, or at any time prior to such time, were directors or officers of any ARYA Party (the “ARYA D&O Persons”) entitled to be so indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time and relating to the fact that such ARYA D&O Person was a director or officer of any ARYA Party on or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.
(b) HoldCo shall not have any obligation under this Section 5.16 to any ARYA D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such ARYA D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.
(c) ARYA shall purchase, or cause to be purchased, at or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time and HoldCo shall maintain or cause to be maintained in effect for a period of six (6) years following the ARYA Merger Effective Time, without any lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered (whether directly, via endorsement or otherwise) by any comparable insurance policies of the ARYA Parties in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time. Such “tail” insurance policies shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the Persons covered thereby than) the coverage provided under ARYA’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies in effect as of the date of this Agreement (provided that any limitations or exclusions in, or provided under, the existing policies relating to a business combination transaction shall be removed therefrom and such policies shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be effective from and after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby); provided that ARYA shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the most recent annual premium paid by ARYA prior to the date of this Agreement and, in such event, ARYA shall purchase the maximum coverage available for Three Hundred percent (300%) of the most recent annual premium paid by ARYA prior to the date of this Agreement.
(d) If HoldCo or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of HoldCo shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.16.
(e) The Persons entitled to the indemnification, expense reimbursement, liability limitation, exculpation and/or insurance coverage set forth in this Section 5.16 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.16. This Section 5.16 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of HoldCo.
Section 5.17Company Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) Each Party agrees that (i) all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of the Group Companies, as provided in the Group Companies’ Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, shall survive the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Company Merger Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and (ii) HoldCo will cause the applicable Group Companies to perform and discharge all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, during such six (6)-year period, HoldCo shall cause the applicable Group Companies to advance expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the Group Companies’ Governing Documents or other applicable agreements in effect as of immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time. The indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the Group Companies’ Governing Documents shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified following the Company Merger Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of the Company Merger Effective Time or at any time prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, were directors or officers of the Group Companies (the “Company D&O Persons”) entitled to be so
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indemnified, have their liability limited or be exculpated with respect to any matters occurring prior to Closing and relating to the fact that such Company D&O Person was a director or officer of any Group Company on or prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, unless such amendment, repeal or other modification is required by applicable Law.
(b) None of HoldCo or the Group Companies shall have any obligation under this Section 5.17 to any Company D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such Company D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.
(c) The Company shall purchase, at or prior to the Closing, and HoldCo shall cause the applicable Group Companies to maintain, or cause to be maintained, in effect for a period of six (6) years following the Company Merger Effective Time, without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the Group Companies in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Company Merger Effective Time. Such policy shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the Persons covered thereby) the coverage provided under the Group Companies’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies in effect as of the date of this Agreement (provided that any limitations or exclusions in, or provided under, the existing policies relating to a business combination transaction shall be removed therefrom and such policies shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be effective from and after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby); provided that the Group Companies or any of their respective Affiliates shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the most recent annual premium paid by the Group Companies prior to the date of this Agreement and, in such event, the Group Companies shall purchase the maximum coverage available for Three Hundred percent (300%) of the most recent annual premium paid by the Group Companies prior to the date of this Agreement.
(d) If HoldCo or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of HoldCo shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.17.
(e) The Persons entitled to the indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation or insurance coverage set forth in this Section 5.17 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.17. This Section 5.17 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of HoldCo and the Company.
Section 5.18Post-Closing Directors and Officers.
(a) HoldCo shall take all actions as may be necessary or reasonably appropriate such that effective immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time: (i) the HoldCo Board shall initially consist of up to seven (7) directors, which shall be divided into three (3) classes, with directors serving staggered three-year terms, designated Class I, II and III, with Class I consisting of two (2) directors whose initial terms expire at the first annual meeting of the stockholders of HoldCo following the Closing Date, Class II consisting of two (2) directors whose initial terms expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders of HoldCo following the Closing Date, and Class III consisting of up to three (3) directors whose initial terms expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders of HoldCo following the Closing Date; (ii) the members of the HoldCo Board are the individuals determined in accordance with Section 5.18(b); and (iii) the members of the compensation committee, audit committee and nominating committee of the HoldCo Board are the individuals determined in accordance with Section 5.18(c).
(b) Prior to the date that the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, (i) the Company, following consultation with ARYA and the ARYA Sponsor, shall designate three (3) individuals to serve as initial directors on the HoldCo Board immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, (A) each of whom shall be reasonably acceptable to ARYA and the ARYA Sponsor and (B) two (2) of whom shall be Class I directors and one (1) of whom shall be a Class II director (each, a “Company Designee”), and (ii) the ARYA Sponsor, following consultation with the Company, shall designate four (4) individuals to serve as initial directors on the HoldCo Board immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, one (1) of whom shall be a Class II director
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and three (3) of whom shall be Class III directors (the “ARYA Designees”), in each case, as determined by the ARYA Sponsor. One (1) of the ARYA Designees shall be Michael Altman (unless he is unable to serve (whether due to death, disability or otherwise)). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the ARYA Sponsor prior to the date that the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, the Company Designees shall be individuals that qualify as “independent directors” under the listing rules of Nasdaq; provided that if the HoldCo Board does not require all of the Company Designees to be “independent directors” (due to the fact that there is more than one ARYA Designee that qualifies as an “independent director” under the listing rules of Nasdaq as of immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time), then upon the written consent of the ARYA Sponsor, a number less than all of the Company Designees may be individuals that do not qualify as “independent directors,” provided that all such Company Designees shall be reasonably acceptable to the ARYA Sponsor.
(c) Prior to the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, (i) the Company may designate a Company Designee to serve as a member of the compensation committee, the audit committee and/or the nominating committee of the HoldCo Board immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, who shall be “independent” for purposes of applicable listing rules of Nasdaq and applicable Federal Securities Laws, and (ii) ARYA Sponsor shall, subject to clause (i), designate each other director that will serve on the compensation committee, the audit committee and the nominating committee of the HoldCo Board immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, subject to applicable listing rules of Nasdaq and applicable Federal Securities Laws.
(d) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof and in any event prior to the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, the Company shall, in consultation with ARYA and the ARYA Sponsor, designate the individuals who shall serve as initial officers of HoldCo (the “Officers”) immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time. In the event that any such individual is unwilling or unable (whether due to death, disability or otherwise) to serve as an Officer, then, prior to the time at which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, the Company, may with the prior written consent of ARYA and the ARYA Sponsor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) replace such individual with another individual to serve as such Officer and, if ARYA and the ARYA Sponsor provides its consent to the replacement of such Officer, then such replacement individual shall serve as an Officer in lieu of, and to serve with the same title as, the individual so replaced.
(e) At or prior to the Closing, HoldCo will provide the ARYA Sponsor (on behalf of the ARYA Designees) and each of the Company Designees with and, subject to the entry into the same by the ARYA Designees and the Company Designees, will enter into a director indemnification agreement with the ARYA Designees and the Company Designees, in a form and substance approved by the Holdco Board and reasonably acceptable to the ARYA Sponsor; provided, however, that in no event shall the terms and conditions of any such director indemnification agreement entered into by the ARYA Sponsor be less favorable to the underlying director than those (if any) entered into by HoldCo with any other members of the HoldCo Board following the Closing.
Section 5.19PCAOB Financials.
(a) The Company shall deliver to ARYA, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Required Company Financial Statements, and (ii) customary pro forma financial statements (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby) for inclusion in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement. The Required Company Financial Statements (A) will be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except, in the case of any audited Required Company Financial Statements, as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of any unaudited Required Company Financial Statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto (none of which is expected to be individually or in the aggregate material)), (B) will fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Group Companies as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein (except, in the case of any audited Required Company Financial Statements, as may be specifically indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of any unaudited Required Company Financial Statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto (none of which is expected to be individually or in the aggregate material)), (C) in the case of any audited Required Company Financial Statements, will be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and will contain an unqualified report of the Group Companies’ auditor, (D) will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the
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Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates of delivery (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable), at the time of filing of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and (E) will be prepared from and accurately reflect the books and records of the Group Companies.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts (i) to assist, upon advance written notice, during normal business hours and in a manner such as to not unreasonably interfere with the normal operation of the Group Companies, ARYA in causing to be prepared in a timely manner any other financial information or statements (including customary pro forma financial statements) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and any other filings to be made by ARYA with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Document and (ii) to obtain the consents of its auditors with respect thereto as may be required by applicable Law or requested by the SEC.
Section 5.20Key Employee Equity Awards. Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the HoldCo Board shall approve and adopt an equity incentive plan in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “Key Employee Incentive Plan”), which shall provide for an aggregate share reserve thereunder of up to fifteen percent (15%) of the Fully-Diluted HoldCo Closing Capitalization, for purposes of making grants of awards to mutually agreed key employees of the Company at the Closing. Awards granted pursuant to the Key Employee Incentive Plan shall be made in a form and manner, and upon such terms and conditions, as are mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either ARYA or the Company) prior to the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Key Employee Incentive Plan will allow HoldCo to reprice awards granted thereunder without the approval of the stockholders of HoldCo.
Section 5.21Post-Closing HoldCo Incentive Equity Plan. Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the HoldCo Board shall approve and adopt an equity incentive plan in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (the “HoldCo Incentive Equity Plan”), effective as of one (1) day prior to the Closing Date, which shall provide for an aggregate share reserve thereunder equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Fully-Diluted HoldCo Closing Capitalization, plus an increase commencing on January 1, 2025 and continuing annually on the anniversary thereof through (and including) January 1, 2034, equal to the lesser of (a) five percent (5%) of the number of HoldCo Shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (b) such smaller number of HoldCo Shares as determined by the HoldCo Board or the compensation committee of the HoldCo Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the HoldCo Incentive Equity Plan will allow HoldCo to reprice the awards granted thereunder without the approval of the stockholders of HoldCo.
Section 5.22Post-Closing Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, the HoldCo Board shall approve and adopt an employee stock purchase plan, the terms of which to be in a form to be mutually agreed between ARYA and the Company (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), in the manner prescribed under applicable Laws, effective as of one (1) day prior to the Closing Date, which shall provide for an aggregate share reserve thereunder equal to at least two percent (2%) of the Fully-Diluted HoldCo Closing Capitalization, subject to any adjustments as set forth in such employee stock purchase plan, plus an increase commencing on January 1, 2025 and continuing annually on the anniversary thereof through (and including) January 1, 2034, equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the number of HoldCo Shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) such smaller number of HoldCo Shares as determined by the HoldCo Board or the compensation committee of the HoldCo Board.
Section 5.23Employee Matters; Certain Affiliate Services.
(a) For a period of twelve (12) months following the Closing (of, if earlier, the termination date of an applicable Continuing Employee) (the “Continuation Period”), HoldCo or its Subsidiaries shall provide, or shall cause to be provided, to each individual employed by the Company or any Subsidiary immediately prior to the Closing and who continues his or her employment with the Company immediately following the Closing Date (each a “Continuing Employee”), (i) annual base salary or base wages and target annual cash incentive compensation opportunities (excluding any long-term incentive or equity or equity-based opportunities), in each case, that are no less favorable than provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Closing (subject to the same exclusions) and (ii) employee benefits (excluding equity or equity-based incentives, severance, retention, incentive, bonus, change in control, transaction, defined benefit pension, nonqualified deferred compensation and retiree or
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post-termination health or welfare benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to Closing under the Employee Benefit Plans set forth on Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules (subject to the same exclusions).
(b) HoldCo and its Subsidiaries shall recognize the service of the Continuing Employees with the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date for purposes of determining eligibility to participate, vesting (other than vesting of future equity awards) and level of paid time off and severance benefits for any employee benefit plan maintained by HoldCo or its Subsidiaries in which any Continuing Employee will participate after the Closing Date (a “Post-Closing Benefit Plan”) to the same extent and for the same purpose as the Continuing Employees were entitled to credit for such service prior to the Closing Date under the analogous Employee Benefit Plan, except (i) with respect to benefit accrual under qualified and nonqualified defined benefit pension plans or (ii) to the extent such recognition would result in the duplication of benefits or compensation. In addition, during the plan year in which the Closing occurs, HoldCo or HoldCo’s Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each applicable Post-Closing Benefit Plan providing health or welfare benefits to: (i) waive all limitations as to preexisting conditions, exclusions and waiting periods, for each Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents to the extent waived or satisfied under the analogous Employee Benefit Plan; and (ii) recognize for each Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents for purposes of applying annual deductible, co-payment and out-of-pocket maximums under such Post-Closing Benefit Plan any deductible, co-payment and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of the plan year prior to the Closing Date under an analogous Employee Benefit Plan as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such Post-Closing Benefit Plan for the same plan year.
(c) The provisions contained in this Section 5.23 shall not (i) be treated as an establishment, amendment or other modification of any Employee Benefit Plan or other benefit or compensation plan, agreement or other arrangement or limit the ability of HoldCo or any of its Subsidiaries (including following the Closing the Company) to amend, modify or terminate any benefit or compensation plan, agreement or other arrangement, (ii) limit the right of HoldCo or its Subsidiaries (including following the Closing the Company) to terminate any employee or other individual service provider at any time and for any reason or (iii) create any third party rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever in any employee of the Company (or any beneficiaries or dependents thereof) or any other Person that is not a party to this Agreement.
(d) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall (i) cause Olav Bergheim, the CEO of the Company who is a member of Fjord Ventures, LLC, to be employed by the Company, with all terms and conditions of such employment and the mechanics for such transfer being agreed in writing by ARYA (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and Olav Bergheim and otherwise in accordance with applicable Law; and (ii) cause the Facilities and Services Agreement, by and between the Company and Fjord Ventures, LLC, dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended) to be amended or amended and restated to be in a form reasonably acceptable to ARYA and to reflect the services to be mutually agreed to in writing by the Company and ARYA (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Section 5.24FIRPTA Certificates. At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to HoldCo a certificate, duly executed by the Company, complying with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), together with evidence that the Company has provided notice to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2), in each case, in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to ARYA.
Section 5.25Section 280G. The Company shall (a) prior to the Closing Date, solicit and use reasonable best efforts to obtain from each “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G(c) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder) who could otherwise receive or retain any payment or benefits that could constitute a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2)(A) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder) a waiver of such disqualified individual’s rights to some or all of such payments or benefits (the “Waived 280G Benefits”) so that no payments or benefits shall be deemed to be “excess parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder) and (b) prior to the Closing Date submit to a shareholder vote (along with adequate disclosure satisfying the requirements of Section 280G(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder) the right of any such “disqualified individual” to receive the Waived 280G Benefits. Prior to soliciting such waivers and approval materials, the Company shall provide drafts of the calculations, waivers and approval materials to ARYA for its review and comment at least five (5) Business Days prior to soliciting such waivers and soliciting such approval, and the
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Company shall consider incorporation of any comments provided by ARYA in good faith. If any of the Waived 280G Benefits fail to be approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code as contemplated above, such Waived 280G Benefits shall not be made or provided. Prior to the Closing, if there are any Waived 280G Benefits, the Company shall deliver to ARYA evidence reasonably acceptable to ARYA that a vote of the shareholders was solicited in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.25 and that either (i) the requisite number of votes of the shareholders was obtained with respect to the Waived 280G Benefits (the “280G Approval”) or (ii) the 280G Approval was not obtained, and, as a consequence, the Waived 280G Benefits shall not be retained or provided.
Section 5.26Post-Closing Capitalization of HoldCo. The Parties covenant and agree that they shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that, immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time, (a) the authorized share capital of HoldCo will consist of that number of HoldCo Shares sufficient to give effect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and a number of shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to be determined and mutually agreed to in writing by ARYA and the Company prior to the Closing (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and (b) all of the issued and outstanding HoldCo Shares (i) will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) will have been issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law and (iii) will not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or Contract to which HoldCo is a party or bound in any material respect.
Section 5.27Extension of ARYA’s Term. If ARYA at any time determines that the Closing is unlikely to be consummated on or before March 2, 2024, then ARYA may seek, and take any actions that it deems necessary or advisable, to obtain the extension of the deadline for ARYA to consummate its initial business combination to a date after March 2, 2024 and to amend the Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents in connection therewith (any such extension and amendment, an “ARYA Extension”) from the requisite holders of ARYA Shares entitled to vote thereon, whether in person or by proxy at a meeting of ARYA Shareholders (or any adjournment thereof), required to so approve such extension in accordance with the Pre-Closing ARYA Governing Documents and applicable Law. ARYA may, in its sole discretion, seek and obtain more than one ARYA Extension. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the ARYA Parties in connection with any ARYA Extension and shall otherwise take, or cause to be taken, any and all actions relating to an ARYA Extension that are necessary or reasonably required by the ARYA Parties in connection therewith, including in connection with the preparation, filing and mailing of any proxy materials (including, without limitation, notices of general meeting) to be sent to the ARYA Shareholders in connection with seeking the approval of the ARYA Shareholders of any such ARYA Extension.
Section 5.28Company Change of Name. At least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cause its name to be changed to such name as may be mutually agreed by ARYA and the Company in writing (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and provide evidence of the same to ARYA.
Article 6
CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT
Section 6.1Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by the Party for whose benefit such condition exists of the following conditions:
(a) no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect;
(b) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC and shall remain in effect with respect to the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC and remain pending;
(c) the Company Shareholder Written Consent shall have been obtained;
(d) the Required ARYA Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained;
(e) HoldCo’s initial listing application with Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been conditionally approved and, immediately following the Company Merger Effective Time,
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HoldCo shall satisfy any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of Nasdaq, and HoldCo shall not have received any notice of non-compliance therewith that has not been cured prior to, or would not be cured at or immediately following, the Company Merger Effective Time, and the HoldCo Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the HoldCo Shares to be issued pursuant to the Mergers) shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq;
(f) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including the PIPE Financing, the Bridge Financing and the Convertible Security Financing), HoldCo shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) immediately after the Company Merger Effective Time; provided, that the closing condition set forth in this Section 6.1(f) shall not be applicable to the extent that such requirement has, prior to the Closing Date, been validly removed from the Governing Documents of ARYA; and
(g) the Aggregate Transaction Proceeds shall be equal to or greater than $50,000,000.
Section 6.2Other Conditions to the Obligations of the ARYA Parties. The obligations of the ARYA Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by ARYA (on behalf of itself and the other ARYA Parties) of the following further conditions:
(a) (i) the Company Fundamental Representations (other than the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.8(a)) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.8(a) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date) and (iii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article 3 (other than the Company Fundamental Representations) shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth herein) in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(b) the Company shall not be in material breach of any of its covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by the Company under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;
(c) since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred; and
(d) at or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to ARYA a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.2(a), Section 6.2(b) and Section 6.2(c) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to ARYA.
Section 6.3Other Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or, if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by the Company of the following further conditions:
(a) (i) the ARYA Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.12(a) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects of such earlier date) and (iii) the representations and warranties of the ARYA Parties (other than the ARYA Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.12(a)) contained in Article 4 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and
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warranty is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect;
(b) none of the ARYA Parties shall be in material breach of any of their respective covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;
(c) at or prior to the Closing, ARYA shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Company a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of ARYA, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 6.3(a) and Section 6.3(b) are satisfied, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company; and
(d) ARYA Sponsor shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Sponsor Letter Agreement to be performed or complied with by ARYA Sponsor on or prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time, except where the failure by ARYA Sponsor to so perform or comply would not materially and adversely affect the Parties’ ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.4Frustration of Closing Conditions. The Company may not rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article 6 to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by the Company’s failure to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing to occur, as required by Section 5.2, or a breach of this Agreement. None of the ARYA Parties may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article 6 to be satisfied if such failure was proximately caused by an ARYA Party’s failure to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing to occur, as required by Section 5.2, or a breach of this Agreement.
Article 7
TERMINATION
Section 7.1Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing solely:
(a) by mutual written consent of ARYA and the Company;
(b) by ARYA, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article 3 shall not be true and correct or if the Company has failed to perform or has otherwise breached any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied (assuming the Closing occurred as of such date) and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Company by ARYA, and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, that none of the ARYA Parties is then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) from being satisfied (assuming the Closing occurred as of such date);
(c) by the Company, if any of the representations or warranties set forth in Article 4 shall not be true and correct or if any ARYA Party has failed to perform or has otherwise breached any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied (assuming the Closing occurred as of such date) and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is delivered to ARYA by the Company and (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, that the Company is not then in breach of this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) from being satisfied (assuming the Closing occurred as of such date);
(d) by either ARYA or the Company, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to August 13, 2024 (the “Termination Date”);
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(f) by either ARYA or the Company if the ARYA Shareholders Meeting has been held (including any adjournment thereof), has concluded, ARYA’s shareholders have duly voted and the Required ARYA Shareholder Approval was not obtained;
(g) by ARYA, if the Company Shareholder Written Consent is not executed and delivered in accordance with Section 5.15 on or prior to the Company Shareholder Written Consent Deadline; provided that if the Company cures by delivering the Company Shareholder Written Consent within three (3) calendar days after the Company Shareholder Written Consent Deadline, then ARYA shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(g); or
(h) by either ARYA or the Company, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated on or prior to the ARYA Expiration Date (taking into account, for the avoidance of doubt, any extensions of the ARYA Expiration Date by virtue of one or more ARYA Extensions).
Section 7.2Effect of Termination.
(a) In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this entire Agreement shall forthwith become null and void (and there shall be no Liability or obligation on the part of the Parties and their respective Representatives) with the exception of (a) Section 5.3(a), this Section 7.2, Article 8 (other than Section 8.1) and Article 1 (to the extent related to the foregoing), each of which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the Parties and (b) the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive such termination and remain valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in addition to any amounts owing by the Company pursuant to Section 7.2(b) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1(b) or Section 7.1(g) or is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 and at the time of such termination ARYA would have been entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b) (without giving effect to any cure period set forth therein), and within six (6) months thereof any Group Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to or consummates a Company Acquisition Proposal, then, substantially concurrently with the entry into or consummation of such Company Acquisition Proposal and without limiting any other rights or remedies of the ARYA Parties hereunder or otherwise, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) designated in writing by ARYA, an aggregate amount equal to all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses incurred by ARYA, ARYA Sponsor, HoldCo, and/or their respective Representatives in connection with, related to or arising out of the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents, the performance of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or the evaluation, pursuit or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any fees, costs and, payments, or expenses incurred in connection with an extension of ARYA’s deadline to consummate a business combination under its organizational documents); provided that in no event shall the amounts paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.2(b) exceed $1,500,000.
Article 8
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1Non-Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement shall terminate at the Company Merger Effective Time, except for those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, contemplate performance after the Company Merger Effective Time. Effective as of the Company Merger Effective Time, there are no remedies available to the Parties hereto with respect to any breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Parties, except, with respect to those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Company Merger Effective Time, for the remedies that may be available under Section 8.17.
Section 8.2Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement (together with the Ancillary Documents, the Confidentiality Agreement and the other documents, instruments and certificates referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of (a) ARYA and the Company prior to the Company Merger Effective Time and (b) HoldCo, the ARYA
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Sponsor and the Company after the Company Merger Effective Time. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.2 shall be null and void.
Section 8.3Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed and delivered by (a) ARYA and the Company prior to the Company Merger Effective Time and (b) HoldCo, the ARYA Sponsor and the Company after the Company Merger Effective Time. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence and any purported amendment by any Party or Parties effected in a manner which does not comply with this Section 8.3 shall be void, ab initio.
Section 8.4Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:
(a) If to any ARYA Party (prior to the Company Merger Effective Time) or the ARYA Sponsor, to:
c/o ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention:
Adam Stone
 
Konstantin Poukalov
 
Michael Altman
E-mail:
adam@perceptivelife.com
 
konstantin@perceptivelife.com
 
michael@perceptivelife.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
 
Ryan K. Brissette, P.C.
 
Daniel Daines
E-mail:
jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
 
ryan.brissette@kirkland.com
 
daniel.daines@kirkland.com
(b) If to the Company, or to HoldCo or ARYA (from and after the Company Effective Time), to:
Adagio Medical, Inc.
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Attention:
Olav Bergheim
E-mail:
obergheim@fjordventures.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Reed Smith LLP
1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attention:
Michael Sanders
E-mail:
MSanders@ReedSmith.com
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Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jennifer W. Cheng
 
Susan K. Nieto
E-mail:
JCheng@reedsmith.com
 
SNieto@reedsmith.com
or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
Section 8.5Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or statute) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, provided that matters that, as a matter of the laws of the Cayman Islands, are required to be governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands (including, without limitation, the effects of the ARYA Merger and the fiduciary duties that may apply to the directors and officers of the Parties) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to laws that may be applicable under conflicts of laws principles that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands to such matters.
Section 8.6Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement (including in Section 7.2(b)) or in the engagement letter dated September 11, 2023 between Jefferies LLC and ARYA, as amended, in the engagement letter dated July 26, 2022 between Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and the Company, as amended, and in the engagement letter dated January 23, 2024 between Chardan Capital Markets, LLC and ARYA), all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses.
Section 8.7Construction; Interpretation. The term “this Agreement” means this Business Combination Agreement together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms hereof. The headings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No Party, nor its respective counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the provisions hereof, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed according to their fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Party. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (a) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and Exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause set forth in this Agreement; (b) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (d) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (f) the word “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (g) the words “writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (h) the word “day” means calendar day unless Business Day is expressly specified; (i) references from or through any date mean from and including or through and including such date, respectively, (j) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (k) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement; (l) the words “provided”, “delivered”, or “made available” or words of similar import (regardless of whether capitalized or not) shall mean, when used with reference to documents or other materials required to be provided or made available to ARYA, any documents or other materials posted to the electronic data room located at datasite.com under the project name “Adagio” as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement; (m) all
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references to any Law will be to such Law as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or re-enacted from time to time; (n) all references to any Contract are to that Contract as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on amendments or modifications set forth in this Agreement); and (o) the phrase “ordinary course of business” means an action taken, or omitted to be taken, by any Person in the ordinary course of such Person’s business consistent with past practice. If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a Business Day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding Business Day thereafter.
Section 8.8Exhibits and Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules, or documents expressly incorporated into this Agreement, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement and are hereby made a part hereof as if set out in full in this Agreement. The Schedules shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered Sections and subsections set forth in this Agreement. Any item disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedules or in the ARYA Disclosure Schedules corresponding to any Section or subsection of Article 3 (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article 4 (in the case of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules) shall be deemed to have been disclosed with respect to every other section and subsection of Article 3 (in the case of the Company Disclosure Schedules) or Article 4 (in the case of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules), as applicable, where the relevance of such disclosure to such other Section or subsection is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure. The information and disclosures set forth in the Schedules that correspond to the section or subsections of Article 3 or Article 4 may not be limited to matters required to be disclosed in the Schedules, and any such additional information or disclosure is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature.
Section 8.9Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party and its successors and permitted assigns and, except as provided in Section 5.16, Section 5.17, the last sentence of this Section 8.9 and Section 8.13, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. The ARYA Sponsor shall be an express third-party beneficiary of Section 2.6, Section 5.2(d), Section 5.3(c), Section 5.4(a), Section 5.18, Section 7.2(b), Section 8.2, Section 8.3, this Section 8.9, Section 8.14, Section 8.17.
Section 8.10Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
Section 8.11Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and each Ancillary Document (including any of the Closing deliverables contemplated hereby) may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document (including any of the Closing deliverables contemplated hereby) by e-mail, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement or any such Ancillary Document.
Section 8.12Knowledge of Company; Knowledge of ARYA. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge,” “to the knowledge of the Company” and “known by the Company” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, assuming reasonable due inquiry and investigation of his or her direct reports. For all purposes of this Agreement, the phrase “to ARYA’s knowledge,” “to the knowledge of ARYA” and “known by ARYA” and any derivations thereof shall mean as of the applicable date, the actual knowledge of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(b) of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules, assuming reasonable due inquiry and investigation of his or her direct reports. For the avoidance of doubt, other than for fraud, none of the individuals set forth on Section 8.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules or Section 8.12(b) of the ARYA Disclosure Schedules shall have any personal Liability or obligations regarding such knowledge.
Section 8.13No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the
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Representatives of ARYA or the Company shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein.
Section 8.14Extension; Waiver. The Company prior to the Closing and the ARYA Sponsor after the Closing may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the ARYA Parties set forth herein, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the ARYA Parties set forth herein or (c) waive compliance by the ARYA Parties with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein. ARYA (prior to the Closing Date) and the ARYA Sponsor (after the Closing Date), may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Company set forth herein, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein or (iii) waive compliance by the Company with any of the agreements or conditions set forth herein. Any agreement on the part of any such Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such Party. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement. The failure of any Party to assert any of its rights hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.
Section 8.15Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.15.
Section 8.16Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware ), for the purposes of any Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action (a) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Proceeding claim, demand, action or cause of action against such Party (i) arising under this Agreement or under any Ancillary Document or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) any claim that such Party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 8.16 for any reason, (B) that such Party or such Party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the
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Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action in any such court is brought against such Party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action against such Party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such Party in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 8.4 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action.
Section 8.17Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.
Section 8.18Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of ARYA, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021 (the “Prospectus”). The Company acknowledges and agrees and understands that ARYA has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of ARYA’s public shareholders (including overallotment shares acquired by ARYA’s underwriters, the “Public Shareholders”), and ARYA may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of ARYA entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Representatives that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company, nor any of its Representatives does now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, or make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between ARYA or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and, the Company, or any of its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it or any of its Representatives may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, or Contracts with ARYA or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with ARYA or its Affiliates).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.
 
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
AJA MERGER SUB 1
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
AJA MERGER SUB 2, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.
 
ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John Dahldorf
 
 
Name: John Dahldorf
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 

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FORM OF SPONSOR LETTER AGREEMENT
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FORM OF COMPANY SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT
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FORM OF PIPE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS
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FORM OF INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 10.1
SPONSOR LETTER AGREEMENT
This SPONSOR LETTER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 13, 2024, is made by and among Aja HoldCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“HoldCo”), ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “ARYA Sponsor”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ARYA”), Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of Todd Wider, Leslie Trigg and Michael Henderson (collectively, the “Other Class B Shareholders”, and together with the ARYA Sponsor, collectively, the “Class B Shareholders”) and each of Joseph Edelman, Adam Stone, Michael Altman and Konstantin Poukalov (collectively, the “Other Insiders”, and together with the Class B Shareholders, collectively, the “Insiders”). HoldCo, ARYA, the Company and the Insiders shall be referred to herein from time to time collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, ARYA, the Company, HoldCo and other Persons party thereto entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Business Combination Agreement”);
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, the Class B Shareholders collectively own 3,737,500 ARYA Class B Shares; and
WHEREAS, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the Parties will enter into this Agreement concurrently with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement by the parties thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the ARYA Sponsor and each Other Class B Shareholder will agree to (i) vote in favor of approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Mergers), and (ii) subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the Governing Documents of ARYA or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to all of the ARYA Class B Shares held by him, her or it in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, (b) the ARYA Sponsor and each other Insider will agree, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, terminate certain existing agreements or arrangements, (c) the ARYA Sponsor will agree to, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, forfeit a number of Sponsor Shares held by it, with such number of Sponsor Shares so forfeited by the ARYA Sponsor being determined pursuant to this Agreement, and (d) the ARYA Sponsor will agree to, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of, the ARYA Merger Effective Time, subject 1,147,500 Sponsor Shares held by it to certain vesting conditions, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Consent to Business Combination; Agreement to Vote.
a. Pursuant to Section 3 of that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2021 (the “Insider Letter Agreement”), by and among ARYA and the Insiders, the ARYA Sponsor hereby consents to the entry by ARYA into the Business Combination Agreement and each other Ancillary Document to which ARYA is or will be a party (the “ARYA Sponsor Consent”).
b. Each Class B Shareholder (in his, her or its capacity as a shareholder of ARYA and on behalf of himself, herself or itself and not the other Class B Shareholders), by this Agreement, with respect to all ARYA Shares held by him, her or it (together with any other Equity Securities of ARYA that such Class B Shareholder holds of record or beneficially as of the date or this Agreement or acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof, collectively the “Subject ARYA Equity Securities”), hereby agrees during the term of this Agreement: (i) to vote (or cause to be voted) or execute and deliver written resolutions (or cause written resolutions to be executed and delivered), at any meeting of the shareholders of ARYA, including the ARYA Shareholders Meeting, however called, or any adjournment thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the shareholders of ARYA is sought (and appear at any such meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause all of such Class B Shareholder’s Subject ARYA Equity Securities to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum), all of the Subject ARYA Equity Securities held by such

Class B Shareholder at such time (x) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Transaction Proposals, (y) against any arrangement, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by ARYA (other than the Transactions), and (z) against any matter, action or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in (1) a breach of any of ARYA’s covenants, agreements or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement, or (2) any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6.1 or 6.3 of the Business Combination Agreement not being satisfied; (ii) not to redeem, elect to redeem or tender or subject any of such Class B Shareholder’s Subject ARYA Equity Securities for redemption in connection with the Business Combination Agreement or the Transactions; and (iii) not to enter into any Contract to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing.
2. Waiver of Anti-dilution Protection. Each Class B Shareholder hereby (a) irrevocably and unconditionally waives, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time for himself, herself or itself and for his, her or its successors, heirs and assigns, to the fullest extent permitted by Law and the Governing Documents of ARYA, and (b) agrees not to assert or perfect, any rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution protections, including as set forth in Article 12 of the Pre-Closing ARYA Articles of Association, with respect to the rate that the ARYA Class B Shares held by him, her or it convert into ARYA Class A Shares in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and therefore the ARYA Class B Shares held by each Class B Shareholder shall convert into the right to receive HoldCo Shares (or an equivalent Equity Security) at the ARYA Merger Effective Time on a one-to-one basis.
3. Transfer of Shares. Except (x) as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents (including the PIPE Subscription Agreements) or (y) with the prior written consent of the Company, from and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms, each Class B Shareholder hereby agrees that he, she or it shall not (a) Transfer any of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities, (b) deposit any of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or execute any power of attorney with respect to any of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities, in each case, that conflicts with any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, or (c) enter into any Contract, option or other legally binding arrangement or undertaking with respect to the acquisition, sale, legally binding assignment, transfer or other disposition of any of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any acquisition, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition (i) to a Permitted Transferee, (ii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, (iii) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or (iv) in the case of ARYA Sponsor, by virtue of ARYA Sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the ARYA Sponsor; provided, that, in the case of any direct transfer, the transferring holder shall, and shall cause any transferee of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities of the type set forth in clauses (i) through (iv), to enter into a written agreement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, agreeing to be bound by the applicable provisions of this Agreement that are applicable to the transferring holder prior and as a condition to the occurrence of such sale, transfer or other disposition and, from and after the entry into such written agreement, shall be deemed to be a Class B Shareholder for all purposes of this Agreement.
4. Other Covenants. Each Class B Shareholder hereby agrees to be bound by and subject to (i) Sections 5.3(a) (Confidentiality) and Section 5.4 (Public Announcements) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, as if such Class B Shareholder is directly a party thereto, and (ii) the first sentence of Section 5.6(b) (Exclusive Dealing) of the Business Combination Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the hanging paragraph at the end of Section 5.6 of the Business Combination Agreement as it pertains to Section 5.6(b) of the Business Combination Agreement) to the same extent as such provisions apply to ARYA, as if such Class B Shareholder is directly party thereto.
5. Termination of Existing Lock-Up. Each of the Insiders and ARYA hereby agrees that, subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, Section 5 of the Insider Letter Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“5. Reserved.”
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Each of the Parties further acknowledges and agrees, for the avoidance of doubt, that none of the Insiders shall be subject to any of the restrictions or obligations set forth in Section 5 of the Insider Letter Agreement from and after the ARYA Merger Effective Time and that as of such time, the Insiders will be bound by the lock-up restrictions set forth in Section V of the Investor Rights Agreement.
6. ARYA Sponsor Share Forfeiture. Subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to, the occurrence of ARYA Merger Effective Time, the ARYA Sponsor shall automatically be deemed to irrevocably forfeit, surrender and transfer to ARYA for no consideration a number of Sponsor Shares held by it immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time equal to the ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Share Amount (such Sponsor Shares so forfeited, the “ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Shares”). The ARYA Sponsor hereby agrees to take, and authorizes ARYA to take, such actions as shall be necessary to evidence such forfeiture and surrender, if applicable, of the ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Shares, subject to, conditioned upon and effective as of immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time. If, between the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time the outstanding ARYA Class B Shares shall have been changed into a different number or a different class of shares, by reason of any divided, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange, or any similar event shall have occurred (including any of the foregoing in connection with the ARYA Merger), then the number of ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Shares, will be equitably adjusted to reflect such change. From and after the occurrence of the forfeiture contemplated by this Section 6, the ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Shares shall be deemed to be cancelled and no longer outstanding.
7. ARYA Sponsor Earn-Out Shares.
a. Subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of, the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, 1,147,500 of the Sponsor Shares held by the ARYA Sponsor as of such time shall be subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 7 (such Sponsor Shares, the “Earn-Out Shares”).
b. Subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of the occurrence of, the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the Earn-Out Shares shall be unvested and subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 7. Following the ARYA Merger Effective Time, if, at any time during the period following the ARYA Merger Effective Time and expiring on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Earn-Out Period”), the Stock Price of the HoldCo Shares equals or exceeds $24.00 per share (the “Trigger Price”) for any 20 Trading Days within any 30 Trading Day period from and after the Closing Date (the “Earn-Out Target”), the Earn-Out Shares shall automatically vest and become free of the provisions of this Section 7. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a HoldCo Sale occurs at any time during the Earn-Out Period, then, immediately prior to the consummation of such HoldCo Sale, the Earn-Out Target shall be deemed satisfied and the Earn-Out Shares shall automatically vest and become free of the provisions set forth in this Section 7.
c. The ARYA Sponsor may, at any time after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, engage in any Transfer with respect to any Earn-Out Shares to a Permitted Transferee of ARYA Sponsor, to another Insider or, only with the express written consent of the HoldCo Board in its sole discretion, to another Person, subject to any applicable “lock-up” in the Investor Rights Agreement and in compliance with applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) (A) any such Transfer of Earn-Out Shares by the ARYA Sponsor (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any subsequent Transfer of Earn-Out Shares by a transferee that received Earn-Out Shares pursuant to a Transfer under this Section 7(c)) shall remain subject to this Section 7 and the terms of any applicable “lock-up” in the Investor Rights Agreement and (B) the transferee shall, in addition to any requirements in the Investor Rights Agreement, agree in writing that he, she or it is receiving and holding such Earn-Out Shares subject to the provisions of this Section 7 (provided that the provisions of this subclause (B) shall not apply in the event of a Transfer that consists solely of a pledge or encumbrance pursuant to which the transferee does not hold the Earn-Out Shares) and (ii) from and after a Transfer pursuant to this Section 7(c), all references to the ARYA Sponsor in this Section 7 shall include the transferee of a Transfer of Earn-Out Shares pursuant to this Section 7(c) and shall collectively mean the ARYA Sponsor (to the extent that it then holds Earn-Out Shares) and each transferee of Earn-Out Shares (in each case, to the extent he, she or it then holds Earn-Out Shares). Each transferee of Earn-Out Shares pursuant to this Section 7(c) shall be a third party beneficiary of this Section 7.
d. The Earn-Out Shares and the Trigger Price (and all references to Stock Price and HoldCo Shares, to the extent related to this Section 7) shall each be adjusted appropriately to reflect the effect of any share split, reverse share split, share dividend (including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into
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HoldCo Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to the HoldCo Shares (or any other Equity Securities into which they are adjusted pursuant to this Section 7(d)) at any time prior to the vesting of the Earn-Out Shares pursuant to this Section 7 so as to provide the holders of the Earn-Out Shares with the same economic effect as contemplated by this Section 7 prior to such event and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Earn-Out Shares, the Trigger Price, the Stock Price and HoldCo Shares, as applicable.
e. From and after the Closing, HoldCo shall take all necessary or appropriate actions, and shall otherwise use reasonable best efforts, to remain listed as a public company on, and for the Earn-Out Shares to be tradable over, NASDAQ or any other nationally recognized U.S. stock exchange; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit HoldCo or any of its Affiliates from consummating a HoldCo Sale or entering into a definitive agreement that contemplates a HoldCo Sale. Subject to Section 7(b) and the other applicable provisions of this Section 7 (including Section 7(f)), upon the consummation of a HoldCo Sale, HoldCo shall have no further obligations under this Section 7(e).
f. From and after the vesting of the Earn-Out Shares, HoldCo shall take (or cause to be taken) all necessary or appropriate actions to evidence the ownership by the ARYA Sponsor (or its transferees permitted pursuant to Section 7(c)) of the Earn-Out Shares, including, without limitation, through the provision of an updated securities registry showing such ownership (as certified by an officer of HoldCo responsible for maintaining such registry or the applicable registrar or transfer agent of HoldCo). At or prior to the time that the Earn-Out Shares become vested pursuant to this Section 7, HoldCo shall remove (or cause to be removed) any legends, stock transfer restrictions, stop transfer orders or similar restrictions with respect to the Earn-Out Shares related to such vesting or this Agreement (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, those that specifically relate to any applicable and then-existing Lock-Up Period (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) with respect to such Earn-Out Shares).
g. If the Earn-Out Target is not achieved or a HoldCo Sale is not consummated on or prior to the end of the Earn-Out Period, the Earn-Out Shares shall automatically be forfeited and cancelled, and the ARYA Sponsor shall surrender to HoldCo for cancellation, the Earn-Out Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, in the event that HoldCo enters into any merger agreement, purchase agreement, or other definitive documents with respect to a HoldCo Sale prior to the end of the Earn-Out Period (as may be extended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), the Earn-Out Period shall be tolled during the time period beginning upon the execution and delivery of such transaction agreement or definitive documents and ending upon the earlier to occur of (i) the closing of such HoldCo Sale transaction (in which case the Earn-Out Shares shall automatically vest in accordance with Section 7(b)), and (ii) the final termination of such transaction agreement or definitive documents (in which case the duration and ending date of the Earn-Out Period shall each be extended by an equivalent amount of time).
h. The ARYA Sponsor shall retain its rights as a stockholder of HoldCo with respect to the Earn-Out Shares owned by it during any period of time that such shares are subject to restriction on transfer or sale hereunder, including the right to vote any such shares and the right to receive dividends and other distributions with respect to such Earn-Out Shares prior to vesting.
i. The ARYA Sponsor shall make a protective election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the Earn-Out Shares.
j. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the Earn-Out Shares are intended to constitute “voting stock” (within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) and “stock” (within the meaning of Section 351 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) received by ARYA Sponsor in connection with the ARYA Merger, and shall file all Tax Returns consistent with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise) such treatment unless (i) such Party receives written confirmation from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to the effect that such law firm is unable to conclude that such treatment is more likely than not correct, provided that such Party shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such law firm to reach such conclusion (including by providing customary factual representations and covenants to such law firm); provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, HoldCo shall not be required to restructure, or otherwise alter the terms of, the transaction as provided for in this Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement, or (ii) otherwise required by a final “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
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8. Representations and Warranties of the Insiders. Each Insider represents and warrants, solely with respect to himself, herself or itself, and not on behalf of any other Insider, to each of ARYA, HoldCo and the Company as follows (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8(e) are being made solely by the Class B Shareholders):
a. If such Insider is not an individual, such Insider is an exempted company, corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized and/or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, registration, formation and/or organization (as applicable).
b. Such Insider (if not an individual) has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority and, if such Insider is an individual, such Insider has the legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his, her or its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of such Insider, if such Insider is not an individual. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Insider and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of such Insider (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Parties), enforceable against such Insider in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).
c. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of such Insider with respect to such Insider’s execution, delivery or performance of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) any filings with the SEC related to his, her or its ownership of Equity Securities of ARYA or the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, this Agreement or any other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is a party, (ii) compliance with the listing requirements of Nasdaq and such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the HoldCo Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the filing of the ARYA Plan of Merger and such other documents as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law or by any other applicable Law to make the ARYA Merger effective, or (iv) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, or the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of such Insider to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
d. None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by such Insider, the performance by such Insider of any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) if such Insider is not an individual, result in any breach of any provision of such Insider’s Governing Documents, (ii) other than the consent contemplated by Section 1(a), result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which such Insider is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which such Insider or any of his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities are bound or (iv) other than the restrictions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document, result in the creation of any Lien upon his, her or its Subject ARYA Equity Securities (other than as expressly provided under this Agreement), except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not adversely affect the ability of such Insider to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
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e. Such Class B Shareholder is, as of the date hereof, the record and beneficial owner of, and has valid, good and marketable title to, the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any) as set forth on Exhibit A hereto free and clear of all Liens, other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Laws or in respect of this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the other Ancillary Documents, the Governing Documents of ARYA or such Person or any Contracts or other arrangements described in the ARYA SEC Reports. Such Class B Shareholder does not, as of the date hereof, own, of record or beneficially, any other Equity Securities of ARYA other than the applicable ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any) set forth opposite his, her or its name on Exhibit A hereto. Such Class B Shareholder has the right to direct the vote (or written resolutions in respect of, as applicable) the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any) as set forth on Exhibit A hereto as of the date hereof. Except for this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the other Ancillary Documents, the Governing Documents of ARYA or such Person, any other Contracts or arrangements described in the ARYA SEC Reports, or any proxy (or similar arrangement) given for purposes of voting in favor of (or otherwise approving) the Transaction Proposals, such Class B Shareholder is not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract that would (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require such Class B Shareholder to Transfer any of the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any) or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of any of the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any) in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this Agreement, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), that would adversely affect the ability of such Class B Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
f. As of the date hereof, there is no Proceeding pending or, to such Insider’s knowledge, threatened against or involving him, her, it or any of his, her or its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of him, her or it to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
g. As of the date hereof, there is no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to such Insider or any of his, her or its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Insider to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
h. Each Insider, on his, her or its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) he, she or it and his, her or its Representatives have conducted their own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, have formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, ARYA, the Company and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and (ii) he, she or it and his, her or its Representatives have been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about ARYA, the Company and their respective businesses and operations as he, she or it and his, her or its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable him, her or it to make informed decisions with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents to which she, he or it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
i. In entering into this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, each Insider has relied solely on his, her or its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of ARYA or the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the representations or warranties of ARYA or the Company set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document) or any other Person, either express or implied, and such Insider, on his, her or its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Ancillary Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party, none of ARYA, ARYA Sponsor, HoldCo, the Company or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, to it, him or her in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
9. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants, to each of ARYA, the Insiders and HoldCo as follows:
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a. The Company is a corporation duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).
b. The Company has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to perform its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Parties), enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).
c. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company with respect to its execution, delivery or performance of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby related, (ii) the filing of the Company Certificate of Merger, or (iii) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedules or expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
d. None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of the Company’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Company is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which the Company or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) other than the restrictions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document, result in the creation of any Lien upon the ARYA Shares (other than as expressly provided under this Agreement), except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not to adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
e. As of the date hereof, there is no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
f. As of the date hereof, there is no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
g. In entering into this Agreement, the Company has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and no other representations or warranties of the Insiders or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Company,
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on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and the representations and warranties of the other Persons expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents, none of the Insiders or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
10. Representations and Warranties of ARYA. Except as set forth in any ARYA SEC Reports (excluding any disclosures in any “risk factors” section that do not constitute statements of fact, disclosures in any forward-looking statements disclaimers and other disclosures that are generally cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), ARYA represents and warrants to each of the Insiders, HoldCo and the Company as follows:
a. ARYA is an exempted Company duly incorporated and registered, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and registration (as applicable).
b. ARYA has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to perform its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of ARYA. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by ARYA and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of ARYA (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Parties), enforceable against such ARYA in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).
c. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of ARYA with respect to its execution, delivery or performance of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) compliance with the listing requirements of Nasdaq and such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the HoldCo Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the filing of the ARYA Plan of Merger, the Company Certificate of Merger, and such other documents as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law or by any other applicable Law to make the Mergers effective, (iv) the ARYA Sponsor Consent, (v) the approvals and consents to be obtained by ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (vi) the ARYA Shareholder Approval or (vii) any other consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, or the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of ARYA to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
d. None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by ARYA, the performance by ARYA of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of ARYA’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which ARYA is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which ARYA or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) other than the restrictions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document, result in the creation of any Lien upon the ARYA Shares (other than as
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expressly provided under this Agreement), except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not to adversely affect the ability of ARYA to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
e. As of the date hereof, there is no Proceeding pending or, to ARYA’s knowledge, threatened against ARYA or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of ARYA to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
f. As of the date hereof, there is no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to ARYA or any of its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of ARYA to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
g. In entering into this Agreement, ARYA has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and no other representations or warranties of the Insiders or any other Person, either express or implied, and ARYA, on its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and the representations and warranties of the other Persons expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents, none of the Insiders or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
11. Representations and Warranties of HoldCo. HoldCo represents and warrants to each of the Insiders, ARYA and the Company as follows:
a. HoldCo is a corporation, limited liability company or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).
b. HoldCo has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or other similar power and authority to perform its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of HoldCo. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by HoldCoand constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of HoldCo (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Parties), enforceable against such HoldCoin accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).
c. No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of HoldCo with respect to its execution, delivery or performance of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement and the declaration of the effectiveness thereof by the SEC and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) compliance with the listing requirements of Nasdaq and such filings with and approvals of Nasdaq to permit the HoldCo Shares to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to be listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the filing of the ARYA Plan of Merger and such other documents as may be required in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Law or by any other applicable Law to make the ARYA Merger effective, (iv) the filing of the Company Certificate of Merger, or (v) any other consents, approvals,
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authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, or the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of HoldCo to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
d. None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by HoldCo, the performance by HoldCo of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) result in any breach of any provision of HoldCo’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which HoldCo is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which HoldCo or any of its properties or assets are bound or (iv) other than the restrictions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document, result in the creation of any Lien upon the HoldCo Shares (other than as expressly provided under this Agreement), except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not to adversely affect the ability of HoldCo to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
e. As of the date hereof, there is no Proceeding pending or, to HoldCo’s knowledge, threatened against HoldCo or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of HoldCo to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
f. As of the date hereof, there is no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to HoldCo or any of its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of HoldCo to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
g. In entering into this Agreement, HoldCo has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and no other representations or warranties of the Insiders or any other Person, either express or implied, and HoldCo, on its own behalf and on behalf of his, her or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of the Insiders expressly set forth in this Agreement and the representations and warranties of the other Persons expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents, none of the Insiders or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
12. Termination; Non-Survival.
a. Subject to Section 12(b), this Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, upon the later of (i) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms or (ii) if the ARYA Merger Effective Time occurs, the vesting in full of the Earn-Out Shares. Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the termination of this Agreement shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud, and (ii) this Section 12(a) and Sections 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 and Section 16 (solely to the extent related to this Section 12 or Sections 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 or 19) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants in this Agreement shall terminate at the ARYA Merger Effective Time, except for (i) those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, contemplate performance after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, (ii) Section 1(a), Section 5, Section 7, this Section 12(b), Section 13, Section 14 and Section 15.
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13. Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Representatives of any Party shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) in no event shall any Insider have any obligations or Liabilities related to or arising out of the covenants, agreements or obligations of any other Insider under this Agreement (including related to or arising out of the breach of any such covenant, agreement or obligation by any other Insider), and (ii) in no event shall ARYA have any obligations or Liabilities related to or arising out of the covenants, agreements or obligations of any Insider under this Agreement (including related to or arising out of any breach of any such covenant, agreement or obligation by any such Insider).
14. Fiduciary Duties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) each Class B Shareholder makes no agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in such Class B Shareholder’s capacity as a record holder and beneficial owner of ARYA Shares, and not, in the case of any Insider, in such Insider’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of ARYA or any of its Affiliates (including HoldCo), and (b) nothing herein will be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by any Insider or any representative of the any Insider serving as a member of the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of ARYA or any of its Affiliates (including HoldCo) or as an officer, employee or fiduciary of ARYA or any of its Affiliates (including HoldCo), in each case, acting in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of ARYA or such Affiliate.
15. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3 or Section 7, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture.
16. Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any Party does not perform his, her or its respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.
17. Fees and Expenses. Except, in the case of ARYA, HoldCo and the Company, as otherwise expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement (include Section 7.2(b) thereof), all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses; provided, that, any such fees and expenses incurred by the Insiders on or prior to the Closing shall, in the sole discretion of the ARYA Sponsor, be allocated to ARYA and deemed to be fees and expenses of ARYA.
18. No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to vest in the Company or any of its Affiliates or ARYA or any its Affiliates any direct or indirect ownership or incidents of ownership of or with respect to the ARYA Shares held by any Class B Shareholder. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the applicable ARYA Shares shall remain vested in and belong to each applicable Class B Shareholder, and the Company and ARYA (and each of their respective Affiliates) shall have no authority to exercise any power or authority to direct any Insider in the voting of any of the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any), except
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as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to the ARYA Shares owned by him, her or it (if any). Except as otherwise set forth in Section 1(b), no Class B Shareholder shall be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to any other matters presented to the shareholders of ARYA.
19. Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified if, and only if, such amendment or modification is in writing and signed by the Parties, and any provision of this Agreement may be waived if, and only if, such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party(ies) against whom such waiver is sought. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Subject to Section 15, none of this Agreement or any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by (a) an Insider without the prior written consent of ARYA, HoldCo, the other Insiders and the Company, (b) the Company without the prior written consent of the ARYA Sponsor and ARYA, (c) ARYA without the prior written consent of the ARYA Sponsor, HoldCo and the Company, or (d) HoldCo without the prior written consent of ARYA and the Company (any such consent contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a) – (d) not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any attempted amendment or assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 19 shall be null and void ab initio.
20. Notices. Any notice, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be sent in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given by delivery in person, by email (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the email was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such email was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:
If to ARYA (prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time), or HoldCo (prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time) or to any of the Insiders, to:
c/o ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention:
Adam Stone
Konstantin Poukalov
Michael Altman
Email:
adam@perceptivelife.com
konstantin@perceptivelife.com
michael@perceptivelife.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
Ryan Brissette, P.C.
Dan Daines
Email:
jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
ryan.brissette@kirkland.com
daniel.daines@kirkland.com
If to the Company, ARYA (after the ARYA Merger Effective Time) or HoldCo (after the ARYA Merger Effective Time) , to:
c/o
Adagio Medical, Inc.
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Attn: Olav Bergheim
Email: obergheim@fjordventures.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to
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Reed Smith LLP
1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attention:
Michael Sanders
E-mail:
MSanders@ReedSmith.com
and
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jennifer W. Cheng
Susan K. Nieto
E-mail:
JCheng@reedsmith.com
SNieto@reedsmith.com
21. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
ARYA Sponsor Forfeited Share Amount” means 1,000,000 Sponsor Shares.
Sponsor Shares” means (a) prior to the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the ARYA Class B Shares and (b) at and after the occurrence of the ARYA Merger Effective Time, the HoldCo Shares issued to the ARYA Sponsor in respect of its ARYA Class B Shares by virtue of the ARYA Merger, as the context so requires.
Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Person, (a) such Person’s Affiliates, (b) any direct or indirect members, partners (whether general or limited partners) or equityholders of such Person or any of its Affiliates or any officers, directors or employees of such Person or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing, (c) such Person’s immediate family or family member of any of such Person’s officers or directors, (d) any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Person or the immediate family of such Person, (e) if such Person is a trust, to the trustee or beneficiary(ies) of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust, or (f) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the Founder Shares (as such term is defined in the Insider Letter Agreement) or Private Placement Shares (as such term is defined in the Insider Letter Agreement), as applicable, were originally purchased.
Stock Price” means, on any Trading Day, the volume-weighted average sale price per share of HoldCo Shares reported as of 4:00 p.m., New York City time on such date by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as the trading market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York City time (or such other time as the trading market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg, or if not available on Bloomberg, as reported by Morningstar, or, if not available on Bloomberg or Morningstar, by an authoritative source generally used for such purposes.
HoldCo Sale” means, at any time after the ARYA Merger Effective Time, (a) a purchase, sale, exchange, merger, business combination or other transaction or series of related transactions in which all or a majority of the HoldCo Shares are, directly or indirectly, converted into cash, securities or other property or non-cash consideration of or paid by any Persons, including any Persons acting as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than, in the case of this clause (a), any transaction in which the holders of HoldCo Shares as of immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction continue to own all or substantially all of the Equity Securities of HoldCo (or any successor or parent entity of HoldCo) immediately following the consummation of such transaction(s)), (b) a direct or indirect sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or a majority of the assets of HoldCo, as determined on a consolidated basis, to an unrelated person or entity, including parties acting as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or (c) any transaction or series of related transactions that results, directly or indirectly, in the shareholders of HoldCo as of immediately prior to such transaction(s) holding, in the aggregate, less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting power of the outstanding stock or other equity interests of HoldCo or any resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction or less than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Securities of HoldCo or any resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately
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upon completion of such transaction (whether voting or non-voting) immediately after the consummation thereof (in the case of each of clause (a), (b) or (c), whether by amalgamation, merger, consolidation, arrangement, tender offer, recapitalization, purchase, issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Securities or assets or otherwise).
Trading Day” means any day on which trading is generally conducted on NASDAQ or any other exchange on which the HoldCo Shares are traded on or after the Closing.
Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any interest owned by a person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in, or the ownership, control or possession of, any interest owned by a person. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in the case of ARYA Sponsor or any of its Permitted Transferees, any indirect sale, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposal (other than any such transfers by Perceptive Advisors, LLC or its employees or investment professionals (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any third party limited partners or other investors))that is not for the express purpose of indirectly transferring Equity Securities of ARYA (prior to the ARYA Merger Effective Time) or HoldCo (after the ARYA Merger Effective Time) shall not be deemed to be a Transfer hereunder.
22. Incorporation by Reference. Section 8.2 (Entire Agreement) (but only the first sentence thereof), Section 8.5 (Governing Law), Section 8.7 (Construction; Interpretation), Section 8.10 (Severability), Section 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), Section 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) of the Business Combination Agreement are each incorporated herein and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis.
[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf as of the day and year first above written.
 
ARYA SCIENCES HOLDINGS IV
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Adam Stone
 
 
Name: Adam Stone
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 

 
ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John Dahldorf
 
 
Name: John Dahldorf
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 

 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael Altman
 
 
Name: Michael Altman
 
 
Title: Authorized Signatory
 

 
OTHER CLASS B SHAREHOLDERS:
 
 
 
/s/ Todd Wider
 
Todd Wider
 
 
 
/s/ Michael Henderson
 
Michael Henderson
 
 
 
/s/ Leslie Trigg
 
Leslie Trigg
 

 
OTHER INSIDERS:
 
 
 
/s/ Joseph Edelman
 
Joseph Edelman
 
 
 
/s/ Adam Stone
 
Adam Stone
 
 
 
/s/ Michael Altman
 
Michael Altman
 
 
 
/s/ Konstantin Poukalov
 
Konstantin Poukalov
 

Exhibit A
ARYA Shares held by Class B Shareholders
Class B Shareholder
ARYA Shares
ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
3,647,500 Class B ordinary shares (prior to forfeiture)
499,000 Class A ordinary shares
Todd Wider
30,000 Class B ordinary shares
Leslie Trigg
30,000 Class B ordinary shares
Michael Henderson
30,000 Class B ordinary shares
EX-10.2 4 ny20020899x3_ex10-2.htm EXHIBIT 10.2
Exhibit 10.2
FORM OF COMPANY SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This COMPANY SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [•], 2024, by and among ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the party listed on the signature pages hereto as a “Shareholder” (the “Shareholder”). Each of ARYA, the Company and the Shareholder are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement (defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, ARYA, Aja HoldCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“HoldCo”), Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of ARYA (“Company Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned Subsidiary of ARYA (“ARYA Merger Sub”), and the Company entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, (a) on the Closing Date at the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA, with ARYA as the surviving company of such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (the “ARYA Merger”) and (b) (i) on the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, each Company Preferred Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time will be automatically converted into the number of Company Common Shares in accordance with the terms of Article V, Section 4 of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (the “Company Preferred Shares Conversion”), and (ii) on the Closing Date at the Company Merger Effective Time, Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving company of such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (the “Company Merger” and together with the ARYA Merger, the “Mergers”) (the Mergers, the Company Preferred Shares Conversion and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, collectively, the “Transactions”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of, and is entitled to dispose of and vote, the number and class or series (as applicable) of Equity Securities of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto (together with any other Equity Securities of the Company that the Shareholder acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof (including by purchase, as a result of a share dividend, share split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any warrants, convertible notes, options, or other securities or instruments convertible into Equity Securities), collectively, the “Subject Company Shares”);
WHEREAS, in consideration for the benefits to be received, directly or indirectly, by the Shareholder in connection with the Transactions and as a material inducement to (a) ARYA and the Company agreeing to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions, (b) ARYA Sponsor consenting to ARYA so entering into the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions, and (c) ARYA Sponsor agreeing to enter into the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions, the Shareholder agrees to enter into this Agreement and to be bound by the representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) ARYA would not have entered into the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party or agreed to consummate the Transactions, (b) ARYA Sponsor would not have consented to ARYA entering into the Business Combination Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and consummating the Transactions and (c) ARYA Sponsor would not have agreed to enter into the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions, in each case without the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT
1. Consent to Transactions and Related Matters. As promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days following the date on which the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, the Shareholder, in his, her or its capacity as a stockholder of the Company, shall duly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered, as applicable) the Company Shareholder Written Consent contemplated by Section 5.15 (Company Shareholder Approval) of the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which the Shareholder shall approve the Business Combination Agreement, the Ancillary Documents to which the Company is a party and the Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company Merger and the Company Preferred Shares Conversion). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the Closing, (i) to the extent that it is necessary or advisable, in each case, as reasonably determined by ARYA and the Company, for any matters, actions or proposals to be approved by the Shareholder in connection with, or otherwise in furtherance of, the Transactions as contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement and/or the Ancillary Documents, the Shareholder shall (A) vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Company Shares in favor of and/or provide consent to, as applicable, approve any such matters, actions or proposals promptly following written request thereof from ARYA or the Company, as applicable, and (B) if applicable, cause the Subject Company Shares to be counted as present at any meeting of the Company Shareholders for purposes of constituting a quorum in connection with any vote contemplated by clause (A); provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Shareholder from exercising full power and authority to vote the Subject Company Shares in the Shareholder’s discretion for or against any proposal submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company (1) that decreases the amount or changes the form of the consideration payable to the Shareholder in any material respect or (2) that imposes any material restrictions or additional conditions on the consummation of the Mergers or the payment of the HoldCo Shares to the Shareholder, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), not contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the Closing, the Shareholder shall vote (and cause to be voted) the Subject Company Shares against and withhold consent or approval with respect to any matter, action or proposal that would reasonably be expected to result in (X) a breach of any of the Company’s covenants, agreements or obligations under the Business Combination Agreement, or (Y) any of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 of the Business Combination Agreement not being satisfied.
2. Other Covenants and Agreements.
(a) The Shareholder hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any such agreement, (i) each of the agreements set forth on Schedule B hereto shall be automatically terminated and of no further force and effect (including any provisions of any such agreement that, by its terms, survive such termination) effective as of, and subject to and conditioned upon the occurrence of, the Closing and (ii) upon such termination neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates (including the other Group Companies and, from and after the Company Merger Effective Time, Holdco, ARYA and their respective Affiliates) shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under or with respect to each such agreement.
(b) The Shareholder hereby agrees to be bound by and subject to (i) Sections 5.3(a) (Confidentiality) and 5.4(a) (Public Announcements) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the parties to the Business Combination Agreement, as if the Shareholder is directly party thereto, (ii) the first sentence of Section 5.6(a) (Exclusive Dealing) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the hanging paragraph at the end of Section 5.6 of the Business Combination Agreement as it pertains to Section 5.6(b) of the Business Combination Agreement) and Section 8.18 (Trust Account Waiver) of the Business Combination Agreement to the same extent as such provisions apply to the Company, as if the Shareholder is directly party thereto.
(c) The Shareholder shall use his, her or its reasonable best efforts to promptly execute and deliver all additional agreements, documents or instruments, take, or cause to be taken, all actions and provide, or cause to be provided, all additional information or other materials as may be necessary or advisable, in each case, as reasonably determined by ARYA and the Company, in connection with, or otherwise in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or this Agreement, including the termination of and waivers of rights under the agreements set forth on Schedule B.
(d) The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that each of ARYA and the Company has entered into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement and but for the Shareholder entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound
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by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, ARYA and the Company would not have entered into or agreed to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.
(e) The Shareholder, solely in connection with and only for the purpose of the Transactions, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) agrees that the Transactions shall not be deemed to constitute a Liquidating Transaction (as used herein, as defined in the Company Certificate of Incorporation) and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights he, she or it may have under the Company Certificate of Incorporation, or any other agreement to which the Shareholder is a party, if the Transactions were deemed to constitute a Liquidating Transaction, including any notice rights thereunder, and (ii) hereby waives any rights he, she or it may have under any of the agreements set forth on Schedule B with respect to the Transactions.
(f) The Shareholder acknowledges that the Company may need to amend the Company Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of the class of stock into which the Company Preferred Shares or the Company’s currently outstanding convertible promissory notes are to be converted (the “Share Increase”) and, in connection with a conversion of any class of Company Preferred Shares or the Company’s currently outstanding convertible promissory notes, hereby agrees to take any actions reasonably requested by the Company to effect the Share Increase, including the amendment of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (which may be included in the Company Shareholder Written Consent).
3. Shareholder Representations and Warranties. The Shareholder represents and warrants to ARYA and the Company as follows:
(a) If the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).
(b) If the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder has the requisite corporate, limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar power and authority and, if the Shareholder is an individual, the Shareholder has the legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his, her or its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of the Shareholder. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Shareholder (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by ARYA and the Company), enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).
(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Shareholder with respect to the Shareholder’s execution, delivery or performance of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
(d) None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder, the performance by the Shareholder of any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Transactions will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) if the Shareholder is not an individual, result in any breach of any provision of the Shareholder’s Governing Documents, (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, Consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms,
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conditions or provisions of any shareholders, equityholders, or other Contract relating to or affecting the ownership, voting, transfer or purchase of the Subject Company Shares, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any Order or applicable Law to which the Shareholder or any of the Subject Company Shares are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon the Subject Company Shares, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.
(e) The Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Subject Company Shares and has valid, good and marketable title to the Subject Company Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Laws or as set forth in the Governing Documents of the Company or any Company Shareholders Agreement). Except for the Equity Securities of the Company set forth on Schedule A hereto, together with any other Equity Securities of the Company that the Shareholder acquires record or beneficial ownership after the date hereof that is either permitted pursuant to or acquired in accordance with Section 5.1(b)(v) of the Business Combination Agreement, the Shareholder does not own, beneficially or of record, any Equity Securities of any Group Company or have the right to acquire any Equity Securities of any Group Company. The Shareholder has the sole right to vote (and provide consent in respect of, as applicable) the Subject Company Shares and, except for this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the Company Shareholders Agreement, the Shareholder is not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract that would (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer any of the Subject Company Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of any of the Subject Company Shares that would adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
(f) There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Shareholder’s knowledge, threatened against or involving the Shareholder or any of his, her or its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
(g) There is no Order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Entity, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to the Shareholder or any of his, her or its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
(h) The Shareholder, on her, his or its own behalf and on behalf of her, his or its Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) she, he or it and her, his or its Representatives have conducted their own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, have formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, ARYA and the Transactions and (ii) she, he or it and her, his or its Representatives have been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about ARYA and ARYA’s businesses and operations as she, he or it and her, his or its Representatives have deemed necessary to enable her, him or it to make informed decisions with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents to which she, he or it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(i) In entering into this Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents to which she, he or it is or will be a party, the Shareholder has relied solely on her, his or its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in the Ancillary Documents to which she, he or it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of ARYA or the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the representations or warranties of ARYA or the Company set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document) or any other Person, either express or implied, and the Shareholder, on her, his or its own behalf and on behalf of such Shareholder’s Representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Ancillary Documents to which the Shareholder is or will be a party, none of ARYA, the Company or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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4. Transfer of Subject Company Shares. Except as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, any Ancillary Document or with the prior written consent of each of ARYA and the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) from and after the date hereof until the earlier of the date of the Closing or the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Shareholder agrees (a) not to (i) Transfer (A) any of the Subject Company Shares or (B) rights of such Shareholder under any Company Shareholders Agreement, or (ii) enter into (A) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer the Subject Company Shares or (B) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of the Subject Company Shares or other Equity Securities of the Company, and (b) not to take or cause to be taken any actions in furtherance of any of the matters described in the foregoing clause (a). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any Transfer (i) to a Permitted Transferee, or (ii) if the Shareholder is an individual or a trust, (A) by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, or (B) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; provided, however, that (x) the Shareholder shall, and shall cause any transferee of any such Transfer of the type set forth in clauses (i) and (ii), to enter into a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to ARYA and the Company, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Shareholder hereunder and the making of all of the representations and warranties of the Shareholder set forth in Section 3 with respect to such transferee and his, her or its Subject Company Shares received upon such Transfer, as applicable) prior and as a condition to the occurrence of such Transfer, and (y) no such Transfer will relieve the Shareholder of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder with respect to the Subject Company Shares so transferred, unless and to the extent actually performed, or will otherwise affect any of the provisions of this Agreement (including any of the representations and warranties of the Shareholder hereunder). For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means any, direct or indirect, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest in or disposition or encumbrance of an interest (whether with or without consideration, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise). For purposes of this Section 4, “Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Person, (A) such Person’s Affiliates, (B) any direct or indirect members, partners (whether general or limited partners) or equityholders of such Person or any of its Affiliates or any officers, directors or employees of such Person or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing, (C) such Person’s immediate family or family member of any of such Person’s officers or directors, (D) any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such Person or the immediate family of such Person or (E) if such Person is a trust, to the trustee or beneficiary(ies) of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust.
5. Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party upon the earlier of (i) the Company Merger Effective Time and (ii) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms. Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) shall not affect any Liability on the part of any Party for a willful and material breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination or actual fraud, (ii) Section 2(b)(i) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 5.3(a) (Confidentiality) of the Business Combination Agreement), this Section 5, Section 6, Section 7 and Section 11 shall each survive any termination of this Agreement, (iii) without limiting the following clause (iv), Section 2(b)(i) (solely to the extent that it relates to the Shareholder’s obligations to comply with the covenants in Section 5.4(a) (Public Announcements) of the Business Combination Agreement to the extent such covenants contemplate performance following Closing), shall survive any termination of this Agreement that occurs pursuant Section 5(a)(i), (iv) without limiting the following clause (v), Section 2(b)(ii) (solely to the extent that it relates to Section 8.18 (Trust Account Waiver) of the Business Combination Agreement) shall survive any termination of this Agreement that occurs pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) and (v) Section 8, Section 9, Section 10 and Sections 12 through 16 (in each case, solely to the extent related to any of the foregoing provisions that survive termination of this Agreement) shall each survive any termination of this Agreement.
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6. Fiduciary Duties. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Shareholder is signing this Agreement solely in the Shareholder’s capacity as a record or beneficial holder of the Subject Company Shares and (a) the Shareholder does not make any agreement or understanding herein in any capacity other than in such Shareholder’s capacity as a record holder and beneficial owner of the Subject Company Shares, and not in such Shareholder’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of any Group Company or in such Shareholder’s capacity as a trustee or fiduciary of any Company Equity Plan, and (b) nothing herein will be construed to limit or affect any action or inaction by such Shareholder or any representative of such Shareholder serving as a member of the board of directors of any Group Company or as an officer, employee or fiduciary of any Group Company, in each case, acting in such person’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of such Group Company.
7. No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Representatives of ARYA, the Company or the Shareholder shall have any Liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein.
8. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:
If to ARYA, to:
c/o ARYA Science Acquisition Corp. IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention:
Adam Stone
Konstantin Poukalov
Michael Altman
Email:
adam@perceptivelife.com
konstantin@perceptivelife.com
michael@perceptivelife.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jonathan Davis, P.C.
Ryan Brissette, P.C.
Dan Daines
Email:
jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
ryan.brissette@kirkland.com
daniel.daines@kirkland.com
If to the Company, to:
Adagio Medical, Inc.
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Attention:
Olav Bergheim
Email:
obergheim@fjordventures.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Reed Smith LLP
1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
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Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attention:
Michael Sanders
E-mail:
MSanders@ReedSmith.com
and
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Jennifer W. Cheng
Susan K. Nieto
E-mail:
JCheng@reedsmith.com
SNieto@reedsmith.com
If to the Shareholder, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.
or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and documents referred to herein and therein constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
10. Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by the Shareholder, the Company and ARYA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by the Shareholder or the Company without, prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, the written consent of ARYA (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delated). Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by ARYA without the Company’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delated). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 10 shall be void.
11. Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses.
12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture.
13. Spouses and Community Property Matters. The Shareholder’s spouse (if applicable) hereby represents, warrants and covenants to ARYA and the Company that such spouse shall not assert or enforce, and does hereby waive, any rights granted under any community property statute with respect to the Subject Company Shares held by the Shareholder that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of him or her to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his or her covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
14. No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed to vest in ARYA any direct or indirect ownership or incidents of ownership of or with respect to the Subject Company Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Company Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the Shareholder, and ARYA shall have no authority to manage, direct, restrict, regulate, govern or administer any of the policies or operations of Company or exercise any power or authority to direct the Shareholder in the voting of any of the Subject Company Shares, except as otherwise provided herein with respect to the Subject Company
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Shares. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 1, the Shareholder shall not be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to any other matters presented to the stockholders of the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall obligate or require the Shareholder to exercise an option to purchase any Company Shares.
15. Non-Survival. Except to the extent expressly set forth in Section 5(b), the representations and warranties, and each of the agreements and covenants (to the extent such agreement or covenant contemplates or requires performance at or prior to the Company Merger Effective Time) in this Agreement shall terminate at the Company Merger Effective Time. Each covenant and agreement contained herein that, by its terms, expressly contemplates performance after the Company Merger Effective Time shall so survive the Company Merger Effective Time in accordance with its terms.
16. Miscellaneous. Sections 8.5 (Governing Law), 8.7 (Construction; Interpretation), 8.10 (Severability), 8.11 (Counterparts; Electronic Signatures), 8.15 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 8.16 (Submission to Jurisdiction) and 8.17 (Remedies) of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
 
Title:
 

 
ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
 
Title:
 

 
[SHAREHOLDER]
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
Address for Notices
 
 
 
 
If to the Shareholder, to:
 
 
 
 
 
[•]
 
 
[•]
 
 
[•]
 
 
Attention: [•]
 
 
Email: [•]
 
 
 
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
 
 
 
 
[•]
 
 
[•]
 
 
[•]
 
 
Attention: [•]
 
 
Email: [•]
Acknowledged and Agreed to by the Shareholder’s spouse for the purposes of Section 13:
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 

Schedule A
Class/Series of Company Shares
Number of Shares
Company Common Shares
[•]
Company Series A Preferred Shares
[•]
Company Series B Preferred Shares
[•]
Company Series C Preferred Shares
[•]
Company Series D Preferred Shares
[•]
Company Series E Preferred Shares
[•]

SCHEDULE B
Company Related Party Agreements to be Terminated
1.
Third Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto.
2.
Fourth Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto.
3.
Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders party thereto.
EX-10.3 5 ny20020899x3_ex10-3.htm EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor

New York, New York 10002

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARYA (“ListCo”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), and the undersigned subscriber (the “Investor”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among ListCo, ARYA, Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 2, a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“Company Merger Sub”) and Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which, among other things, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA and Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with ARYA and the Company surviving the mergers and ARYA and the Company becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of ListCo, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”).  

 

In connection with the Transaction, ListCo is seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase in a private placement, contingent upon, and substantially concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, (i) shares (the “Shares”) of ListCo’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) warrants, each representing the right to purchase shares of Common Stock and to be represented by a warrant with the terms and conditions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant Agreement”) and which will be executed on the Closing Date (as defined below) (such warrants, the “Warrants” and together with the Shares, the “PIPE Securities”). On or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the parties to this Subscription Agreement (other than the Investor) are entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are herein after referred to as the “Warrant Shares.” The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the PIPE Securities is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount” and shall be comprised of (i) an amount of cash (the “Additional Cash”) set forth on the signature page hereto and (ii) the contribution by the Investor to ListCo of (a) the Convertible Promissory Notes, dated April 4, 2023, June 30, 2023, July 31, 2023, August 31, 2023, September 29, 2023, and October 26, 2023, each issued by the Company to the Investor, and (b) the Convertible Promissory Notes, dated November 28, 2023, December 13, 2023, December 28, 2023 and January 29, 2024, each issued by the Company to the Investor (together, the “Company Convertible Notes”).

 

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor, ARYA and ListCo acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

1.       Subscription. The Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from ListCo the number of PIPE Securities set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the PIPE Securities for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by ListCo only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of ListCo; ListCo may do so in counterpart form. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities that will be purchased by the Investor and issued by ListCo on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or in the case of the Warrant Shares, on the terms and conditions set forth in each of the Warrant Agreement, shall be securities of a Delaware corporation (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, securities of ARYA, a Cayman Islands exempted company).

 


 

2.       Closing. The closing of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) is contingent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. The Closing shall occur contingent upon, and substantially concurrent with the effectiveness of the Transaction (the date the Closing so occurs, the “Closing Date”). Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) ListCo to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that ListCo reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction under the Transaction Agreement to be satisfied or waived on a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to ListCo, three (3) business days prior to the anticipated closing date specified in the Closing Notice, (i) the Additional Cash by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by ListCo in the Closing Notice (which account shall not be an escrow account), and (ii) any other information that is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the PIPE Securities to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such securities are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable. On the Closing Date, the Company Convertible Notes shall be contributed by the Investor to ListCo, and in consideration for the Subscription Amount ListCo shall issue a number of PIPE Securities to the Investor set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement and deliver a fully executed Warrant Agreement to the Investor, and subsequently cause the Shares to be registered in book entry form, free and clear of all liens (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of the Investor on ListCo’s share register; provided, however, that ListCo’s obligation to issue the PIPE Securities to the Investor is contingent upon ListCo having received the Additional Cash in full accordance with this Section 2. In the event the Closing does not occur within two (2) business days of the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, ListCo shall promptly (but not later than three (3) business days thereafter) return the Additional Cash to the Investor; provided that, unless this Subscription Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, such return of funds shall not terminate this Subscription Agreement or relieve the Investor of its obligation to purchase the PIPE Securities at the Closing upon the delivery by ListCo of a subsequent Closing Notice in accordance with this Section 2. In the event the Closing does not occur, the Company Convertible Notes shall be deemed not to have been contributed by the Investor to ListCo on the Closing Date and shall remain enforceable obligations against the Company in accordance with their terms. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required to close for business.

 

3.       Closing Conditions.

 

a.       The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)       no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise enjoining, restraining or prohibiting consummation of (x) the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or (y) the Transaction; and

 

(ii)       (A) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article 6 of the Transaction Agreement shall have been satisfied (which shall be deemed satisfied if mutually determined by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement and other than those conditions under the Transaction Agreement that, by their nature are to be satisfied in connection with the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscription Agreements) or waived by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement as provided therein and (B) the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or on the same date as the Closing.

 

b.       The obligation of ListCo to consummate the sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by ListCo with the prior written consent of ARYA (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (except for (i) those representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date and (ii) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date) and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 


 

c.       The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by the Investor) that (i) all representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (other than (A) representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects and (B) for those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date); (ii) ListCo and ARYA shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all obligations, covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and (iii) the Shares acquired hereunder shall have been approved for listing by the Stock Exchange (as defined below).

 

4.       Further Assurances. At or prior to the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.       ListCo Representations and Warranties. ListCo represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.       ListCo is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. ListCo has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.       As of the Closing Date, the Shares, the Warrants and any Warrant Shares, will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, as applicable, such Shares or Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under ListCo’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each, as amended on the Closing Date) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under any agreement or instrument to which ListCo is a party. As of the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will have been duly reserved for issuance in an amount of duly authorized shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the initial exercise of the Warrants. ListCo shall keep such number of shares of Common Stock as necessary to satisfy the exercise of the Warrants at all times reserved for issuance until the earlier of the exercise of the Warrants in full or the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms. The Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of any Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. On the Closing Date, the Warrant Agreement will be duly authorized, and when executed and delivered by ListCo, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of ListCo and will be enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.       This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ListCo and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ARYA, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 


 

d.       The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ListCo with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity of the PIPE Securities, including the Warrant Shares, or legal authority of ListCo to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the Transaction (a “ListCo Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ListCo; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ListCo or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

e.       As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized share capital of ListCo (excluding the PIPE Securities) consists of one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock and the issued share capital of ListCo consists of one (1) share of Common Stock, which (A) has been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) has been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) has not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. Immediately following the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall (A) be, or have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) shall have been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ListCo is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ListCo, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below) and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ListCo any equity interests in ListCo, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ListCo has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

f.       Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ListCo is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ListCo of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by Nasdaq, or such other applicable stock exchange on which ListCo’s common equity will be listed (the “Stock Exchange”), (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.       As of the date hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo by the Stock Exchange or the SEC, respectively, to prohibit the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares, or the registration of, when issued in connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Shares and Warrant Shares under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

h.       Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 7, no registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) is required for the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities by ListCo to the Investor hereunder. The PIPE Securities (i) were not offered to the Investor by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered to the Investor in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

i.       Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ListCo.

 


 

j.       ListCo has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ListCo is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent at Closing.

 

k.       ListCo acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Shares and Warrant Shares may be pledged by Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Investor effecting a pledge of the Shares and Warrant Shares, shall not be required to provide ListCo with any notice thereof; providedhowever, that neither ListCo, ARYA, the Company or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Shares and Warrant Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by ListCo in all respects.

 

l.       Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, as of the date hereof, ListCo has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ListCo (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that ListCo may enter into additional subscription agreements after the date hereof; provided, however, that if any such agreement is with respect to equity financing, then any such agreement shall be on substantially the same terms and at an effective offering price no less than as provided for pursuant to this subscription Agreement. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

6.       ARYA Representations and Warranties. ARYA represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.       ARYA has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.       This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ARYA and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ListCo, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ARYA in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.       As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of ARYA consists of (i) 479,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), (ii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Shares” and together with the Class A Shares, the “ARYA Ordinary Shares”), and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, (i) no Preference Shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,189,831 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, and (iii) 3,737,500 Class B Shares are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares are fully paid and nonassessable, as such term or similar concept may be applicable to a Cayman Islands exempted company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and issued in compliance with applicable law and have not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ARYA is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ARYA, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ARYA any Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other equity interests in ARYA, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ARYA has no subsidiaries, other than ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub, and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 


 

d.       A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, proxy and other document filed by ARYA with the SEC on or prior to the Closing Date (the “SEC Reports”) is available to the Investor (including via the SEC’s EDGAR system). ARYA has timely filed the SEC Reports with the SEC through the date hereof (after giving effect to any applicable grace period). As of their respective filing dates all SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports. None of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Report has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Report) contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a 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. The financial statements of ARYA included in the SEC Reports, as applicable, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of ARYA as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented, subject to (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP), and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of ARYA in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to ARYA. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the SEC Reports. For the avoidance of doubt, any restatement of the financial statements of ARYA and any amendments to previously filed SEC Reports or delays in filing SEC Reports, in connection with any guidance from the SEC following the date of this Subscription Agreement, shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d). Additionally, for avoidance of doubt, any amendment or modification of any SEC Report (or any agreement filed as an exhibit to any SEC Report) from its initial filing date in a subsequent filing shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d).

 

e.       The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ARYA with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to materially affect or legal authority of ARYA to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Transaction (an “ARYA Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ARYA; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ARYA or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.       Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ARYA is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ARYA of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the SEC, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by the Stock Exchange, (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 


 

g.       Other than the Placement Agent, ARYA has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ARYA is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent.

 

h.       Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, ARYA has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ARYA (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

i.       The issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ARYA, threatened against ARYA or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ARYA.

 

7.       Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to ListCo and ARYA that:

 

a.       The Investor, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Investor for which the Investor is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the PIPE Securities only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the PIPE Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), and the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the PIPE Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Investor shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete. The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the PIPE Securities. The term “affiliate” or “affiliated” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean, with respect to any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity, or governmental entity (a “person”), any other person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

b.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares, are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to ListCo or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each of clauses (i) and (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any book entries representing the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge, transfer or disposition of any of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares. The Investor further acknowledges that the Warrants will be non-transferable prior to the exercise thereof.

 


 

c.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the PIPE Securities directly from ListCo. The Investor further acknowledges that there have not been, and the Investor hereby agrees that it is not relying on, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, Jefferies LLC (Jefferies LLC and any of its respective affiliates, the “Placement Agent”), any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of ListCo expressly set forth in Section 5 and ARYA expressly set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement.

 

d.       The Investor’s acquisition and holding of the PIPE Securities will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any applicable similar law.

 

e.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities including, without limitation, with respect to ARYA, the Transaction and the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the SEC Reports. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities.

 

f.       The Investor became aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities solely by means of direct contact between the Investor, ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ARYA, ListCo or the Company, and the PIPE Securities were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact between the Investor and ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ListCo, ARYA or the Company. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities, nor were the PIPE Securities offered to the Investor, by any other means and none of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to the Investor. The Investor acknowledges that the PIPE Securities (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo.

 

g.       The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities, and the Investor has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision and the Investor has made its own assessment and satisfied itself concerning relevant tax and other economic considerations relative to its purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor understands and acknowledges that the purchase and sale of the PIPE Securities hereunder meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b). The Investor will not look to the Placement Agent for all or part of any such loss or losses the Investor may suffer, is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the PIPE Securities, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the PIPE Securities and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the PIPE Securities.

 


 

h.       Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities and determined that the PIPE Securities are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

i.       In making its decision to purchase the PIPE Securities, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning ListCo, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the PIPE Securities or the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

j.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the PIPE Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

k.       The Investor, if not an individual, has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

l.       The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and, if the Investor is not an individual, will not conflict with or violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. (A) The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, (B) the signatory of this Subscription Agreement, if the Investor is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or, if the Investor is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, (C) this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor or the investment advisor to which the Investor has delegated decision making authority over investments and (D) this Subscription Agreement constitutes, assuming that the Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreement of ARYA and ListCo, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 


 

m.       The Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. If the Investor is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including, without limitation, the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the PIPE Securities and any Warrant Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

 

n.       The Investor acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document has been prepared by the Placement Agent in connection with the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

o.       The Investor acknowledges that neither the Placement Agent, nor any of its respective affiliates nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing have made any independent investigation with respect to ListCo, ARYA, the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the PIPE Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by ListCo, ARYA or the Company, as applicable.

 

p.       The Investor has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to ListCo pursuant to Section 2 above, will have, sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

q.       The Investor does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the thirty (30) day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Investor has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of ARYA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

r.       The Investor is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of ARYA (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than a group consisting solely of the Investor and its affiliates.

 

s.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent (a) is acting solely in its capacity as placement agent with respect to the issuance and sale of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements, is not acting as an underwriter, initial purchaser, dealer, financial advisor, fiduciary or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary to the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (b) has not made and will not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character to the Investor and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (c) will have no responsibility with respect to (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the offering of the PIPE Securities, the Transaction or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) of any thereof, or (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning ListCo, this offering of PIPE Securities, or the Transaction.

 


 

t.       The Investor acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent is acting as ListCo’s and ARYA’s placement agent and Jefferies LLC is acting as capital markets advisor to ARYA.

 

u.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to the Investor, or to any person claiming through the Investor, in respect of this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction.

 

v.       The Investor has been the owner of the Company Convertible Notes continuously since their issuance and has good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, encumbrances, adverse claims, rights or proxies.

 

8.       Registration Rights.

 

a.       The Investor, ListCo and ARYA hereby acknowledge and agree that the Shares and Warrant Shares (such securities, the “PIPE Registrable Securities”) acquired by the Investor hereunder shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and, for all purposes of the Investor Rights Agreement, shall constitute Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), and Investor shall be a party to such agreement as a “Perceptive Holder.”

 

9.       Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) ListCo’s notification to the Investor in writing that it has, with the written consent of the Company, abandoned its plans to move forward with the Transaction and/or terminated the Investor’s obligations with respect to the subscription without the delivery of the Shares having occurred, and (d) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Subscription Agreement by the Investor to ListCo and ARYA on the Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement, and such thirtieth calendar day, the “Outside Date”), if the Closing has not occurred by the Termination Date (provided, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement pursuant to this clause (d) shall not be available to the Investor if the Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Subscription Agreement (or if an affiliate of the Investor is an Other Investor, and such Other Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under an Other Subscription Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, shall have proximately caused the failure of the consummation of the Transaction on or before the Termination Date) (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(d) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty hereunder prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach. ListCo shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Transaction Agreement as promptly as practicable after the termination of the Transaction Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to ListCo in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

 


 

10.       Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that ARYA is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving ARYA and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in ARYA’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated February 25, 2021 (the “Final Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of ARYA’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of ARYA’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of ARYA, its public shareholders and the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to ARYA to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Final Prospectus. For and in consideration of ARYA entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor, on behalf of itself and its representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account (or distributions therefrom to ARYA’s public shareholders or to the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering in respect of their deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account), and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to any monies held in the Trust Account by virtue of its record or beneficial ownership of publicly traded Class A Shares acquired in an open market transaction, pursuant to a validly exercised redemption right with respect to any such Class A Shares, in accordance with ARYA’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended in connection with the shareholder meeting of ARYA on February 28, 2023 and as may be subsequently amended from time to time, and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and ARYA, dated March 2, 2021, except to the extent that the Investor has otherwise agreed in writing with ListCo, ARYA, the Company or any of their respective affiliates to not exercise such redemption right.

 

11.       Tax Matters. The parties to this Subscription Agreement intend that the Transaction and the issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and certain Other Subscription Agreements shall collectively be treated as an integrated transaction qualifying under Section 351(a) of the Code. Following the Closing, the Investor shall determine and notify ListCo of the value of the PIPE Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and such value shall be utilized for purposes of valuing any PIPE Securities issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement. Each party shall (and shall cause its respective affiliates to) prepare and file all tax returns consistent with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in audits, tax returns or otherwise), this Section 11 (including with respect to the value of any of the PIPE Securities) unless otherwise required to do so pursuant to a final determination within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Code.

 

12.       Miscellaneous.

 

a.       Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Investor hereunder (other than the PIPE Securities acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 8 solely in connection with a transfer of such PIPE Securities (other than a transfer in connection with a sale pursuant to either an effective registration statement or under Rule 144), if any) may be transferred or assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after notifying ListCo, Investor may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Investor) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Investor of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants may not be transferred by the holder thereof following their issuance. Further, the Investor has the option to reduce the Additional Cash set forth on the signature page hereto with the gross proceeds (notwithstanding any fees netted therefrom) from any financing or commitment for financing for which, in either case, the proceeds of such financing are available to the Company, ARYA or ListCo, as applicable, on or prior to the Transaction Closing Date (any such financing, an “Additional Financing”) prior to the Closing, whether in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt, other than pursuant to the financing agreements entered into by ARYA or ListCo on the date hereof; provided that such reduction of the Additional Cash may not exceed $1,070,575.10. To the extent that the gross proceeds of any Additional Financing reduce the Additional Cash set forth on the signature page hereto, the number of Warrants and the Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares subscribed for by the Investor shall each be reduced in proportion to the amount by which the Additional Cash is reduced. The Investor agrees that to the extent the gross proceeds of any Additional Financing is applied at the option of the Investor as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement, dated February [13], 2024, by and between the Investor, the Company and ListCo, then such Additional Cash may not also be used to reduce the Additional Cash set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

b.       ListCo may request from the Investor such additional information as ListCo may deem necessary to register the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities and evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the PIPE Securities, and the Investor shall provide any such information as may be reasonably requested. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other covenants or agreements in this Subscription Agreement, the Investor acknowledges that ListCo and ARYA may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of ListCo or ARYA.

 


 

c.       The Investor acknowledges that ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent in writing if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations or warranties set forth in Section 7 above are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by materiality, in which case the Investor shall notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent if they are no longer accurate in any respect). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of PIPE Securities from ListCo will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.

 

d.       The Investor agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor will engage in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or similar instrument, including without limitation equity repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition or transfer (whether by the Investor or any other person), in each case, solely to the extent it has the same economic effect as a “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act), of any economic consequences of ownership (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any consequences resulting solely from foreign exchange fluctuations), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, physically or synthetically, of any PIPE Securities or any securities of ARYA prior to the Closing, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of securities of ARYA, in cash or otherwise, or to publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 12(d) shall not apply to long sales (including sales of securities held by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or any of its controlled affiliates prior to the date hereof and securities purchased by the Investor in the open market after the date hereof) other than those effectuated through derivative transactions and similar instruments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 12(d) (i) shall prohibit any entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge (constructive or otherwise) of this Subscription Agreement or of Investor’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby from entering into any of the transactions set forth in the first sentence of this Section 12(d); and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers or desks manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, this Section 12(d) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

e.       ListCo, ARYA and the Placement Agent are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 12(e) shall not give the Placement Agent any rights other than those expressly set forth herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to rely on any of the representations and warranties of ListCo or ARYA set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

 

f.       All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

g.       This Subscription Agreement may not be terminated other than pursuant to the terms of Section 9 above. The provisions of this Subscription Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no modification, amendment or waiver by ListCo of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of ARYA (other than modifications, amendments or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and, in each case, do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). No failure or delay of either party hereto in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 


 

h.       This Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedule hereto and the Warrant Agreement attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3(b), Section 7, Section 9, Section 12(c), Section 12(e), Section 12(g), this Section 12(h) and the last sentence of Section 12(l) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

i.       Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

j.       If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

k.       This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including, without limitation, by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

l.       The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur if any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek to specifically enforce the Investor’s obligations to fund the Additional Cash, ListCo’s obligations under this Subscription Agreement and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement of which the Company is an express third party beneficiary, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

m.       Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Investor shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address(es) or email address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as the Investor may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

(i)       if to the Investor, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

 


 

(ii)       if to ARYA or ListCo, to:

 

  c/o ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
  51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
  New York, NY 10003
  Attention: Michael Altman
    Konstantin Poukalov
  E-mail: Michael@perceptivelife.com
    Konstantin@perceptivelife.com
     
  with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
   
  Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  601 Lexington Avenue
  New York, New York 10022
  Attn: Peter Seligson
    Mathieu Kohmann
  Email: peter.seligson@kirkland.com
    mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com

 

n.       THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (REGARDLESS OF THE LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF) AS TO ALL MATTERS (INCLUDING ANY ACTION, SUIT, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, CLAIM, CHARGE, COMPLAINT, INQUIRY, PROCEEDING, HEARING, AUDIT, INVESTIGATION OR REVIEWS BY OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY RELATED HERETO), INCLUDING MATTERS OF VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, EFFECT, PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIES. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (OR, IF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DECLINES TO ACCEPT JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE) SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 12(n) OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 

EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12(n).

 


 

o.       The Investor hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent and/or its respective affiliates may now or in the future own securities of ARYA and/or purchase securities in the Transaction.

 

13.       Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the statements, representations and warranties of ListCo expressly contained in Section 5 and ARYA expressly contained in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any other investor pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities (including the investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), (ii) the Placement Agent, its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing, or (iii) any other party to the Transaction Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate, shall have any liability to the Investor, or to any other investor, pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the PIPE Securities or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective controlled affiliates, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any of ListCo’s, ARYA’s, the Company’s or the Placement Agent’s respective controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

 

15.       Several Obligations. The obligations of the Investor and each Other Investor in connection with the private placement are several and not joint, and Investor shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor in connection with the private placement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Investor or any Other Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor: PERCEPTIVE LIFE SCIENCES MASTER FUND LTD   State/Country of Formation or Domicile: Cayman Islands
     
By: /s/ Joseph Edelman    
Name:  Joseph Edelman    
Title:  Authorized Signatory    
     
Name in which PIPE Securities are to be registered (if different): N/A   Date: February 13, 2024
     
Investor’s EIN/SSN (as applicable): [***]    
     
Business Address-Street: 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor   Mailing Address-Street (if different): N/A
     
City, State, Zip: New York, New York 10003   City, State, Zip: N/A
     
Attn:  [***]   Attn:______________________________________
     
Telephone No.: [***]   Telephone No.: N/A
Facsimile No.: N/A   Facsimile No.: N/A
     
Email: [***]   Email: N/A

 

Number of Shares subscribed for: A number equal to (A) the product of (a) 120% and (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the amount of principal on the Company Convertible Notes that is outstanding as of the date that is three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date and the Additional Cash by (ii) Per Share Subscription Amount set forth below (such product, the “Base Subscription Share Amount”), plus (B) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of any interest on the Company Convertible Notes that is accrued and unpaid as of the date that is three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date by (ii) the Per Share Subscription Amount set forth below, plus (C) the number of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares (as defined below).1

 

Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares: 690,458 (such number of shares, the “Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares”)

 

Number of Warrants subscribed for: A number of Warrants equal to the Base Subscription Share Amount.2

 

Per Share Subscription Amount: $10.00 (such amount, the “Per Share Subscription Amount”)

 

Additional Cash: $8,070,575.10 (which amount will be increased by any capacity that remains undrawn under the Company Convertible Notes at Closing)

 

You must pay the Additional Cash by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by ListCo in the Closing Notice.

 

 

1 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: X = (1.2*(B+C)/D) + (E/D) + F, whereby: X is the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor; B is the amount of principal on the Company Convertible Notes that is outstanding as of the date that is three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date; C is the Additional Cash; D is the Per Share Subscription Amount; E is the amount of any interest on the Company Convertible Notes that is accrued and unpaid as of the date that is three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date; and F is the number of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares.
2 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: Z = 1.2*(B+C)/D, whereby: Z is the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor; B is the amount of principal on the Company Convertible Notes that is outstanding as of the date that is three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date; C is the Additional Cash; and D is the Per Share Subscription Amount.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ListCo and ARYA have accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Michael Altman
  Name: Michael Altman
  Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
     
  By: /s/ Michael Altman
  Name: Michael Altman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: February 13, 2024

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INVESTOR

 

This Schedule must be completed by Investor and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. The Investor must check the applicable box in either Section A, Section B or Section C below.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):
   
  ☒  We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

** OR **

 

B. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

  1. ☒  We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”
     
  2. ☒  We are not a natural person.

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS
  (Please check the applicable box) INVESTOR:

 

  is:

 

  is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. The Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to the Investor and under which the Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

☒  Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

☐  Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐  Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐  Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐  Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

 


 

☐  Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth: (a) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty (60) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

 

☐  Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

☐  Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the SEC has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status, such as a General Securities Representative license (Series 7), a Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82) and an Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65);

 

☐  Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; or

 

☐  Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests.

 

This page should be completed by the Investor

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 


 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant Agreement

 


 

WARRANT NUMBER: A-[_]

 

THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS TO AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”)) OF THE HOLDER OR WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. THE WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT OR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON HOLDERS’ EXERCISE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED HEREIN AND IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. FURTHER, THE WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN. THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AS SET FORTH UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Company: Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
   
Number of Shares: [●]
   
Class: Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
   
Warrant Price: $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein
   
Original Issue Date: [●], 2024
   
Expiration Date: [●], 2029; see also Section 2.2
   
Subscription Agreement: This Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (“Warrant”) is issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of February [●], 2024, by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Holder (as may be further amended and/or modified and in effect from time to time, the “Subscription Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Subscription Agreement.

 

THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, [HOLDER] (together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase up to [●] shares of fully paid and non-assessable common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Warrant Price, all as set forth above and subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.

 


 

1.       Warrants.

 

a.       Form of Warrant. This Warrant, together with all of the other warrants to purchase Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the “Warrant Shares”) issued pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, including any warrants issued upon the transfer of such warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”), shall be issued in certificated form.

 

b.       Registration.

 

(i)       Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of this Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this Warrant in the name of the Holder. The Company shall provide 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in warrant agent and the new warrant agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Warrant Register after a third-party warrant agent has been appointed.

 

This Warrant shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose signature has been placed upon this Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

 

(ii)       Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical certificate made by anyone other than the Company), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

(iii)       Registration of Transfer.    Subject to compliance with the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant, the Company shall register the valid transfer, in whole or in part, from time to time, of this Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant for transfer and a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder or its agent or attorney. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Company. Upon any partial transfer, the Company shall at its expense issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder, which shall be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which rights under this Warrant were not so transferred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Registered Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within two (2) Trading Days of the date on which the Registered Holder delivers a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to the Company assigning this Warrant in full.

 

(iv)       Transferability. This Warrant may not be transferred except for transfers to an affiliate (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) of the Holder or with the written consent of the Company.

 

c.       Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. This Warrant may be surrendered to the Company, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Company shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that if the Warrant so surrendered bears a restrictive legend, the Company shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 


 

2.       Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

 

a.       Warrant Price. This Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder, subject to the provisions hereof, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock set forth above, at the price of $10.00 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 3 hereof. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant shall mean the price per share of each Warrant Share that may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

b.       Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the Original Issue Date, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after the Original Issue Date; provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions set forth in this Warrant. Each outstanding Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under such outstanding Warrant shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

c.       Exercise of Warrants.

 

(i)       Payment. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the initial issuance date during the Exercise Period, by delivery of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Warrant Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Warrant Share as to which this Warrant is exercised, the exchange of this Warrant for Warrant Shares and the issuance of such Warrant Shares in lawful money of the United States, by (i) wire transfer or in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Company or (ii) or by “cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Registered Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) trading day of receipt of such notice. The Registered Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(1)       Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof following the one-year anniversary of the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date (as defined below) there is no effective registration statement registering the Warrant Shares, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Registered Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 


 

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Registered Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Registered Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of the portion of this Warrant specified in the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

  

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this subsection 2.3.1(a).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date” means the date on which the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any other applicable form) that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

 


 

(2)       Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Registered Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Registered Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Registered Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(ii)       Issuance of Warrant Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection (i)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of shares of Warrant Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if this Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant shall not have been exercised. If at the time of exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are not registered for resale pursuant to the Securities Act then such purchased Warrant Shares issued to a Registered Holder upon payment of the Warrant Price pursuant to subsection (i) shall bear a restrictive legend in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful. In the event that a Registered Holder reasonably determines that a consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or under any other applicable antitrust or competition Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any other merger control or investment Laws (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”) is required, then the making of any appropriate filings, the taking or causing to be taken of any required actions, and the expiration or the termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, in each case as applicable under any such applicable Antitrust Laws, shall be a condition to the issuance of the Common Stock and the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance requested by the Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions under the applicable Antitrust Laws. The Company shall not take any action that would cause a Registered Holder’s ownership percentage of voting securities of the Company (as defined or interpreted under the applicable Antitrust Laws) to increase without providing notice to such Registered Holders for each to determine whether any filing, consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity could be triggered under the applicable Antitrust Laws by the proposed Company action. If any Registered Holder determines that the proposed Company action requires clearance, approval or authorization under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the obtaining of required clearance, approval or authorization, or the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, as applicable, under the applicable Antitrust Laws shall be a condition to the Company taking its proposed action. If at any time a Registered Holder determines that it has a filing requirement or other requirement or obligation under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to such Registered Holder as reasonably requested by that Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions to be made or taken under the applicable Antitrust Laws. “Governmental Entity” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 shall mean any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including notified bodies as well as any arbitral tribunal (public or private). “Law” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.

 


 

(iii)       Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued upon the proper exercise of this Warrant shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

(iv)       Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, Warrant Shares are issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company or book-entry system of the Company’s transfer agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares of Common Stock at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books or book-entry system are open.

 

(v)       Delivery of Certificates upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Registered Holder by crediting the account of the Registered Holder’s or its designee’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Registered Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) (and the Registered Holder and its broker provide the Company and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and its transfer agent in connection therewith), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Registered Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Registered Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Registered Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Registered Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day after Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Stock Exchange with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

(vi)       Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2.3.4 by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Registered Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 


 

(vii)       Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Registered Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3.4 above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Registered Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Registered Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Registered Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Registered Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Registered Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Registered Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Registered Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Registered Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Registered Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Registered Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Registered Holder $1,000. The Registered Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Registered Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

3.       Adjustments.

 

a.       Stock Dividends.

 

(i)       Split-Ups. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in this subsection 3.a(i)) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) and (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(i), (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Stock Exchange, without the right to receive such rights.

 


 

(ii)       Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 3.a(i) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(ii), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 3 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

b.       Aggregation of Shares. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

c.       Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as provided in subsection 3.a(i) or 3.b above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

d.       Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change under subsections 3.a(i) or 3.a(ii) or 3.b hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company as another entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Registered Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Registered Holder would have received if the Registered Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”) and the Company shall not enter into any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance unless the successor or purchasing entity agrees to provide for delivery of such Alternative Issuance; If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 3.a(i), then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 3.a(i), 3.b, 3.c and this 3.d. The provisions of this 3.d shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

e.       Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, or upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections a, b, c or d, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Registered Holders, at the last address set forth for each such Registered Holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. The notice shall state the adjusted Warrant Price, if applicable, and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 


 

f.       No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3, the Registered Holder would be entitled, upon the exercise of this Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Registered Holder.

 

4.       Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

 

a.       No Rights as Stockholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

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

 

c.       Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Stock Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

 

5.       Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

a.       Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the ownership of the Warrants or such underlying Common Stock.

 

b.       Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Registered Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

c.       Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: (i) if to the Registered Holder, at his, her or its address as shown in the Warrant Register; and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal office, to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

d.       Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against either party arising out of or relating in any way to this Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 


 

e.       Persons Having Rights under this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.

 

f.       Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

g.       Amendments. This Warrant may only be amended or modified by written instrument executed by both the Company and the Registered Holder.

 

h.       Severability. This Warrant shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

i.       Complete Agreement. This Warrant (together with the Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

j.       Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Registered Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Registered Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Registered Holder for the purchase price of any Warrant Shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

k.       Remedies. The Registered Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

l.       Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Registered Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Registered Holder, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Registered Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

m.       Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a trading day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding trading day.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
Name and Address of Warrant Holder:    
     
[Name]    
     
[Address]    

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

1.       The undersigned Registered Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase__________________ shares of common stock of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Common Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows:

 

  check in the amount of $ [___] payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith
     
  Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account
     
  Other [Describe]

 

2.       Please issue a certificate or certificates, or book-entry interest, representing the shares of Common Stock in the name specified below:

 

 
Holder’s Name
 
 
(Address)

 

  HOLDER:
   
  By:
  Name:
  Title:
  (Date):

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (the “Transferee”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock of Aja Holdco, Inc. (the “Company”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

 

(a) the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States;

 

(b) the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;

 

(c) the undersigned has read the Transferee’s investment letter included herewith, and to its actual knowledge, the statements made therein are true and correct; and

 

(d) the undersigned understands that the Company may condition the transfer of the Warrant contemplated hereby upon the delivery to the Company by the undersigned or the Transferee, as the case may be, of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable securities laws of the states of the United States.

 

Dated:  
  (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
   
   
  Address of Transferee
   
   
   
In the presence of:  

 


 

EXHIBIT C

 

LEGEND

 

“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE HOLDERS’ EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS TO WHICH THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RELATE, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY, ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THE WARRANTS AS TO WHICH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY RELATE.”

 

 


EX-10.4 6 ny20020899x3_ex10-4.htm EXHIBIT 10.4

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 Form of Non-Redemption Subscription Agreement

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10002

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARYA (“ListCo”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), and the undersigned subscriber (the “Investor”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among ListCo, ARYA, Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 2, a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“Company Merger Sub”) and Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which, among other things, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA and Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with ARYA and the Company surviving the mergers and ARYA and the Company becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of ListCo, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”).  

 

In connection with the Transaction, ListCo is seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase in a private placement, contingent upon, and substantially concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, (i) shares (the “Shares”) of ListCo’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) , and (ii) warrants, each representing the right to purchase shares of Common Stock and to be represented by a warrant with the terms and conditions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant Agreement”) and which will be executed on the Closing Date (as defined below) (such warrants, the “Warrants” and together with the Shares, the “PIPE Securities”). On or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the parties to this Subscription Agreement (other than the Investor) are entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are herein after referred to as the “Warrant Shares.” The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the PIPE Securities (as set forth on the signature page hereto) is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount.”

 

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor, ARYA and ListCo acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

1.       Subscription. The Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from ListCo the number of PIPE Securities set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the PIPE Securities for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by ListCo only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of ListCo; ListCo may do so in counterpart form. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities that will be purchased by the Investor and issued by ListCo on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or in the case of the Warrant Shares, on the terms and conditions set forth in each of the Warrant Agreement, shall be securities of a Delaware corporation (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, securities of ARYA, a Cayman Islands exempted company).

 

2.       Closing. The closing of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) is contingent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. The Closing shall occur contingent upon, and substantially concurrent with the effectiveness of the Transaction (the date the Closing so occurs, the “Closing Date”). Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) ListCo to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that ListCo reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction under the Transaction Agreement to be satisfied or waived on a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to ListCo, three (3) business days prior to the anticipated closing date specified in the Closing Notice, any other information that is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the PIPE Securities to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such securities are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable. On the Closing Date, ListCo shall issue a number of PIPE Securities to the Investor set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, including by delivering a fully executed Warrant Agreement to the Investor, and subsequently cause the Shares to be registered in book entry form, free and clear of all liens (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of the Investor on ListCo’s share register. In lieu of paying the Subscription Amount, Investor hereby agrees that it shall not exercise its right to redeem the number of Class A Shares (as defined below) set forth on the signature page hereto, which it currently holds as of the date of this Subscription Agreement, prior to and in connection with the consummation of the Transaction in accordance with Section 16 hereof. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required to close for business.

 


 

3. Closing Conditions.

 

a.         The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)       no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise enjoining, restraining or prohibiting consummation of (x) the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or (y) the Transaction; and

 

(ii)       (A) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article 6 of the Transaction Agreement shall have been satisfied (which shall be deemed satisfied if mutually determined by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement and other than those conditions under the Transaction Agreement that, by their nature are to be satisfied in connection with the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscription Agreements) or waived by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement as provided therein and (B) the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or on the same date as the Closing.

 

b.         The obligation of ListCo to consummate the sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by ListCo with the prior written consent of ARYA (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (except for (i) those representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date and (ii) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date) and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 

c.         The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by the Investor) that (i) all representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (other than (A) representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects and (B) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date); (ii) ListCo and ARYA shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all obligations, covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and (iii) the Shares acquired hereunder shall have been approved for listing by the Stock Exchange (as defined below).

 


 

4.       Further Assurances. At or prior to the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.        ListCo Representations and Warranties. ListCo represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.       ListCo is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. ListCo has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.       As of the Closing Date, the Shares, the Warrants and any Warrant Shares, will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, as applicable, such Shares or Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under ListCo’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each, as amended on the Closing Date) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under any agreement or instrument to which ListCo is a party. As of the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will have been duly reserved for issuance in an amount of duly authorized shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the initial exercise of the Warrants. ListCo shall keep such number of shares of Common Stock as necessary to satisfy the exercise of the Warrants at all times reserved for issuance until the earlier of the exercise of the Warrants in full or the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms. The Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of any Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. On the Closing Date, the Warrant Agreement will be duly authorized, and when executed and delivered by ListCo, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of ListCo and will be enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.       This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ListCo and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ARYA, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

d.       The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ListCo with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity of the PIPE Securities, including the Warrant Shares, or legal authority of ListCo to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the Transaction (a “ListCo Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ListCo; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ListCo or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 


 

e.       As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized share capital of ListCo (excluding the PIPE Securities) consists of one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock and the issued share capital of ListCo consists of one (1) share of Common Stock, which (A) has been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) has been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) has not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. Immediately following the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall (A) be, or have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) have been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ListCo is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ListCo, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below) and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ListCo any equity interests in ListCo, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ListCo has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

f.         Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ListCo is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ListCo of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by Nasdaq, or such other applicable stock exchange on which ListCo’s common equity will be listed (the “Stock Exchange”), (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.        As of the date hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo by the Stock Exchange or the SEC, respectively, to prohibit the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares, or the registration of, when issued in connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Shares and Warrant Shares under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

h.         Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 7, no registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) is required for the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities by ListCo to the Investor hereunder. The PIPE Securities (i) were not offered to the Investor by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered to the Investor in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

i.          Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ListCo.

 

j.         ListCo has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ListCo is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent at Closing.

 

k.        ListCo acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Shares and Warrant Shares may be pledged by Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Investor effecting a pledge of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not be required to provide ListCo with any notice thereof; providedhowever, that neither ListCo, ARYA, the Company or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Shares and Warrant Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by ListCo in all respects.

 


 

l.        Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, as of the date hereof, ListCo has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ListCo (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that ListCo may enter into additional subscription agreements after the date hereof; provided, however, that if any such agreement is with respect to equity financing, then any such agreement shall be on substantially the same terms and at an effective offering price no less than as provided for pursuant to this subscription Agreement. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

6.       ARYA Representations and Warranties. ARYA represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.       ARYA has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.       This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ARYA and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ListCo, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ARYA in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.       As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of ARYA consists of (i) 479,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), (ii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Shares” and together with the Class A Shares, the “ARYA Ordinary Shares”), and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, (i) no Preference Shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,189,831 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, and (iii) 3,737,500 Class B Shares are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares are fully paid and nonassessable, as such term or similar concept may be applicable to a Cayman Islands exempted company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and issued in compliance with applicable law and have not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ARYA is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ARYA, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ARYA any Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other equity interests in ARYA, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ARYA has no subsidiaries, other than ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub, and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

d.       A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, proxy and other document filed by ARYA with the SEC on or prior to the Closing Date (the “SEC Reports”) is available to the Investor (including via the SEC’s EDGAR system). ARYA has timely filed the SEC Reports with the SEC through the date hereof (after giving effect to any applicable grace period). As of their respective filing dates all SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports. None of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Report has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Report) contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a 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. The financial statements of ARYA included in the SEC Reports, as applicable, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of ARYA as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented, subject to (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP), and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of ARYA in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to ARYA. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the SEC Reports. For the avoidance of doubt, any restatement of the financial statements of ARYA and any amendments to previously filed SEC Reports or delays in filing SEC Reports, in connection with any guidance from the SEC following the date of this Subscription Agreement, shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6.d). Additionally, for avoidance of doubt, any amendment or modification of any SEC Report (or any agreement filed as an exhibit to any SEC Report) from its initial filing date in a subsequent filing shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6.d).

 


 

e.       The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ARYA with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to materially affect or legal authority of ARYA to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Transaction an (an “ARYA Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ARYA; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ARYA or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.       Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ARYA is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ARYA of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the SEC, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by the Stock Exchange, (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.       Other than the Placement Agent, ARYA has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ARYA is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent.

 

h.       Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, ARYA has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ARYA (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

i.       The issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ARYA, threatened against ARYA or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ARYA.

 


 

7.       Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to ListCo and ARYA that:

 

a.       The Investor, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Investor for which the Investor is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the PIPE Securities only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the PIPE Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), and the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the PIPE Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Investor shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete. The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the PIPE Securities. The term “affiliate” or “affiliated” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean, with respect to any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity, or governmental entity (a “person”), any other person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

b.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to ListCo or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each of clauses (i) and (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any book entries representing the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge, transfer or disposition of any of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares. The Investor further acknowledges that the Warrants will be non-transferable prior to the exercise thereof.

 

c.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the PIPE Securities directly from ListCo. The Investor further acknowledges that there have not been, and the Investor hereby agrees that it is not relying on, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, Jefferies LLC (Jefferies LLC and any of its respective affiliates, the “Placement Agent”), any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of ListCo expressly set forth in Section 5 and ARYA expressly set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement.

 


 

d.       The Investor’s acquisition and holding of the PIPE Securities will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

 

e.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, with respect to ARYA, the Transaction and the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the SEC Reports. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities.

 

f.       The Investor became aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities solely by means of direct contact between the Investor, ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ARYA, ListCo or the Company, and the PIPE Securities were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact between the Investor and ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ListCo, ARYA or the Company. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities, nor were the PIPE Securities offered to the Investor, by any other means and none of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to the Investor. The Investor acknowledges that the PIPE Securities (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo.

 

g.       The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities, and the Investor has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision and the Investor has made its own assessment and satisfied itself concerning relevant tax and other economic considerations relative to its purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor understands and acknowledges that the purchase and sale of the PIPE Securities hereunder meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).The Investor will not look to the Placement Agent for all or part of any such loss or losses the Investor may suffer, is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the PIPE Securities, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the PIPE Securities and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the PIPE Securities.

 

h.       Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities and determined that the PIPE Securities are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 


 

i.        In making its decision to purchase the PIPE Securities, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning ListCo, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the PIPE Securities or the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

j.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the PIPE Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

k.       The Investor, if not an individual, has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

l.       The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and, if the Investor is not an individual, will not conflict with or violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. (A) The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, (B) the signatory of this Subscription Agreement, if the Investor is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or, if the Investor is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, (C) this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor or the investment advisor to which the Investor has delegated decision making authority over investments and (D) this Subscription Agreement constitutes, assuming that the Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreement of ARYA and ListCo, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

m.       The Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. If the Investor is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including, without limitation, the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the PIPE Securities and any Warrant Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

 


 

n.      The Investor acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document has been prepared by the Placement Agent in connection with the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

o.       The Investor acknowledges that neither the Placement Agent, nor any of its respective affiliates nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing have made any independent investigation with respect to ListCo, ARYA, the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the PIPE Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by ListCo, ARYA or the Company, as applicable.

 

p.       The Investor has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to ListCo pursuant to Section 2 above, will have, sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

q.       The Investor does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the thirty (30) day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Investor has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of ARYA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

r.       The Investor is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of ARYA (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than a group consisting solely of the Investor and its affiliates.

 

s.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent (a) is acting solely in its capacity as placement agent with respect to the issuance and sale of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements, is not acting as an underwriter, initial purchaser, dealer, financial advisor, fiduciary or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary to the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (b) has not made and will not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character to the Investor and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (c) will have no responsibility with respect to (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the offering of the PIPE Securities, the Transaction or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) of any thereof, or (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning ListCo, this offering of PIPE Securities, or the Transaction.

 

t.       The Investor acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent is acting as ARYA’s and ListCo’s placement agent and Jefferies LLC is acting as capital markets advisor to ARYA.

 

u.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to the Investor, or to any person claiming through the Investor, in respect of this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction.

 

v.       The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort otherwise, to the Investor, or to any person claiming through the Investor, in respect of this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction.

 


 

8.       Registration Rights.

 

a.             In the event that the Shares and the Warrant Shares (such securities, the “PIPE Registrable Securities”) are not registered in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, ListCo agrees that, within forty-five (45) calendar days after the consummation of the Transaction (the “Filing Date”), it will file with the SEC (at its sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) registering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities, and it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) calendar days after the filing thereof (or one hundred-twenty (120) calendar days after the filing thereof if the SEC notifies ListCo that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the Filing Date and (ii) ten (10) business days after ListCo is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. ListCo agrees to cause such Registration Statement, or another shelf registration statement that includes the PIPE Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, to remain effective until the earliest of (i) the date that is five years and six months following the Closing, (ii) the date on which the Investor ceases to hold any PIPE Registrable Securities or Warrants issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, or (iii) on the first date on which the Investor is able to sell all of its PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents ListCo from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of PIPE Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of PIPE Registrable Securities as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of PIPE Registrable Securities to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless in response to a comment or request from the staff of the SEC or another regulatory agency; provided, however, that if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement. The Investor agrees to disclose its ownership to ListCo upon request to assist it in making the determination described above. If the PIPE Registrable Securities are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule, or the Registration Statement covering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities is effective (and the Investor and its broker provide ListCo and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to ListCo and its transfer agent in connection therewith), then at the Investor’s request, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its transfer agent to remove the restrictive legend described in Section 7(b) from the PIPE Registrable Securities. For as long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective pursuant to this Section 8.a), ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to (1) qualify the PIPE Registrable Securities for listing on the Stock Exchange and (2) update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Shares sold hereby for resale. For as long as the Investor holds the PIPE Registrable Securities, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable the Investor to resell the PIPE Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 (when Rule 144 becomes available to the Investor), as applicable. ListCo may amend the Registration Statement so as to convert the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 at such time after ListCo becomes eligible to use such Form S-3. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo may suspend the use of any such Registration Statement if it determines that in order for such Registration Statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, if such filing would require the inclusion, in such Registration Statement, of financial statements that are unavailable to ListCo for reasons beyond ListCo’s control or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of ListCo or would require premature disclosure of information that would adversely affect ListCo and that would at that time not otherwise be required in a current, quarterly, or annual report under the Exchange Act; provided, that (i) ListCo shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of a registration statement for a period of more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than a total of one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in each case in any three hundred and sixty (360) day period and (ii) ListCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such Registration Statement available for the sale by the Investor of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. ListCo’s obligations to include the PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares issued in exchange therefor) for resale in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the Investor furnishing in writing to ListCo such information regarding the Investor, the securities of ListCo held by the Investor and the intended method of disposition of such PIPE Registrable Securities, which shall be limited to non-underwritten public offerings, as shall be reasonably requested by ListCo to effect the registration of such PIPE Registrable Securities, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as ListCo may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations.

 


 

b.           ListCo shall advise the Investor within two (2) business days (at ListCo’s expense): (i) when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (iv) of the receipt by ListCo of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (v) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. Upon receipt of any written notice from ListCo (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding ListCo) of the happening of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of the occurrence of such event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Investor agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the PIPE Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the Investor receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which ListCo agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by ListCo that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by ListCo except (A) for disclosure to the Investor’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (C) as required by law or subpoena. ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above, except for such times as ListCo is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

c.            Indemnification.

 

(i)       ListCo agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Investor, its directors, and officers, employees, and agents, and each person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Investor (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus included in any Registration Statement (“Prospectus”) or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to ListCo by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein.

 

(ii)       The Investor agrees, severally and not jointly with any other person that is a party to the Other Subscription Agreements, to indemnify and hold harmless ListCo, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls ListCo (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 


 

(iii)       Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of legal counsel to any indemnified party a conflict of interest exists between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (1) cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement), (2) 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 to such claim or litigation, or (3) contains any statement of fault or culpability.

 

(iv)       The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, agent, affiliate or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the PIPE Registrable Securities.

 

(v)       If the indemnification provided under this Section 8.c) from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by or on behalf of, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 8.c) from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the liability of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8.c)(v) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation, and such obligations of the Investor shall be several and not joint.

 


 

9.      Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) ListCo’s notification to the Investor in writing that it has, with the written consent of the Company, abandoned its plans to move forward with the Transaction and/or terminated the Investor’s obligations with respect to the subscription without the delivery of the Shares having occurred, and (d) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Subscription Agreement by the Investor to ListCo and ARYA on the Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement, and such thirtieth calendar day, the “Outside Date”), if the Closing has not occurred by the Termination Date (provided, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement pursuant to this clause (d) shall not be available to the Investor if the Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Subscription Agreement (or if an affiliate of the Investor is an Other Investor, and such Other Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under an Other Subscription Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, shall have proximately caused the failure of the consummation of the Transaction on or before the Termination Date) (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(d) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty hereunder prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach. ListCo shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Transaction Agreement as promptly as practicable after the termination of the Transaction Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to ListCo in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

 

10.      Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that ARYA is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving ARYA and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in ARYA’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated February 25, 2021 (the “Final Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of ARYA’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of ARYA’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of ARYA, its public shareholders and the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to ARYA to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Final Prospectus. For and in consideration of ARYA entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor, on behalf of itself and its representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account (or distributions therefrom to ARYA’s public shareholders or to the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering in respect of their deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account), and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to any monies held in the Trust Account by virtue of its record or beneficial ownership of publicly traded Class A Shares acquired in an open market transaction, pursuant to a validly exercised redemption right with respect to any such Class A Shares, in accordance with ARYA’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended in connection with the shareholder meeting of ARYA on February 28, 2023 and as may be subsequently amended from time to time, and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and ARYA, dated March 2, 2021, except to the extent that the Investor has otherwise agreed in writing with ListCo, ARYA, the Company or any of their respective affiliates to not exercise such redemption right.

 

11.      Miscellaneous.

 

a.       Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Investor hereunder (other than the PIPE Securities acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 8 solely in connection with a transfer of such PIPE Securities (other than a transfer in connection with a sale pursuant to either an effective registration statement or under Rule 144), if any) may be transferred or assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after notifying ListCo, Investor may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Investor) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Investor of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants may not be transferred by the holder thereof following their issuance.

 


 

b.       ListCo may request from the Investor such additional information as ListCo may deem necessary to register the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities and evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the PIPE Securities, and the Investor shall provide any such information as may be reasonably requested. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other covenants or agreements in this Subscription Agreement, the Investor acknowledges that ListCo and ARYA may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement and Warrant Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of ListCo or ARYA.

 

c.       The Investor acknowledges that ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent in writing if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations or warranties set forth in Section 7 above are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by materiality, in which case the Investor shall notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent if they are no longer accurate in any respect). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of PIPE Securities from ListCo will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.

 

d.       The Investor agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor will engage in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or similar instrument, including without limitation equity repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition or transfer (whether by the Investor or any other person), in each case, solely to the extent it has the same economic effect as a “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act), of any economic consequences of ownership (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any consequences resulting solely from foreign exchange fluctuations), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, physically or synthetically, of any PIPE Securities or any securities of ARYA prior to the Closing, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of securities of ARYA, in cash or otherwise, or to publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 11.d) shall not apply to long sales (including sales of securities held by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or any of its controlled affiliates prior to the date hereof and securities purchased by the Investor in the open market after the date hereof) other than those effectuated through derivative transactions and similar instruments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11.d) (i) shall prohibit any entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge (constructive or otherwise) of this Subscription Agreement or of Investor’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby from entering into any of the transactions set forth in the first sentence of this Section 11.d); and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers or desks manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, this Section 11.d) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

e.       ListCo, ARYA and the Placement Agent are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 11.e) shall not give the Placement Agent any rights other than those expressly set forth herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to rely on any of the representations and warranties of ListCo or ARYA set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

 


 

f.       All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

g.       This Subscription Agreement may not be terminated other than pursuant to the terms of Section 9 above. The provisions of this Subscription Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no modification, amendment or waiver by ListCo of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of ARYA (other than modifications, amendments or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and, in each case, do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). No failure or delay of either party hereto in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 

h.       This Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedule hereto and the Warrant Agreement attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3.b), Section 7, Section 9, Section 11.c), Section 11.e), Section 11.g), this Section 11.h) and the last sentence of Section 11.l) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

i.       Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

j.       If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

k.       This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including, without limitation, by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

l.       The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur if any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek to specifically enforce the Investor’s obligations hereunder, ListCo’s obligations under this Subscription Agreement and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement of which the Company is an express third party beneficiary, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 


 

m.       Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Investor shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address(es) or email address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as the Investor may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

  (i) if to the Investor, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;
       
  (ii) if to ARYA or ListCo, to:
    c/o ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
    51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
    New York, NY 10003
    Attention: Michael Altman
      Konstantin Poukalov
    E-mail: Michael@perceptivelife.com
      Konstantin@perceptivelife.com
       
    with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
       
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    601 Lexington Avenue
    New York, New York 10022
    Attn: Peter Seligson
      Mathieu Kohmann
    Email: peter.seligson@kirkland.com
      mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com

 

n.       THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (REGARDLESS OF THE LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF) AS TO ALL MATTERS (INCLUDING ANY ACTION, SUIT, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, CLAIM, CHARGE, COMPLAINT, INQUIRY, PROCEEDING, HEARING, AUDIT, INVESTIGATION OR REVIEWS BY OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY RELATED HERETO), INCLUDING MATTERS OF VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, EFFECT, PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIES. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (OR, IF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DECLINES TO ACCEPT JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE) SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 11.n) OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 



 

EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.n).

 

o.       The Investor hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent and/or its respective affiliates may now or in the future own securities of ARYA and/or purchase securities in the Transaction.

 

12.       Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the statements, representations and warranties of ListCo expressly contained in Section 5 and ARYA expressly contained in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any other investor pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities (including the investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), (ii) the Placement Agent, its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing, or (iii) any other party to the Transaction Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate, shall have any liability to the Investor, or to any other investor, pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the PIPE Securities or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective controlled affiliates, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any of ListCo’s, ARYA’s, the Company’s or the Placement Agent’s respective controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

 


 

14.       Disclosure. ARYA shall on the first (1st) business day following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that ARYA has provided to the Investor at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the actual knowledge of ARYA, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from ARYA, the Company or any of their officers, directors, or employees or agents, and the Investor shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agents or any of their affiliates, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Other Subscription Agreements or the Transaction Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, ARYA shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers or include the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release without the prior written consent of the Investor except as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities, or to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the rules and regulations of the Stock Exchange, in which case ARYA will provide Investor with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such disclosure to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication that was approved by the Investor in accordance with this Section 14.

 

15.       Several Obligations. The obligations of the Investor and each Other Investor in connection with the private placement are several and not joint, and Investor shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor in connection with the private placement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Investor or any Other Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

16.       Non-Redemption Agreement. As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Investor represents that it is the shareholder of the number of Class A Shares set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Investor ARYA Shares”). The Investor represents and warrants that it has good, marketable and unencumbered title to the Investor ARYA Shares, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, encumbrances, adverse claims, rights or proxies. The Investor and its affiliates agree (i) not to sell or transfer any of the Investor ARYA Shares prior to the closing of the Transaction and (ii) not to redeem any Investor ARYA Shares prior to or in connection with the Transaction. On the Closing Date, Investor shall deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to ListCo that Investor continues to hold the Investor ARYA Shares and has not tendered such shares for redemption.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor:   State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
     
By:        
Name:      
Title:        

 

Name in which PIPE Securities are to be registered (if different):   Date: ________, 2024
     
Investor’s EIN/SSN (as applicable):    
     
Business Address-Street:   Mailing Address-Street (if different):
     
City, State, Zip:   City, State, Zip:
     
Attn:                    Attn:                  
     
Telephone No.:   Telephone No.:
Facsimile No.:   Facsimile No.:
     
Email:   Email:

 

Number of Shares subscribed for: A number equal to (A) the product of (i) 120% and (ii) the sum of Investor ARYA Shares and the Top Up Shares (as defined below), plus (B) the difference of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares (as defined below) minus Investor ARYA Shares. The “Top Up Shares” shall mean a number of Shares equal to (A) the product of (i) the Investor ARYA Shares and (ii) the quotient of the redemption value per Investor ARYA Share on the Closing Date divided by $10.00, minus (B) the Investor ARYA Shares.

 

Number of Warrants subscribed for: A number of Warrants equal to the product of (i) 120% and (ii) the sum of Investor ARYA Shares and the Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula described above on this signature page).

 

Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares: [●] (such number of shares, the “Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares”)

 

Number of Investor ARYA Shares: [●]

 

 
1 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: X = (1.2*B) + C – D, whereby: X is the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor; B is the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares plus the Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula set forth below); C is the number of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares, as set forth on this signature page; and D is the number of Investor ARYA Shares. “Top Up Shares” for purposes of the above calculation shall mean a number of Shares yielded by the following calculation: Y = (D*E/10) – D, whereby: Y is the number of Top Up Shares; D is the number of Investor ARYA Shares; and E is the redemption value per Investor ARYA Share on the Closing Date.
2 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: Z = 1.2*B, whereby: Z is the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor and B is the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares plus the Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula set forth in the footnote immediately above).

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ListCo and ARYA have accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By:             
  Name: Adam Stone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
   
  By:  
  Name: Michael Altman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
Date: [●], 2024  

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INVESTOR

 

This Schedule must be completed by Investor and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. The Investor must check the applicable box in either Section A, Section B or Section C below.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

☐    We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

** OR **

 

B. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

1. ☐    We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”
     
  2. ☐  We are not a natural person.

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS

(Please check the applicable box) INVESTOR:

 

  is:

 

  is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. The Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to the Investor and under which the Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

☐   Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

☐   Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐   Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐   Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

☐   Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

 


 

☐   Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth: (a) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty (60) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

 

☐   Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

☐   Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the SEC has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status, such as a General Securities Representative license (Series 7), a Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82) and an Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65);

 

☐   Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; or

 

☐   Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests.

 

This page should be completed by the Investor

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 


 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant Agreement

 


 

WARRANT NUMBER: A-[_]

 

THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS TO AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”)) OF THE HOLDER OR WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. THE WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT OR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON HOLDERS’ EXERCISE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED HEREIN AND IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. FURTHER, THE WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN. THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AS SET FORTH UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Company: Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
   
Number of Shares: [●]
   
Class: Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
   
Warrant Price: $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein
   
Original Issue Date: [●], 2024
   
Expiration Date: [●], 2029; see also Section 2.2
   
Subscription Agreement: This Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (“Warrant”) is issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of February [●], 2024, by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Holder (as may be further amended and/or modified and in effect from time to time, the “Subscription Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Subscription Agreement.

 

THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, [HOLDER] (together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase up to [●] shares of fully paid and non-assessable common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Warrant Price, all as set forth above and subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.

 


 

1.       Warrants.

 

a.       Form of Warrant. This Warrant, together with all of the other warrants to purchase Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the “Warrant Shares”) issued pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, including any warrants issued upon the transfer of such warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”), shall be issued in certificated form.

 

b.           Registration.

 

(i)       Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of this Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this Warrant in the name of the Holder. The Company shall provide 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in warrant agent and the new warrant agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Warrant Register after a third-party warrant agent has been appointed.

 

This Warrant shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose signature has been placed upon this Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

 

(ii)        Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical certificate made by anyone other than the Company), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

(iii)       Registration of Transfer.    Subject to compliance with the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant, the Company shall register the valid transfer, in whole or in part, from time to time, of this Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant for transfer and a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder or its agent or attorney. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Company. Upon any partial transfer, the Company shall at its expense issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder, which shall be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which rights under this Warrant were not so transferred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Registered Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within two (2) Trading Days of the date on which the Registered Holder delivers a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to the Company assigning this Warrant in full.

 

(iv)       Transferability. This Warrant may not be transferred except for transfers to an affiliate (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) of the Holder or with the written consent of the Company.

 

c.       Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. This Warrant may be surrendered to the Company, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Company shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that if the Warrant so surrendered bears a restrictive legend, the Company shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 


 

2.       Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

 

a.           Warrant Price. This Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder, subject to the provisions hereof, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock set forth above, at the price of $10.00 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 3 hereof. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant shall mean the price per share of each Warrant Share that may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

b.           Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the Original Issue Date, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after the Original Issue Date; provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions set forth in this Warrant. Each outstanding Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under such outstanding Warrant shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

c. Exercise of Warrants.

 

(i)        Payment. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the initial issuance date during the Exercise Period, by delivery of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Warrant Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Warrant Share as to which this Warrant is exercised, the exchange of this Warrant for Warrant Shares and the issuance of such Warrant Shares in lawful money of the United States, by (i) wire transfer or in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Company or (ii) or by “cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Registered Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) trading day of receipt of such notice. The Registered Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(1)       Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof following the one-year anniversary of the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date (as defined below) there is no effective registration statement registering the Warrant Shares, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Registered Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 


  

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Registered Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Registered Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of the portion of this Warrant specified in the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this subsection 2.3.1(a).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date” means the date on which the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any other applicable form) that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

 


 

(2)       Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Registered Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Registered Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Registered Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(ii)       Issuance of Warrant Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection (i)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of shares of Warrant Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if this Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant shall not have been exercised. If at the time of exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are not registered for resale pursuant to the Securities Act then such purchased Warrant Shares issued to a Registered Holder upon payment of the Warrant Price pursuant to subsection (i) shall bear a restrictive legend in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful. In the event that a Registered Holder reasonably determines that a consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or under any other applicable antitrust or competition Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any other merger control or investment Laws (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”) is required, then the making of any appropriate filings, the taking or causing to be taken of any required actions, and the expiration or the termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, in each case as applicable under any such applicable Antitrust Laws, shall be a condition to the issuance of the Common Stock and the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance requested by the Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions under the applicable Antitrust Laws. The Company shall not take any action that would cause a Registered Holder’s ownership percentage of voting securities of the Company (as defined or interpreted under the applicable Antitrust Laws) to increase without providing notice to such Registered Holders for each to determine whether any filing, consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity could be triggered under the applicable Antitrust Laws by the proposed Company action. If any Registered Holder determines that the proposed Company action requires clearance, approval or authorization under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the obtaining of required clearance, approval or authorization, or the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, as applicable, under the applicable Antitrust Laws shall be a condition to the Company taking its proposed action. If at any time a Registered Holder determines that it has a filing requirement or other requirement or obligation under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to such Registered Holder as reasonably requested by that Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions to be made or taken under the applicable Antitrust Laws. “Governmental Entity” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 shall mean any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including notified bodies as well as any arbitral tribunal (public or private). “Law” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.

 


 

(iii)       Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with (i) the Holder’s affiliates (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), (ii) any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s affiliates (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), and (iii) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (such Persons set forth in clause (i) through (iii) above, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2.3.3, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules or forms required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2.3.3 applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.3.3, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice from the Company or the Company’s transfer agent to the Holder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one (1) trading day confirm in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2.3.3, provided that the revised Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2.3.3 shall continue to apply. Any increase or decrease in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2.3.3 to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 


 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties to exceed 19.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company following such exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of the securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties to exceed 19.99% of the combined voting power of all of the securities of the Company then outstanding following such exercise. For purposes of this Section 2.3.3, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock or voting securities beneficially owned by the Holder and its Attribution Parties shall include the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining unexercised and non-cancelled portion of this Warrant by the Holder and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised, non-converted or non-cancelled portion of any other securities of the Company that do not have voting power (including without limitation any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time shares of Common Stock, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, shares of Common Stock), is subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein and is beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Attribution Parties.

 

(iv)       Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued upon the proper exercise of this Warrant shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

(v)       Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, Warrant Shares are issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company or book-entry system of the Company’s transfer agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares of Common Stock at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books or book-entry system are open.

 

(vi)       Delivery of Certificates upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Registered Holder by crediting the account of the Registered Holder’s or its designee’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Registered Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) (and the Registered Holder and its broker provide the Company and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and its transfer agent in connection therewith), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Registered Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Registered Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Registered Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Registered Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day after Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Stock Exchange with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 


 

(vii)       Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2.3.4 by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Registered Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

(viii)       Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Registered Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3.4 above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Registered Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Registered Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Registered Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Registered Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Registered Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Registered Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Registered Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Registered Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Registered Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Registered Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Registered Holder $1,000. The Registered Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Registered Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

3. Adjustments.

 

a. Stock Dividends.

 

(i)       Split-Ups. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in this subsection 3.a(i)) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) and (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(i), (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Stock Exchange, without the right to receive such rights.

 


 

(ii)       Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 3.a(i) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(ii), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 3 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

b.           Aggregation of Shares. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

c.           Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as provided in subsection 3.a(i) or 3.b above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

d.           Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change under subsections 3.a(i) or 3.a(ii) or 3.b hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company as another entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Registered Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Registered Holder would have received if the Registered Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”) and the Company shall not enter into any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance unless the successor or purchasing entity agrees to provide for delivery of such Alternative Issuance; If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 3.a(i), then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 3.a(i), 3.b, 3.c and this 3.d. The provisions of this 3.d shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 


 

e.           Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, or upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections a, b, c or d, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Registered Holders, at the last address set forth for each such Registered Holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. The notice shall state the adjusted Warrant Price, if applicable, and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 

f.           No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3, the Registered Holder would be entitled, upon the exercise of this Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Registered Holder.

 

4. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

 

a.       No Rights as Stockholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

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

 

c.       Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Stock Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

 

5. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

a.       Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the ownership of the Warrants or such underlying Common Stock.

 


 

 

b.       Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Registered Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

c.       Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: (i) if to the Registered Holder, at his, her or its address as shown in the Warrant Register; and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal office, to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

d.        Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against either party arising out of or relating in any way to this Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

e.       Persons Having Rights under this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.

 

f.       Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

g.       Amendments. This Warrant may only be amended or modified by written instrument executed by both the Company and the Registered Holder.

 

h.      Severability. This Warrant shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

i.      Complete Agreement. This Warrant (together with the Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

j.       Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Registered Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Registered Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Registered Holder for the purchase price of any Warrant Shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

k.       Remedies. The Registered Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 


 

l.       Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Registered Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Registered Holder, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Registered Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

m.       Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a trading day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding trading day.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By:         
  Name:
  Title:

 

Name and Address of Warrant Holder:

 

[Name]

 

[Address]

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

1.             The undersigned Registered Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase__________________ shares of common stock of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Common Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows:

 

check in the amount of $ [___] payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith

 

Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account

 

Other [Describe]

 

2.             Please issue a certificate or certificates, or book-entry interest, representing the shares of Common Stock in the name specified below:

 

 

Holder’s Name

 

 
  (Address)

 

HOLDER:

 

By:
Name:
Title:
(Date):

 

 

 


EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (the “Transferee”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock of Aja Holdco, Inc. (the “Company”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

 

(a) the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States;

 

(b) the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;

 

(c) the undersigned has read the Transferee’s investment letter included herewith, and to its actual knowledge, the statements made therein are true and correct; and

 

(d) the undersigned understands that the Company may condition the transfer of the Warrant contemplated hereby upon the delivery to the Company by the undersigned or the Transferee, as the case may be, of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable securities laws of the states of the United States.

 

Dated:    
    (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
     
     
    Address of Transferee
     
     
     
In the presence of:    

 

 


EXHIBIT C

 

LEGEND

 

“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE HOLDERS’ EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS TO WHICH THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RELATE, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY, ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THE WARRANTS AS TO WHICH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY RELATE.”

 

 

 

EX-10.5 7 ny20020899x3_ex10-5.htm EXHIBIT 10.5

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

Form of  Open Market Purchase Subscription Agreement

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10002

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARYA (“ListCo”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), and the undersigned subscriber (the “Investor”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among ListCo, ARYA, Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 2, a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“Company Merger Sub”) and Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which, among other things, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA and Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with ARYA and the Company surviving the mergers and ARYA and the Company becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of ListCo, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”).  

 

In connection with the Transaction, ListCo is seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase in a private placement, contingent upon, and substantially concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, (i) shares (the “Shares”) of ListCo’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) warrants, each representing the right to purchase shares of Common Stock and to be represented by a warrant with the terms and conditions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant Agreement”) and which will be executed on the Closing Date (as defined below) (such warrants, the “Warrants” and together with the Shares, the “PIPE Securities”). On or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the parties to this Subscription Agreement (other than the Investor) are entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants are herein after referred to as the “Warrant Shares.” The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the PIPE Securities (as set forth on the signature page hereto) is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount” and is set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor, ARYA and ListCo acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

1.            Subscription. The Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from ListCo the number of PIPE Securities set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the PIPE Securities for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by ListCo only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of ListCo; ListCo may do so in counterpart form. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities that will be purchased by the Investor and issued by ListCo on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or in the case of the Warrant Shares, on the terms and conditions set forth in each of the Warrant Agreement, shall be securities of a Delaware corporation (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, securities of ARYA, a Cayman Islands exempted company).

 


 

2.            Closing. The closing of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) is contingent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. The Closing shall occur contingent upon, and substantially concurrent with the effectiveness of the Transaction (the date the Closing so occurs, the “Closing Date”). Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) ListCo to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that ListCo reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction under the Transaction Agreement to be satisfied or waived on a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to ListCo, three (3) business days prior to the anticipated closing date specified in the Closing Notice, any other information that is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the PIPE Securities to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such securities are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable. On the Closing Date, ListCo shall issue a number of PIPE Securities to the Investor set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, including by delivering a fully executed Warrant Agreement to the Investor, and subsequently cause the Shares to be registered in book entry form, free and clear of all liens (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of the Investor on ListCo’s share register. In lieu of paying the Subscription Amount, Investor hereby agrees that it shall not exercise its right to redeem the Investor ARYA Shares (as defined below) in connection with the consummation of the Transaction in accordance with Section 16 hereof. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required to close for business.

 

3.            Closing Conditions.

 

a.             The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)            no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise enjoining, restraining or prohibiting consummation of (x) the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or (y) the Transaction; and

 

(ii)           (A) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article 6 of the Transaction Agreement shall have been satisfied (which shall be deemed satisfied if mutually determined by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement and other than those conditions under the Transaction Agreement that, by their nature are to be satisfied in connection with the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscription Agreements) or waived by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement as provided therein and (B) the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or on the same date as the Closing.

 

b.             The obligation of ListCo to consummate the sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by ListCo with the prior written consent of ARYA (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (except for (i) those representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date and (ii) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date) and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 


 

c.             The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by the Investor) that (i) all representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (other than (A) representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects and (B) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date); (ii) ListCo and ARYA shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all obligations, covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and (iii) the Shares acquired hereunder shall have been approved for listing by the Stock Exchange (as defined below).

 

4.           Further Assurances. At or prior to the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.             ListCo Representations and Warranties. ListCo represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.             ListCo is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. ListCo has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.             As of the Closing Date, the Shares, the Warrants and any Warrant Shares, will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, as applicable, such Shares or Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under ListCo’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each, as amended on the Closing Date) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under any agreement or instrument to which ListCo is a party. As of the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will have been duly reserved for issuance in an amount of duly authorized shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the initial exercise of the Warrants. ListCo shall keep such number of shares of Common Stock as necessary to satisfy the exercise of the Warrants at all times reserved for issuance until the earlier of the exercise of the Warrants in full or the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms. The Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of any Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. On the Closing Date, the Warrant Agreement will be duly authorized, and when executed and delivered by ListCo, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of ListCo and will be enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.             This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ListCo and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ARYA, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

d.             The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ListCo with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity of the PIPE Securities, including the Warrant Shares, or legal authority of ListCo to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the Transaction (a “ListCo Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ListCo; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ListCo or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 


 

e.             As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized share capital of ListCo (excluding the PIPE Securities) consists of one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock and the issued share capital of ListCo consists of one (1) share of Common Stock, which (A) has been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) has been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) has not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. Immediately following the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall (A) be, or have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) have been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ListCo is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ListCo, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below) and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ListCo any equity interests in ListCo, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ListCo has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

f.             Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ListCo is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ListCo of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by Nasdaq, or such other applicable stock exchange on which ListCo’s common equity will be listed (the “Stock Exchange”), (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.            As of the date hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo by the Stock Exchange or the SEC, respectively, to prohibit the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares, or the registration of, when issued in connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Shares and Warrant Shares under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

h.            Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 7, no registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) is required for the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities by ListCo to the Investor hereunder. The PIPE Securities (i) were not offered to the Investor by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered to the Investor in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

i.             Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ListCo.

 

j.             ListCo has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ListCo is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent at Closing.

 

k.            ListCo acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Shares and Warrant Shares may be pledged by Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Investor effecting a pledge of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not be required to provide ListCo with any notice thereof; providedhowever, that neither ListCo, ARYA, the Company or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Shares and Warrant Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by ListCo in all respects.

 


 

l.            Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, as of the date hereof, ListCo has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ListCo (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that ListCo may enter into additional subscription agreements after the date hereof; provided, however, that if any such agreement is with respect to equity financing, then any such agreement shall be on substantially the same terms and at an effective offering price no less than as provided for pursuant to this subscription Agreement. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

6.             ARYA Representations and Warranties. ARYA represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.              ARYA has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.            This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ARYA and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ListCo, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ARYA in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.            As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of ARYA consists of (i) 479,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), (ii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Shares” and together with the Class A Shares, the “ARYA Ordinary Shares”), and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, (i) no Preference Shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,189,831 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, and (iii) 3,737,500 Class B Shares are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares are fully paid and nonassessable, as such term or similar concept may be applicable to a Cayman Islands exempted company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and issued in compliance with applicable law and have not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ARYA is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ARYA, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ARYA any Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other equity interests in ARYA, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ARYA has no subsidiaries, other than ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub, and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 


 

d.            A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, proxy and other document filed by ARYA with the SEC on or prior to the Closing Date (the “SEC Reports”) is available to the Investor (including via the SEC’s EDGAR system). ARYA has timely filed the SEC Reports with the SEC through the date hereof (after giving effect to any applicable grace period). As of their respective filing dates all SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports. None of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Report has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Report) contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a 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. The financial statements of ARYA included in the SEC Reports, as applicable, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of ARYA as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented, subject to (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP), and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of ARYA in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to ARYA. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the SEC Reports. For the avoidance of doubt, any restatement of the financial statements of ARYA and any amendments to previously filed SEC Reports or delays in filing SEC Reports, in connection with any guidance from the SEC following the date of this Subscription Agreement, shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d). Additionally, for avoidance of doubt, any amendment or modification of any SEC Report (or any agreement filed as an exhibit to any SEC Report) from its initial filing date in a subsequent filing shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d).

 

e.             The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ARYA with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to materially affect or legal authority of ARYA to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Transaction (an “ARYA Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ARYA; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ARYA or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.             Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ARYA is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ARYA of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the SEC, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by the Stock Exchange, (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, an ARYA Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.            Other than the Placement Agent, ARYA has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ARYA is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent.

 

h.            Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, ARYA has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ARYA (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 


 

i.             The issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ARYA, threatened against ARYA or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ARYA.

 

7.            Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to ListCo and ARYA that:

 

a.            The Investor, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Investor for which the Investor is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the PIPE Securities only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the PIPE Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), and the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the PIPE Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Investor shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete. The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the PIPE Securities. The term “affiliate” or “affiliated” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean, with respect to any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity, or governmental entity (a “person”), any other person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

b.            The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to ListCo or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each of clauses (i) and (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any book entries representing the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge, transfer or disposition of any of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares. The Investor further acknowledges that the Warrants will be non-transferable prior to the exercise thereof.

 

c.           The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the PIPE Securities directly from ListCo. The Investor further acknowledges that there have not been, and the Investor hereby agrees that it is not relying on, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, Jefferies LLC (Jefferies LLC and any of its respective affiliates, the “Placement Agent”), any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of ListCo expressly set forth in Section 5 and ARYA expressly set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement.

 


 

d.            The Investor’s acquisition and holding of the PIPE Securities will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

 

e.           The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, with respect to ARYA, the Transaction and the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the SEC Reports. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities.

 

f.             The Investor became aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities solely by means of direct contact between the Investor, ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ARYA and ListCo or the Company, and the PIPE Securities were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact between the Investor and ARYA ListCo or the Company or a representative of ListCo, ARYA or the Company. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities, nor were the PIPE Securities offered to the Investor, by any other means and none of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to the Investor. The Investor acknowledges that the PIPE Securities (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo.

 

g.            The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities, and the Investor has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision and the Investor has made its own assessment and satisfied itself concerning relevant tax and other economic considerations relative to its purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor understands and acknowledges that the purchase and sale of the PIPE Securities hereunder meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).The Investor will not look to the Placement Agent for all or part of any such loss or losses the Investor may suffer, is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the PIPE Securities, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the PIPE Securities and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the PIPE Securities.

 

h.            Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities and determined that the PIPE Securities are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 


 

i.             In making its decision to purchase the PIPE Securities, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning ListCo, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the PIPE Securities or the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

j.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the PIPE Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

k.            The Investor, if not an individual, has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

l.             The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and, if the Investor is not an individual, will not conflict with or violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. (A) The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, (B) the signatory of this Subscription Agreement, if the Investor is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or, if the Investor is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, (C) this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor or the investment advisor to which the Investor has delegated decision making authority over investments and (D) this Subscription Agreement constitutes, assuming that the Subscription Agreement and the Warrant Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreement of ARYA and ListCo, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

m.           The Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. If the Investor is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including, without limitation, the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the PIPE Securities and any Warrant Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

 


 

n.            The Investor acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document has been prepared by the Placement Agent in connection with the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

o.            The Investor acknowledges that neither the Placement Agent, nor any of its respective affiliates nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing have made any independent investigation with respect to ListCo, ARYA, the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the PIPE Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by ListCo, ARYA or the Company, as applicable.

 

p.            The Investor has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to ListCo pursuant to Section 2 above, will have, sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

q.           The Investor does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the thirty (30) day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Investor has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of ARYA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

r.            The Investor is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of ARYA (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than a group consisting solely of the Investor and its affiliates.

 

s.           The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent (a) is acting solely in its capacity as placement agent with respect to the issuance and sale of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements, is not acting as an underwriter, initial purchaser, dealer, financial advisor, fiduciary or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary to the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (b) has not made and will not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character to the Investor and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (c) will have no responsibility with respect to (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the offering of the PIPE Securities, the Transaction or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) of any thereof, or (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning ListCo, this offering of PIPE Securities, or the Transaction.

 

t.             The Investor acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent is acting as ARYA’s and ListCo’s placement agent and Jefferies LLC is acting as capital markets advisor to ARYA.

 

u.           The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to the Investor, or to any person claiming through the Investor, in respect of this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction

 


 

8.            Registration Rights.

 

a.            In the event that the Shares and the Warrant Shares (such securities, the “PIPE Registrable Securities”) are not registered in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, ListCo agrees that, within forty-five (45) calendar days after the consummation of the Transaction (the “Filing Date”), it will file with the SEC (at its sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) registering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities, and it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) calendar days after the filing thereof (or one hundred-twenty (120) calendar days after the filing thereof if the SEC notifies ListCo that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the Filing Date and (ii) ten (10) business days after ListCo is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. ListCo agrees to cause such Registration Statement, or another shelf registration statement that includes the PIPE Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, to remain effective until the earliest of (i) the date that is five years and six months following the Closing, (ii) the date on which the Investor ceases to hold any PIPE Registrable Securities or Warrants issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, or (iii) on the first date on which the Investor is able to sell all of its PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents ListCo from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of PIPE Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of PIPE Registrable Securities as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of PIPE Registrable Securities to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless in response to a comment or request from the staff of the SEC or another regulatory agency; provided, however, that if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement. The Investor agrees to disclose its ownership to ListCo upon request to assist it in making the determination described above. If the PIPE Registrable Securities are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule, or the Registration Statement covering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities is effective (and the Investor and its broker provide ListCo and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to ListCo and its transfer agent in connection therewith), then at the Investor’s request, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its transfer agent to remove the restrictive legend described in Section 7(b) from the PIPE Registrable Securities. For as long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective pursuant to this Section 8(a), ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to (1) qualify the PIPE Registrable Securities for listing on the Stock Exchange and (2) update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Shares sold hereby for resale. For as long as the Investor holds the PIPE Registrable Securities, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable the Investor to resell the PIPE Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 (when Rule 144 becomes available to the Investor), as applicable. ListCo may amend the Registration Statement so as to convert the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 at such time after ListCo becomes eligible to use such Form S-3. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo may suspend the use of any such Registration Statement if it determines that in order for such Registration Statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, if such filing would require the inclusion, in such Registration Statement, of financial statements that are unavailable to ListCo for reasons beyond ListCo’s control or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of ListCo or would require premature disclosure of information that would adversely affect ListCo and that would at that time not otherwise be required in a current, quarterly, or annual report under the Exchange Act; provided, that (i) ListCo shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of a registration statement for a period of more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than a total of one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in each case in any three hundred and sixty (360) day period and (ii) ListCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such Registration Statement available for the sale by the Investor of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. ListCo’s obligations to include the PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares issued in exchange therefor) for resale in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the Investor furnishing in writing to ListCo such information regarding the Investor, the securities of ListCo held by the Investor and the intended method of disposition of such PIPE Registrable Securities, which shall be limited to non-underwritten public offerings, as shall be reasonably requested by ListCo to effect the registration of such PIPE Registrable Securities, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as ListCo may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations.

 


 

b.            ListCo shall advise the Investor within two (2) business days (at ListCo’s expense): (i) when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (iv) of the receipt by ListCo of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (v) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. Upon receipt of any written notice from ListCo (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding ListCo) of the happening of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of the occurrence of such event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Investor agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the PIPE Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the Investor receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which ListCo agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by ListCo that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by ListCo except (A) for disclosure to the Investor’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (C) as required by law or subpoena. ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above, except for such times as ListCo is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

c.            Indemnification.

 

(i)            ListCo agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Investor, its directors, and officers, employees, and agents, and each person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Investor (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus included in any Registration Statement (“Prospectus”) or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to ListCo by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein.

 

(ii)           The Investor agrees, severally and not jointly with any other person that is a party to the Other Subscription Agreements, to indemnify and hold harmless ListCo, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls ListCo (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 


 

(iii)          Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of legal counsel to any indemnified party a conflict of interest exists between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (1) cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement), (2) 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 to such claim or litigation, or (3) contains any statement of fault or culpability.

 

(iv)          The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, agent, affiliate or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the PIPE Registrable Securities.

 

(v)           If the indemnification provided under this Section 8(c) from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by or on behalf of, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the liability of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8(c)(v) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation, and such obligations of the Investor shall be several and not joint.

 


 

9.            Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) ListCo’s notification to the Investor in writing that it has, with the written consent of the Company, abandoned its plans to move forward with the Transaction and/or terminated the Investor’s obligations with respect to the subscription without the delivery of the Shares having occurred, and (d) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Subscription Agreement by the Investor to ListCo and ARYA on the Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement, and such thirtieth calendar day, the “Outside Date”), if the Closing has not occurred by the Termination Date (provided, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement pursuant to this clause (d) shall not be available to the Investor if the Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Subscription Agreement (or if an affiliate of the Investor is an Other Investor, and such Other Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under an Other Subscription Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, shall have proximately caused the failure of the consummation of the Transaction on or before the Termination Date) (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(d) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty hereunder prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach. ListCo shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Transaction Agreement as promptly as practicable after the termination of the Transaction Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to ListCo in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

 

10.          Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that ARYA is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving ARYA and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in ARYA’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated February 25, 2021 (the “Final Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of ARYA’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of ARYA’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of ARYA, its public shareholders and the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to ARYA to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Final Prospectus. For and in consideration of ARYA entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor, on behalf of itself and its representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account (or distributions therefrom to ARYA’s public shareholders or to the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering in respect of their deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account), and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to any monies held in the Trust Account by virtue of its record or beneficial ownership of publicly traded Class A Shares acquired in an open market transaction, pursuant to a validly exercised redemption right with respect to any such Class A Shares, in accordance with ARYA’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended in connection with the shareholder meeting of ARYA on February 28, 2023 and as may be subsequently amended from time to time, and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and ARYA, dated March 2, 2021, except to the extent that the Investor has otherwise agreed in writing with ListCo, ARYA, the Company or any of their respective affiliates to not exercise such redemption right.

 

11.          Miscellaneous.

 

a.            Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Investor hereunder (other than the PIPE Securities acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 8 solely in connection with a transfer of such PIPE Securities (other than a transfer in connection with a sale pursuant to either an effective registration statement or under Rule 144), if any) may be transferred or assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after notifying ListCo, Investor may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Investor) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Investor of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants may not be transferred by the holder thereof following their issuance.

 


 

b.           ListCo may request from the Investor such additional information as ListCo may deem necessary to register the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities and evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the PIPE Securities, and the Investor shall provide any such information as may be reasonably requested. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other covenants or agreements in this Subscription Agreement, the Investor acknowledges that ListCo and ARYA may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement and Warrant Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of ListCo or ARYA.

 

c.            The Investor acknowledges that ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent in writing if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations or warranties set forth in Section 7 above are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by materiality, in which case the Investor shall notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent if they are no longer accurate in any respect). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of PIPE Securities from ListCo will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.

 

d.            The Investor agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor will engage in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or similar instrument, including without limitation equity repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition or transfer (whether by the Investor or any other person), in each case, solely to the extent it has the same economic effect as a “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act), of any economic consequences of ownership (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any consequences resulting solely from foreign exchange fluctuations), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, physically or synthetically, of any PIPE Securities or any securities of ARYA prior to the Closing, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of securities of ARYA, in cash or otherwise, or to publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 11(d) shall not apply to long sales (including sales of securities held by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or any of its controlled affiliates prior to the date hereof and securities purchased by the Investor in the open market after the date hereof) other than those effectuated through derivative transactions and similar instruments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11(d) (i) shall prohibit any entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge (constructive or otherwise) of this Subscription Agreement or of Investor’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby from entering into any of the transactions set forth in the first sentence of this Section 11(d); and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers or desks manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, this Section 11(d) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

e.            ListCo, ARYA and the Placement Agent are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 11(e) shall not give the Placement Agent any rights other than those expressly set forth herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to rely on any of the representations and warranties of ListCo or ARYA set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

 

f.             All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 


 

g.          This Subscription Agreement may not be terminated other than pursuant to the terms of Section 9 above. The provisions of this Subscription Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no modification, amendment or waiver by ListCo of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of ARYA (other than modifications, amendments or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and, in each case, do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). No failure or delay of either party hereto in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 

h.            This Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedule hereto and the Warrant Agreement attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3(b), Section 7, Section 9, Section 11(c), Section 11(e), Section 11(g), this Section 11(h) and the last sentence of Section 11(l) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

i.            Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

j.             If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

k.            This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including, without limitation, by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

l.             The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur if any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek to specifically enforce the Investor’s obligations hereunder, ListCo’s obligations under this Subscription Agreement and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement of which the Company is an express third party beneficiary, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

m.           Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Investor shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address(es) or email address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as the Investor may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 


 

(i)           if to the Investor, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

 

(ii)          if to ARYA or ListCo, to:

c/o ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Michael Altman

Konstantin Poukalov

E-mail:      Michael@perceptivelife.com

Konstantin@perceptivelife.com

 

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Peter Seligson

Mathieu Kohmann

 

Email: peter.seligson@kirkland.com

mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com

 

n.            THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (REGARDLESS OF THE LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF) AS TO ALL MATTERS (INCLUDING ANY ACTION, SUIT, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, CLAIM, CHARGE, COMPLAINT, INQUIRY, PROCEEDING, HEARING, AUDIT, INVESTIGATION OR REVIEWS BY OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY RELATED HERETO), INCLUDING MATTERS OF VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, EFFECT, PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIES. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (OR, IF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DECLINES TO ACCEPT JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE) SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 11(n) OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 


 

EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11(n).

 

o.            The Investor hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent and/or its respective affiliates may now or in the future own securities of ARYA and/or purchase securities in the Transaction.

 

12.        Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the statements, representations and warranties of ListCo expressly contained in Section 5 and ARYA expressly contained in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any other investor pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities (including the investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), (ii) the Placement Agent, its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing, or (iii) any other party to the Transaction Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate, shall have any liability to the Investor, or to any other investor, pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the PIPE Securities or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective controlled affiliates, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any of ListCo’s, ARYA’s, the Company’s or the Placement Agent’s respective controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

 

14.        Disclosure. ARYA shall on the first (1st) business day following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that ARYA has provided to the Investor at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the actual knowledge of ARYA, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from ARYA, the Company or any of their officers, directors, or employees or agents, and the Investor shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agents or any of their affiliates, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Other Subscription Agreements or the Transaction Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, ARYA shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers or include the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release without the prior written consent of the Investor except as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities, or to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the rules and regulations of the Stock Exchange, in which case ARYA will provide Investor with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such disclosure to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication that was approved by the Investor in accordance with this Section 14.

 


 

15.          Several Obligations. The obligations of the Investor and each Other Investor in connection with the private placement are several and not joint, and Investor shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor in connection with the private placement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Investor or any Other Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

16.         Non-Redemption Agreement. On the Closing Date, the Investor shall deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to ListCo (i) that Investor purchased a certain amount of Class A Shares for an aggregate purchase price equal to the Subscription Amount (such shares, the “Investor ARYA Shares”), (ii) of the average per share purchase price for such Investor ARYA Shares (the “Average Purchase Price”), (iii) that it effectively holds such shares through the effective time of the closing of the Transaction, and (iv) that it has not tendered such shares for redemption. As of the Closing Date, the Investor represents and warrants that it has good, marketable and unencumbered title to the Investor ARYA Shares, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, encumbrances, adverse claims, rights or proxies. The Investor and its affiliates agree (i) not to sell or transfer any of the Investor ARYA Shares prior to the effective time of the closing of the Transaction and (ii) not to redeem any Investor ARYA Shares in connection with the Transaction.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor:   State/Country of Formation or Domicile:

 

By:      
Name:      
Title:      

 

Name in which PIPE Securities are to be registered (if different):   Date: February      , 2024
     
Investor’s EIN/SSN (as applicable):    
     
Business Address-Street:   Mailing Address-Street (if different):
     
City, State, Zip:   City, State, Zip:

 

Attn:     Attn:  

 

Telephone No.:   Telephone No.:
Facsimile No.:   Facsimile No.:
     
Email:   Email:

 

Number of Shares subscribed for: A number of Shares equal to (A) the product of (i) 120% and (ii) the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares and the Open Market Top Up Shares (as defined below), plus (B) the difference of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares (as defined below) minus the Investor ARYA Shares. The “Open Market Top Up Shares” shall mean a number of Shares equal to (A) the quotient of the Subscription Amount divided by $10.00, minus (B) the quotient of the Subscription Amount divided by the Average Purchase Price.1

 

Number of Warrants subscribed for: A number of Warrants equal to the product of (i) 120% and (ii) the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares and the Open Market Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula described above on this signature page).2

 

Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares: [] (such number of shares, the “Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares”)

 

Subscription Amount: $[]

 

 

  1 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: X = (1.2*B) + C – D, whereby: X is the number of Shares subscribed for by the Investor; B is the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares plus the Open Market Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula set forth below); C is the number of Sponsor Promote Allocation Shares, as set forth on this signature page; and D is the number of Investor ARYA Shares. “Open Market Top Up Shares” for purposes of the above calculation shall mean a number of Shares yielded by the following calculation: Y = (E/10) – (E/F), whereby: Y is the number Open Market Top Up Shares; E is the Subscription Amount, as set forth on this signature page; and F is the Average Purchase Price.

 

  2 For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor shall be yielded by the following calculation: Z = 1.2*B, whereby: Z is the number of Warrants subscribed for by the Investor; B is the sum of the Investor ARYA Shares plus the Open Market Top Up Shares (as calculated pursuant to the formula set forth in the footnote immediately above).

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ListCo and ARYA have accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Adam Stone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
     
  By:  
  Name:  Michael Altman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: [●], 2024

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INVESTOR

 

This Schedule must be completed by Investor and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. The Investor must check the applicable box in either Section A, Section B or Section C below.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

** OR **

 

B. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

  (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

1.   We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”

 

2.   We are not a natural person.

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS

(Please check the applicable box) INVESTOR:

 

is:

 

is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. The Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to the Investor and under which the Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

  Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

  Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

  Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

  Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

  Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

 


 

  Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth: (a) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty (60) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

 

  Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

  Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the SEC has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status, such as a General Securities Representative license (Series 7), a Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82) and an Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65);

 

  Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; or

 

  Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests.

 

This page should be completed by the Investor

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 


 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

WARRANT NUMBER: A-[_]

 

THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS TO AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”)) OF THE HOLDER OR WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. THE WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT OR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON HOLDERS’ EXERCISE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED HEREIN AND IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. FURTHER, THE WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN. THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AS SET FORTH UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Company: Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
   
Number of Shares: [●]
   
Class: Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
   
Warrant Price: $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein
   
Original Issue Date: [●], 2024
   
Expiration Date: [●], 2029; see also Section 2.2
   
Subscription Agreement: This Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (“Warrant”) is issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of February [●], 2024, by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Holder (as may be further amended and/or modified and in effect from time to time, the “Subscription Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Subscription Agreement.

  

THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, [HOLDER] (together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase up to [●] shares of fully paid and non-assessable common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Warrant Price, all as set forth above and subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.

 


 

1. Warrants.

 

a.             Form of Warrant. This Warrant, together with all of the other warrants to purchase Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the “Warrant Shares”) issued pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, including any warrants issued upon the transfer of such warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”), shall be issued in certificated form.

 

b.             Registration.

 

(i)             Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of this Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this Warrant in the name of the Holder. The Company shall provide 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in warrant agent and the new warrant agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Warrant Register after a third-party warrant agent has been appointed.

 

This Warrant shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose signature has been placed upon this Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

 

(ii)           Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical certificate made by anyone other than the Company), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

(iii)           Registration of Transfer.    Subject to compliance with the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant, the Company shall register the valid transfer, in whole or in part, from time to time, of this Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant for transfer and a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder or its agent or attorney. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Company. Upon any partial transfer, the Company shall at its expense issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder, which shall be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which rights under this Warrant were not so transferred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Registered Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within two (2) Trading Days of the date on which the Registered Holder delivers a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to the Company assigning this Warrant in full.

 

(iv)           Transferability. This Warrant may not be transferred except for transfers to an affiliate (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) of the Holder or with the written consent of the Company.

 

c.             Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. This Warrant may be surrendered to the Company, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Company shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that if the Warrant so surrendered bears a restrictive legend, the Company shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 


 

2. Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

 

a.             Warrant Price. This Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder, subject to the provisions hereof, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock set forth above, at the price of $10.00 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 3 hereof. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant shall mean the price per share of each Warrant Share that may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

b.            Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the Original Issue Date, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after the Original Issue Date; provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions set forth in this Warrant. Each outstanding Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under such outstanding Warrant shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

c.             Exercise of Warrants.

 

(i)           Payment. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the initial issuance date during the Exercise Period, by delivery of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Warrant Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Warrant Share as to which this Warrant is exercised, the exchange of this Warrant for Warrant Shares and the issuance of such Warrant Shares in lawful money of the United States, by (i) wire transfer or in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Company or (ii) or by “cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Registered Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) trading day of receipt of such notice. The Registered Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(1)          Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof following the one-year anniversary of the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date (as defined below) there is no effective registration statement registering the Warrant Shares, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Registered Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 


 

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Registered Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Registered Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of the portion of this Warrant specified in the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this subsection 2.3.1(a).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date” means the date on which the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any other applicable form) that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

 


 

(2)          Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Registered Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Registered Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Registered Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(ii)         Issuance of Warrant Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection (i)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of shares of Warrant Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if this Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant shall not have been exercised. If at the time of exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are not registered for resale pursuant to the Securities Act then such purchased Warrant Shares issued to a Registered Holder upon payment of the Warrant Price pursuant to subsection (i) shall bear a restrictive legend in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful. In the event that a Registered Holder reasonably determines that a consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or under any other applicable antitrust or competition Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any other merger control or investment Laws (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”) is required, then the making of any appropriate filings, the taking or causing to be taken of any required actions, and the expiration or the termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, in each case as applicable under any such applicable Antitrust Laws, shall be a condition to the issuance of the Common Stock and the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance requested by the Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions under the applicable Antitrust Laws. The Company shall not take any action that would cause a Registered Holder’s ownership percentage of voting securities of the Company (as defined or interpreted under the applicable Antitrust Laws) to increase without providing notice to such Registered Holders for each to determine whether any filing, consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity could be triggered under the applicable Antitrust Laws by the proposed Company action. If any Registered Holder determines that the proposed Company action requires clearance, approval or authorization under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the obtaining of required clearance, approval or authorization, or the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, as applicable, under the applicable Antitrust Laws shall be a condition to the Company taking its proposed action. If at any time a Registered Holder determines that it has a filing requirement or other requirement or obligation under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to such Registered Holder as reasonably requested by that Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions to be made or taken under the applicable Antitrust Laws. “Governmental Entity” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 shall mean any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including notified bodies as well as any arbitral tribunal (public or private). “Law” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.

 


 

(iii)         Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued upon the proper exercise of this Warrant shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

(iv)          Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, Warrant Shares are issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company or book-entry system of the Company’s transfer agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares of Common Stock at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books or book-entry system are open.

 

(v)           Delivery of Certificates upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Registered Holder by crediting the account of the Registered Holder’s or its designee’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Registered Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) (and the Registered Holder and its broker provide the Company and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and its transfer agent in connection therewith), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Registered Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Registered Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Registered Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Registered Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day after Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Stock Exchange with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

(vi)          Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2.3.4 by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Registered Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 


 

(vii)         Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Registered Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3.4 above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Registered Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Registered Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Registered Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Registered Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Registered Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Registered Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Registered Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Registered Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Registered Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Registered Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Registered Holder $1,000. The Registered Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Registered Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

3. Adjustments.

 

a.            Stock Dividends.

 

(i)             Split-Ups. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in this subsection 3.a(i)) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) and (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(i), (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Stock Exchange, without the right to receive such rights.

 


 

(ii)            Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 3.a(i) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(ii), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 3 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

b.           Aggregation of Shares. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

c.           Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as provided in subsection 3.a(i) or 3.b above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

d.         Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change under subsections 3.a(i) or 3.a(ii) or 3.b hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company as another entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Registered Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Registered Holder would have received if the Registered Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”) and the Company shall not enter into any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance unless the successor or purchasing entity agrees to provide for delivery of such Alternative Issuance; If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 3.a(i), then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 3.a(i), 3.b, 3.c and this 3.d. The provisions of this 3.d shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

e.          Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, or upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections a, b, c or d, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Registered Holders, at the last address set forth for each such Registered Holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. The notice shall state the adjusted Warrant Price, if applicable, and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 


 

f.             No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3, the Registered Holder would be entitled, upon the exercise of this Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Registered Holder.

 

4. Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

 

a.             No Rights as Stockholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

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

 

c.             Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Stock Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

 

5. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

a.            Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the ownership of the Warrants or such underlying Common Stock.

 

b.            Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Registered Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

c.             Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: (i) if to the Registered Holder, at his, her or its address as shown in the Warrant Register; and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal office, to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

d.            Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against either party arising out of or relating in any way to this Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 


 

e.           Persons Having Rights under this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.

 

f.              Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

g.             Amendments. This Warrant may only be amended or modified by written instrument executed by both the Company and the Registered Holder.

 

h.           Severability. This Warrant shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

i.              Complete Agreement. This Warrant (together with the Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

j.             Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Registered Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Registered Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Registered Holder for the purchase price of any Warrant Shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

k.            Remedies. The Registered Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

l.              Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Registered Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Registered Holder, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Registered Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

m.            Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a trading day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding trading day.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By:          
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Name and Address of Warrant Holder:

 

[Name]

 

[Address]

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

1.       The undersigned Registered Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase__________________ shares of common stock of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Common Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows:

 

☐       check in the amount of $ [___] payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith

 

☐       Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account

 

☐       Other [Describe]

 

2.       Please issue a certificate or certificates, or book-entry interest, representing the shares of Common Stock in the name specified below:

 

 

 

Holder’s Name

 

 

(Address)

 

  HOLDER:
   
  By:
  Name:
  Title:
  (Date):

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (the “Transferee”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock of Aja Holdco, Inc. (the “Company”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

 

(a) the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States;

 

(b) the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;

 

(c) the undersigned has read the Transferee’s investment letter included herewith, and to its actual knowledge, the statements made therein are true and correct; and

 

(d) the undersigned understands that the Company may condition the transfer of the Warrant contemplated hereby upon the delivery to the Company by the undersigned or the Transferee, as the case may be, of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable securities laws of the states of the United States.

 

Dated:  
  (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
   
   
  Address of Transferee
   
   
   
In the presence of:  

 


 

EXHIBIT C

 

LEGEND

 

“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE HOLDERS’ EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS TO WHICH THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RELATE, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY, ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THE WARRANTS AS TO WHICH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY RELATE.”

 


EX-10.6 8 ny20020899x3_ex10-6.htm EXHIBIT 10.6

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.6

Form of Subscription Agreement with Pre-Funded Warrant and Warrant

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10002

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), a wholly owned subsidiary of ARYA (“ListCo”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), and the undersigned subscriber (the “Investor”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among ListCo, ARYA, Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“ARYA Merger Sub”), Aja Merger Sub 2, a Delaware corporation and prior to the Closing Date, a wholly owned subsidiary of ListCo (“Company Merger Sub”) and Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which, among other things, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA and Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with ARYA and the Company surviving the mergers and ARYA and the Company becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of ListCo, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction”).  

 

In connection with the Transaction, ListCo is seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase in a private placement, contingent upon, and substantially concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, (i) shares (the “Shares”) of ListCo’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) pre-funded warrants each representing the right to purchase shares of Common Stock and to be represented by a warrant with the terms and conditions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement”) and which will be executed and issued on the Closing Date (as defined below) (such warrants, the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) and (iii) warrants, each representing the right to purchase shares of Common Stock and to be represented by a warrant with the terms and conditions in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrant Agreement”) and which will be executed and issued on the Closing Date (such warrants, the “Warrants” and together with the Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants, the “PIPE Securities”). The shares of Common Stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants are herein after referred to as the “Warrant Shares.” On or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, the parties to this Subscription Agreement (other than the Investor) are entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”). The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the PIPE Securities (as set forth on the signature page hereto) is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount.

 

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor, ARYA and ListCo acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

1.            Subscription. The Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from ListCo the number of PIPE Securities set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the PIPE Securities for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by ListCo only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of ListCo; ListCo may do so in counterpart form. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities that will be purchased by the Investor and issued by ListCo on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or in the case of the Warrant Shares, on the terms and conditions set forth in each of the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, shall be securities of a Delaware corporation (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, securities of ARYA, a Cayman Islands exempted company).

 


  

2.            Closing. The closing of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) is contingent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. The Closing shall occur contingent upon, and substantially concurrent with the effectiveness of the Transaction (the date the Closing so occurs, the “Closing Date”). Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) ListCo to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that ListCo reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction under the Transaction Agreement to be satisfied or waived on a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to ListCo, three (3) business days prior to the anticipated closing date specified in the Closing Notice, (i) the Subscription Amount by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by ListCo in the Closing Notice (which account shall not be an escrow account) and (ii) any other information that is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the PIPE Securities to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such securities are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable. On the Closing Date, ListCo shall issue a number of PIPE Securities to the Investor set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, including by delivering the executed Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement to the Investor, and subsequently cause the Shares to be registered in book entry form, free and clear of all liens (other than those arising under applicable securities laws), in the name of the Investor on ListCo’s share register; provided, however, that ListCo’s obligation to issue the PIPE Securities to the Investor is contingent upon ListCo having received the Subscription Amount in full accordance with this Section 2. In the event the Closing does not occur within two (2) business days of the anticipated Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, ListCo shall promptly (but not later than three (3) business days thereafter) return the Subscription Amount to the Investor; provided that, unless this Subscription Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, such return of funds shall not terminate this Subscription Agreement or relieve the Investor of its obligation to purchase the PIPE Securities at the Closing upon the delivery by ListCo of a subsequent Closing Notice in accordance with this Section 2. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required to close for business.

 

3.            Closing Conditions.

 

a.             The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)       no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise enjoining, restraining or prohibiting consummation of (x) the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or (y) the Transaction; and

 

(ii)       (A) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article 6 of the Transaction Agreement shall have been satisfied (which shall be deemed satisfied if mutually determined by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement and other than those conditions under the Transaction Agreement that, by their nature are to be satisfied in connection with the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscription Agreements) or waived by the applicable parties to the Transaction Agreement as provided therein and (B) the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or on the same date as the Closing.

 

b.             The obligation of ListCo to consummate the sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by ListCo with the prior written consent of ARYA (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (except for (i) those representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date and (ii) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date) and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 


  

The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by the Investor) that (i) all representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date (other than (A) representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects and (B) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date); (ii) ListCo and ARYA shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all obligations, covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and (iii) the Shares acquired hereunder shall have been approved for listing by the Stock Exchange (as defined below).

 

4.            Further Assurances. At or prior to the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

5.            ListCo Representations and Warranties. ListCo represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.             ListCo is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. ListCo has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.             As of the Closing Date, the Shares, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrant Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, or the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, as applicable, such Shares or Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under ListCo’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each, as amended on the Closing Date) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under any agreement or instrument to which ListCo is a party. As of the Closing Date, the Warrant Shares will have been duly reserved for issuance in an amount of duly authorized shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the initial exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants. ListCo shall keep such number of shares of Common Stock as necessary to satisfy the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants at all times reserved for issuance until the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants in full. ListCo shall keep such number of shares of Common Stock as necessary to satisfy the exercise of the Warrants at all times reserved for issuance until the earlier of the exercise of the Warrants in full or the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms. The Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrant or Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. On the Closing Date, each of the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement will be duly authorized, and when executed and delivered by ListCo, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of ListCo and will be enforceable against ListCo in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.             This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ListCo and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ARYA, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ListCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 


  

d.             The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ListCo with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ListCo or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity of the PIPE Securities, including the Warrant Shares, or legal authority of ListCo to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the Transaction (a “ListCo Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ListCo; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ListCo or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

e.             As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized share capital of ListCo (excluding the PIPE Securities) consists of one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock and the issued share capital of ListCo consists of one (1) share of Common Stock, which (A) has been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) has been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) has not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. Immediately following the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall (A) be, or have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) have been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ListCo is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ListCo, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below) and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ListCo any equity interests in ListCo, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ListCo has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

f.             Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ListCo is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ListCo of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the U.S Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by Nasdaq, or such other applicable stock exchange on which ListCo’s common equity will be listed (the “Stock Exchange”), (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect.

 

g.            As of the date hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo by the Stock Exchange or the SEC, respectively, to prohibit the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares, or the registration of, when issued in connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Shares and Warrant Shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

h.            Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 7, no registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) is required for the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities by ListCo to the Investor hereunder. The PIPE Securities (i) were not offered to the Investor by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered to the Investor in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 


  

i.              Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a ListCo Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ListCo, threatened against ListCo or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ListCo.

 

j.              ListCo has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ListCo is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent at Closing.

 

k.             ListCo acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Shares and Warrant Shares may be pledged by Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement, provided such pledge shall be (i) pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of such pledge, and the Investor effecting a pledge of the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not be required to provide ListCo with any notice thereof; providedhowever, that neither ListCo, ARYA, the Company or their respective counsels shall be required to take any action (or refrain from taking any action) in connection with any such pledge, other than providing any such lender of such margin agreement with an acknowledgment that the Shares and Warrant Shares are not subject to any contractual prohibition on pledging or lock up, the form of such acknowledgment to be subject to review and comment by ListCo in all respects.

 

l.              Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, as of the date hereof, ListCo has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ListCo (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that ListCo may enter into additional subscription agreements after the date hereof; provided, however, that if any such agreement is with respect to equity financing, then any such agreement shall be on substantially the same terms and at an effective offering price no less than as provided for pursuant to this Subscription Agreement. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

6.            ARYA Representations and Warranties. ARYA represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

a.             ARYA has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b.            This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by ARYA and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor and ListCo, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against ARYA in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

c.            As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of ARYA consists of (i) 479,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), (ii) 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Shares” and together with the Class A Shares, the “ARYA Ordinary Shares”), and (iii) 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preference Shares”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, (i) no Preference Shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,189,831 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, and (iii) 3,737,500 Class B Shares are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares are fully paid and nonassessable, as such term or similar concept may be applicable to a Cayman Islands exempted company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and issued in compliance with applicable law and have not been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ARYA is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of ARYA, other than (1) as set forth in the SEC Reports and (2) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Except as set forth above and pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements referred to therein, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from ARYA any Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other equity interests in ARYA, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, ARYA has no subsidiaries, other than ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub, and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 


  

d.             A copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, proxy and other document filed by ARYA with the SEC on or prior to the Closing Date (the “SEC Reports”) is available to the Investor (including via the SEC’s EDGAR system). ARYA has timely filed the SEC Reports with the SEC through the date hereof (after giving effect to any applicable grace period). As of their respective filing dates, all SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Reports. None of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Report has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Report) contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a 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. The financial statements of ARYA included in the SEC Reports, as applicable, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of ARYA as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented, subject to (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, and such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”) (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP), and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of ARYA in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to ARYA. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the SEC Reports. For the avoidance of doubt, any restatement of the financial statements of ARYA and any amendments to previously filed SEC Reports or delays in filing SEC Reports, in connection with any guidance from the SEC following the date of this Subscription Agreement, shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d). Additionally, for avoidance of doubt, any amendment or modification of any SEC Report (or any agreement filed as an exhibit to any SEC Report) from its initial filing date in a subsequent filing shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 6(d).

 

e.             The sale and issuance of the PIPE Securities and the compliance by ARYA with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the issuance of the Warrant Shares, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of ARYA or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would reasonably be expected materially affect or legal authority of ARYA to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement or the Transaction (an “ARYA Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of ARYA; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over ARYA or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

f.             Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, ARYA is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by ARYA of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance by ListCo of the PIPE Securities or any Warrant Shares), other than (i) filings with the SEC, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by the Stock Exchange, (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 


  

g.             Other than the Placement Agent, ARYA has not engaged any broker, finder, commission agent, placement agent or arranger in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities, and ARYA is not under any obligation to pay any broker’s fee or commission in connection with the sale of the PIPE Securities other than to the Placement Agent.

 

h.             Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Transaction Agreement and any other agreement contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, ARYA has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Investor or any other investor in connection with such Other Investor’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in ARYA (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Agreement). The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended or modified in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

i.              The issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Stock Exchange. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) action, suit, claim or other proceeding, in each case by or before any governmental authority pending, or, to the knowledge of ARYA, threatened against ARYA or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against ARYA.

 

7.             Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to ListCo and ARYA that:

 

a.             The Investor, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Investor for which the Investor is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the PIPE Securities only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the PIPE Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), and the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the PIPE Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Investor shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete. The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the PIPE Securities. The term “affiliate” or “affiliated” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean, with respect to any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association, trust, joint venture or other similar entity, whether or not a legal entity, or governmental entity (a “person”), any other person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” as used in this Subscription Agreement shall mean 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto.

 


  

b.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to ListCo or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each of clauses (i) and (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any book entries representing the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the PIPE Securities and Warrant Shares will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge, transfer or disposition of any of the PIPE Securities or Warrant Shares. The Investor further acknowledges that the Warrants will be non-transferable prior to the exercise thereof.

 

c.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the PIPE Securities directly from ListCo. The Investor further acknowledges that there have not been, and the Investor hereby agrees that it is not relying on, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, Jefferies LLC (Jefferies LLC and any of its respective affiliates, the “Placement Agent”), any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of ListCo expressly set forth in Section 5 and ARYA expressly set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement.

 

d.             The Investor’s acquisition and holding of the PIPE Securities will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

 

e.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, with respect to ARYA, the Transaction and the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the SEC Reports. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the PIPE Securities.

 

f.             The Investor became aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities solely by means of direct contact between the Investor, ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ARYA, ListCo or the Company, and the PIPE Securities were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact between the Investor and ARYA, ListCo or the Company or a representative of ListCo, ARYA or the Company. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the PIPE Securities, nor were the PIPE Securities offered to the Investor, by any other means and none of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to the Investor. The Investor acknowledges that the PIPE Securities (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of ListCo and ARYA contained in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo.

 


  

g.             The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the PIPE Securities, including, without limitation, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities, and the Investor has had an opportunity to seek, and has sought such accounting, legal, business and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision and the Investor has made its own assessment and satisfied itself concerning relevant tax and other economic considerations relative to its purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the PIPE Securities. The Investor understands and acknowledges that the purchase and sale of the PIPE Securities hereunder meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).The Investor will not look to the Placement Agent for all or part of any such loss or losses the Investor may suffer, is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the PIPE Securities, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the PIPE Securities and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the PIPE Securities.

 

h.             Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the PIPE Securities and determined that the PIPE Securities are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

i.             In making its decision to purchase the PIPE Securities, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning ListCo, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the PIPE Securities or the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

j.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the PIPE Securities or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

k.             The Investor, if not an individual, has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

l.             The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and, if the Investor is not an individual, will not conflict with or violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. (A) The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, (B) the signatory of this Subscription Agreement, if the Investor is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or, if the Investor is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, (C) this Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor or the investment advisor to which the Investor has delegated decision making authority over investments and (D) this Subscription Agreement constitutes assuming that the Subscription Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement constitute the valid and binding agreement of ARYA and ListCo, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 


  

m.             The Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. If the Investor is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including, without limitation, the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the PIPE Securities and any Warrant Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

 

n.             The Investor acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document has been prepared by the Placement Agent in connection with the offer and sale of the PIPE Securities.

 

o.             The Investor acknowledges that neither the Placement Agent, nor any of its respective affiliates nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing have made any independent investigation with respect to ListCo, ARYA, the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the PIPE Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by ListCo, ARYA or the Company, as applicable.

 

p.             The Investor has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to ListCo pursuant to Section 2 above, will have, sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the sale, purchase and issuance of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

q.             The Investor does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the thirty (30) day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Investor has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of ARYA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

r.             The Investor is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of ARYA (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than a group consisting solely of the Investor and its affiliates.

 

s.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agent (a) is acting solely in its capacity as placement agent with respect to the issuance and sale of the PIPE Securities pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements, is not acting as an underwriter, initial purchaser, dealer, financial advisor, fiduciary or in any other capacity and is not and shall not be construed as a fiduciary to the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (b) has not made and will not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character to the Investor and has not provided any advice or recommendation in connection with this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction; (c) will have no responsibility with respect to (i) any representations, warranties or agreements made by any person or entity under or in connection with the offering of the PIPE Securities, the Transaction or any of the documents furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith or the execution, legality, validity or enforceability (with respect to any person) of any thereof, or (ii) the business, affairs, financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of, or any other matter concerning ListCo, this offering of PIPE Securities, or the Transaction.

 


  

t.             The Investor acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent is acting as ARYA’s Placement Agent and Jefferies LLC is acting as capital markets advisor to ARYA.

 

u.             The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by the Investor, ListCo, ARYA or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to the Investor, or to any person claiming through the Investor, in respect of this offering of the PIPE Securities or the Transaction.

 

8.            Registration Rights.

 

a.             In the event that the Shares and the Warrant Shares (such securities, the “PIPE Registrable Securities”) are not registered in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, ListCo agrees that, within forty-five (45) calendar days after the consummation of the Transaction (the “Filing Date”), it will file with the SEC (at its sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) registering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities, and it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) calendar days after the filing thereof (or one hundred-twenty (120) calendar days after the filing thereof if the SEC notifies ListCo that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the Filing Date and (ii) ten (10) business days after ListCo is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. ListCo agrees to cause such Registration Statement, or another shelf registration statement that includes the PIPE Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, to remain effective until the earliest of (i) the date that is five years and six months following the Closing, (ii) the date on which the Investor ceases to hold any PIPE Registrable Securities or any Pre-Funded Warrants or Warrants issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, or (iii) on the first date on which the Investor is able to sell all of its PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents ListCo from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of PIPE Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of PIPE Registrable Securities as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of PIPE Registrable Securities to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless in response to a comment or request from the staff of the SEC or another regulatory agency; provided, however, that if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement. The Investor agrees to disclose its ownership to ListCo upon request to assist it in making the determination described above. If the PIPE Registrable Securities are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 within 90 days without the public information, volume or manner limitations of such rule, or the Registration Statement covering the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities is effective (and the Investor and its broker provide ListCo and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to ListCo and its transfer agent in connection therewith), then at the Investor’s request, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its transfer agent to remove the restrictive legend described in Section 7(b) from the PIPE Registrable Securities. For as long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective pursuant to this Section 8(a), ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to (1) qualify the PIPE Registrable Securities for listing on the Stock Exchange and (2) update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Shares sold hereby for resale. For as long as the Investor holds the PIPE Registrable Securities, ListCo will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable the Investor to resell the PIPE Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 (when Rule 144 becomes available to the Investor), as applicable. ListCo may amend the Registration Statement so as to convert the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 at such time after ListCo becomes eligible to use such Form S-3. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that ListCo may suspend the use of any such Registration Statement if it determines that in order for such Registration Statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, if such filing would require the inclusion, in such Registration Statement, of financial statements that are unavailable to ListCo for reasons beyond ListCo’s control or use could materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of ListCo or would require premature disclosure of information that would adversely affect ListCo and that would at that time not otherwise be required in a current, quarterly, or annual report under the Exchange Act; provided, that (i) ListCo shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of a registration statement for a period of more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than a total of one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in each case in any three hundred and sixty (360) day period and (ii) ListCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such Registration Statement available for the sale by the Investor of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. ListCo’s obligations to include the PIPE Registrable Securities issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares issued in exchange therefor) for resale in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the Investor furnishing in writing to ListCo such information regarding the Investor, the securities of ListCo held by the Investor and the intended method of disposition of such PIPE Registrable Securities, which shall be limited to non-underwritten public offerings, as shall be reasonably requested by ListCo to effect the registration of such PIPE Registrable Securities, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as ListCo may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations.

 


  

b.             ListCo shall advise the Investor within two (2) business days (at ListCo’s expense): (i) when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (iv) of the receipt by ListCo of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (v) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. Upon receipt of any written notice from ListCo (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding ListCo) of the happening of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of the occurrence of such event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Investor agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the PIPE Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the Investor receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which ListCo agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by ListCo that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by ListCo except (A) for disclosure to the Investor’s employees, agents and professional advisers who need to know such information and are obligated to keep it confidential, (B) for disclosures to the extent required in order to comply with reporting obligations to its limited partners who have agreed to keep such information confidential and (C) as required by law or subpoena. ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated in clauses (ii) through (v) above, except for such times as ListCo is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, ListCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the PIPE Registrable Securities included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 


  

c.             Indemnification.

 

(i)       ListCo agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Investor, its directors, and officers, employees, and agents, and each person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Investor (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus included in any Registration Statement (“Prospectus”) or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to ListCo by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein.

 

(ii)      The Investor agrees, severally and not jointly with any other person that is a party to the Other Subscription Agreements, to indemnify and hold harmless ListCo, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls ListCo (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(iii)    Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of legal counsel to any indemnified party a conflict of interest exists between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (1) cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement), (2) 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 to such claim or litigation, or (3) contains any statement of fault or culpability.

 

(iv)    The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, agent, affiliate or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the PIPE Registrable Securities.

 

(v)     If the indemnification provided under this Section 8(c) from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by or on behalf of, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the liability of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8(c)(v) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor upon the sale of the PIPE Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation, and such obligations of the Investor shall be several and not joint.

 


  

9.            Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) ListCo’s notification to the Investor in writing that it has, with the written consent of the Company, abandoned its plans to move forward with the Transaction and/or terminated the Investor’s obligations with respect to the subscription without the delivery of the Shares having occurred, and (d) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Subscription Agreement by the Investor to ListCo and ARYA on the Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), if the Closing has not occurred by the Termination Date (provided, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement pursuant to this clause (d) shall not be available to the Investor if the Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Subscription Agreement (or if an affiliate of the Investor is an Other Investor, and such Other Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under an Other Subscription Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, shall have proximately caused the failure of the consummation of the Transaction on or before the Termination Date) (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(d) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty hereunder prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach. ListCo shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Transaction Agreement as promptly as practicable after the termination of the Transaction Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to ListCo in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

 

10.          Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that ARYA is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving ARYA and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in ARYA’s final prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated February 25, 2021 (the “Final Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of ARYA’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of ARYA’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of ARYA, its public shareholders and the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to ARYA to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Final Prospectus. For and in consideration of ARYA entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor, on behalf of itself and its representatives, hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account (or distributions therefrom to ARYA’s public shareholders or to the underwriters of ARYA’s initial public offering in respect of their deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account), and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to any monies held in the Trust Account by virtue of its record or beneficial ownership of publicly traded Class A Shares acquired in an open market transaction, pursuant to a validly exercised redemption right with respect to any such Class A Shares, in accordance with ARYA’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended in connection with the shareholder meeting of ARYA on February 28, 2023 and as may be subsequently amended from time to time, and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and ARYA, dated March 2, 2021, except to the extent that the Investor has otherwise agreed in writing with ListCo, ARYA, the Company or any of their respective affiliates to not exercise such redemption right.

 


  

11.          Miscellaneous.

 

a.             Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Investor hereunder (other than the PIPE Securities acquired hereunder and the rights set forth in Section 8 solely in connection with a transfer of such PIPE Securities (other than a transfer in connection with a sale pursuant to either an effective registration statement or under Rule 144), if any) may be transferred or assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after notifying ListCo, Investor may assign its rights and obligations under this Subscription Agreement to one or more of its affiliates (including other investment funds or accounts managed or advised by the investment manager who acts on behalf of Investor) or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, provided that no such assignment shall relieve Investor of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrants may not be transferred by the holder thereof following their issuance.

 

b.             ListCo may request from the Investor such additional information as ListCo may deem necessary to register the resale of the PIPE Registrable Securities and evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the PIPE Securities, and the Investor shall provide any such information as may be reasonably requested. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other covenants or agreements in this Subscription Agreement, the Investor acknowledges that ListCo and ARYA may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement, the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of ListCo or ARYA.

 

c.             The Investor acknowledges that ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent in writing if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations or warranties set forth in Section 7 above are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by materiality, in which case the Investor shall notify ListCo, ARYA, the Company and the Placement Agent if they are no longer accurate in any respect). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of PIPE Securities from ListCo will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.

 

d.             The Investor agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor will engage in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or similar instrument, including without limitation equity repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition or transfer (whether by the Investor or any other person), in each case, solely to the extent it has the same economic effect as a “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act), of any economic consequences of ownership (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any consequences resulting solely from foreign exchange fluctuations), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, physically or synthetically, of any PIPE Securities or any securities of ARYA prior to the Closing, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of securities of ARYA, in cash or otherwise, or to publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 11(d) shall not apply to long sales (including sales of securities held by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or any of its controlled affiliates prior to the date hereof and securities purchased by the Investor in the open market after the date hereof) other than those effectuated through derivative transactions and similar instruments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11(d) (i) shall prohibit any entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge (constructive or otherwise) of this Subscription Agreement or of Investor’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby from entering into any of the transactions set forth in the first sentence of this Section 11(d); and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers or desks manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, this Section 11(d) shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the PIPE Securities covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 


  

e.             ListCo, ARYA and the Placement Agent are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 11(e) shall not give the Placement Agent any rights other than those expressly set forth herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to rely on any of the representations and warranties of ListCo or ARYA set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

 

f.             All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

g.             This Subscription Agreement may not be terminated other than pursuant to the terms of Section 9 above. The provisions of this Subscription Agreement may not be modified, amended or waived except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto; provided, however, that no modification, amendment or waiver by ListCo of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of ARYA (other than modifications, amendments or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and, in each case, do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). No failure or delay of either party hereto in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

 

h.             This Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the schedule hereto and each of the Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Agreement attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3(b), Section 7, Section 9, Section 11(c), Section 11(e), Section 11(g), this Section 11(h) and the last sentence of Section 11(l) with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

i.             Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

j.             If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

k.             This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including, without limitation, by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 


  

l.             The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur if any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company shall be entitled to seek to specifically enforce the Investor’s obligations to fund the Subscription Amount, ListCo’s obligations under this Subscription Agreement and the provisions of the Subscription Agreement of which the Company is an express third party beneficiary, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

m.             Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Investor shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address(es) or email address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as the Investor may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

(i)           if to the Investor, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

 

(ii)          if to ARYA or ListCo, to:

c/o ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Michael Altman

Konstantin Poukalov

E-mail: Michael@perceptivelife.com

Konstantin@perceptivelife.com

 

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Peter Seligson

Mathieu Kohmann

Email: peter.seligson@kirkland.com

mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com

 

n.             THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (REGARDLESS OF THE LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF) AS TO ALL MATTERS (INCLUDING ANY ACTION, SUIT, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, CLAIM, CHARGE, COMPLAINT, INQUIRY, PROCEEDING, HEARING, AUDIT, INVESTIGATION OR REVIEWS BY OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY RELATED HERETO), INCLUDING MATTERS OF VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, EFFECT, PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIES. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (OR, IF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DECLINES TO ACCEPT JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE) SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 11(n) OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 


  

EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11(n).

 

o.             The Investor hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent and/or its respective affiliates may now or in the future own securities of ARYA and/or purchase securities in the Transaction.

 


  

12.          Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, any of its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the statements, representations and warranties of ListCo expressly contained in Section 5 and ARYA expressly contained in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in ListCo. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any other investor pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities (including the investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), (ii) the Placement Agent, its respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing, or (iii) any other party to the Transaction Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate, shall have any liability to the Investor, or to any other investor, pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the PIPE Securities, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the PIPE Securities or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent, any of its respective controlled affiliates, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of ListCo, ARYA, the Company, the Placement Agent or any of ListCo’s, ARYA’s, the Company’s or the Placement Agent’s respective controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

 

14.          Several Obligations. The obligations of the Investor and each Other Investor in connection with the private placement are several and not joint, and Investor shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Investor in connection with the private placement. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by Investor or any Other Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

15.          Disclosure. ListCo shall, by 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements and the Transaction. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, ListCo shall not (i) publicly disclose the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers or include the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release without the prior written consent of the Investor except as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities, or to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the Stock Exchange, in which case ListCo will provide Investor with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such disclosure under this clause (i), or (ii) to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication that was approved by the Investor in accordance with this Section 15.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 


  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor:   State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
     
By:      
Name:      
Title:      
     
Name in which PIPE Securities are to be registered (if different):   Date: ________, 2024
     
Investor’s EIN/SSN (as applicable):    
     
Business Address-Street:   Mailing Address-Street (if different):
     
City, State, Zip:   City, State, Zip:
     
Attn:     Attn:  
     
Telephone No.:   Telephone No.:
Facsimile No.:   Facsimile No.:
     
Email:   Email:
     
Number of Shares subscribed for:    
     
Number of Pre-Funded Warrants subscribed for:    
     
Number of Warrants subscribed for:    
     
Subscription Amount: $    
           

 You must pay the Subscription Amount by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by ListCo in the Closing Notice. To the extent the offering is oversubscribed, the number of Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants received and the Subscription Amount may be less than the maximum number of Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants subscribed for.

 


  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ListCo and ARYA have accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Adam Stone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
  ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
   
  By:  
  Name: Michael Altman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
       

 Date: [●], 2024

 


  

SCHEDULE A

 

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INVESTOR

 

This Schedule must be completed by Investor and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. The Investor must check the applicable box in either Section A, Section B or Section C below.

 

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

¨  We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

 

** OR **

 

B. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

1. ¨  We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”

 

2. ¨  We are not a natural person.

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS

(Please check the applicable box) INVESTOR:

 

¨ is:

 

¨ is not:

 

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

 

Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. The Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to the Investor and under which the Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

¨  Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

¨  Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

¨  Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 


  

¨  Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

¨  Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

 

¨  Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth: (a) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding sixty (60) days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

 

¨  Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

¨  Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the SEC has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status, such as a General Securities Representative license (Series 7), a Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82) and an Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65);

 

¨  Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; or

 

¨  Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests.

 

This page should be completed by the Investor

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

 


  

Exhibit A

 

Form of Pre-Funded Warrant Agreement

 


  

[FORM OF WARRANT]

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Aja Holdco, Inc.

 

Pre-Funded Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.:

 

Date of Issuance: [                  ], 2024 (“Issuance Date”)

 

Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date up to _________________ (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Number”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement, dated as of [____], 2024 (the “Subscription Agreement”), pursuant to which this Warrant has been issued.

 


  

1.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)           Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “Exercise Date”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via electronic mail or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined herein). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, or a similar organization, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of (i) two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “Share Delivery Date”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any resale of Warrant Shares with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled. From the Issuance Date through and including the Expiration Date, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in FAST.

 


  

(b)          Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.01, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)          Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Subscription Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Date the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. While this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to participate in FAST. In addition to the foregoing rights, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1(a) by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

 


  

(d)          Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if, at any time of exercise hereof, a Registration Statement (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) is not effective (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the resale by the Holder of all of the Warrant Shares, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)  
                      B  
For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B = as elected by the Holder: (i) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(c) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If the Warrant Shares are issued in a Cashless Exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the 1933 Act, the Warrant Shares take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised.

 


  

(e)          [RESERVED].

 

(f)           Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 19.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 


  

(g)          Reservation of Shares.

 

(i)             Required Reserve Amount. So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 100% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under this Warrant then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of this Warrant or such other event covered by Section 2(c) below.

 


  

(ii)           Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i), and not in limitation thereof, at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorization Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g)(ii); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount, brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Section 1(g)(ii) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Subscription Agreement.

 

2.             ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

 

(a)           Stock Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 2 or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the date of the Subscription Agreement, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 


  

(b)           Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 2(a) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Exercise Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 2(b), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 2 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

(c)           Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section (c) or Section (b), the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

(d)           Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2(d) shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

(e)       Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Holder (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

3.             [RESERVED].

 


  

4.             PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)           Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(b)          Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i)  the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction) and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 4(a) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

 


  

(c)          Application. The provisions of this Section 4(c)  shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

5.             NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation (as in effect on the Issuance Date) Bylaws (as in effect on the Issuance Date) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 


  

6.             WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

7.             REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)           Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)           Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)           Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 


  

(d)           Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8.             NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 11(m) of the Subscription Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, or (B) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, and (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.             [RESERVED].

 

10.           ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions. In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

 


  

11.            AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. This Warrant may be modified or amended, or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

12.            SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

13.            GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 


  

14.       CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

 

15.           [RESERVED].

 

16.           REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 1(f) hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

17.           PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

18.           TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by applicable securities laws.

 


  

19.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)           “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)           “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(d)           “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(e)           “Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(f)           “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 


  

(g)           “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

(h)           “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(i)           “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(j)           “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

(k)           “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Principal Market.

 

(l)           “Expiration Date” means the date this Warrant is exercised in full.

 


  

(m)           “Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(n)           “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 


  

(o)           “Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(p)           “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(q)           “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(r)           “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(s)           “Principal Market” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(t)           “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(u)           “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(v)           “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(w)          “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 


  

(x)           “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[signature page follows]

 


  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  Aja Holdco, Inc.
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 


  

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

AJA HOLDCO, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby elects to exercise the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. _______ (the “Warrant”) of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) as specified below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1.       Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

2.       Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3.       Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, __________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

            Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:  
   
   
   
   

 


  

Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

 

DTC Participant:  
   
DTC Number:  
   
Account Number:  
   
     

 

Date: _____________ __,  
   
   
Name of Registered Holder  
   
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  Tax ID:____________________________  
     
  Facsimile:__________________________  
     
  E-mail Address:_____________________  

 


  

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated _________, 202_, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 


  

Exhibit B

 

Form of Warrant Agreement

 


  

WARRANT NUMBER: A-[_]

 

THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS TO AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”)) OF THE HOLDER OR WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. THE WARRANT REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS WARRANT OR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON HOLDERS’ EXERCISE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED HEREIN AND IN THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. FURTHER, THE WARRANT AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN. THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS AS SET FORTH UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Company: Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
   
Number of Shares: [●]
   
Class: Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
   
Warrant Price: $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein
   
Original Issue Date: [●], 2024
   
Expiration Date: [●], 2029; see also Section 2.2
   
Subscription Agreement: This Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (“Warrant”) is issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of February [●], 2024, by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Holder (as may be further amended and/or modified and in effect from time to time, the “Subscription Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Subscription Agreement.

 

THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES THAT, for good and valuable consideration, [HOLDER] (together with any successor or permitted assignee or transferee of this Warrant, “Holder”) is entitled to purchase up to [●] shares of fully paid and non-assessable common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Warrant Price, all as set forth above and subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant.

 


  

1.       Warrants.

 

a.             Form of Warrant. This Warrant, together with all of the other warrants to purchase Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the “Warrant Shares”) issued pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements, including any warrants issued upon the transfer of such warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”), shall be issued in certificated form.

 

b.             Registration.

 

(i)       Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of this Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register this Warrant in the name of the Holder. The Company shall provide 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in warrant agent and the new warrant agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Warrant Register after a third-party warrant agent has been appointed.

 

This Warrant shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose signature has been placed upon this Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

 

(ii)       Registered Holder. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical certificate made by anyone other than the Company), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

(iii)       Registration of Transfer.    Subject to compliance with the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant, the Company shall register the valid transfer, in whole or in part, from time to time, of this Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant for transfer and a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder or its agent or attorney. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants shall be issued and the old Warrant shall be cancelled by the Company. Upon any partial transfer, the Company shall at its expense issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder, which shall be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which rights under this Warrant were not so transferred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Registered Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within two (2) Trading Days of the date on which the Registered Holder delivers a duly completed and executed written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to the Company assigning this Warrant in full.

 

(iv)       Transferability. This Warrant may not be transferred except for transfers to an affiliate (as defined in the Subscription Agreement) of the Holder or with the written consent of the Company.

 

c.             Procedure for Surrender of Warrants. This Warrant may be surrendered to the Company, together with a written request for exchange or transfer, and thereupon the Company shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants; provided, however, that if the Warrant so surrendered bears a restrictive legend, the Company shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 


  

2.            Terms and Exercise of Warrants.

 

a.             Warrant Price. This Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder, subject to the provisions hereof, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock set forth above, at the price of $10.00 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 3 hereof. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant shall mean the price per share of each Warrant Share that may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised.

 

b.             Duration of Warrants. A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the Original Issue Date, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the date that is five (5) years after the Original Issue Date; provided, however, that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions set forth in this Warrant. Each outstanding Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under such outstanding Warrant shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

c.             Exercise of Warrants.

 

(i)       Payment. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the initial issuance date during the Exercise Period, by delivery of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Warrant Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed, and by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full Warrant Share as to which this Warrant is exercised, the exchange of this Warrant for Warrant Shares and the issuance of such Warrant Shares in lawful money of the United States, by (i) wire transfer or in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the Company or (ii) or by “cashless exercise” in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) below. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Registered Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Registered Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Registered Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within five (5) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) trading day of receipt of such notice. The Registered Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(1)       Cashless Exercise. If at the time of exercise hereof following the one-year anniversary of the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date (as defined below) there is no effective registration statement registering the Warrant Shares, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Registered Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 


  

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Registered Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Stock Exchange as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Registered Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to subsection 2.3.1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

 

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

 

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of the portion of this Warrant specified in the Notice of Exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this subsection 2.3.1(a).

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Stock Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Stock Exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date” means the date on which the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any other applicable form) that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

 


  

(2)       Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Registered Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Registered Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Registered Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Registered Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(ii)       Issuance of Warrant Shares on Exercise. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection (i)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of shares of Warrant Shares to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if this Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new countersigned Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant shall not have been exercised. If at the time of exercise of this Warrant, the Warrant Shares are not registered for resale pursuant to the Securities Act then such purchased Warrant Shares issued to a Registered Holder upon payment of the Warrant Price pursuant to subsection (i) shall bear a restrictive legend in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Warrants may not be exercised by, or securities issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be unlawful. In the event that a Registered Holder reasonably determines that a consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or under any other applicable antitrust or competition Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any other merger control or investment Laws (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”) is required, then the making of any appropriate filings, the taking or causing to be taken of any required actions, and the expiration or the termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, in each case as applicable under any such applicable Antitrust Laws, shall be a condition to the issuance of the Common Stock and the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance requested by the Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions under the applicable Antitrust Laws. The Company shall not take any action that would cause a Registered Holder’s ownership percentage of voting securities of the Company (as defined or interpreted under the applicable Antitrust Laws) to increase without providing notice to such Registered Holders for each to determine whether any filing, consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity could be triggered under the applicable Antitrust Laws by the proposed Company action. If any Registered Holder determines that the proposed Company action requires clearance, approval or authorization under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the obtaining of required clearance, approval or authorization, or the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, review period or comparable period, as applicable, under the applicable Antitrust Laws shall be a condition to the Company taking its proposed action. If at any time a Registered Holder determines that it has a filing requirement or other requirement or obligation under the applicable Antitrust Laws, then the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to such Registered Holder as reasonably requested by that Registered Holder in connection with any required filings or actions to be made or taken under the applicable Antitrust Laws. “Governmental Entity” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 shall mean any United States or non-United States (a) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including notified bodies as well as any arbitral tribunal (public or private). “Law” as used in this subsection 2.3.2 means any federal, state, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive or guidance issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.

 


  

(iii)     Valid Issuance. All Warrant Shares issued upon the proper exercise of this Warrant shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

(iv)     Date of Issuance. Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, Warrant Shares are issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the stock transfer books of the Company or book-entry system of the Company’s transfer agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares of Common Stock at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books or book-entry system are open.

 

(v)      Delivery of Certificates upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Registered Holder by crediting the account of the Registered Holder’s or its designee’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Registered Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Registered Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants) (and the Registered Holder and its broker provide the Company and its transfer agent with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and its transfer agent in connection therewith), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Registered Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Registered Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Registered Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Registered Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Registered Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day after Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Stock Exchange with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

(vi)     Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2.3.4 by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Registered Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 


  

(vii)    Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Registered Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Registered Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3.4 above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Registered Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Registered Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Registered Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Registered Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Registered Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Registered Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Registered Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Registered Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Registered Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Registered Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Registered Holder $1,000. The Registered Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Registered Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

3.            Adjustments.

 

a.             Stock Dividends.

 

(i)       Split-Ups. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of the Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in this subsection 3.a(i)) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the Common Stock) and (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(i), (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Stock Exchange, without the right to receive such rights.

 


  

(ii)      Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 3.a(i) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 3.a(ii), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 3 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Warrant Shares issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

b.             Aggregation of Shares. If after the Original Issue Date, and subject to the provisions of 3.f hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

c.             Adjustments in Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as provided in subsection 3.a(i) or 3.b above, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

d.             Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change under subsections 3.a(i) or 3.a(ii) or 3.b hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company as another entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Registered Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Registered Holder would have received if the Registered Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”) and the Company shall not enter into any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance unless the successor or purchasing entity agrees to provide for delivery of such Alternative Issuance; If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 3.a(i), then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 3.a(i), 3.b, 3.c and this 3.d. The provisions of this 3.d shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

e.             Notices of Changes in Warrant. Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, or upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections a, b, c or d, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Registered Holders, at the last address set forth for each such Registered Holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. The notice shall state the adjusted Warrant Price, if applicable, and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 


  

f.             No Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Warrant to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3, the Registered Holder would be entitled, upon the exercise of this Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Registered Holder.

 

4.            Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrants.

 

a.             No Rights as Stockholder. This Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

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

 

c.             Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Stock Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

 

5.             Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

a.             Payment of Taxes. The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company in respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the ownership of the Warrants or such underlying Common Stock.

 

b.             Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant by or for the benefit of the Company or the Registered Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

c.             Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: (i) if to the Registered Holder, at his, her or its address as shown in the Warrant Register; and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal office, to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer. Any party may change its address for purposes of this section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

d.             Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against either party arising out of or relating in any way to this Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company and the Registered Holder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 


  

e.             Persons Having Rights under this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Warrant or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.

 

f.             Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Warrant and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

g.             Amendments. This Warrant may only be amended or modified by written instrument executed by both the Company and the Registered Holder.

 

h.             Severability. This Warrant shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Warrant or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Warrant a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

i.             Complete Agreement. This Warrant (together with the Subscription Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

j.             Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Registered Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Registered Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Registered Holder for the purchase price of any Warrant Shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

k.             Remedies. The Registered Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

l.             Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Registered Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Subscription Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Registered Holder, the Company shall pay to the Registered Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Registered Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

m.            Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a trading day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding trading day.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
       
    By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
     
Name and Address of Warrant Holder:    
     
[Name]    
     
[Address]    

 


  

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

1.       The undersigned Registered Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase__________________ shares of common stock of Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in accordance with the attached Warrant To Purchase Common Stock, and tenders payment of the aggregate Warrant Price for such shares as follows:

 

¨ check in the amount of $ [___] payable to order of the Company enclosed herewith

 

¨ Wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company’s account

 

¨ Other [Describe]

 

2.       Please issue a certificate or certificates, or book-entry interest, representing the shares of Common Stock in the name specified below:

 

 
Holder’s Name
 
 
(Address)

 

  HOLDER:
   
  By:
  Name:
  Title:
  (Date):

 


  

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

[To be completed and executed by the Holder only upon transfer of the Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (the “Transferee”) the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock of Aja Holdco, Inc. (the “Company”) to which the within Warrant relates and appoints attorney to transfer said right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. In connection therewith, the undersigned represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with the Company that:

 

(a) the offer and sale of the Warrant contemplated hereby is being made in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or another valid exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States;

 

(b) the undersigned has not offered to sell the Warrant by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, and any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;

 

(c) the undersigned has read the Transferee’s investment letter included herewith, and to its actual knowledge, the statements made therein are true and correct; and

 

(d) the undersigned understands that the Company may condition the transfer of the Warrant contemplated hereby upon the delivery to the Company by the undersigned or the Transferee, as the case may be, of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable securities laws of the states of the United States.

 

Dated:    
    (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
   
     
    Address of Transferee
   
     
   
In the presence of:    

 


  

EXHIBIT C

 

LEGEND

 

“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE HOLDERS’ EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS TO WHICH THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK RELATE, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AJA HOLDCO, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (IV) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CERTAIN REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY, ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV AND THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THE WARRANTS AS TO WHICH THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY RELATE.”

 

 


EX-10.7 9 ny20020899x3_ex10-7.htm EXHIBIT 10.7

Exhibit 10.7

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of February [●], 2024 (the “Subscription Date”), is by and among Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10003  (the “Company”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands with offices located at 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10003 (the “SPAC”), Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (the “Target” and together with the Company and the SPAC, the “BC Parties”), and each of the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (each individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).
 
RECITALS
 
A.          On February [●], 2024, the Company has entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as in effect as of the date hereof, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, the SPAC, the Target, Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SPAC Merger Sub”) and Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Target Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, SPAC Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC, with SPAC surviving such merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Target Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target, with the Target surviving such merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, at the closing thereof (the “Business Combination Closing”, and such date, the “Business Combination Closing Date”), and the Company shall be the public company successor to the SPAC (the “Business Combination”), as described in that certain registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the Business Combination (the “S-4 BC Registration Statement”).
 
B.          The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act.
 
C.          The Company has authorized a new series of senior secured convertible notes of the Company, in the aggregate original principal amount of $20,000,000, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notes”), which Notes shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes, including, without limitation, upon conversion or otherwise, collectively, the “Conversion Shares”), in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
 
D.          Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, and (ii) a warrant to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).
 


E.          At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
 
F.          The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”
 
G.          The Notes will rank pari passu with all Other Notes (as defined in the Notes) and shall be senior to all outstanding and future indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) (other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes) that may be issued after the date hereof) and the Notes will be secured by a first priority (except with respect to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes)) perfected security interest in all of the existing and future assets of the Company and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Security Agreement (as defined below)), as evidenced by (i) a security agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Security Agreement”), (ii) account control agreements with respect to certain accounts described in the Note and the Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each Buyer, duly executed by the Company and each depositary bank (each, an “Controlled Account Bank”) in which each such account is maintained (the “Controlled Account Agreements”, and together with the Security Agreement, the Perfection Certificate (as defined below) and the other security documents and agreements entered into in connection with this Agreement and each of such other documents and agreements, as each may be amended or modified from time to time, collectively, the “Security Documents”), and (iii) a guaranty executed by each Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (collectively, the “Guaranties”) pursuant to which each of them guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents (as defined below).
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
 
1.          PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.
 
(a)          Purchase of Notes and Warrants.  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below) a Note in the original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers along with Warrants to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers.
 
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(b)          Closing.  The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase of the Notes and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the offices of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 3 World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be immediately following the time of the closing of the Business Combination on the Business Combination Closing Date, so long as the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived as of such date, and in any event no later than the first (1st) Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).  As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.
 
(c)          Purchase Price.  The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers; provided, that to the extent set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, a Buyer may satisfy its payment of the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, through the cancellation of (or transfer to the Company of) outstanding Indebtedness of the applicable BC Party then held by such Buyer as specified opposite such Buyer’s name on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (each, a “Non-Cash Purchase Price Amount”). Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each $1,000 of principal amount of Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.  Each Buyer and the Company agree that the Notes and the Warrants constitute an “investment unit” for purposes of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  The Buyers and the Company agree that the allocation of the Purchase Price, which is the issue price of such investment unit, between the Notes and the Warrants in accordance with Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(h) shall be an aggregate amount of $187,500 allocated to the Warrants and the balance of the Purchase Price allocated to the Notes, and neither the Buyers nor the Company shall take any position inconsistent with such allocation in any tax return or in any judicial or administrative proceeding in respect of taxes.
 
(d)          Form of Payment.  On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g) and any applicable Non-Cash Purchase Price Amount) to the Company for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter (as defined below) and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer (A) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, and (B) a Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to initially acquire up to such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.
 
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2.          BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
 
Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with respect to only itself that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
 
(a)          Organization; Authority.  Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
 
(b)          No Public Sale or Distribution.  Such Buyer (i) is acquiring its Note and Warrants, (ii) upon conversion of its Note will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, and (iii) upon exercise of its Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act.  Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities in violation of applicable securities laws.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any department or agency thereof.
 
(c)          Accredited Investor Status.  Such Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.
 
(d)          Reliance on Exemptions.  Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
 
(e)          Information.  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer.  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein.  Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk.  Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
 
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(f)          No Governmental Review.  Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
 
(g)          Transfer or Resale.  Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and Section 4(h) hereof:  (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144, and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(g).
 
(h)          Validity; Enforcement.  This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be prior to or upon the Closing, duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
 
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(i)          No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.
 
(j)           Residency.  Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
 
(k)          No Reliance on Placement Agent.

(i)  Such Buyer acknowledges and agrees that such Buyer is purchasing the Securities directly from the Company. Such Buyer further acknowledges that there have not been, and such Buyer hereby agrees that it is not relying on, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to such Buyer by or on behalf of the Company, the SPAC, the Target and Chardan Capital Markets LLC (Chardan Capital Markets, LLC and any of its affiliates, collectively, the “Placement Agent”), any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in the Transaction Documents.

(ii)  In making its decision to purchase the Securities, such Buyer has relied solely upon independent investigation made by such Buyer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Buyer has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning the BC Parties, the Business Combination, the Business Combination Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Securities or the offer and sale of the Securities.

(iii)  Such Buyer acknowledges that no disclosure or offering document has been prepared by the Placement Agent in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.

(iv)  Such Buyer acknowledges that neither the Placement Agent, nor any of its affiliates nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing have made any independent investigation with respect to the Company, the SPAC, the Target or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the Securities or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to such Buyer by any of the BC Parties, as applicable.

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(v)  Such Buyer acknowledges and is aware that the Placement Agent is acting as the Company’s and the SPAC’s placement agent with respect to this offering of the Securities and Jefferies LLC is acting as placement agent in connection with a separate PIPE financing and as capital markets advisor to the SPAC.

(vi)  Such Buyer acknowledges and agrees that no Placement Agent shall have any liability or obligation (including without limitation, for or with respect to any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements incurred by such Buyer, the Company, the SPAC or any other person or entity), whether in contract, tort or otherwise, to such Buyer, or to any person claiming through such Buyer, in respect of this offering of the Securities or the Business Combination.

(l)          No General Solicitation.  Such Buyer became aware of this offering of the Securities solely by means of direct contact between such Buyer and the BC Parties or a representative of one of the BC Parties, and the Securities were offered to such Buyer solely by direct contact between such Buyer and the BC Parties or a representative thereof.  Such Buyer did not become aware of this offering of the Securities, nor were the Securities offered to such Buyer, by any other means and none of the BC Parties, the Placement Agent or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to such Buyer. Such Buyer acknowledges that the Securities were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. Such Buyer acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, the Company, the SPAC, the Target, the Placement Agent, any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, the SPAC expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents and the Target expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company.
 
(m)          No Prohibited Investors.  Such Buyer is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv)  a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). Such agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that such Buyer is permitted to do so under applicable law.  If such Buyer is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), such Buyer maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including, without limitation, the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, such Buyer maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by such Buyer and used to purchase the Securities and any Warrant Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.
 
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(n)          No “Bad Actors”.  Neither such Buyer, nor any person or entity with whom such Buyer shares beneficial ownership of the Notes, is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act.
 
(o)         Certain Transactions.  Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Buyer has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer (excluding any funds or investment vehicles not managed by the Buyer), executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, or any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (a “Put Equivalent Position”) of the securities of the SPAC during the period commencing as of the time that such Buyer first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof.  “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the 1934 Act (but shall not be deemed to include locating and/or borrowing shares of Common Stock).
 
3.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
 
The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers (x) as of the Subscription Date (solely with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3(a) to 3(e) below) and (y) as of the time of the Closing (the “Closing Time”) with respect to all of the representations and warranties in this Section 3 as follows:
 
(a)          Organization and Qualification.  Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).  As used in this Agreement, “Company Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), or financial condition or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below).  As of the Closing Time, other than the Persons (as defined below) set forth on Schedule 3(a) the Company has no Subsidiaries.  “Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly (including through or in combination with another Subsidiary of the Company), owns more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of capital stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof.   The Company represents and warrants that Adagio Medical GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, is an Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Security Agreement), and satisfies the requirements of such definition in the Security Agreement.
 
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(b)          Authorization; Enforcement; Validity.  The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  Each Subsidiary has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and each of its Subsidiaries’ board of directors or other governing body, as applicable, and (other than (i) the filing with the SEC of such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Business Combination Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) compliance with the listing requirements of the Principal Market (including, without limitation, filing a listing application with the Principal Market with respect to the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares), (iii) the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement and any filings as may be required by any state securities agencies and (iv) stockholder approvals required pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement to permit the consummation of the Business Combination (collectively, the “Required Approvals”), no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors or their stockholders or other governing body.  This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be prior to or upon the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company (assuming that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto (if any)), enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.  Prior to the Closing, the Transaction Documents to which each Subsidiary is a party will be duly executed and delivered by each such Subsidiary, and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each such Subsidiary (assuming that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such  Subsidiary is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto (if any)), enforceable against each such Subsidiary in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.  “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined below), the Guaranties, the Security Documents, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined below) and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.
 
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(c)          Issuance of Securities.  The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof.  As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than the sum of (i) 100% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes), (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the forty-five month anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the Alternate Conversion Price and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein).  Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Notes or exercise in accordance with the Warrants (as the case may be), the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.  Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
 
(d)          No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and its Subsidiaries and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificate of designation contained therein), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (including, without limitation, the Business Combination Agreement), or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Principal Market”) and including all applicable foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or bound, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
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(e)          Consents.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, approval of or authorization or order of, or make any designation, declaration or filing or registration with (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, any filings as may be required by any state securities agencies and other consents and filings which have been obtained or made), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof (other than the Required Approvals).  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which would reasonably be expected to prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.  As of the time of initial issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, no stockholder approval shall be required for the conversion in full of the Notes and/or the exercise in full of the Warrants, as applicable, in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Principal Market (including, without limitation, Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5635).  “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.
 
(f)          Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act).  The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company, each Subsidiary and their respective representatives.
 
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(g)          No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees.  Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.  The fees and expenses of the Placement Agent to be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are as set forth on Schedule 3(g) attached hereto.  The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.  The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.  Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
 
(h)          No Integrated Offering.  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or caused this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation.  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act (other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Notes)) or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.
 
(i)          Dilutive Effect.  The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.
 
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(j)          Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities.  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(k)          SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  From and after the effective time of the S-4 BC Registration Statement, the Company has timely (after giving effect to any applicable grace period or extensions under applicable securities laws) filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the Closing Time and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being collectively hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”).  The Company has delivered or has made available to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system.  As of their respective dates (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Document has been superseded by a later filed SEC Document), the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the applicable BC Entities included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the applicable BC Entities as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate, and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of the applicable BC Entities in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to such BC Entity.  The investor presentation relating to the Business Combination attached hereto as Exhibit G does not as of the date hereof contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made.  The Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the applicable BC Entities with respect thereto) included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”), nor is the Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC.  The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements.
 
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(l)          Absence of Certain Changes.  Since the date of the Target’s most recent audited financial statements contained in the S-4 BC Registration Statement, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), financial condition  or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided, however, that any change or effect that results from or relates to any MAE Exception shall be disregarded for purposes of the foregoing.  Since the date of the Target’s most recent audited financial statements contained in the S-4 BC Registration Statement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any material assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business, other than sale of inventory or the abandonment of obsolete equipment or (iii) made any material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business, other than the Business Combination.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.  The Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination and the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, and assuming (x) the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers set forth in Section  and (y) compliance by the Buyers with their covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, will not be Insolvent (as defined below).  For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means, (i) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature; and (ii) with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) assets is less than the amount required to pay its respective total Indebtedness, (B) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable to pay its respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its respective ability to pay as such debts mature.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.
 
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(m)          No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances.  No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or financial condition, that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse effect on any Buyer’s investment hereunder or (iii) could have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
(n)          Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Certificate of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits (“Material Permits”) issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Permit is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and (ii) no written notice of suspension, limitation, revocation, cancellation, modification or termination of any Material Permit has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(o)          Foreign Corrupt Practices.  Neither the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other person acting for or on behalf of the foregoing (individually and collectively, a “Company Affiliate”) have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has, to the Company’s knowledge, any Company Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for political office (individually and collectively, a “Government Official”) or to any person under circumstances where such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of:
 
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(i)  (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or

(ii)  assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(p)          Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
 
(q)         Transactions With Affiliates.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(q), there are no contracts between (a) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (b) any employee, partner, director, officer or direct shareholder of 10% or more of the Common Stock (each Person identified in this clause (b), a “Company Related Party”), other than (i) contracts with respect to a Company Related Party’s employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans and other ordinary course compensation). Except as set forth on Schedule 3(q), no Company Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in any business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (C) is a supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor, or other material business relation of the Company’s Subsidiaries or (D) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business). All contracts, arrangements, understandings, interests and other matters that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 3(r) are referred to herein as “Company Related Party Transactions”.
 
(r)          Equity Capitalization.
 
(i)  Definitions:

(A)          Common Stock” means (x) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (y) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
 
(B)          Preferred Stock” means (x) the Company’s blank check preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, the terms of which may be designated by the board of directors of the Company in a certificate of designations and (y) any capital stock into which such preferred stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such preferred stock (other than a conversion of such preferred stock into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such certificate of designations).
 

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(ii)  Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock.  As of the Closing Time, the authorized capital stock of the Company will consist at least of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which approximately 12,800,000 shares of Common Stock are expected to be issued and outstanding at Closing (such number is assuming that (i) all publicly held Class A ordinary shares of the SPAC that are not subject to any non-redemption and/or open market purchase commitment with the SPAC and the Company in connection with the Business Combination will be redeemed at Closing, (ii) no additional securities will be sold by the Company prior to Closing, (iii) no Convertible Securities are exercised at Closing, and (iv) no securities are issued pursuant to any incentive plan or employee stock purchase plan that the Company will adopt at Closing), and (B) such number of shares of Preferred Stock, which will be determined by mutual agreement by the SPAC and the Target pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement prior to the Closing Date and of which none will be issued and outstanding. Convertible Securities means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

(iii)  Valid Issuance; Available Shares; Affiliates.  All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.  Schedule 3(r)(iii) sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock that as of Closing are expected to be reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Notes and the Warrants).

(iv)  Existing Securities; Obligations.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents: (A) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Notes)); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; and (F) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.

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(v)  Organizational Documents.  The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as will be in effect after the Business Combination Closing and at the Closing Time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as will be in effect after the Business Combination Closing and at the Closing Time (the “Bylaws”).

(s)          Indebtedness and Other Contracts.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) except as disclosed on Schedule 3(s), has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) is in material violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  For purposes of this Agreement:  (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
 
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(t)          Litigation.  There is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, other Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, if adversely decided or resolved, has been or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Entity which would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
(u)          Insurance.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
(v)          Employee Relations.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union.  The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.  No executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the 1933 Act) or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.  No current (or former) executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
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(w)          Title.
 
(i)  Real Property.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries holds good title to all real property, leases in real property, facilities or other interests in real property owned or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Real Property”) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as applicable).  The Real Property is free and clear of all Liens and is not subject to any rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations, or limitations of any nature except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes).  Any Real Property held under lease by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(ii)  Fixtures and Equipment.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as applicable) has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, the tangible personal property, equipment, improvements, fixtures, and other personal property and appurtenances that are used by the Company or its Subsidiary in connection with the conduct of its business (the “Fixtures and Equipment”) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns all of its Fixtures and Equipment free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens.

(x)          Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, original works of authorship, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except where the failure to so own or possess would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.  The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others.  There is no written claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened in writing, that is currently pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding infringement of third party Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their material Intellectual Property Rights.
 
(y)          Environmental Laws.  (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.  The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
 
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(ii)          No Hazardous Materials:
 
(A)  have been disposed of or otherwise released from any Real Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any Environmental Laws, which violation would have a Company Material Adverse Effect; or

(B)  are present on, over, beneath, in or upon any Real Property or any portion thereof in quantities that would constitute a violation of any Environmental Laws.  No prior use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Real Property has occurred that violates any Environmental Laws, which violation would have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(iii)  Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries knows of any other person who or entity which has stored, treated, recycled, disposed of or otherwise located on any Real Property any Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, such substances as asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.

        (iv)  Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the Real Properties are on any federal or state “Superfund” list or Liability Information System (“CERCLIS”) list or any state environmental agency list of sites under consideration for CERCLIS, nor subject to any environmental related Liens.



(z)          Subsidiary Rights.  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.
 
(aa)          Tax Status.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has filed all material tax returns, reports and declarations required to have been filed by it with any Governmental Entity, and (ii) has paid all material taxes and other governmental assessments and charges, in each case in the nature of taxes, required to be paid by it that are shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed in writing to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the Code.
 
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(bb)          Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act) that is effective to provide, in all material respects, reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset and liability accountability and (iii) the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's or each of its Subsidiaries' properties or assets could be prevented or timely detected. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any accountant, Governmental Entity or other Person that there is a "material weakness" in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a "significant deficiency" in the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(cc)          Off Balance Sheet Arrangements.  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
(dd)          Investment Company Status.  The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
(ee)          Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity.  It is understood and acknowledged by the Company that (A) each Buyer has made certain representations in Section 2(p) hereof, and (B) (i) except as set forth in Section 4(dd), following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in or with respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling, long and/or short) any securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold any of the Securities for any specified term; (ii) except as set forth in Section 4(dd), any Buyer, and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which was established prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (iii) each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counterparty in any “derivative” transaction; and (iv) each Buyer may rely on the Company’s obligation to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange, as applicable, of the Securities as and when required pursuant to the Transaction Documents for purposes of effecting trading in the Common Stock of the Company.  The Company further understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents pursuant to the Press Release (as defined below) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities (including, without limitation, the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock) at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Warrant Shares or Conversion Shares, as applicable, deliverable with respect to the Securities are being determined and such hedging and/or trading activities (including, without limitation, the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock), if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities, to the extent conducted in compliance with Section 4(dd), do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.
 
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(ff)          Manipulation of Price.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than the Placement Agent), (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) paid or agreed to pay any Person for research services with respect to any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(gg)          U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation.  The Company is not, and has never been, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code.
 
(hh)          Registration Eligibility.  The Company is eligible to register the Registrable Securities (defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for resale by the Buyers using Form S-1 promulgated under the 1933 Act.
 
(ii)          Bank Holding Company Act; Regulation T, U or X.
 
(i)          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
 
(ii)          The sale of the Notes, the use of proceeds thereof and the other transactions contemplated thereby or by the other Transaction Documents, will not violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
 
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(jj)          Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the officers, directors, employees or other representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person acting for or on behalf of any of the foregoing has, since January 1, 2022,  directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the use of funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(kk)          Money Laundering.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, but not limited, to (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.
 
(ll)          Management.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(mm) hereto, during the past five year period, no current or former officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, no current ten percent (10%) or greater stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been the subject of:
 
(i)  a petition under bankruptcy laws or any other insolvency or moratorium law or the appointment by a court of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for such Person, or any partnership in which such person was a general partner at or within two years before the filing of such petition or such appointment, or any corporation or business association of which such person was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of the filing of such petition or such appointment;

(ii)  a conviction in a criminal proceeding or a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations that do not relate to driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence);

(iii)  any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining any such person from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

(1)  Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

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(2)  Engaging in any particular type of business practice; or

(3)  Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of securities laws or commodities laws;

(iv)  any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of any such person to engage in any activity described in the preceding sub paragraph, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

(v)  a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or other authority to have violated any securities law, regulation or decree and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or any other authority has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated; or

(vi)  a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated.

(mm)          Stock Option Plans.  Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law.  No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated.  The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
 
(nn)          No Disqualification Events.  With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the 1933 Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering contemplated hereby, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3).  The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.  The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
 

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(oo)           Other Covered Persons.  The Company is not aware of any Person (other than the Placement Agent) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Buyers or potential purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.
 
(pp)           No Additional Agreements.  Except for the Investor Rights Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement , the Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.
 
(qq)            Public Utility Holding Act.  None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of 2005.
 
(rr)             Federal Power Act.  None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended.
 
(ss)           Ranking of Notes.  Other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes) secured by Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes), if any, no Indebtedness of the Company, at the Closing, will be senior to, or pari passu with, the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to payment or redemptions, interest, damages, upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.
 
(tt)           Cybersecurity.  The Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, and to the Company’s knowledge the IT Systems are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants that would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s business.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data, including “Personal Data,” used in connection with their businesses.  “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679); (iv) any information which would qualify as “protected health information” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, “HIPAA”); and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation.  To the Company’s knowledge, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person or such, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
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(uu)          Compliance with Data Privacy Laws.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all applicable state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, including without limitation HIPAA, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable actions to prepare to comply with, and since May 25, 2018, have been and currently are in compliance with, the GDPR (EU 2016/679) (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”) except in each case, where such would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.  To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company and its Subsidiaries have in place, comply with, and take appropriate steps reasonably designed to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use, disclosure, handling, and analysis of Personal Data (the “Policies”).  The Company and its Subsidiaries have at all times made all material disclosures to users or customers to the extent required by applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and none of such disclosures made or contained in any Policy have, to the knowledge of the Company, been inaccurate or in violation of any applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements in any material respect.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) has received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.
 
(vv)          No Assets or Liabilities.  As of the date hereof and as of the time immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company has no assets or liabilities other than the equity interests in Target Merger Sub and SPAC Merger Sub.
 
(ww)        Disclosure. Except as disclosed prior to the Closing Time, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All of the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to each Buyer pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date on which such information is so provided and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly disclosed.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.
 
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3A          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC
 
The SPAC represents and warrants to each of the Buyers, the Target and the Company that, as of the date hereof:
 
(a)          Organization and Qualification.  Each of the SPAC and each of its SPAC Subsidiaries (as defined below) are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  Each of the SPAC and each of its SPAC Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).  As used in this Agreement, “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below).  Other than the Persons (as defined below) set forth on Schedule 3A(a), the SPAC has no SPAC Subsidiaries.  “SPAC Subsidiaries” means any Person, excluding the Company, in which the SPAC, directly or indirectly, (I) owns more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of capital stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof or (II) controls or operates more than 20% of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “SPAC Subsidiary.”  The SPAC Subsidiaries, the Target Subsidiaries and the Subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “BC Subsidiaries”, and together with the BC Parties, the “BC Entities”.
 
(b)          Authorization; Enforcement; Validity.  The SPAC has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the SPAC, and the consummation by the SPAC of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the SPAC’s board of directors, and no further consent or authorization is required by the SPAC, its SPAC Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors or their shareholders or other governing body.  This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be prior to or upon the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the SPAC, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the SPAC (assuming that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the SPAC is or will be a party are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto (if any)), enforceable against the SPAC in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law.
 
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(c)          No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries and the consummation by the SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is a party (including, without limitation, the Business Combination Agreement), or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and including all applicable foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) to which the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is subject or bound, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.
 
(d)          Consents.  Neither the SPAC nor any SPAC Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, approval of or authorization or order of, or make any designation, declaration or filing or registration with (other than the Required Approvals), any Governmental Entity or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the SPAC or any SPAC Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, the SPAC is not in violation of the requirements of the Principal Market.
 
(e)          No General Solicitation.  Neither the SPAC, nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
 
(f)          No Integrated Offering.  None of the SPAC, its SPAC Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of shareholders of the SPAC for purposes of the 1933 Act or under any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the SPAC are listed or designated for quotation.  None of the SPAC, its SPAC Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the SPAC.
 
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(g)          SPAC SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the SPAC has timely (after giving effect to any applicable grace period or extensions under applicable securities laws) filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SPAC SEC Documents”).  The SPAC has delivered or has made available to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SPAC SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system.  As of their respective dates (except to the extent that information contained in any SPAC SEC Document has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Report), the SPAC SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SPAC SEC Documents, and none of the SPAC SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the SPAC included in the SPAC SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the SPAC as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, (i) in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate, and (ii) changes to historical accounting policies of the SPAC in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to the SPAC).  To the knowledge of the SPAC, the investor presentation relating to the Business Combination attached hereto as Exhibit G does not as of the date hereof  contain  any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made.  The SPAC is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the SPAC with respect thereto) included in the SPAC SEC Documents (the “SPAC Financial Statements”), nor is the SPAC currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the SPAC to amend or restate any of the SPAC Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the SPAC Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC.  The SPAC has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the SPAC amend or restate any of the SPAC Financial Statements or that there is any need for the SPAC to amend or restate any of the SPAC Financial Statements.
 
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(h)          Absence of Certain Changes.  Neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the SPAC or any SPAC Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.
 
(i)          No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances; No Assets  Other than as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists that could have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Other than as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, the SPAC has no assets or other property.

(j)          Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits.  Neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its articles of association, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred shares of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively.  Neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, and neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.  During the two years prior to the date hereof, (i) the Ordinary Shares have been listed or designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Ordinary Shares has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, the SPAC has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Ordinary Shares from the Principal Market.  The SPAC and each of its SPAC Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, and neither the SPAC nor any such SPAC Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.  There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or to which the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect on the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries.

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(k)          Foreign Corrupt Practices.  Neither the SPAC, the SPAC’s SPAC Subsidiaries or, to the SPAC’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other person acting for or on behalf of the foregoing (individually and collectively, a “SPAC Affiliate”) have violated the FCPA or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has, to the SPAC’s knowledge, any SPAC Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any Government Official or to any person under circumstances where such SPAC Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of:
 
(i)  (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or

(ii)  assisting the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries.

(l)          Transactions With Affiliates.  Except as discussed in the SPAC SEC Documents or as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, there are no contracts between (a) the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (b) any employee, partner, director, officer or shareholder (direct or indirect) of the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the SPAC, any affiliate of any thereof, or any relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of any of the foregoing (each Person identified in this clause (b), a “SPAC Related Party”), other than (i) contracts with respect to a SPAC Related Party’s employment with the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business (including benefit plans and other ordinary course compensation). Except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, no SPAC Related Party (A) owns any interest in any material asset or property used in any business of the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries, (B) possesses, directly or indirectly, any material financial interest in, or is a director or executive officer of, any Person which is a supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor or other material business relation of the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries, (C) is a supplier, vendor, partner, customer, lessor, or other material business relation of the SPAC’s SPAC Subsidiaries or (D) owes any material amount to, or is owed any material amount by, the SPAC or its SPAC Subsidiaries (other than accrued compensation, employee benefits, employee or director expense reimbursement, in each case, in the ordinary course of business.
 
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(m)          Indebtedness and Other Contracts.  Except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, (i) has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or by which the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the SPAC’s officers, has or is expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the SPAC’s or its SPAC Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.
 
(n)          Litigation.  Except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, other Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the SPAC, threatened in writing against or affecting the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries that, if adversely decided or resolved, has been or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No director, officer or employee of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries has willfully violated 18 U.S.C. §1519 or engaged in spoliation in reasonable anticipation of litigation.  Without limitation of the foregoing, there has not been, and to the knowledge of the SPAC, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the SPAC, any of its SPAC Subsidiaries. Neither the SPAC, its SPAC Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Entity which would reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.
 
(o)          Tax Status.  To the extent required, the SPAC and each of its SPAC Subsidiaries (i) has filed all material tax returns, reports and declarations required to have been filed by it with any Governmental Entity, and (ii) has paid all material taxes and other governmental assessments and charges, in each case in the nature of taxes, required to be paid by it that are shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed in writing to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim.
 
(p)          Off Balance Sheet Arrangements.  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the SPAC in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.
 
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(q)          Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions.  Neither the SPAC nor any of its SPAC Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the SPAC’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the SPAC or any SPAC Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries.
 
(r)          Money Laundering.  The SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, but not limited, to (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.
 
(s)          Management.  Except as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Documents, no current or former officer or director or, to the knowledge of the SPAC, no current ten percent (10%) or greater shareholder of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries has been the subject of:

(i)        a petition under bankruptcy laws or any other insolvency or moratorium law or the appointment by a court of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for such Person, or any partnership in which such person was a general partner at or within two years before the filing of such petition or such appointment, or any corporation or business association of which such person was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of the filing of such petition or such appointment;

(ii)  a conviction in a criminal proceeding or a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations that do not relate to driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence);

(iii)   any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining any such person from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

(1)  Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment SPAC, bank, savings and loan association or insurance SPAC, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

(2)  Engaging in any particular type of business practice; or

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(3)  Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of securities laws or commodities laws;

(iv)  any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of any such person to engage in any activity described in the preceding sub paragraph, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

(v)  a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or other authority to have violated any securities law, regulation or decree and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or any other authority has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated; or

(vi)  a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated.

(t)          Disclosure.  Except as disclosed in the 8-K Filing (as defined below), the SPAC confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers (other than the Bridge Buyer) or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries, other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The SPAC understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the SPAC.  All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the SPAC and its SPAC Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.  All of the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries to each Buyer pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date on which such information is so provided and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the SPAC or any of its SPAC Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the SPAC but which has not been so publicly disclosed.  The SPAC acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2. The representations set forth in this Section 3A(t) shall be limited to information regarding the SPAC and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to information regarding the Target or its business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise); each Buyer agrees that no such information with respect to the Target has been provided to such Buyer by the SPAC or anyone acting on its behalf.

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3B          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TARGET
 
The Target represents and warrants to each of the Buyers, the Company and the SPAC that, each of the representations and warranties as set forth in Article III of the Business Combination Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as qualified by the disclosures set forth in the Target disclosure schedules to the Business Combination Agreement, are true and correct as of the Subscription Date (with such representations and warranties of the Target incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis, solely for the purpose of the Target making such representations and warranties as of the Subscription Date).  For the avoidance of doubt, the Target is not making any representations or warranties as of the Closing Time pursuant to this Section 3B.
 
Except as disclosed in the 8-K Filing (as defined below), the Target confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers (other than the Bridge Buyer) or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, non-public information concerning the Target or any of its subsidiaries (the “Target Subsidiaries”), other than the existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The Target understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Target.  The investor presentation relating to the Business Combination attached hereto as Exhibit G does not as of the date hereof contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Target or any of its Target Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Target but which has not been so publicly disclosed.  The Target acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2. The representations set forth in this paragraph shall be limited to information regarding the Target and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to information regarding the SPAC or its business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise); each Buyer agrees that no such information with respect to the SPAC has been provided to such Buyer by the Target or anyone acting on its behalf.

4.          COVENANTS.
 
(a)          Reasonable Best Efforts.  Each Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 6 of this Agreement.  Each BC Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.
 
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(b)          Blue Sky.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date.  Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and each BC Party shall comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the Buyers.
 
(c)          Reporting Status.  From the Closing Date until the date on which the Buyers shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.  From the time Form S-3 is available to the Company for the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall take all actions necessary to maintain its eligibility to register the Registrable Securities for resale by the Buyers on Form S-3.
 
(d)          Use of Proceeds.  The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for (i) capital expenditures, (ii) working capital and general corporate purposes and operations and (iii) the repayment of the convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $7,000,000 issued to Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd. (the “Bridge Buyer”, and the Buyers excluding such Bridge Buyer, the “New Buyers”) on February [●], 2024 (such note, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Bridge Note”) pursuant to a note purchase agreement, dated February [●], 2024, by and between the Company, the Target and the Bridge Buyer (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, but not, except for the Bridge Note, directly or indirectly, for (x) except as set forth on Schedule 4(d), the satisfaction of any indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) the redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (z) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.
 
(e)          Financial Information.  The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) unless the following are either filed with the SEC through EDGAR or are otherwise widely disseminated via a recognized news release service (such as PR Newswire), on the same day as the release thereof, e-mail copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR, copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.
 
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(f)          Listing.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Registrable Securities upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be) (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system.  The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s listing or authorization for quotation (as the case may be) on the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”).  Following the listing of the Securities on or prior to the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market.  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
 
(g)          Fees.  The Company shall reimburse the lead Buyer (i) on or prior to the date hereof,  a non-accountable amount of $50,000 and (ii) on or prior to the Closing Time, a non-accountable amount of $150,000 for all costs and expenses incurred by it or its affiliates in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, as applicable, all reasonable legal fees of outside counsel and disbursements of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel to the lead Buyer, any other reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence and regulatory filings in connection therewith) (the “Transaction Expenses”) and shall be withheld by the lead Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing; provided, that the Company shall promptly reimburse Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on demand for any of such $200,000 of Transaction Expenses not so reimbursed through such withholding at the Closing and/or paid by a BC Party to Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on or prior to the Closing.  For the avoidance of doubt, the BC Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Section 4(g) shall limit a Buyer’s right for reimbursement of any reasonable and documented fees or expenses (including, without limitation any reasonable and documents legal fees or expenses) in connection with the enforcement of the terms and conditions of any Transaction Document, any indemnification obligations in any Transaction Document or other reasonable and documented amounts that may be due and payable to any Buyer in any other section of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, as applicable.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, Controlled Account Bank fees, transfer agent fees, DTC (as defined below) fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent, who is the Company’s sole placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).  The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.  Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.
 
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(h)          Pledge of Securities.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities.  The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(g) hereof; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(g) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee.  The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by a Buyer.
 
(i)          Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information.
 
(i)  Disclosure of Transaction.  The SPAC shall, on or before 9:00 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day after the Subscription Date, issue a press release (the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  On or before 5:30 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day after the Subscription Date, the SPAC shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the form of Notes, the form of the Warrants, the form of Guaranties, the form of Security Documents, the form of Investor Rights Agreement, and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”).  From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the SPAC shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided to any of the Buyers by any BC Entity or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, each BC Party acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between any BC Entity or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate.

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(ii)  Limitations on Disclosure.  No BC Party shall, and the BC Parties shall cause each BC Entity and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Buyer with any material, non-public information regarding any BC Entity from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of such Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion).  In the event of a breach of any of the foregoing covenants, including, without limitation, Section 4(o) of this Agreement, or any of the covenants or agreements contained in any other Transaction Document, by any BC Entity, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, such Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such breach or such material, non-public information, as applicable, (provided that each BC Entity shall be consulted by such Buyer in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release).  No Buyer shall have any liability to any BC Entity, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure.  To the extent that any BC Entity delivers any material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer’s consent, each BC Party hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information.  Subject to the foregoing, neither the BC Entities nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make the Press Release and any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith, (ii) in a Form S-4 registration statement with respect to the Business Combination, (iii) in investor presentations relating to or in connection with the Business Combination and (iv) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release).  Without the prior written consent of the applicable Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion), the Company or the SPAC shall not (and shall cause each of their subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise, except as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities, or to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market or Eligible Market, as applicable, in which case the Company or the SPAC will provide the Buyer with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such disclosure to the extent such announcements or other communications do not contain information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication that was approved by the Buyer in accordance with this Section 4(i).  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, each BC Party expressly acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer shall have (unless expressly agreed to by a particular Buyer after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the applicable BC Party and such particular Buyer (it being understood and agreed that no Buyer may bind any other Buyer with respect thereto)), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding any BC Entity.

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(j)          Additional Registration Statements.  Until the Applicable Date (as defined below) and at any time thereafter while any Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use or any Current Public Information Failure (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) exists, no BC Party shall file a registration statement or an offering statement under the 1933 Act relating to securities that are not the Registrable Securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Business Combination, a registration statement on Form S-8, a registration statement filed pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Notes), or such supplements or amendments the foregoing registration statements or to registration statements that are outstanding and have been declared effective by the SEC as of the date hereof (solely to the extent necessary to keep such registration statements effective and available and not with respect to any Subsequent Placement (as defined below))).  “Applicable Date” means the earlier of (x) the first date on which the resale by the Buyers of all the Registrable Securities required to be filed on the initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is declared effective by the SEC (and each prospectus contained therein is available for use on such date) or (y) the first date on which all of the Registrable Securities are eligible to be resold by the Buyers pursuant to Rule 144 (or, if a Current Public Information Failure has occurred and is continuing, such later date after which the Company has cured such Current Public Information Failure).
 
(k)          Additional Issuance of Securities.  So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes or Warrants, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, issue any Notes (other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby) and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes or the Warrants.
 
(l)          Reservation of Shares.  So long as any of the Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than the sum of (i) 100% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all the Notes then outstanding (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) the Notes are convertible at the  Alternate Conversion Price then in effect, (y) interest on the Notes shall accrue through the forty-five month anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted in shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the  Alternate Conversion Price then in effect and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein) (collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 4(l) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any conversion, exercise and/or redemption, as applicable of Notes and Warrants.  If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount.
 
(m)          Conduct of Business.  The business of the BC Entities shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
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(n)          Other Notes; Variable Securities.  So long as any Notes remain outstanding, each of the BC Entities shall be prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any Subsequent Placement involving a Variable Rate Transaction (other than an equity line of credit provided by an investment bank or an “at-the-market” offering).  “Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which any BC Entity (i) issues or sells any Convertible Securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the shares of Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such Convertible Securities or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of one or more BC Entities or the market for the Common Stock, other than pursuant to a customary “weighted average” anti-dilution provision or (ii) enters into any agreement (other than an equity line of credit provided by an investment bank or an “at-the-market” offering) whereby one or more BC Entities may sell securities at a future determined price (other than standard and customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights).  Each Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against any BC Entity to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.  “Subsequent Placement” means any, direct or indirect, issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announcement of any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of) any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities (as defined below), any debt, any preferred stock or any purchase rights) of any BC Entity.
 
(o)          Participation Right.  At any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no BC Entity shall, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(o).  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 4(o) is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Buyer.
 
(i)  At least five (5) Trading Days prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than:  (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Investor is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing such Buyer that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request.  Upon the written request of a Buyer within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s delivery to such Buyer of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by such Buyer, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to such Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Buyer’s pro rata portion of 5% of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Buyer shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 4(o) shall be (x) based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion of the aggregate original principal amount of the Notes purchased hereunder by all Buyers (the “Basic Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Buyer shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

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(ii)  To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”).  If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Buyer a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

(iii)  The Company shall have five (5) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above (A) to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Buyer (the “Refused Securities”) pursuant to a definitive agreement(s) (the “Subsequent Placement Agreement”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (B) to publicly announce (x) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (y) either (I) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (II) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

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(iv)  In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4(o)(iii) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, withdraw its Notice of Acceptance or reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(o)(ii) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers pursuant to this Section 4(o) prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities.  In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(o)(i) above.

(v)  Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Buyer shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Buyer, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(o)(iv) above if such Buyer has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.  The purchase by such Buyer of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Buyer of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Buyer and its counsel.

(vi)  Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Buyer or other Persons in accordance with this Section 4(o) may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Buyer under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

(vii)  The Company and each Buyer agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer, (x) neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company, and (y) any registration rights set forth in such Subsequent Placement Documents shall be similar in all material respects to the registration rights contained in the Registration Rights Agreement.

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(viii)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(o) and unless otherwise agreed to by such Buyer, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Buyer that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Buyer will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice.  If by such fifth (5th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Buyer, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Buyer shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Buyer with another Offer Notice and such Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(o).  The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to such Buyer in any sixty (60) day period, except as expressly contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4(o)(ii).

(ix)  The restrictions contained in this Section 4(o) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes).  The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 4(o) by providing terms or conditions to one Buyer that are not provided to all.

(p)          Dilutive Issuances.  For so long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuance (as defined in the Notes) if the effect of such Dilutive Issuance is to cause the Company to be required to issue upon conversion of any Notes or exercise of any Warrant any shares of Common Stock in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market.
 
(q)          Passive Foreign Investment Company.  Following the closing of the Business Combination, the Company shall conduct its business, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses, in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
 
(r)          Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends.  So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on, any securities of the Company without the prior express written consent of the Buyers.
 
(s)          Corporate Existence.  So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes or Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants.
 
(t)          Stock Splits.  Until the Notes and all notes issued pursuant to the terms thereof are no longer outstanding, the Company shall not effect any stock combination, reverse stock split or other similar transaction (or make any public announcement or disclosure with respect to any of the foregoing) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined below); provided, however, that the Company may effect one (1) stock combination, reverse stock split or other similar transaction if necessary to comply with the requirements of the Principal Market without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.
 
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(u)          Conversion and Exercise Procedures.  Each of the form of Exercise Notice (as defined in the Warrants) included in the Warrants and the form of Conversion Notice (as defined in the Notes) included in the Notes set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Buyers in order to exercise the Warrants or convert the Notes.  Except as provided in Section 5(d), no additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Buyers to exercise their Warrants or convert their Notes.  The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and conversions of the Notes and shall deliver the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Notes and Warrants.
 
(v)          Collateral Agent.  Each Buyer hereby (i) appoints Allegro Management LLC, as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Security Documents (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and (ii) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or any of the other Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer.  Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or any other Security Document except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Collateral Agent Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the Security Documents.  The Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Holders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, exposes the Collateral Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or applicable law.  The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
 
(w)          Successor Collateral Agent.
 
(i)  The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice to the Company and each holder of Notes.  Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) below or as otherwise provided below.  If at any time the Collateral Agent (together with its affiliates) beneficially owns less than $100,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, the Required Holders may, by written consent, remove the Collateral Agent from all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

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(ii)  Upon any such notice of resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall appoint a successor collateral agent.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor agent, such successor collateral agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the collateral agent, and the Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  After the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the collateral agent, the provisions of this Section 4(w) shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(iii)  If a successor collateral agent shall not have been so appointed within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of a written notice of resignation or removal, the Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor collateral agent who shall serve as the Collateral Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Holders appoint a successor collateral agent as provided above.

(iv)  In the event that a successor Collateral Agent is appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4(w) that is not a Buyer or an affiliate of any Buyer (or the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, notify the Company that they or it wants to appoint such a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 4(w)), the Company and each Subsidiary thereof covenants and agrees to promptly take all actions reasonably requested by the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), as applicable, from time to time, to secure a successor Collateral Agent reasonably satisfactory to the requesting part(y)(ies), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all reasonable and customary fees and expenses of such successor Collateral Agent, by having the Company and each Subsidiary thereof agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to reasonable and customary terms and by each of the Company and each Subsidiary thereof executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested or required by the successor Collateral Agent.

(x)          Regulation M.  The Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act, in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.
 
 
(y)          General Solicitation.  None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D, including:  (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio; and (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
 
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(z)          Integration.  None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act), or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the 1933 Act) which will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act or require stockholder approval under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and the Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, with the issuance of Securities contemplated hereby.
 
(aa)          Notice of Disqualification Events.  The Company will notify the Buyers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.
 
(bb)          Subsidiary Guarantee.  For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, upon any entity becoming a direct, or indirect, Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) of the Company, the Company shall cause each such Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to become party to the Guaranty by executing a joinder to the Guaranty reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Holders.
 
(cc)          No Waiver of Lock-Up Provision of Investor Rights Agreement.  Following the closing of the Business Combination, neither Company, nor the Target, shall amend, waive, modify or fail to use best efforts to enforce the lock-up provision of the Investor Rights Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Buyer shall be a third party beneficiary of the Investor Rights Agreement.
 
(dd)          Restrictions on Short Sales.  Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, agrees that, until the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, such Buyer shall not engage in any Short Sales or establish any Put Equivalent Position of the securities of the SPAC or the Company and, from and after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, such Buyer shall not engage in any  Short Sales (excluding any sales of Common Stock then held by such Buyer at a time such Buyer has an existing “short” position) or establish any Put Equivalent Position of the securities of the Company, as applicable, at a time the VWAP of the Common Stock is less than $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events).
 
(ee)          Transfer Taxes  All stock transfer or other similar taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder shall be fully paid by the Company.
 
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5.          REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.
 
(a)          Register.  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of the Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.  The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
 
(b)          Transfer Agent Instructions.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent and any subsequent transfer agent (as applicable, the “Transfer Agent”) in a form acceptable to each of the Buyers (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”) to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or the exercise of the Warrants (as the case may be) upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement or resale in accordance with Rule 144, as applicable.  The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(g), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment.  In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such shares to such Buyer, assignee or transferee (as the case may be) without any restrictive legend in accordance with Section 5(d) below.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.  The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company’s transfer agent on each Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).  Any fees (with respect to the transfer agent, counsel to the Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne by the Company.
 
(c)          Legends.  Each Buyer understands that the Securities have been issued (or will be issued in the case of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) pursuant to an exemption from registration or qualification under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, and except as set forth below, the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
 
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[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
 
(d)          Removal of Legends.  Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(c) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement (including a Registration Statement) covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 (provided that a Buyer and its broker provide the Company with customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and its transfer agent, which shall not include an opinion of Buyer’s counsel), (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that such Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or (v) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including, without limitation, controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the SEC).  If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than two (2) Trading Days (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the date such Buyer delivers such legended certificate representing such Securities to the Company) following the delivery by a Buyer to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from such Buyer as may be required above in this Section 5(d), as directed by such Buyer, either:  (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”) and such Securities are Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, credit the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer shall be entitled to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (B) if the Company’s transfer agent is not participating in FAST, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to such Buyer, a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends, registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee (the date by which such credit is so required to be made to the balance account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s designee with DTC or such certificate is required to be delivered to such Buyer pursuant to the foregoing is referred to herein as the “Required Delivery Date”, and the date such shares of Common Stock are actually delivered without restrictive legend to such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC, as applicable, the “Share Delivery Date”).  The Company shall be responsible for any transfer agent fees or DTC fees with respect to any issuance of Securities or the removal of any legends with respect to any Securities in accordance herewith.
 
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(e)          Failure to Timely Deliver; Buy-In.  If the Company fails, for any reason or for no reason, to issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Buyer (or its designee) by the Required Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, a certificate for the number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) to which such Buyer is entitled and register such Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for such number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above or (II) if the Registration Statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above (the “Unavailable Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify such Buyer and (y) deliver the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Buyer, the Company shall pay in cash to such Buyer on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to such Buyer on or prior to the Required Delivery Date and to which such Buyer is entitled, and (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by such Buyer in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date.  In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Required Delivery Date either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to a Buyer and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Trading Day such Buyer acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Buyer of shares of Common Stock submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(d) above that such Buyer is entitled to receive from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after such Buyer’s request and in such Buyer’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to such Buyer’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of such Buyer) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so deliver such certificate or credit such Buyer’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so deliver to such Buyer a certificate or certificates or credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been so delivered if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) that the Company was required to deliver to such Buyer by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).  Nothing shall limit such Buyer’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) as required pursuant to the terms hereof.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any given Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, this Section 5(e) shall not apply to the applicable Buyer the extent the Company has already paid such amounts in full to such Buyer with respect to such Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, as applicable, pursuant to the analogous sections of the Note or Warrant, as applicable, held by such Buyer.
 
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(f)          FAST Compliance.  While any Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in FAST.
 
6.          CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
 
(a)          The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
 
(i)      Such Buyer shall have executed each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

(ii)  Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g) and any applicable Non-Cash Purchase Price Amount) for the Note and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter.

(iii)        The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Time as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Time.

(iv)        The Business Combination Closing shall have occurred.

7.          CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
 
(a)          The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase its Note and its related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Time, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
 
(i)  The Company and each Subsidiary (as the case may be) shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) a Note in such original principal amount as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers and (B) a Warrant initially exercisable for such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, as being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

(ii)  Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Reed Smith LLP, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Time, in the form acceptable to such Buyer.

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(iii)  The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form acceptable to such Buyer, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.

(iv)  The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) in each such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction of formation as of a date within thirty (30) days of the Closing Time.

(v)  The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Delaware Secretary of State within thirty (30) days of the Closing Time.

(vi)  Each Subsidiary shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of its Certificate of Incorporation (or such equivalent organizational document) as certified by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation within thirty (30) days of the Closing Time.

(vii)  The Company and each Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, in the form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, executed by the Secretary of the Company and each Subsidiary and dated as of the Closing Time, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the organizational documents of each Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company and the bylaws of each Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), each as in effect at the Closing.

(viii)  Each and every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representation or warranty is qualified by material or Company Material Adverse Effect, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Time as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Time.  Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form acceptable to such Buyer (the “Officer’s Certificate”).

(ix)  The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Time immediately prior to the Closing.

(x)   The Common Stock (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed (as applicable) on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Time, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Time, either (I) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (II) by falling below the minimum maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.

(xi)  The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, including without limitation, those required by the Principal Market, if any.

(xii)  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

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(xiii)  Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect provided, however, that the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” for the purpose of this clause (xiii), will not include any change or effect that results from or relates to (A) changes in law or interpretations thereof, or regulatory policy or interpretation, by any Governmental Entity so long as such change does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company, (B) changes in applicable accounting rules or principles, including changes in GAAP, (C) general business or economic conditions, and changes, events, effects or conditions generally affecting the industries or markets in which the Company operates, (D) national or international political or social conditions, including engagement in hostilities, acts of terror, sabotage or cyberterrorism or acts of war, (E) changes in conditions of the financial, banking, capital or securities markets generally in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries, (F) the execution or public announcement of the Business Combination, this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with employees, customers, investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors or other third parties related thereto (provided that the exception in this clause (F) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 to the extent that its purpose is to address the consequences resulting from the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and this Agreement), (G) any hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, tsunami, natural disaster, mudslides, wild fires, epidemics, pandemics (including COVID-19) or quarantines, acts of God or other natural disasters or comparable events in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing, (H) the number of shares tendered for redemption by shareholders of the SPAC pursuant to the SPAC’s amended and restated articles of association, as may be amended, or (I) the expected non-compliance of the SPAC of Nasdaq IM-5101-2; provided, however, that any change, event, effect or occurrence resulting from a matter described in any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (E) or (G) may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur to the extent such change, event, effect or occurrence has had or would reasonably be expected to have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company relative to other participants operating in the industries or markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate (the above clauses (A) through (I), including the proviso above, being the “MAE Exceptions”).

(xiv)  The Company shall have obtained approval of the Principal Market to list or designate for quotation (as the case may be) the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.

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(xv)  In accordance with the terms of the Security Documents, the Company shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent (A) original certificates (I) representing the Subsidiaries’ (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) shares of capital stock to the extent such subsidiary is a corporation or otherwise has certificated equity and (II) representing all other equity interests and all promissory notes required to be pledged thereunder, in each case, accompanied by undated stock powers and allonges executed in blank and other proper instruments of transfer and (B) appropriate financing statements on Form UCC-1 to be duly filed in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by each Security Document.

(xvi)  Within two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to each Buyer and the Collateral Agent (A) certified copies of requests for copies of information on Form UCC-11, listing all effective financing statements which name as debtor any BC Entity and which are filed in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent or the Buyers, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by the Security Agreement, together with copies of such financing statements, none of which, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Collateral Agent, shall cover any of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), and the results of searches for any tax Lien and judgment Lien filed against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Collateral Agent and the Buyers, shall not show any such Liens; and (B) a perfection certificate, duly completed and executed by the Target and each of its Target Subsidiaries, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyers (the “Perfection Certificate”).

(xvii)  The Collateral Agent shall have received the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.

(xviii)  With respect to the Intellectual Property Rights, if any, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company and/or such Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each Assignment For Security for the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Security Agreement.

(xix)  The Business Combination Closing shall have occurred.

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(xx)   The BC Parties shall have delivered to such Buyer, the investor rights agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (the “IRA Parties”), which shall remain in full force and effect, pursuant to which the IRA Parties set forth on Schedule 7(a)(xx) shall have agreed not to directly, or indirectly, sell any securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any securities issued pursuant to the Business Combination), the earlier of (A) 365 days after the Business Combination Closing Date (or 6 months after the Business Combination Closing Date in the case of certain shareholders of Target and certain independent directors of the SPAC set forth on Schedule 7(a)(xx)) or (B) the first date subsequent to the Business Combination Closing Date with respect to which the closing price of Common Stock has equaled or exceeded $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) for any 20 Trading Days within any 30-Trading Day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination Closing Date

(xxi)  Such Buyer shall have received a letter on the letterhead of the Company, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, setting forth the wire amounts of each Buyer and the wire transfer instructions of the Company (the “Flow of Funds Letter”).

(b)          The obligation of Allegro Opportunities LLC hereunder to purchase its Note and its related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Time, the following conditions, provided that this conditions is for Allegro Opportunities LLC’s sole benefit and may be waived by Allegro Opportunities LLC at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
 
(i)  As of the Closing Time, the Company shall have at least $48 million in available unrestricted cash, in U.S. dollars, in one or more bank accounts in the United States (as reduced by $2 million (prorated for partial months) for each calendar month anniversary from November 30, 2023 until the Closing Time).

8.          TERMINATION.
 
This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect with respect to a Buyer, and all rights and obligations of such Buyer and each of the BC Parties with respect to such Buyer hereunder, shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any of such Persons in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of such Buyer and each of the BC Parties to terminate this Agreement with respect to such Buyer and (c) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Agreement by such Buyer to each of the BC Parties at any time following August 13, 2024 (the "Outside Date") if the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Date; provided, however, (i) the right of a Buyer to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by the Outside Date was proximately caused by such Buyer’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations in this Agreement (or if an affiliate of such Buyer is also a Buyer, such affiliate Buyer's breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Notes and the Warrants upon termination pursuant to clauses (b) or (c) of this Section 8 shall be applicable only to such Buyer that enters into such mutual agreement to terminate or provides such written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse the lead Buyer for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.  Nothing contained in this Section  shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any willful and material breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents prior to the time of termination or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to pursue any other remedy available at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach.
 
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9.          MISCELLANEOUS.
 
(a)          Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Each of the BC Parties hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that such suit, action or proceeding may not be brought or maintained in any such court, that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit or taking other legal action against any BC Party in any other jurisdiction to collect on any BC Party’s obligations to such Buyer or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Buyer.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
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(b)          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original thereof.
 
(c)          Headings; Gender.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof.  The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.”  The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found, unless otherwise explicitly specified herein.
 
(d)          Severability; Maximum Payment Amounts.  If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.  The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and without implication that the following is required or applicable), it is the intention of the parties that in no event shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be), or payable to or received by any of the Buyers, under the Transaction Documents (including without limitation, any amounts that would be characterized as “interest” under applicable law) exceed amounts permitted under any applicable law.  Accordingly, if any obligation to pay, payment made to any Buyer, or collection by any Buyer pursuant the Transaction Documents is finally judicially determined to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation to pay, payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of such Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and such amount shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by the applicable law.  Such adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing or refunding, at the option of such Buyer, the amount of interest or any other amounts which would constitute unlawful amounts required to be paid or actually paid to such Buyer under the Transaction Documents.  For greater certainty, to the extent that any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid to or received by such Buyer under any of the Transaction Documents or related thereto are held to be within the meaning of “interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be violative of applicable law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over the period of time to which they relate.
 
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(e)          Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, any BC Entity, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf, including, without limitation, any transactions by any Buyer with respect to Common Stock or the Securities, and the other matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements any Buyer has entered into with, or any instruments any Buyer has received from, any BC Entity prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Buyer in any BC Entity or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of any BC Entity, or any rights of or benefits to any Buyer or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among any BC Entity and any Buyer, or any instruments any Buyer received from any BC Entity prior to the date hereof, in each case, unrelated to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and all such agreements and instruments shall continue in full force and effect.  For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede any legally binding terms set forth in that certain “Financing Term Sheet: Secured Convertible Promissory Note” signed by the Target and the lead buyer. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither any BC Party nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the BC Parties and the Required Holders (as defined below), and any amendment to any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable; provided that no such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (A) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding or (B) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion); and provided further that the provisions of Sections 4(v) and 4(w) above cannot be amended or waived without the additional prior written approval of the Collateral Agent or its successor.  No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party, provided that the Required Holders may waive any provision of this Agreement, and any waiver of any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable, provided that no such waiver shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding (unless a party gives a waiver as to itself only) or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion).  No consideration (other than reimbursement of legal fees) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all holders of the Notes or all holders of the Warrants (as the case may be).  From the date hereof and while any Notes or Warrants are outstanding, no BC Entity shall be permitted to receive any consideration from a Buyer or a holder of Notes or Warrants that is not otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents in order to, directly or indirectly, induce any BC Entity (i) to treat such Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is more favorable than to other similarly situated Buyers or holders of Notes or Warrants, as applicable, or (ii) to treat any Buyer(s) or holder(s) of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is less favorable than the Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants that is paying such consideration; provided, however, that the determination of whether a Buyer has been treated more or less favorably than another Buyer shall disregard any securities of the Company purchased or sold by any Buyer.  No BC Entity has, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. 

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Without limiting the foregoing, each BC Party confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer (other than the Bridge Buyer) has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to any BC Entity or otherwise.  As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, each BC Party expressly acknowledges and agrees that (x) no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by a Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, such BC Party’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (y) unless a provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is expressly preceded by the phrase “except as disclosed in the SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, such BC Party’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.  “Required Holders” means (I) prior to the Closing Date, each Buyer entitled to purchase Notes at the Closing and (II) on or after the Closing Date, each of Allegro Opportunities LLC and the Bridge Buyer.
 
(f)          Notices.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The mailing addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:
 
If to the Company:
 
Aja Holdco, Inc.
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10003
Telephone: 212-284-2300
Attention: Michael Altman, Chief Financial Officer
E-Mail: Michael@perceptivelife.com

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
 
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone:  212-446-4756         
 
Attention:
Peter Seligson,P.C.,
Mathieu Kohmann, Esq.
 
E-Mail:
peter.seligson@kirkland.com;
mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com
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and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Three Brickell City Centre
98 S.E. 7th Street, Suite 700
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: 305-432-5787
 
Attention:
Whitney Bosworth, Esq.
 
E-Mail:
whitney.bosworth@kirkland.com

and

Reed Smith LLP
1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attention: Michael Sanders
E-mail: MSanders@ReedSmith.com

and

Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Jennifer W. Cheng
      Susan K. Nieto
E-mail: JCheng@reedsmith.com
        SNieto@reedsmith.com
 
and

Reed Smith LLP
10 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-7507
Attention: Benjamin Brimeyer
E-mail: BBrimeyer@reedsmith.com

If to the Target:
 
Adagio Medical, Inc.
26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Attention:  Olav Bergheim, Chief Executive Officer
E-Mail:  obergheim@fjordventures.com
 
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With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
 
Reed Smith LLP
1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attention: Michael Sanders
E-mail: MSanders@ReedSmith.com

and

Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Jennifer W. Cheng
      Susan K. Nieto
E-mail: JCheng@reedsmith.com
        SNieto@reedsmith.com
 
and

Reed Smith LLP
10 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-7507
Attention: Benjamin Brimeyer
E-mail: BBrimeyer@reedsmith.com

 
If to the SPAC:
 
ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10003
Telephone: 212-284-2300
Attention: Michael Altman, Chief Financial Officer
E-Mail: Michael@perceptivelife.com

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
 
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone:  212-446-4756
 
Attention:
Peter Seligson,P.C.,
Mathieu Kohmann, Esq.
 
E-Mail:
peter.seligson@kirkland.com; mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com

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and

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Three Brickell City Centre
98 S.E. 7th Street, Suite 700
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: 305-432-5787
Attention:          Whitney Bosworth, Esq.
E-Mail:          whitney.bosworth@kirkland.com
 
If to the Transfer Agent:
 
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
1 State Street 30th Floor
New York, New York 10004-1561
Telephone:  212-845-5277
Attention:  Stephen Jones
E-Mail: sjones@continentalstock.com

If to a Buyer, to its mailing address and e-mail address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,
 
with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
 
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Telephone:  (212) 808-7540
Attention:  Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.
E-mail:  madelstein@kelleydrye.com
 
or to such other mailing address and/or e-mail address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Kelley Drye & Warren LLP shall only be provided copies of notices sent to the lead Buyer.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s e-mail containing the time, date and recipient’s e-mail or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by e-mail or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
 
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(g)          Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Notes and Warrants.  No BC Party shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants) or a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes).  Prior to the Closing, the Bridge Buyer may assign and transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the purchase of any or all Securities, which would otherwise be purchased by the Bridge Buyer, to any other Person (each a “Permitted Assignee”), provided that the Bridge Buyer shall remain obligated to purchase such assigned Securities upon any breach by any such Permitted Assignee hereunder. Upon such an assignment, the Schedule of Buyers shall be revised to reflect such assignment. A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with any transfer of any of its Securities without the consent of but upon written notice (delivered promptly after the consummation of such assignment or transfer) to any BC Party and in compliance with any restrictions, limitations, requirements or procedures relating to any such transfer contained in this agreement or any Transaction Document, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.
 
(h)          No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees referred to in Section 9(k).
 
(i)          Survival.  The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing.  Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
 
(j)          Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
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(k)          Indemnification.  In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of each BC Party’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, each BC Party, severally, shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Buyer and each holder of any Securities that is party to this Agreement and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (i) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by any BC Entity in any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of any BC Entity contained in any of the Transaction Documents or (iii) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of any BC Entity) or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from (A) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, (B) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (C) any disclosure properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (D) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an investor in any BC Entity pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement (including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable relief); provided, that in no event shall the Indemnified Liabilities include any actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities or damages or expenses to the extent arising from, resulting from or relating to any conduct by any Buyer which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by a BC Entity may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
(l)          Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.  No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty.  Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Buyer (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.
 
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(m)          Remedies.  Each Buyer and in the event of assignment by Buyer of its rights and obligations hereunder, each holder of Securities, shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law.  Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.  Furthermore, each  party hereto recognizes that in the event that such party fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may be inadequate relief to one or more other parties hereto.  Each party hereto therefore agrees that each party hereto shall be entitled to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.  The remedies provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).
 
(n)          Withdrawal Right.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and any BC Entity does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to such applicable BC Entity, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
 
(o)          Payment Set Aside; Currency.  To the extent that a BC Entity makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to such BC Entity, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.  Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.  All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation.  “Exchange Rate means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
 
(p)          Judgment Currency.
 
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(i)  If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any BC Entity in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(p) referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in US Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

(1)  the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date:  or

(2)  the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 9(p)(i)(2) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

(ii)  If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 9(p)(i)(2)  above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

(iii)  Any amount due from any BC Entity under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(q)          Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and each BC Party acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity, and no BC Entity shall assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and each BC Party acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group, and no BC Entity shall assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The decision of each Buyer to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Buyer independently of any other Buyer.  Each Buyer acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.  Each BC Party and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer has independently participated with the BC Entities in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors.  Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.  The use of a single agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was solely in the control of the BC Parties, not the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done solely for the convenience of the BC Entities and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Buyer.  It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between applicable BC Entities and a Buyer, solely, and not between the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Buyers collectively and not between and among the Buyers.
 
[signature pages follow]
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Target, the SPAC and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 

 
COMPANY:
 
 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.


 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Target, the SPAC and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 

 
TARGET:
 
 
ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.


 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Target, the SPAC and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 

 
SPAC:
 
 
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV


 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Target, the SPAC and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 

 
BUYER:
 
 
ALLEGRO OPPORTUNITIES LLC


 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer, the Target and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
 

 
BUYER:
 
 
PERCEPTIVE LIFE SCIENCES MASTER FUND LTD.


 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 




SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
 


(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
           
 
Buyer
 
Mailing Address and E-mail Address
 
Original Principal Amount of Notes
 
Aggregate
Number of
 Warrant Shares
Purchase Price
Legal Representative’s
Mailing Address and E-mail Address
           
[***]

[***]
$7,500,000
562,500
$7,500,000

[***]
[***]
[***]
$12,500,000
937,500
$12,500,000*
[***]
TOTAL
$20,000,000
1,500,000
$20,000,000
 

* Subject to reduction in connection with any financing or commitment to financing (whether in the form of equity, debt, or Convertible Securities (other than the Notes)) based on the gross proceeds thereof, as may be specified at the option of such buyer, in writing to the Company prior to the Closing Date by such Buyer, pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement.




EX-10.8 10 ny20020899x3_ex10-8.htm EXHIBIT 10.8

Exhibit 10.8

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of February 13, 2024, by and between Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Adagio”), and Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd. (the “Investor”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), with New Adagio, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ARYA”), Aja Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investor, a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $7,000,000 (the “Bridge Note Principal Amount” on the date hereof (the “Bridge Note Closing Date”), substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Bridge Note”), which shall automatically be cancelled (or transferred to New Adagio) in connection with the issuance of a senior secured convertible note by New Adagio, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “New Adagio Convertible Notes”) upon the consummation of the Transaction; and

 

WHEREAS, the Investor has committed to purchase, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Transaction Closing Date”) an additional New Adagio Convertible Note (the “Closing Date Convertible Note”) in an initial principal amount of $5,500,000 (the “Investor Convertible Note Commitment”) and warrants to purchase common stock of New Adagio (the “Common Stock”) in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Warrants”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1

Issuance of Bridge NOTE

 

1.1          Issuance of Bridge Note. Subject to the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor and Company herein (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to make any representations on the Bridge Note Closing Date that are limited to the Convertible Note Closing) and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor the Bridge Note on the Bridge Note Closing in the Bridge Note Principal Amount. In exchange for the Bridge Note, the Investor will fund to the Company $7,000,000 on the date hereof (the “Bridge Note Purchase Price”).

 

1.2          Closing. The closing (the “Bridge Note Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Bridge Note by the Investor and the Company shall take place remotely via the exchange of signature pages, on the Bridge Note Closing Date.

 

 

 

1.3          Delivery of Bridge Note. At the Bridge Note Closing, (i) the Investor shall deliver to the Company a wire transfer (pursuant to wire transfer instructions separately provided by the Company in writing to the Investor prior to the Bridge Note Closing Date) of immediately available funds in the amount of the Bridge Note Purchase Price (or payment by such other means as shall be acceptable to the Company), and (ii) the Company shall execute and deliver to the Investor the Bridge Note, reflecting the name of the Investor, dated as of the date of the Bridge Note Closing and reflecting a principal amount drawn and outstanding under the Bridge Note equal to the Bridge Note Principal Amount.

 

Section 2

 

ISSUANCE OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES AND WARRANTS

 

2.1          Issuance of Convertible Note. On the Transaction Closing Date, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.4, New Adagio shall issue and deliver to the Investor:

 

(a)           the Closing Date Convertible Note in the principal amount of the Investor Convertible Note Commitment, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1;

 

(b)           a New Adagio Convertible Note in the principal amount of the Bridge Note Principal Amount, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1, pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Bridge Note (the “Converted Bridge Note”); and

 

(c)           Warrants to purchase 937,500 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”), subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.2.

 

2.2          Closing. The closing (the “Convertible Note Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Closing Date Convertible Note, the Converted Bridge Note and the Warrants (together, the “Convert and Warrant Securities”) by the Investor and New Adagio shall take place remotely via the exchange of signature pages, on the Transaction Closing Date. On a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which New Adagio reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction under the Business Combination Agreement to be satisfied or waived, New Adagio shall deliver written notice from (or on behalf of) New Adagio to the Investor setting forth the target Transaction Closing Date (the “Closing Notice”), upon receipt of the Closing Notice, no later than three (3) business days prior to the anticipated closing date specified in the Closing Notice, the Investor shall deliver to New Adagio the following: (i) signature pages to the Convert and Warrant Securities, which shall be automatically released from escrow on the Convertible Note Closing, and (ii) any other information that is reasonably requested in writing in the Closing Notice in order for the Convert and Warrant Securities to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such securities are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable.

 

2.3          Delivery of Securities. At the Convertible Note Closing, (i) the Investor shall deliver to New Adagio (a) a wire transfer (pursuant to wire transfer instructions included in the Closing Notice (or otherwise separately provided by New Adagio in writing to the Investor at least three (3) business days prior to the Transaction Closing Date) of immediately available funds in the amount of the Investor Convertible Note Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.1, (or payment by such other means as shall be acceptable to New Adagio) and (b) the Bridge Note for cancellation, and (ii) New Adagio shall execute and deliver to the Investor (x) the Converted Bridge Note, (y) the Closing Date Convertible Note, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1, and (z) Warrants, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.2 and exercisable for the Warrant Shares, in each case reflecting the name of the Investor, dated as of the Transaction Closing Date.

 

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2.4          Closing Conditions

 

(a)          The obligation of the Investor and New Adagio to consummate the purchase and sale of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)           no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise enjoining, restraining or prohibiting consummation of (x) the sale, purchase and issuance of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (y) the Transaction;

 

(ii)          (A) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in Article 6 of the Business Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied (which shall be deemed satisfied if mutually determined by the applicable parties to the Business Combination Agreement and other than those conditions under the Business Combination Agreement that, by their nature are to be satisfied in connection with the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the consummation of the sale, purchase and issuance of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement) or waived by the applicable parties to the Business Combination Agreement as provided therein and (B) the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or on the same date as the Convertible Note Closing or on such other date as is mutually agreed by New Adagio and the Investor; and

 

(iii)         The payment in full of the Existing Credit Facility (as defined in the Bridge Note) and the termination of the liens on and security interest in the assets of the Company granted in connection therewith in a manner acceptable to the Investor.

 

(b)          The obligation of New Adagio to consummate the sale and issuance of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by New Adagio with the prior written consent of ARYA (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor or the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Convertible Note Closing (except for (i) those representations and warranties qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Convertible Note Closing and (ii) those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such specified earlier date) and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor or the Company required to be performed by it at or prior to the Convertible Note Closing shall have been performed in all material respects. 

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(c)            The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the conditions (which may be waived in writing (email being sufficient) by the Investor) that (i) all representations and warranties of New Adagio and the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Convertible Note Closing (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or a material adverse effect on the legal authority of New Adagio or the Company to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Convertible Note Closing (except for those representations and warranties that speak as of a specified earlier date, which shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date); (ii) New Adagio and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all obligations, covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Convertible Note Closing; and (iii) no Event of Default (as defined in the Bridge Note) under the Bridge Note shall have occurred or be continuing.

 

Section 3

 

REDUCTION OF INVESTOR COMMITMENT

 

3.1          Following the date hereof, if the Company, ARYA or New Adagio receives any financing or commitment for financing for which, in either case, the proceeds of such financing are available to the Company, ARYA or New Adagio, as applicable, on or prior to the Transaction Closing Date (any such financing, an “Additional Financing”), whether in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt, other than pursuant to the financing agreements set forth on Exhibit D hereto, the gross proceeds (notwithstanding any fees netted therefrom) of such Additional Financing shall be applied, in the sole discretion of the Investor, pursuant to written instructions delivered by the Investor to the Company and New Adagio three (3) business days prior to the Convertible Note Closing:

 

(a)            prior to the cancellation (or transfer to New Adagio) of the Bridge Note and issuance of the Converted Bridge Note, to repay and retire the Bridge Note, or such portion thereof as directed by the Investor, and to deliver to the account specified by the Investor immediately available funds corresponding to the Bridge Note repayment request made by the Investor;

 

(b)            to reduce the Investor Convertible Note Commitment; or

 

(c)            a combination of (a) and (b).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision set forth herein, the Company shall be permitted to refinance the Existing Credit Facility and any further refinancing thereof.

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3.2          To the extent that the gross proceeds of any Additional Financing is applied as set forth in Section 3.1, the number of Warrant Shares into which the Warrants may be exercised shall be reduced in proportion to the amount that the sum of the Bridge Note Principal Amount and Investor Convertible Note Commitment is reduced pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

3.3          The Investor agrees that to the extent the gross proceeds of any Additional Financing is applied at the option of the Investor to reduce the Additional Cash (as defined in the Perceptive PIPE Agreement (as defined below)) to be invested by the Investor pursuant to the subscription agreement, dated February 13, 2024, by and between the Investor, ARYA and New Adagio (the “Perceptive PIPE Agreement”), then such Additional Financing may not also be applied as set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.

 

Section 4

Representations and Warranties of THE Investor

 

The Investor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Company as follows:

 

4.1          Authorization, Etc. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; and all action on the part of the Investor necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined herein) and the performance of all obligations of the Investor hereunder and thereunder has been taken or will be taken prior to the issuance of the applicable Securities.

 

4.2          Validity. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

 

4.3          Purchase for Own Account. The Investor is acquiring the Bridge Note and the Convert and Warrant Securities (together, the “Bridge and Convert Securities”) and any equity securities directly or indirectly issuable upon conversion of the Bridge and Convert Securities (such equity securities together with the Bridge and Convert Securities, the “Securities”) solely for investment for the Investor’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The acquisition by the Investor of any of the Securities shall constitute confirmation of the representation by the Investor that the Investor does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Securities. The Investor has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Bridge and Convert Securities and any document delivered pursuant to any provision hereof or thereof (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”).

 

4.4          Disclosure of Information. The Investor has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the Securities, the offering of the Securities and the business, properties, prospects and financial condition of the Company. The foregoing shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement.

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4.5          Investment Experience. The Investor is an investor in securities of companies in the development stage and acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of its investment, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Securities. If other than an individual, the Investor also represents it has not been organized for the purpose of acquiring the Securities. The Investor acknowledges that any investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk, and represents that it is able, without materially impairing its financial condition, to hold the Securities for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss of its investment.

 

4.6          Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

 

4.7          Restrictions on Transfer. The Investor understands that the Securities are characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws in as much as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act, only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Investor represents that it is familiar with Rule 144 promulgated under the Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Act. The Investor understands that the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and have not been and will not be registered or qualified in any state in which they are offered, and the Investor will not be able to resell or otherwise transfer his, her or its Securities unless they are registered under the Act and registered or qualified under applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration or qualification is available. The Investor has no immediate need for liquidity in connection with this investment and does not anticipate that it will need to sell his, her or its Securities in the foreseeable future.

 

4.8          Further Limitations on Disposition. Prior to the closing of the Transaction, without in any way limiting the representations set forth above, the Investor further agrees not to make any disposition of all or any portion of the Securities or assign any rights hereunder unless and until the transferee has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by this Agreement (including this ) and any other agreement which the purchasers of new equity securities are required to execute and deliver, as provided for in Section 2 of the Bridge Note, and/or have entered into with the Company and by which the Investor is bound as of the date of such disposition, and:

 

(a)           There is then in effect a registration statement under the Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement; or

 

(b)           An exemption from registration is available with respect to such proposed disposition;

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4.9          Legends. The Investor understands and agrees that the Company will cause the legends set forth below or legends substantially equivalent thereto, to be placed upon the Securities, together with any other legends that may be required by state or federal securities laws, or by any agreement to which the Investor may become party in accordance with the Securities or the Transaction:

 

THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED FOR VALUE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

THIS SECURITY AND THE INDEBTEDNESS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2024, AMONG THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW), THE INVESTOR (AS DEFINED BELOW), AND SILICON VALLEY BANK, A DIVISION OF FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY.

 

Section 5

Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

5.1          Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Adagio Medical GmbH, an entity organized under the laws of Germany (the “Subsidiary”) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company and the Subsidiary are each duly qualified to transact business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on their respective businesses or properties.

 

5.2          Authorization. All action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Bridge Note, the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Bridge Note and any equity securities directly or indirectly issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Note (such equity securities together with the Bridge Note, the “Bridge Securities”) has been taken or will be taken prior to the issuance of the applicable Bridge Securities. This Agreement and the Bridge Note to which the Company is a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

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5.3          Capitalization; Valid Issuance. Exhibit E attached hereto sets forth, as of the date hereof, all of the authorized, issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company and the holders thereof. Except as set forth on Exhibit E, in the Agreement or in the Bridge Note, there are no equity securities of the Company issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding and no outstanding options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, securities exercisable for other securities, subscriptions, rights (including any preemptive rights), equity linked securities, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever to which the Company is a party or may be bound requiring the issuance or sale of any equity securities of the Company. Except as set forth in Exhibit E, no stock plan, stock purchase, stock option or other agreement or understanding between the Company and any holder of equity securities or rights to purchase equity securities provides for acceleration or other changes in the vesting provisions or terms of such agreements or understandings, or the lapse of a Company repurchase right, upon the occurrence of any event. The Company has never adjusted or amended the exercise price of any stock options previously awarded, whether through amendment, cancellation, replacement grant, repricing, or any other means. To the Company’s knowledge, no stock options, stock appreciation rights or other equity-based awards issued or granted by the Company are, or will be, subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All outstanding equity securities of the Company have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Company holds no equity securities or other ownership interests in any other person or entity, other than the Subsidiary.

 

5.4          Financial Statements. The Company has provided to the Investor, a copy of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2022 (the balance sheet at December 31, 2022 being hereinafter referred to as the “Balance Sheet”, and all such financial statements being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods covered (except that the Financial Statements have been prepared without complete footnotes and are subject to year-end adjustments), and fairly present in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Company as of the date and for the periods covered thereby. At the date of the Balance Sheet (the “Balance Sheet Date”), the Company and its Subsidiary have no liabilities or obligations, fixed, contingent, or otherwise, not reflected on the Balance Sheet (including liabilities which under GAAP are not required to be reflected on the Balance Sheet) except for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Financial Statements, the Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other person or corporation.

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5.5          Seniority of the Bridge Note. Except for, solely prior to the Convertible Note Closing, the Existing Credit Facility (as such term is defined in the Bridge Note), there is no Indebtedness of the Company that ranks senior in right of payment to the Bridge Note, whether with respect to payment of principal, interest, redemption, fees, or penalties, or upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or otherwise. The Investor, in its capacity as the Investor (as such term is defined in the 2023 Notes (as such term is defined in the Bridge Note)) and the holder of the 2023 Notes and the Second 2023 Notes Tranche, hereby consents to the issuance of the Bridge Note and incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company pursuant to the Bridge Note. The Bridge Note shall rank pari passu in right of payment to the 2023 Notes and the Second 2023 Notes Tranche, whether with respect to payment of principal, interest, redemption, fees, or penalties, or upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or otherwise. Prior to the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days following the issuance of the Bridge Note and (ii) the consummation of the Transaction, the Company shall deliver to the Investor, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, an omnibus amendment (the “Omnibus Amendment”) to the convertible promissory notes issued by the Company on October 27, 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), executed by the Company and the requisite investors holding the 2022 Notes, which subordinates the 2022 Notes to the Bridge Note issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Convertible Note Closing, the Closing Date Convertible Note and Converted Bridge Note shall rank pari passu in right of payment and liens to other New Adagio Convertible Notes that will be issued by New Adagio upon the consummation of the Transaction, whether with respect to payment of principal, interest, redemption, fees, or penalties, or upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company or New Adagio, or otherwise.

 

5.6          Indebtedness.

 

(a)           As of the Bridge Note Closing, other than the Existing Credit Facility, the 2022 Notes, the 2023 Notes and the Second 2023 Notes Tranche, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 (excluding intercompany Indebtedness), (ii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or would reasonably be expected to have or is expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the Bridge Note Closing, without limiting the foregoing, the Company hereby represents and warrants that immediately before and after entering into and giving effect to this Agreement, the Company is not in default, and there exists no event of default, under the Existing Credit Facility, the 2022 Notes, the 2023 Notes or the Second 2023 Notes Tranche, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or otherwise.

 

(b)           As of the Convertible Note Closing, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (other than with respect to the New Adagio Convertible Notes) and other than Indebtedness expressly permitted under the New Adagio Convertible Notes, (ii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or would reasonably be expected to have or is expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the results of operations, business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Company to perform in any material respect any of its or their respective obligations under the Bridge Note or this Agreement; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the Bridge Note.

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5.7          Litigation. There is no lawsuit, litigation, action, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation, claim, complaint, charge, proceeding, suit or arbitration (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative and whether public or private) by or before or otherwise involving any Authority (as defined herein) (“Action”) pending or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened against the Company that questions the validity of the Transaction Documents, the right of the Company to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or that would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not a party or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment, ruling, decree, judicial or arbitral award, subpoena, verdict, determination or decision entered, issued or rendered by an Authority (as defined herein) (“Order”) that would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Authority” means any United States or non-United States (i) federal, state, local, municipal or other government, (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental entity or (iii) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitrator or arbitral tribunal (public or private).

 

5.8          Absence of Certain Changes. The Company represents that since December 31, 2023, there has been no material adverse change in the assets, operations or financial condition of the Company taken as a whole. The Company has not taken any steps with any governmental agency or authority or any other regulatory or self-regulatory agency or authority to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reasonable basis to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. As of the Bridge Note Closing, the Company is not, and, as of the Convertible Note Closing, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Convertible Note Closing, New Adagio will not be Insolvent (as defined herein). For purposes of this Section , “Insolvent” means, with respect to any person (i) such person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course, (ii) such person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature in the ordinary course or (iii) such person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged, as such business is now conducted. For purposes of the foregoing, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual liability.

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5.9          Absence of Required Consents; No Violations; Compliance with Laws. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Authority on the part of the Company or its Subsidiary is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such filing(s) pursuant to applicable state securities laws as may be necessary, which filings will be timely effected after the Bridge Note Closing or the Convertible Note Closing, as applicable. The Company is not in violation or default of any provision of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Company’s bylaws. The Company and its Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, national, state, local, foreign, national, multinational or supranational statutes, laws (including common law and, if applicable, fiduciary or similar duties), acts, statutes, ordinances, treaties, rules, codes and regulations (“Laws”) and Orders, and to the Company’s knowledge, neither of them have been charged with any violation of any applicable Law or Order, except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a default under any Order or contract or an event that results in the creation of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any material assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to the Company, its Subsidiary, or their respective businesses or operations or any of their respective assets or properties.

 

5.10        Taxes. The Company has either (i) timely filed or (ii) timely filed extensions, solely to the extent such extensions are sought in the ordinary course of business, for, all federal, provincial, state, municipal, non-U.S. and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all federal, provincial, state, municipal, non-U.S. and other taxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and, except for failures to file or pay as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no tax audits, deficiencies, assessments or other claims with respect to the Company that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.11        Offering. Subject in part to the truth and accuracy of the Investor’s representations set forth in of this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Bridge Securities by the Company as contemplated by this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and will not result in a violation of the qualification or registration requirements of any applicable state securities laws, and neither the Company nor any authorized agent acting on its behalf will take any action hereafter that would cause the loss of such exemption.

 

5.12        Valid Issuance of Securities. As of the Convertible Note Closing, the equity securities issuable by the Company upon conversion of the Bridge Note have been or will have been prior to their issuance duly and validly reserved for issuance, and when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Note, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

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5.13        No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person (as defined herein) is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii), as modified by Rules 506(d)(2) and (d)(3), under the Act (“Disqualification Events”). To the Company’s knowledge, no Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent required, with any disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) under the Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Covered Persons” are those persons specified in Rule 506(d)(1) under the Act; provided, however, that Company Covered Persons do not include (a) the Investor, or (b) any person or entity that is deemed to be an affiliated issuer of the Company solely as a result of the relationship between the Company and the Investor.

 

5.14        Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds of the Bridge Note (i) solely for working capital purposes for the operation of its business, and not for any personal, family or household purpose and (ii) in compliance with all applicable Laws.

 

Section 6

 

Representations and Warranties of New Adagio

 

New Adagio hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

6.1          Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. New Adagio is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. New Adagio has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Convert and Warrant Securities.

 

6.2          Authorization. All action on the part of New Adagio, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Convert and Warrant Securities, the performance of all obligations of New Adagio hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Convert and Warrant Securities and any equity securities directly or indirectly issuable upon conversion of the Convert and Warrant Securities (such equity securities, the “Convert Equity Securities”) has been taken or will be taken prior to the issuance of the applicable Convert Equity Securities. This Agreement and the Convert and Warrant Securities to which New Adagio is a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of New Adagio, enforceable against New Adagio in accordance with their terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

 

6.3          Capitalization; Valid Issuance. The authorized share capital of New Adagio (excluding the issued share capital) consists of one thousand (1,000) share of Common Stock and the issued share capital of New Adagio consists of one (1) share of Common Stock. Immediately following the Convertible Note Closing, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (A) shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, (B) shall have been issued in compliance with applicable law and (C) shall not have been issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights or contract. There are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which New Adagio is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of New Adagio, other than (1) as set forth in any form, report, statement, schedule, proxy and other document filed by ARYA on or prior to the Convertible Note Closing and (2) as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

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6.4          Seniority of the Closing Date Convertible Note and the Converted Bridge Note. There is no Indebtedness of New Adagio that ranks senior in right of payment to the Closing Date Convertible Note and the Converted Bridge Note, whether with respect to payment of principal, interest, redemption, fees, or penalties, or upon liquidation or dissolution of New Adagio, or otherwise. The Closing Date Convertible Note and Converted Bridge Note shall rank pari passu in right of payment to other New Adagio Convertible Notes that will be issued by New Adagio upon the consummation of the Transaction, whether with respect to payment of principal, interest, redemption, fees, or penalties, or upon liquidation or dissolution of New Adagio or the Company, or otherwise.

 

6.5          Indebtedness. As of the Bridge Note Closing, New Adagio has no outstanding Indebtedness. As of the Convertible Note Closing, except for the New Adagio Convertible Notes, neither New Adagio nor any of its subsidiaries (i) have any outstanding Indebtedness other than Indebtedness expressly permitted under the New Adagio Convertible Notes to exist on the Transaction Closing Date, (ii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of New Adagio’s officers, has or would reasonably be expected to have or is expected to have a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “New Adagio Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the results of operations, business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of New Adagio; (b) a material impairment of the ability of New Adagio to perform in any material respect any of its or their respective obligations under the the Closing Date Convertible Note, the Converted Bridge Note or this Agreement; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement, the Closing Date Convertible Note or the Converted Bridge Note.

 

6.6          Litigation. There is no Action pending or to New Adagio’s knowledge, currently threatened against New Adagio that questions the validity of the Transaction Documents, the right of New Adagio to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, that would prohibit the listing of the shares of Common Stock or Convert Equity Securities, or the registration of, when issued in connection with the closing of the Transaction, the shares of Common Stock or Convert Equity Securities under the Exchange Act, or that would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect. New Adagio is not a party or subject to the provisions of any Order that would reasonably be expected to result in a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect.

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6.7          Absence of Certain Changes. There has been no material adverse change in the assets, operations or financial condition of New Adagio taken as a whole. New Adagio has not taken any steps with any governmental agency or authority or any other regulatory or self-regulatory agency or authority to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does New Adagio have any knowledge or reasonable basis to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Convertible Note Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined herein). For purposes of this Section 6.7, “Insolvent” means, with respect to any person (i) such person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course, (ii) such person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature in the ordinary course or (iii) such person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged, as such business is now conducted. For purposes of the foregoing, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual liability.

 

6.8          Absence of Required Consents; No Violations; Compliance with Laws. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Authority on the part of New Adagio is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than (i) filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) filings required by Nasdaq, or such other applicable stock exchange on which shares of Common Stock will be listed, (iv) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Business Combination Agreement, and (v) those of which the failure to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect. New Adagio is not in violation or default of any provision of New Adagio’s certificate of incorporation or New Adagio’s bylaws. New Adagio is in compliance in all material respects with all Laws and Orders, and to New Adagio’s knowledge, neither of them have been charged with any violation of any applicable Law or Order, except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to New Adagio. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a default under any Order or contract or an event that results in the creation of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any material assets of New Adagio or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to New Adagio, or its operations, assets or properties.

 

6.9          Taxes. New Adagio has either (i) timely filed or (ii) timely filed extensions, solely to the extent such extensions are sought in the ordinary course of business, for, all federal, provincial, state, municipal, non-U.S. and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all federal, provincial, state, municipal, non-U.S. and other taxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and, except for failures to file or pay as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect. There are no tax audits, deficiencies, assessments or other claims with respect to New Adagio that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a New Adagio Material Adverse Effect.

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6.10        Offering. Subject in part to the truth and accuracy of the Investor’s representations set forth in of this Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Convert and Warrant Securities and the Convert Equity Securities by New Adagio as contemplated by this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and will not result in a violation of the qualification or registration requirements of any applicable state securities laws, and neither New Adagio nor any authorized agent acting on its behalf will take any action hereafter that would cause the loss of such exemption.

 

6.11        Valid Issuance of Securities. The Convert Equity Securities have been or will have been prior to their issuance duly and validly reserved for issuance, and when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of the applicable Convert and Warrant Securities, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

6.12        No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. New Adagio has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any New Adagio Covered Person (as defined herein) is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii), as modified by Rules 506(d)(2) and (d)(3), under the Act (“New Adagio Disqualification Events”). To New Adagio’s knowledge, no New Adagio Covered Person is subject to a New Adagio Disqualification Event. New Adagio has complied, to the extent required, with any disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) under the Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “New Adagio Covered Persons” are those persons specified in Rule 506(d)(1) under the Act; provided, however, that New Adagio Covered Persons do not include (a) the Investor, or (b) any person or entity that is deemed to be an affiliated issuer of New Adagio solely as a result of the relationship between New Adagio and the Investor.

 

6.13        Use of Proceeds. New Adagio shall use the proceeds of the Convert and Warrant Securities (i) solely for working capital purposes for the operation of its business, and not for any personal, family or household purpose and (ii) in compliance with all applicable Laws.

 

Section 7

Miscellaneous

 

7.1          Termination. The obligation of the Investor and New Adagio to consummate the purchase and sale of the Convert and Warrant Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder with respect to such obligation shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Agreement, and (c) the delivery of a notice of termination of this Agreement by the Investor to New Adagio following the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, and such thirtieth calendar day, the “Outside Date”), if the Convertible Note Closing has not occurred by the Outside Date (provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (c) shall not be available to the Investor if the Investor’s breach of any of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement, either individually or in the aggregate, shall have proximately caused the failure of the consummation of the Transaction on or before the Outside Date) (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(c) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful and material breach of any covenant, agreement, obligation, representation or warranty hereunder prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful and material breach. New Adagio shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement as promptly as practicable after the termination of the Business Combination Agreement. Except for Section 7.2 of this Agreement which shall survive a Termination Event, this Agreement shall, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to New Adagio in connection with the purchase and sale of the Convert and Warrant Securities shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

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7.2          Board Appointment. Within thirty (30) days following the Bridge Note Closing Date, the Company shall use its best efforts to take action necessary to procure the consent, or commitment of the necessary shareholders to consent, to the nomination right of the Investor that permits the Investor to require the Company to appoint such number of directors designated by the Investor (such directors, the “Investor Directors”) to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) as would cause the Investor Directors to comprise a majority of the Board.

 

7.3          Survival. The warranties, representations and covenants of the Company, New Adagio and Investor contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Bridge Note (and the Bridge Note Closing) and the Convertible Note (and the Convertible Note Closing) and shall in no way be affected by any investigation of the subject matter thereof made by or on behalf of the Investor, the Company or New Adagio.

 

7.4          Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of any Securities). Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Investor may assign any or all of its rights or obligations under Section 2 to any Affiliate (as defined herein) of the Investor; provided, however, that no such assignment shall relieve the Investor of any of its obligations hereunder except to the extent actually performed and the Investor shall remain liable, on a joint and several basis and without duplication, for all its obligations under this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement except to the extent actually performed. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means with respect to any person, any person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person.

 

7.5          Governing Law. This Agreement, each Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly set forth therein), and all disputes and Actions arising out of or in connection with the foregoing shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of law principles thereof.

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7.6          Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware, and then, if such federal court declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within New York, New York), for the purposes of any Action (i) arising under this Agreement or under any Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly set forth therein) or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties in respect of this Agreement or any Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly set forth therein) or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Action in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action or cause thereof against such party (x) arising under this Agreement or under any Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly set forth therein) or (y) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties in respect of this Agreement or any Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly set forth therein) or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (a) any claim that such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section for any reason, (b) that such party or such party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (x) the Action or cause thereof in any such court is brought against such party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Action or cause thereof against such party is improper; or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such party in or by such courts. Each party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth on their signature pages hereto shall be effective service of process for any such Action, demand, or cause thereof.

 

7.7          Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION .

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7.8          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile and electronic (including PDF) signatures shall be as effective as original signatures.

 

7.9          Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

7.10        Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) three business days after deposit in the U.S. mail with first class or certified mail receipt requested postage prepaid; or (c) the next business day after deposit with a national overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Investor or the Company as set forth on their respective signature pages hereto. A party may change or supplement its address, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section by giving the other parties written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

 

7.11        Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement, the Bridge Notes or Convert and Warrant Securities may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement, the Bridge Notes or Convert and Warrant Securities may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only by prior written agreement between the Company, New Adagio and the Investor.

 

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

 

7.13        Expenses. Each of the Company, New Adagio and the Investor will bear all of its own expenses in connection with the preparation, execution and negotiation of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at the Bridge Note Closing, the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Investor, in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, $35,000.

 

7.14        Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any warranties, representations or covenants except as specifically set forth herein or therein.

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7.15        Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the parties to this Agreement, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Representatives of any party to this Agreement shall have any liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the negotiation hereof or its subject matter or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein or, for the avoidance of doubt, for claims pursuant to any Transaction Document by any party(ies) thereto against any other party(ies) thereto on the terms and subject to the conditions therein. “Representatives” shall mean, with respect to a person, such person’s Affiliates and its and such Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, consultants, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers or other representatives.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

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

 

  COMPANY:
     
  ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
     
  By: /s/ John Dahldorf
  Name: John Dahldorf
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  Address for notices:    26051 Merit Cir #102
     Laguna Hills, CA 92653
       Attn: John Dahldorf
    Email: jdahldorf@adagiomedical.com

 

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

  Address: Reed Smith LLP
    1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 700
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-6078
  Attn: Michael Sanders
    Benjamin L. Brimeyer
  Email: MSanders@reedsmith.com
    BBrimeyer@reedsmith.com

 

 

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

 

  NEW ADAGIO
   
  AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
By: /s/ Michael Altman
Name: Michael Altman
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  Address for notices:

Perceptive Advisors

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10003

    Attn: Michael Altman
    Email:
    Michael@perceptivelife.com

 

  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  Address:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue 

New York, NY 10022
    Attn: Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
    Ryan K. Brissette, P.C.
    Email: jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
    ryan.brissette@kirkland.com

 


 

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

 

  THE INVESTOR:
   
  PERCEPTIVE LIFE SCIENCES MASTER FUND, LTD.
     
  By: /s/ Michael Altman
    Name: Michael Altman
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  Address for notices:

Perceptive Advisors

51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10003

    Attn: Michael Altman
    Email:
    Michael@perceptivelife.com

 

  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  Address: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
    Attn: Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
    Ryan K. Brissette, P.C.
    Email: jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
    ryan.brissette@kirkland.com

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

Bridge Note

 


 

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED FOR VALUE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

THIS NOTE AND THE INDEBTEDNESS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2024, AMONG THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW), THE INVESTOR (AS DEFINED BELOW), AND SILICON VALLEY BANK, A DIVISION OF FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY.

 

ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Initial Principal Amount: $7,000,000 [●], 2024

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) promises to pay to Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd. (the “Investor”), or its registered assigns, the principal sum of SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ($7,000,000), or such lesser amount as shall equal the outstanding principal amount hereof (the “Principal Amount”), together with interest from the date of this convertible promissory note (this “Note”) on the unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to 8% per annum (the “Interest Rate”), computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. If an Event of Default (as defined below) occurs and is continuing, the Interest Rate shall increase to 12% per annum while such Event of Default is continuing. The then-outstanding Principal Amount, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest payable hereunder, shall be due and payable upon the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Maturity Date”).

 

This Note is issued pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Agreement”; together with this Note, the “Note Documents”) between the Company and the Investor, dated the date hereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given them in the Agreement.

 

1.           Payments.

 

(a)          Interest. Interest on the Principal Amount will accrue at the then applicable Interest Rate and shall be payable on the Maturity Date.

 

 

(b)          Dividends. Following the issuance date of this Note, when, as and if a dividend is declared on the Common Stock or any equivalents thereof, the Investor shall participate in such dividend, in an amount determined on an as-converted basis as though this Note had been converted pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

 

(c)          Voluntary Prepayment. This Note may not be prepaid without the consent of the Investor.

 

(d)          Maturity. The Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable on the Maturity Date.

 

(e)          Change of Control Transaction; Liquidation Event. (A) In the event of: (i) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person or entity; (ii) a reorganization, business combination or the sale by the Company of its voting equity securities after the consummation of which the equityholders of the Company immediately before such transaction own in the aggregate less than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s equity value or voting power after the transaction; or (iii) the sale or exclusive license of a substantial portion of the Company’s intellectual property or the sale, lease or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, in each case whether direct or indirect, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, and whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization, purchase or issuance of equity securities, purchase of assets, tender offer or otherwise (collectively subsections (i), (ii), and (iii) of this Section 1(d), a “Change of Control Transaction”; provided, however, that the Transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction hereunder) or (B) in the event that the Company liquidates, dissolves or winds up its business and affairs as a result of (i) a voluntary decision to cease operating or (ii) a proceeding described in either of Section 3(e) or Section 3(f) (a “Liquidation Event”; provided, however, that the Transaction shall not constitute a Liquidation Event hereunder), unless this Note is converted pursuant to Section 2(b), the Company shall, immediately upon the consummation of the Change of Control Transaction or the Liquidation Event and prior to any payment to the equityholders of the Company, pay to the Investor an amount equal to the greater of (x) 120% of the sum of (i) the then-outstanding Principal Amount and all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends owed to the Investor pursuant to Section 1(b) and (y) such amount of proceeds as if all then-outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Note had been converted into Common Stock (the “Liquidation Preference”).

 

2.           Conversion. The Investor and the Company agree as follows:

 

(a)          Business Combination Transaction Conversion. In the event of the consummation of the Transaction, effective upon the closing of the Transaction, this Note shall automatically be cancelled (or transferred to New Adagio) in connection with the issuance of New Adagio Convertible Notes (in the form of the New Adagio Convertible Note attached as Exhibit B to the Agreement) to the Investor, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Agreement and the securities purchase agreement, dated February 13, 2024, by and among New Adagio, ARYA, the Company and the Investor. Any interest accrued on the Principal Amount shall be forfeited in connection with a cancellation (or transfer of the Note to New Adagio) described in this Section 2(a).

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(b)          Post-Business Combination Termination Conversions. In the event of the termination or abandonment of the Transaction:

 

(i)             Prior to a Qualified Financing (as defined below), the Investor may, at the sole discretion of the Investor exercisable at any time, convert all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding Principal Amount of this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon into an amount of shares of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock (as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation) equal to the to be converted Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest divided by the price per share/unit equal to $24,000,000 divided by the Company’s fully-diluted Common Stock equivalents at the time of the closing date of the conversion pursuant to this Section 2(b) (assuming conversion of all securities convertible into Common Stock and exercise of all outstanding options and warrants, including all shares of Common Stock reserved and available for future grant under any equity incentive or similar plan of the Company, and/or any equity incentive or similar plan to be created or increased in connection any financing, but excluding the shares of equity securities of the Company issuable upon the conversion of this Note); provided, that the Company shall cause the shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of this Note to bear an aggregate liquidation preference amount equal to 120% of the then-outstanding Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest under this Note at the time of conversion (and for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall, if necessary, create a sub-series of the Series E Preferred Stock on identical terms to Series E Preferred Stock, except that the aggregate liquidation preference of such sub-series will be an amount equal to 120% of the then-outstanding Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest under this Note at the time of conversion); or

 

(ii)           In the event of any sale of a new series or class of preferred equity securities by the Company following the termination or abandonment of the Transaction with aggregate proceeds to the Company of at least $10,000,000 (excluding conversion of the Note, the Second 2023 Notes Tranche (as defined below), the 2023 Notes (as defined below) and the 2022 Notes (as defined below)) (a “Qualified Financing”), Investor will elect to convert the then-outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest hereunder and under the 2023 Notes and the Second 2023 Notes Tranche into either (A) the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock, as described in Section 2(b)(i) or (B) such securities, shares or units to be issued and sold in such Qualified Financing, in each case in an amount that is equal to (I) the to be converted Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest divided by (II) the price per share/unit equal to the lesser of (aa) 75% of the per share/unit price in such Qualified Financing and (bb) an amount equal to $24,000,000 divided by the number of fully-diluted Common Stock (or unit) equivalents at the time of the Qualified Financing (assuming conversion of all securities convertible into Common Stock and exercise of all outstanding options and warrants, including all shares of Common Stock reserved and available for future grant under any equity incentive or similar plan of the Company, and/or any equity incentive or similar plan to be created or increased in connection with the Qualified Financing, but excluding the shares of equity securities of the Company issuable upon the conversion of this Note, the 2023 Notes, the Second 2023 Notes Tranche or in connection with the Qualified Financing). In the event that the preferred equity security issued in the Qualified Financing bears a liquidation preference less than 120%, then the Company shall create a sub-series of such preferred security on identical terms to the security issued in the Qualified Financing, except that the aggregate liquidation preference of such sub-series will be an amount equal to 120% of the then-outstanding Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest under this Note, the 2023 Notes and the Second 2023 Notes Tranche at the time of conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to cause or require the conversion of any amount of principal or interest under this note in connection with a Qualified Financing, unless at the time of such Qualified Financing (x) the Company is not in breach or default of any term or provision of this Note or the Agreement (and no such breach or default has previously occurred), (y) the Company certifies to Investor that the Company’s representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and the first and second sentences of Section 4.9 of the Agreement are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the Qualified Financing, and (z) there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

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(c)          Procedure. Solely in connection with a conversion pursuant to Section 2(b) above, the Investor shall execute and deliver to the Company all commercially reasonable transaction documents (i) entered into by holders of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock, or (ii) to be executed by other purchasers in a Qualified Financing, as applicable, with customary representations, covenants, warranties, registration rights and transfer restrictions (including, without limitation, (A) the same registration rights granted to investors in the fourth amended and restated investors’ rights agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Investor, and (B) a 180-day lock-up agreement in connection with an initial public offering on all shares held prior to the initial public offering; provided that all officers and directors of the Company enter into the same lock-up agreement and if any shareholders (other than any non-management shareholders who individually hold less than two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company) execute lock-up agreements with transfer restrictions for a shorter period of time or are exempted from transfer restrictions following the closing of the initial public offering, then such shorter transfer restrictions or exemption from transfer restrictions shall also apply to the Investor). At least five (5) business days prior to the closing of a Qualified Financing, the Investor shall have received form final drafts of any documents to be executed by the Investor in such a Qualified Financing and shall have the right to approve any such documents prior to the execution by other purchasers.

 

 In the case of a conversion of this Note pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above, as applicable, the Investor shall deliver the original of this Note for cancellation (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof). Notwithstanding the forgoing, upon a conversion of this Note pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above, as applicable, this Note shall be deemed converted and of no further force and effect, whether or not delivered for cancellation. The Company shall, as soon as practicable thereafter and at Investor’s option, issue and deliver to the Investor a certificate or certificates for the securities to which Investor shall be entitled upon such conversion or make appropriate book-entry notation on the books and records of the post-Transaction company or the Company, as applicable, for the number of securities to which the Investor shall be entitled upon conversion of this Note.

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3.           Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a)         Failure to Pay. The Company shall fail to pay when due any principal payment or any interest payment or other payment required under the terms of this Note; or

 

(b)         Breaches of Covenants.

 

(i)               The Company shall breach or otherwise fail to observe, keep or perform any of the provisions of Section 6; or

 

(ii)              The Company shall fail to observe, keep or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in any Note Document, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after the earlier of the Company’s (i) receipt of written notice to the Company of such failure or (ii) actual knowledge of such failure; or

 

(c)         Breaches of Representations and Warranties. Any of the representations and warranties of the Company under any Note Document or hereafter made shall fail to be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Note; or

 

(d)         Other Payment Obligations. (i) As to Indebtedness (as defined herein) for borrowed money of the Company (other than the SVB Debt (as defined below)), in each case, in an aggregate amount in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) at any time: (A) the Company shall fail to make any payment due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any such Indebtedness and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness, (B) any other default shall exist under any agreement or instrument of the Company related to any such Indebtedness or any other event, shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness, or (C) any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof and (ii) as to Indebtedness incurred under the Existing Credit Facility (the “SVB Debt”): (A) the Company shall fail to make any payment due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on the SVB Debt and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the Existing Credit Facility or (B) any other default shall exist under the Existing Credit Facility or any other agreement or instrument of the Company related to the SVB Debt or any other event, shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified therein if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate the maturity of the SVB Debt;

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(e)          Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. The Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated, (v) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing, including but not limited to any board resolution approving the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or

 

(f)           Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of the Company, or of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if any, or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within 45 days of commencement; or

 

(g)          Judgements. A judgment or order shall be rendered against the Company and such judgment or order shall remain unsatisfied or undischarged and in effect for thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of enforcement or execution; provided that this Section 3(g) shall not apply (i) to any judgment for which the Company is fully insured (except for normal deductibles in connection therewith) and with respect to which the insurer has assumed the defense and is not defending under reservation of right and with respect to which the Investor reasonably believes the insurer will pay the full amount thereof (except for normal deductibles in connection therewith) or (ii) to the extent that the aggregate amount of all such judgments and orders does not exceed $250,000.

 

4.           Rights of Investor upon Default. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Sections 3(a), 3(e) or 3(f)) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Investor may, by prior written notice to the Company, declare all outstanding obligations payable by the Company under this Note to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 3(a), 3(e) or 3(f), immediately and without notice to the Company, all outstanding obligations payable by the Company under this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Investor may exercise any other right power or remedy permitted to it by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

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5.            Information Rights of Investor. As long as any Principal Amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, remains outstanding under this Note, the Company shall deliver to the Investor all notices, information and copies of all documentation that the Company is required to deliver to SVB (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Existing Credit Facility (as in effect on the date hereof) concurrently with the delivery of such notices, information and documentation to SVB. Notwithstanding any notification obligations of the Company pursuant to the Existing Credit Facility, the Company shall also promptly (and in no event later than three (3) business days after the Company becomes aware thereof) notify Investor of any proposal for, occurrence of, or any change in the status of, (a) any proposed material transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any Change of Control Transaction, any transaction or a series of transactions involving the Company and/or any of its affiliates with one or more “special purpose acquisition”, “blank check” or similar companies (whether by business combination, tender offer or otherwise)), (b) any equity investment or similar investment (including, without limitation, any convertible debt investment) in the Company and/or any of its affiliates, or (c) any transfer or contemplated transfer of the Company’s equity securities giving rise to any tag-along, co-sale, right of first refusal, right of first offer, right of participation, preemptive rights, or other similar rights of any person, in each case, other than the Transaction or the Transaction Financing Transactions. For purposes of this Note, “Transaction Financing Transactions” means the New Adagio Convertible Notes and the private investment in public equity of ARYA and New Adagio to be consummated in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

6.            Negative Consent Rights. As long as any Principal Amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, remains outstanding under this Note, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investor, (i) take any actions which are prohibited by Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (provided that no additional Subordinated Debt (as defined in the Existing Facility as in effect on the date hereof) shall be permitted; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be permitted to refinance the Existing Credit Facility and any further refinancing thereof), 6.5 (other than Liens incurred refinancing the Existing Credit Facility and any further refinancings thereof), 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 or 6.10 of the Existing Credit Facility (as in effect on the date hereof) or (ii) incur any additional Indebtedness of the Company unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to this Note on terms acceptable to the Investor. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, the consent of the Investor shall not be required for, and nothing herein or in the Agreement shall prohibit, and the Company shall be permitted to, execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the contemplated Securities Purchase Agreement to be entered by and among Aja Holdo, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ARYA, the Company, Allegro Opportunities LLC, and each of the other investors to be parties thereto as buyers (the “New Adagio Financing Agreement”).

 

7.           Senior Indebtedness. The Company and the Investor agree that this Note is a general senior unsecured obligation of the Company ranking senior in right of payment to any existing Indebtedness of the Company (other than the Existing Credit Facility) and any future Indebtedness of the Company (other than any Indebtedness incurred in connection with the New Adagio Financing Agreement). The Company and the Investor agree that, to the extent and manner provided in that certain Subordination Agreement, made as of February 13, 2024, by and among the Investor and Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (“SVB”), the obligations evidenced by this Note are subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 3, 2023 (the “Existing Credit Facility”) among the Company and SVB and any obligation thereunder (whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created or incurred (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations and any unasserted contingent expense reimbursement obligations that, at such time, have not been incurred)). Following the execution of the Omnibus Amendment by and among the Company and the investors holding the Company’s convertible notes dated October 27, 2022 (such convertible notes, the “2022 Notes”), the 2022 Notes will be subordinated to the Note. The Note is pari passu to (i) the convertible promissory note, dated March 27, 2023, issued by the Company to the Investor (the “2023 Initial Note”), (ii) each of the convertible promissory notes, dated June 30, 2023, July 31, 2023, August 31, 2023, September 29, 2023, and October 26, 2023, issued by the Company to the Investor (collectively, the “2023 Delayed Draw Notes”, and together with the 2023 Initial Note, the “2023 Notes”), (iii) the convertible promissory note, dated November 28, 2023, issued by the Company to the Investor (the “Second 2023 Initial Note”), and (iv) each of the convertible promissory notes, dated December 13, 2023, December 28, 2023 and January 29, 2024, issued, and that may be issued subsequently to the date hereof, by the Company to the Investor (collectively, the “Second 2023 Delayed Draw Notes”, and together with the 2023 Initial Note, the “Second 2023 Notes Tranche”). “Indebtedness” shall mean all amounts due in connection with (i) indebtedness of the Company to banks or other lending institutions regularly engaged in the business of lending money (excluding venture capital, investment banking or similar institutions and their affiliates, which sometimes engage in lending activities but which are primarily engaged in investments in equity securities), and (ii) any such indebtedness or any debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued in exchange for such indebtedness, or any indebtedness arising from the satisfaction of such indebtedness by a guarantor.

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8.            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          Transfer. This Note shall be registered. The Company will keep, at its principal executive office, books for the registration and registration of transfer of this Note. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company shall treat the Investor as the owner and holder of this Note for all purposes whatsoever. The holder of this Note, at its option, may in person or by duly authorized attorney surrender the same for exchange at the Company’s chief executive office, and promptly thereafter and at the Company’s expense, receive in exchange therefor one or more new Note(s), dated the date of this Note and registered in the name of such person or persons as shall have been designated in writing by such holder or its attorney for the same principal amount as the then-outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it; or (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof, the Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Note executed in the same manner as this Note, in the same principal amount as the then-outstanding Principal Amount and any accrued and unpaid interest and dated the date to which interest shall have been paid on this Note or, if no interest shall have yet been so paid, dated the date of this Note. This Note may not be transferred, assigned or delegated by the Company without the prior written consent of the Investor. The Investor may assign this Note without the prior written consent of the Company to any of its affiliates, so long as the applicable assignee executes a joinder to this Note, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, pursuant to which such assignee agrees to be bound by the terms hereof as though such assignee were the Investor. This Note and all of the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

(b)          Waiver and Amendment. This Note may not be amended, waived or modified without the prior explicit written agreement of the Company and the Investor.

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(c)          Notices. All notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in the manner set forth in the Agreement.

 

(d)          Payment. Unless converted into the Company’s equity securities pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise set forth herein, payment shall be made in lawful tender of the United States.

 

(e)          Usury. In the event any interest is paid on this Note which is deemed to be in excess of the then legal maximum rate, then that portion of the interest payment representing an amount in excess of the then legal maximum rate shall be deemed a payment of principal and applied against the principal of this Note.

 

(f)           Governing Law. This Note and all disputes and Actions arising out of or in connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of law principles thereof.

 

(g)          Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any federal court within the State of Delaware, and then, if such federal court declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within New York, New York), for the purposes of any Action (i) arising under this Note or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties in respect of this Note or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Action in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action or cause thereof against such party (x) arising under this Note or (y) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties in respect of this Note or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (a) any claim that such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 8(g) for any reason, (b) that such party or such party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (x) the Action or cause thereof in any such court is brought against such party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Action or cause thereof against such party is improper; or (z) this Note, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such party in or by such courts. Each party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth on their signature pages hereto shall be effective service of process for any such Action, demand, or cause thereof.

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(h)          Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS NOTE OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS NOTE WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS NOTE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8(H).

 

(i)           Investor Protections. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company waives all rights to presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind in respect of payment of this Note. No course of dealing by any Investor, or the failure, forbearance or delay by any Investor in exercising any rights or remedies under this Note shall operate as a waiver of any event of default or of any right of the Investor hereunder. The Company agrees to pay the Investor’s reasonable costs in collecting and enforcing this Note, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

 

(j)           Counterparts. This Note may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile and electronic (including PDF) signatures shall be as effective as original signatures.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

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The Company has caused this Note to be issued as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name: John Dahldorf
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  THE INVESTOR:
   
  PERCEPTIVE LIFE SCIENCES MASTER FUND, LTD.
     
  By:  
    Name: Michael Altman
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

New Adagio Convertible Notes

 

[See attached.]


 

EXHIBIT C

 

Warrant

 

[See attached.]


 

EXHIBIT D

 

[Intentionally omitted.]


 

EXHIBIT E

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

[Intentionally omitted.]

 

 

 

EX-10.9 11 ny20020899x3_ex10-9.htm EXHIBIT 10.9
 

Exhibit 10.9

 

[FORM OF WARRANT]

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Aja Holdco, Inc.

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.:

 

Date of Issuance: [                         ], 2024 (“Issuance Date”)

 

Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [BUYER], the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), _________________1 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Number”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 19. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of [                      ], 2024 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

 

75% Warrant coverage

 

1.            EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)          Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “Exercise Date”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via electronic mail or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of (i) two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the “Share Delivery Date”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant or the Registration Rights Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled. From the Issuance Date through and including the Expiration Date, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in FAST.

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(b)          Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $24.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

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(c)          Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Date either (I) the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Date the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. While this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to participate in FAST. In addition to the foregoing rights, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

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(d)          Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if, at any time of exercise hereof following the one-year anniversary of the Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date, a Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is not effective (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the resale by the Holder of all of the Warrant Shares, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

       B

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

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B = as elected by the Holder: (i) the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If the Warrant Shares are issued in a Cashless Exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the 1933 Act, the Warrant Shares take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised. For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(e)          Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 15.

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(f)           Limitations on Exercises. The Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other SPA Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

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(g)          Reservation of Shares.

 

(i)          Required Reserve Amount. So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 100% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of SPA Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the SPA Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of SPA Warrants held by each holder on the Closing Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s SPA Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any SPA Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of SPA Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

(ii)         Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the SPA Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorization Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(g); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount, brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Section 1(g) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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2.            ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

 

(a)          Stock Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 3 or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Subscription Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

(b)          Extraordinary Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which this Warrant is convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 2(a) above, or (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Exercise Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the board of directors of the Company, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 2(b), “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 2 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of this Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

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(c)          Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

(d)          Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

(e)          Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

3.           [RESERVED].

 

4.            PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)          Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

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(b)          Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i)  the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction) and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Section 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

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(c)          Application. The provisions of this Section  shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

5.           NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

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6.            WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

7.            REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

(a)          Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)         Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)           Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.

 

(d)          Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

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8.           NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, or (B) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, and (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.            DISCLOSURE. Upon delivery by the Company to the Holder (or receipt by the Company from the Holder) of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall on or prior to 9:00 am, New York city time on the Business Day immediately following such notice delivery date, publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder explicitly in writing in such notice (or immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder, as applicable), and in the absence of any such written indication in such notice (or notification from the Company immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder), the Holder shall be entitled to presume that information contained in the notice does not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Nothing contained in this Section 9 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of the Holder, under Section 4(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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10.          ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions. In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

 

11.          AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except for Section 1(f) of this Warrant, which may not be amended, modified or waived, this Warrant may only be amended or modified by written instrument executed by both the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or modification or so approved shall be binding upon all existing and future holders of this Warrant.

 

12.         SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

13.         GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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14.          CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

15.          DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

 

(a)          Submission to Dispute Resolution.

 

(i)          In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via electronic mail (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2nd) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

(ii)        The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 15 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

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(iii)        The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

(b)          Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 15 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 15, (ii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iii) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 15 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 15 and (iv) nothing in this Section 15 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 15).

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16.         REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

17.          PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

18.          TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

19.          CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(b)          1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)          Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

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(d)          Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(e)          Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 15. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(f)           Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

(g)          Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

(h)          Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 15. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

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(i)           Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(j)           Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

(k)          Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Principal Market.

 

(l)           Expiration Date” means the date that is the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

(m)         Form 10 Disclosure Filing Date" means the date on which the Company shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any other applicable form) that includes current “Form 10 information” (within the meaning of Rule 144) reflecting the Company’s status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.

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(n)          Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(o)          Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(p)          Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(q)          Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

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(r)           Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(s)          Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(t)           Principal Market” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(u)         Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes party thereto relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Notes and exercise of the SPA Warrants, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(v)          SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(w)         “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(x)           Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(y)          Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

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(z)          VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 15. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

       
  Aja Holdco, Inc.  
     
  By:    
Name:  
    Title:  
 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

[ADAGIO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.](F/K/A ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV)

 

The undersigned holder hereby elects to exercise the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. _______ (the “Warrant”) of [Adagio Medical Holdings, Inc.](f/k/a ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) as specified below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1.            Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

2.            Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3.            Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, __________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

☐           Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:  
   
   
 

Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

 

DTC Participant:  
DTC Number:  
Account Number:  
 

Date: _____________ __, _____

 

__________________________
Name of Registered Holder

 

By: _____________________  
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  Tax ID:____________________________  
     
  Facsimile:__________________________  
     
  E-mail Address:_____________________  
 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated _________, 202_, from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

       
  [Adagio Medical Holdings, Inc.](f/k/a ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV)  
     
  By:    
Name:  
    Title:  

 

 

EX-10.10 12 ny20020899x3_ex10-10.htm EXHIBIT 10.10

Exhibit 10.10

FORM OF CONVERT
GUARANTY

This GUARANTY, dated as of  __, 2024 (this “Guaranty”), is made by each of the undersigned (each a “Guarantor”, and collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of Allegro Management LLC, in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent” as hereinafter further defined) for the “Buyers” party to the Securities Purchase Agreement (each as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, AJA Holdco, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, with offices located at 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10003 (the “Company”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp. IV, a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands and each party listed as a “Buyer” on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (collectively, the “Buyers”) are parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of _____, 2024 (as amended, restated, extended, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall be required to sell, and the Buyers shall purchase or have the right to purchase, the “Notes” issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be amended, restated, extended, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, collectively, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Securities Purchase Agreement requires that the Guarantors execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, (i) a guaranty guaranteeing all of the obligations of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Note Documents (as defined below); and (ii) a Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, granting the Collateral Agent a lien on and security interest in all of their assets and properties (the “Security Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, each Guarantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, such Guarantor.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement, each Guarantor hereby agrees with each Buyer as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions.  Reference is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes for a statement of the terms thereof.  All terms used in this Guaranty and the recitals hereto which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Notes, and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein.  In addition, the following terms when used in the Guaranty shall have the meanings set forth below:

Bankruptcy Code” means Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C §§ 101 et seq.  (or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws).

Buyer” or “Buyers” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock (including, without limitation, any warrants, options, rights or other securities exercisable or convertible into equity interests or securities of such Person), and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.

“Collateral” means all assets and properties of the Company and each Guarantor in which a security interest is granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Security Agreement.

Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Governmental Authority” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Guaranty.

Guarantor” or “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a) of this Guaranty.

Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.

Note Documents” means, collectively, this Guaranty, as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and the Security Documents.

 “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 of the Security Agreement.

Paid in Full” or “Payment in Full” means the payment in full in cash of all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent and indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted); provided, that, no written demand has been received by Collateral Agent within ninety (90) days of such payment for the return of such payment, or any part thereof, as a preferential or fraudulent transfer pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any state law equivalent. If a demand under preceding proviso is received, the Guaranteed Obligations will not be considered “Paid in Full” until the earlier of such demand being withdrawn or denied, and if payment is returned in connection with such demand, the Guaranteed Obligations will not be considered “Paid in Full” until such time, if ever, that the payment in full in cash of all of the Guaranteed Obligations is subsequently satisfied.
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Securities Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Security Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Tax Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 12(a) of this Guaranty.

Transaction Party” means the Company and each Guarantor, collectively, “Transaction Parties”.

SECTION 2. Guaranty.

(a) The Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guaranty to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers, the punctual payment, as and when due and payable, by stated maturity or otherwise, of all Obligations, including, without limitation, all interest, make-whole and other amounts that accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of the Company or any Guarantor, whether or not the payment of such interest, make-whole and/or other amounts are enforceable or are allowable in such Insolvency Proceeding, and all fees, interest, premiums, penalties, causes of action, costs, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due or to become due under any of the Note Documents (all of the foregoing collectively being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent) incurred by the Collateral Agent in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Note Document.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Company to the Collateral Agent or any Buyer under the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Transaction Party.
 

(b) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Collateral Agent and each Buyer, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal, provincial, state, or other applicable law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder.  To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, the Buyers and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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SECTION 3. Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.

(a) The Guarantors, jointly and severally, guaranty that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer with respect thereto.  The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor to enforce such obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Transaction Party or whether any Transaction Party is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be as a primary obligor (and not merely as a surety) and shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by law, any defenses it may now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

 
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document;

(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Transaction Party or extension of the maturity of any Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise;

(iii) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral;
 

(iv)  any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 
(v) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company or partnership structure or existence of any Transaction Party;

 
(vi) any manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Transaction Party under the Note Documents or any other assets of any Transaction Party or any of its Subsidiaries;

 
(vii) any failure of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to disclose to any Transaction Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Transaction Party now or hereafter known to the Collateral Agent or any Buyer (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to disclose such information);
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(viii) taking any action in furtherance of the release of any Guarantor or any other Person that is liable for the Obligations from all or any part of any liability arising under or in connection with any Transaction Document without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent; or

 
(ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Collateral Agent or any Buyer that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Transaction Party or any other guarantor or surety other than the defense of Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 
(b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Collateral Agent, any Buyer, or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Transaction Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

(c) This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations and shall not terminate for any reason prior to the respective Maturity Date of each Note (other than Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations) and (ii) be binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns.  This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Collateral Agent, the Buyers, and their respective successors, and permitted pledgees, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Collateral Agent or any Buyer may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under and subject to the terms of any Transaction Document to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Collateral Agent or such Buyer (as applicable) herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement or such Transaction Document.

SECTION 4. Waivers.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, protest, notice of acceptance and any other notice or formality of any kind with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Collateral Agent exhaust any right or take any action against any Transaction Party or any other Person or any Collateral.  Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in this Section is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.  The Guarantors hereby waive any right to revoke this Guaranty, and acknowledge that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.  Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Collateral Agent or any Buyer that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Transaction Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person or any Collateral, and (b) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.  Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to disclose to such Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Transaction Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Collateral Agent or a Buyer.
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SECTION 5. Subrogation.  No Guarantor may exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of any Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Transaction Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until there has been Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations.  If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Document, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising.  If (a) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Collateral Agent of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (b) there has been Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Collateral Agent will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.

SECTION 6. Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as of the date first written above as follows:

 
(i) such Guarantor (A) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization as set forth on the signature pages hereto, (B) has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which such Guarantor is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (C) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified (individually or in the aggregate) would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which such Guarantor is a party (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, (B) do not and will not contravene its charter, articles, certificate of formation or by-laws, its limited liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on such Guarantor or its properties do not and will not result in or require the creation of any lien, security interest or encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (C) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to it or its operations or any of its properties, except in the case of clause (C) of this paragraph, as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 
(iii) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a party (other than expressly provided for in any of the Transaction Documents or which have been obtained or made).

 
(iv) This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by each Guarantor and is, and each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is or will be a party, when executed and delivered, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or similar laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

 
(v) There is no pending or, to the knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened (in writing) action, suit or proceeding against such Guarantor or to which any of the properties of such Guarantor is subject, before any court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator that (A) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) relates to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which such Guarantor is a party or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby.

 
(vi) Such Guarantor (A) has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (B) now has and will continue to have independent means of obtaining information concerning the affairs, financial condition and business of the Company and the other Transaction Parties, and has no need of, or right to obtain from the Collateral Agent or any Buyer, any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Company or the other Transaction Parties.

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(b) Each Guarantor covenants and agrees that until Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations, it will comply with each of the covenants (except to the extent applicable only to a public company) which are set forth in Section  of the Securities Purchase Agreement as if such Guarantor were a party thereto.

 
SECTION 7. Right of Set-off.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent and any Buyer may, and is hereby authorized to, at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors (any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor) and to the fullest extent permitted by law, set-off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all obligations of the Guarantors now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, irrespective of whether or not the Collateral Agent or any Buyer shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured.  The Collateral Agent and each Buyer agrees to notify the relevant Guarantor promptly after any such set-off and application made by the Collateral Agent or such Buyer, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.  The rights of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Collateral Agent or such Buyer may have under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document in law or otherwise.

SECTION 8. Limitation on Guaranteed Obligations.

 
(a) Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, each Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall be limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of determination the greater of:

 
(i) the amount of all Guaranteed Obligations, plus interest thereon at the applicable Interest Rate as specified in the Note; and

 
(ii) the amount which could be claimed by the Collateral Agent from any Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law after taking into account, among other things, Guarantor’s right of contribution and indemnification.

(b) Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guaranty hereunder or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer hereunder or under applicable law.

(c) No payment made by the Company, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Buyer from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations), remain liable for the Guaranteed Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until after all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been Paid in Full.
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SECTION 9. Notices, Etc.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Guaranty must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be sent, if to any Guarantor, to the Company’s address and/or facsimile number, or if to the Collateral Agent or any Buyer, to it at its respective address and/or facsimile number, each as set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 10.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Guaranty shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.  Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim, obligation or defense that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Collateral Agent or the Buyers from bringing suit or taking other legal action against any Guarantor in any other jurisdiction to collect on a Guarantor’s obligations or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Collateral Agent or a Buyer.

 
SECTION 11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC.  EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
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SECTION 12. Taxes.

(a) All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be made in accordance with the terms of the respective Transaction Document and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, withholding, deduction or other defense.  Without limiting the foregoing, all such payments shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on the net income of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer by the jurisdiction in which the Collateral Agent or such Buyer is organized or where it has its principal lending office (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, "Taxes").  If any Guarantor shall be required to deduct or to withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any amount payable hereunder or under any other Transaction Document:

(b) the amount so payable shall be increased to the extent necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including Taxes on amounts payable to the Collateral Agent or any Buyer pursuant to this sentence) the Collateral Agent or each Buyer receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made,

(c) such Guarantor shall make such deduction or withholding,

 
(d) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and

 
(e) as promptly as possible thereafter, such Guarantor shall send the Collateral Agent or each Buyer an official receipt (or, if an official receipt is not available, such other documentation as shall be satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, as the case may be) showing payment.  In addition, each Guarantor agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document (collectively, "Other Taxes").

 
(f) Each Guarantor hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold each Indemnified Party harmless from and against Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 12) paid by any Indemnified Party as a result of any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses for nonpayment, late payment or otherwise) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.  This indemnification shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the date on which the Collateral Agent or such Buyer makes written demand therefor, which demand shall identify the nature and amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes.
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(g) If any Guarantor fails to perform any of its obligations under this Section 12, such Guarantor shall indemnify the Collateral Agent and each Buyer for any taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable as a result of any such failure.  The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 12 shall survive the termination of this Guaranty and the payment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder.

SECTION 13. Indemnification.  Section 9(k) of the Securities Purchase Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 
SECTION 14. Miscellaneous.

(a) Each Guarantor will make each payment hereunder in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds to the Collateral Agent or each Buyer, at such address specified by the Collateral Agent or such Buyer from time to time by notice to the Guarantors.

 
(b) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by each Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and each Buyer, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 
(c) No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder or under any Transaction Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers under any Transaction Document against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to exercise any of their respective rights or remedies under any other Transaction Document against such party or against any other Person.

 
(d) Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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(e) This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and shall not terminate for any reason prior to the respective Maturity Date of each Note (other than Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations) and (ii) be binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns.  This Guaranty shall inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Collateral Agent, the Buyers, and their respective successors, and permitted pledgees, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Collateral Agent or any Buyer may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under and subject to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document to any other Person in accordance with the terms thereof, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Collateral Agent or such Buyer (as applicable) herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement or such Transaction Document.  None of the rights or obligations of any Guarantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of each Buyer.

 
(f) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, upon any entity (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) becoming a direct, or indirect, Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall cause each such Subsidiary to become party to the Guaranty by executing a joinder to the Guaranty reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Holders.

 
(g) This Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents reflect the entire understanding of the transaction contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, entered into before the date hereof.

 
(h) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Guaranty for any other purpose.

 
SECTION 15. Currency Indemnity.
 


If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against Guarantor in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 15 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due under this Guaranty in any currency (the “Obligation Currency”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding (a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of courts of the jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or (b) the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 15 being hereinafter in this Section 15 referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

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If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in the preceding paragraph, there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt of the amount due in immediately available funds, the Guarantors shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.  Any amount due from the Guarantors under this Section 15 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Guaranty.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed by its respective duly authorized officer, as of the date first above written.

 

GUARANTORS:

 
 
 
 
Adagio Medical, Inc. (f/k/a ARYA Sciences
Acquisition Corp. IV)
 
 
 
 
By:

 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:

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ACCEPTED BY:

 
 
 
 

Allegro Management LLC,

as Collateral Agent

 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
  Name:  
  Title:  

 


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EX-10.11 13 ny20020899x3_ex10-11.htm EXHIBIT 10.11

Exhibit 10.11

FORM OF CONVERT
SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of   [__], 2024 (this “Agreement”), made by AJA HOLDCO, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with offices located at 51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10003 (the “Company”), and each of the undersigned direct and indirect and direct Subsidiaries (as defined below) of the Company from time to time, if any (each a “Grantor” and together with the Company, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of Allegro Management LLC with offices located at c/o Allegro Opportunities LLC, 17 State Street, Suite 2130, New York, NY 10004, in its capacity as collateral agent (together with its successors and assignees, in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Noteholders (as defined below) party to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company is party to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February [____ __], 2024 (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV and each party listed as a “Buyer” on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (each a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”), pursuant to which the Company shall sell, and the Buyers shall purchase or have the right to purchase, the “Notes” issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, collectively, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, certain Grantors (other than the Company) from time to time (each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) may execute and deliver one or more guarantees (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, each, a “Guaranty” and collectively, the “Guaranties”) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself and the Noteholders, with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement);

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Buyers’ obligation to purchase the Notes that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent this Agreement providing for the grant to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself and the Noteholders, of a valid, enforceable, and perfected security interest in all personal property of each Grantor to secure all of the Company’s obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guaranties, as applicable; and

WHEREAS, the Grantors are Affiliates that are part of a common enterprise such that each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect financial and other benefits from the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents and, accordingly, the consummation of such transactions are in the best interests of each Grantor;


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement, each Grantor agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, as follows:

SECTION 1.          Definitions.

(a)          
Reference is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes for a statement of the terms thereof.  All terms used in this Agreement and the recitals hereto which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes or in the Code, and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein; provided that terms used herein which are defined in the Code on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of the Code except as the Collateral Agent may otherwise determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

(b)        
Without limiting the generality of, and subject to the proviso at the end of, Section 1(a) of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings provided for in the Code:  “Accounts”, “Account Debtor”, “Cash Proceeds”, “Certificate of Title”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Commodity Account”, “Commodity Contracts”, “Deposit Account”, “Documents”, “Electronic Chattel Paper”, “Equipment”, “Fixtures”, “General Intangibles”, “Goods”, “Instruments”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter-of-Credit Rights”, “Noncash Proceeds”, “Payment Intangibles”, “Proceeds”, “Promissory Notes”, “Security”, “Record”, “Security Account”, “Software”, “Supporting Obligations” and “Uncertificated Securities”.

(c)          
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and plural forms of such terms:

 “Bankruptcy Code” means Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C §§ 101 et seq. (or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws).

Bankruptcy Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Note.

 “Buyer” or “Buyers” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock (including, without limitation, any warrants, options, rights or other securities exercisable or convertible into equity interests or securities of such Person), and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not an individual or a corporation, any and all partnership, membership, trust or other equity interests of such Person.

Closing Date” means the date the Company initially issues the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

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Code” means Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of this Agreement.

Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Controlled Account Agreement” means a deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement with respect to a Pledged Account, pursuant to which the Collateral Agent is granted control over such Pledged Account in a manner that perfects its security interest in such Pledged Account under applicable law, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time.

Controlled Account Bank” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(i) of this Agreement.

Controlled Accounts” means the Deposit Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Securities Accounts of the Grantors listed on Schedule IV attached hereto.

Copyright Licenses” means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to use or sell any works covered by any Copyright (including, without limitation, all Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule II hereto).

Copyrights” means all domestic and foreign copyrights, whether registered or not, including, without limitation, all copyright rights throughout the universe (whether now or hereafter arising) in any and all media (whether now or hereafter developed), in and to all original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, acquired or used by any Grantor (including, without limitation, all copyrights described in Schedule II hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals thereof.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) of the Notes.

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Excluded Collateral” means, collectively, (i) Excluded Equity, (ii) any permit, contract, lease, franchise, license, general intangible or any contractual obligation entered into by a Grantor (A) that prohibits, constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or gives rise to a right on the part of the parties thereto to terminate such permit, contract, leases, franchise, license, general intangible or contractual obligations or requires the consent of any Person other than the Company and its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on an right, title or interest in such permit, contract, lease, franchise, license, general intangible or contractual obligation, (B) to the extent that any requirement of law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon or (C) to the extent that a Lien thereon would give any other party a right to terminate such license, permit, general intangible or contractual obligation, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A), (B) and (C), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other requirement of law (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC) and other than proceeds and receivables thereof, and (iii) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant, attachment or perfection of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications or any registrations resulting therefrom under applicable federal law; provided, however, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).

Excluded Equity” means such portion of the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary at any time the pledging of more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary would result in a material adverse tax consequence to a Grantor.

Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that (a) is a Foreign Subsidiary, (b) does not own any Intellectual Property and (c) does not have assets which are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Based upon information disclosed to Buyers as of the date hereof, Adagio Medical GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, is an Excluded Subsidiary, and shall remain an Excluded Subsidiary so long as it satisfies the foregoing requirements under this definition.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Grantor organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any of the states thereof, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia.

GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any Federal, state, city, town, municipality, county, local, foreign or other political subdivision thereof or thereto and any department, commission, board, bureau, court, tribunal, instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

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Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of each Guaranty.

Guarantor” or “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Guaranty” or “Guaranties” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law or law for the relief of debtors, any proceeding relating to assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or extensions generally with creditors, or any proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.

Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all intellectual property rights and assets, and all rights, interests and protections that are associated with any of the foregoing, however arising, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction throughout the world, whether registered or unregistered, including, without limitation, any and all: (a) Trademarks; (b) internet domain names, whether or not trademarks, registered in any top-level domain by any authorized private registrar or Governmental Authority, web addresses, web pages, websites and related content; (c) accounts with YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media companies and the content found thereon (to the extent that such accounts and content are transferable pursuant to the terms, conditions, and policies of each applicable social media platform); (d) Copyrights; (e) Patents; and (f) business and technical information, databases, data collections and other confidential and proprietary information and all rights therein, inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity and other general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter acquired.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6(h)(i) of this Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 “Licenses” means, collectively, the Copyright Licenses, the Trademark Licenses and the Patent Licenses.

Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets.

Note Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, each Guaranty and the other Security Documents.

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Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary.

“Noteholders” means, at any time, the holders of the Notes at such time.

Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement.

 “Paid in Full” or “Payment in Full” means the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations (other than contingent and indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted); provided, that, no written demand has been received by Collateral Agent within ninety (90) days of such payment for the return of such payment, or any part thereof, as a preferential or fraudulent transfer pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any state law equivalent. If a demand under preceding proviso is received, the Obligations will not be considered “Paid in Full” until the earlier of such demand being withdrawn or denied, and if payment is returned in connection with such demand, the Obligations will not be considered “Paid in Full” until such time, if ever, that the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations is subsequently satisfied.

Patent Licenses” means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by any Patent (including, without limitation, all Patent Licenses set forth in Schedule II hereto).

Patents” means all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents, and industrial designs (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents, and industrial designs described in Schedule II hereto) (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, reexaminations, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals thereof.

Perfection Requirement” or “Perfection Requirements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(j) of this Agreement.

Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes.

Pledged Accounts” means all of each Grantor’s right, title and interest in all of its Deposit Accounts, Commodity Accounts and Securities Accounts (in all cases, including, without limitation, all Controlled Accounts.

Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Pledged Debt” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Pledged Entity” means, each Person listed from time to time on Schedule IV hereto as a “Pledged Entity,” together with each other Person, any right in or interest in or to all or a portion of whose Securities or Capital Stock is acquired or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the date hereof.

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Pledged Equity” means all of each Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all of the Securities and Capital Stock, excluding Excluded Equity, now or hereafter owned by such Grantor (including, without limitation, those interests listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule IV), regardless of class or designation, including all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including, without limitation, any certificates representing such Securities and/or Capital Stock, the right to receive any certificates representing any of such Securities and/or Capital Stock, all warrants, options, subscription, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof, and the right to receive dividends, distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.

Pledged Operating Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers and remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of the Pledged Entities that is a limited liability company, as may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time.

Pledged Partnership Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers, and remedies under the general or limited partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Entities that is a general or limited partnership, as may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time.

Pledged Securities” means any Promissory Notes, stock certificates, limited liability membership interests or other Securities, certificates or Instruments now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all Pledged Equity, Pledged Debt and all other certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

 “Securities Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 “Trademark Licenses” means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee and providing for the grant of any right concerning any Trademark, together with any goodwill connected with and symbolized by any such licenses, contracts or agreements and the right to prepare for sale or lease and sell or lease any and all Inventory now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses, contracts or agreements (including, without limitation, all Trademark Licenses described in Schedule II hereto).

Trademarks” means all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, assumed names, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers and all general intangibles of like nature, now or hereafter owned, adopted, acquired or used by any Grantor (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, assumed names, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers described in Schedule II hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, together with all goodwill of the business symbolized by such marks.

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SECTION 2.          Pledge of Pledged Collateral

(a)          
As collateral security for the due and punctual payment and performance in full of the Obligations, as and when due, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, a continuing Lien on and security interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired: (i) the Pledged Equity; (ii) all Promissory Notes, Security and Instruments evidencing debt now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by it (including, without limitation, those listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule IV) (the “Pledged Debt”); (iii) subject to Section 2(g) and 2(h), all payments of principal or interest, dividends, distributions, cash, Promissory Notes, Securities, Instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt; (iv) all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the Securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above; and (v) all Proceeds of, and Security Entitlements in respect of, any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include any item referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above if, for so long as and to the extent such item constitutes Excluded Collateral.

(b)          
On the Closing Date (in the case of any Grantor that grants a Lien on any of its assets hereunder on the Closing Date) or on the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6(m) (in the case of any other Grantor), each Grantor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged Securities (other than any Uncertificated Securities, but only for so long as such Securities remain uncertificated) to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of Promissory Notes and other Instruments evidencing debt, are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2(c).  Thereafter, whenever such Grantor acquires any other Pledged Security (other than any Uncertificated Securities, but only for so long as such Uncertificated Securities remain uncertificated), such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within 30 days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree to in writing), deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent such Pledged Security as Collateral hereunder to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of Promissory Notes and Instruments evidencing debt, are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2(c).

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(c)          
Each Grantor will cause all debt for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount of $250,0000 or more owed to such Grantor by any other Person to be evidenced by a duly executed Promissory Note, and shall cause each such Promissory Note to be pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, (i) on the date hereof, in the case of any such debt existing on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Grantor that becomes a party hereto after the date hereof, on the date such Grantor becomes a party hereto, in the case of any such debt existing on such date) or (ii) promptly following the incurrence thereof, in the case of any such debt incurred after the date hereof (or such other date), in each case pursuant to the terms hereof.

(d)          
Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2(b) and/or 2(c) shall be accompanied by undated stock or note powers duly executed by the applicable Grantor in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect the transfer of such Pledged Securities and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2(b) and/or 2(c) shall be accompanied by undated proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect transfer of such Pledged Collateral.  Each delivery of Pledged Securities or other Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by a schedule describing such Pledged Securities or Pledged Collateral, as the case may be, which schedule shall be deemed to supplement Schedule IV and be made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities.  Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

(e)          
The assignment, pledge, Lien, and security interest granted in Section 2(a) are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any Buyer to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Pledged Collateral.

(f)          
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and, other than in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors of its intent to exercise such rights, (a) the Collateral Agent, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to cause each of the Pledged Securities to be transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or into the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent and (b) to the extent permitted by the documentation governing such Pledged Securities and applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.  Each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any material notices received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor.  Each Grantor will take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to facilitate compliance with this Section 2(f).

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(g)          
Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and, other than in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2(g) are being suspended:

(i) 
Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(ii)
The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request in writing for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2(g)(i), in each case as shall be specified in such request.

(iii)
Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral, to the extent (and only to the extent) that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, the other Transaction Documents and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding equity interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall, to the extent required by Section 2(b) and/or 2(c) be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or documents set forth in Section 2(d) or as otherwise reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall promptly deliver to each Grantor any Pledged Securities in its possession if requested to be delivered to the issuer thereof in connection with any exchange or redemption of such Pledged Securities.

(h)          
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and, other than in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default,  the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under Section 2(g)(iii), all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to Section 2(g)(iii) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions as part of the Pledged Collateral, subject to Section 2(k) and the last sentence of this Section 2(h).  All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of Section 2(g) or this Section 2(h) shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).  Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(g) and/or this Section 2(h) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property, shall be held as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, and the Grantors have delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate of an executive officer to such effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of Section 2(g)(iii) in the absence of an Event of Default and that remain in such account.

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(i)          
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and, other than in the case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under Section 2(g)(i), all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2(g)(i), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 2(g)(ii), shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers subject to Section 2(k) and the last sentence of this Section 2(i); provided that, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, and the Grantors have delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate of an executive officer to such effect, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 2(g)(i), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 2(g)(ii) shall be reinstated.

(j)          
Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors under Section 2(f) or Section 2(g) (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under Section 2(g)(i) or 2(g)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(k)          

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Collateral Agent or any Buyer liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership, and neither the Collateral Agent nor any Buyer by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or as a partner in any partnership.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Collateral Agent shall become the absolute owner of Pledged Equity consisting of a limited liability company interest or a partnership interest pursuant hereto, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Collateral Agent, any Buyer, any Grantor and/or any other Person.

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SECTION 3.          Grant of Security Interest

(a)          
As collateral security for the due and punctual payment and performance in full of the Obligations, as and when due, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, a continuing Lien on and security interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property and assets of such Grantor, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind, nature and description, whether tangible or intangible (together with the Pledged Collateral, the “Collateral”), including, without limitation, the following:

(i)          
all Accounts;

(ii)          
all Chattel Paper (whether tangible or Electronic Chattel Paper);

(iii)         
all Commercial Tort Claims, including, without limitation, those specified on Schedule VI hereto;

(iv)          
all Documents;

(v)         
all Equipment;

(vi)          
all Fixtures;

(vii)          
all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all Payment Intangibles);

(viii)          
all Goods;

(ix)          
all Instruments;

(x)          
all Inventory;

(xi)          
all Investment Property (and, regardless of whether classified as Investment Property under the Code, all Pledged Equity, Pledged Operating Agreements and Pledged Partnership Agreements);

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(xii)          
all Intellectual Property and all Licenses;

(xiii)          
all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(xiv)          
all Pledged Accounts, all cash and other property from time to time deposited therein, and all monies and property in the possession or under the control of the Collateral Agent or any Noteholder or any Affiliate, representative, agent or correspondent of the Collateral Agent or any such Noteholder;

(xv)          
all Supporting Obligations;

(xvi)          
all other tangible and intangible personal property of each Grantor (whether or not subject to the Code), including, without limitation, all Deposit Accounts and other accounts and all cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to any of the property of any Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this Section 3(a) (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by each Grantor in respect of any of the items listed above), and all books, correspondence, files and other Records, including, without limitation, all tapes, desks, cards, Software, data and computer programs in the possession or under the control of any Grantor or any other Person from time to time acting for any Grantor, in each case, to the extent of such Grantor’s rights therein, that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 3(a) or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof; and

(xvii)          
all Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Noncash Proceeds, and products of any and all of the foregoing Collateral;

in each case howsoever any Grantor’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).

(b)          
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include any Excluded Collateral.

SECTION 4.          Security for Obligations.  The Lien and security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether now existing or hereafter incurred (collectively, the “Obligations”):

(a)          
(i) the payment by the Company and each other Grantor, as and when due and payable (by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the Securities Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the Notes and the other Note Documents, and (ii) in the case of the Guarantors, the payment by such Guarantors, as and when due and payable of all Guaranteed Obligations under the Guaranties, including, without limitation, in both cases, (A) all principal of, interest, make-whole and other amounts on the Notes (including, without limitation, all interest, make-whole and other amounts that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Grantor, whether or not the payment of such interest is enforceable or is allowable in such Insolvency Proceeding), and (B) all fees, interest, premiums, penalties, contract causes of action, costs, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due or to become due under this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents; and

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(b)          
the due and punctual performance and observance by each Grantor of all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect of any of the Note Documents, including without limitation, with respect to any conversion or redemption rights of the Noteholders under the Notes.

SECTION 5.          Representations and Warranties.  Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows:

(a)          
Schedule I hereto sets forth as of the date hereof (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor, and (ii) the state of incorporation, organization or formation and the organizational identification number of each Grantor in such state.  The information set forth in Schedule I hereto with respect to such Grantor is true and accurate as of the date hereof.  Such Grantor has not previously changed its name (or operated under any other name), jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule I hereto except as disclosed in Schedule I hereto.

(b)          
There is no pending or, to its knowledge, written notice threatening any action, suit, proceeding or claim affecting any Grantor before any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator, or any order, judgment or award issued by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, in each case, that may adversely affect the grant by any Grantor, or the perfection, of the Lien and security interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral, or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights or remedies hereunder.

(c)          
All material tax returns and other reports required by applicable law to be filed by any Grantor with any Governmental Authority have been filed, or extensions have been obtained, and all material taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies imposed upon any Grantor or any property of any Grantor that are required to be paid by any Grantor on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except to the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings.

(d)          
All Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of each Grantor now existing are, and all Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of each Grantor hereafter existing will be, located and/or based at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III hereto, except that each Grantor will give the Collateral Agent written notice of any change in the location of any such Collateral within thirty (30) days of such change, other than to locations set forth on Schedule III hereto or in transit with common carriers or temporarily out for repair or in the possession of contract manufacturers and other service providers or in the temporary possession of employees outside of such locations under the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (and with respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon).  Each Grantor’s principal place of business and chief executive office, the place where each Grantor keeps its Records concerning the Collateral and all originals of all Chattel Paper in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest are located at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III hereto.  None of the Accounts in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest is or will be evidenced by Promissory Notes or other Instruments.

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(e)          
Set forth in Schedule IV hereto is a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of (i) all Pledged Debt, specifying the debtor thereof and the outstanding principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date, Securities and other Instruments in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest, and (ii) each Pledged Account of each Grantor, together with the name and address of each institution at which each such Pledged Account is maintained, the account number for each such Pledged Account and a description of the purpose of each such Pledged Account.  Set forth in Schedule II hereto is a complete and correct list as of the date hereof of each trade name used by each Grantor and the name of, and each trade name used by, each Person from which each Grantor has acquired any substantial part of the Collateral. All of the Pledged Debt, to the best of the Grantors’ knowledge (provided that no such knowledge qualification applies to Pledged Debt issued by a Grantor or a Subsidiary), is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuer thereof, enforceable against such issuer in accordance with its terms.

(f)          
Set forth on Schedule II is a complete and correct list of the material Licenses (excluding Licenses to commercially available software) of the Grantors existing on the date of this Agreement.

(g)          
Each Grantor owns and controls, or otherwise possesses adequate rights to use, all of its Intellectual Property, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the business of such Grantor.  Schedule II hereto sets forth a true and complete list of all Intellectual Property registrations and applications for grant or registration of Intellectual Property owned by each Grantor as of the date hereof.  To the knowledge of each Grantor, all Intellectual Property which is necessary to the business of such Grantor is subsisting and in full force and effect, has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, is valid and enforceable and has not been abandoned in whole or in part.  Except as set forth in Schedule II, no Grantor has any knowledge of any infringement upon or conflict with the Patent, Trademark, Copyright, trade secret rights of others and, to the knowledge of each Grantor, each Grantor is not now infringing or in conflict with any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, trade secret or similar rights of others, and to the knowledge of each Grantor, no other Person is now infringing or in conflict in any material respect with any such properties, assets and rights owned or used by each Grantor, in each case, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the business of such Grantor.  No Grantor has received any notice that it is violating or has violated the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity or other intellectual property rights of any third party, in each case, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the business of such Grantor.

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(h)          
Each Grantor is and will be at all times the sole and exclusive owner of the Collateral in which such Grantor has granted a Lien and security interest hereunder free and clear of any Liens, except for (i) Permitted Liens thereon and (ii) certain Intellectual Property rights of the Company which is jointly owned by the Company with certain third parties as described in Schedule II hereto.  No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording or filing office except such as (i) may have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent and/or the Noteholders relating to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or (ii) relate to Permitted Liens.

(i)          
The exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder will not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or otherwise affecting any Grantor or any of its properties and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien, upon or with respect to any of its properties other than as granted pursuant to this Agreement.

(j)          
No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority, is required for (i) the grant by each Grantor, or the perfection, of the Lien and security interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral, or (ii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder, except for (A) the filing under the Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction of the financing statements described in Schedule V hereto, all of which financing statements have been duly filed and are in full force and effect, (B) with respect to all Pledged Accounts, and all cash and other property from time to time deposited therein, the execution of a Controlled Account Agreement with the depository or other institution with which the applicable Pledged Accounts are maintained, as provided in Section , (C) with respect to Commodity Contracts, the execution of a control agreement with the commodity intermediary with which such Commodity Contract is carried, as provided in Section , (D) with respect to the perfection of the security interest created hereby in the United States Intellectual Property and Licenses, the recording of the appropriate Intellectual Property Security Agreement in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, (E) with respect to the perfection of the security interest created hereby in foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, registrations and filings in jurisdictions located outside of the United States and covering rights in such jurisdictions relating to such foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, (F) with respect to the perfection of the security interest created hereby in any Letter-of-Credit Rights, the consent of the issuer of the applicable letter of credit to the assignment of proceeds as provided in the Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, (G) with respect to Investment Property constituting uncertificated securities, the applicable Grantor causing the issuer thereof either (i) to register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such securities or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Collateral Agent that such issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such securities originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (H) with respect to Investment Property constituting certificated securities or instruments, such items to be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (I) with respect to any action that may be necessary to obtain control of Collateral constituting Commodity Contracts, Electronic Chattel Paper or Letter of Credit Rights, the taking of such actions, and (J) the Collateral Agent having possession of all Documents, Chattel Paper, Instruments and cash constituting Collateral (subclauses (A) through (J) each a “Perfection Requirement” and collectively, the “Perfection Requirements”).

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(k)          
This Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on and security interest in the Collateral, as security for the Obligations (assuming that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are or will be upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other Persons party thereto).  Such Lien and security interest is (or in the case of Collateral in which any Grantor obtains any right, title or interest after the date hereof, will be), subject only to Permitted Liens and the Perfection Requirements, a first priority (except with respect to liens securing Permitted Senior Indebtedness), valid, enforceable and perfected Lien on and security interest in all personal property of each Grantor (other than Excluded Collateral).

(l)          
As of the date hereof, no Grantor holds any Commercial Tort Claims having a value in excess of $100,000 or has knowledge of any pending Commercial Tort Claims having a value in excess of $100,000, except for the Commercial Tort Claims described in Schedule VI.

(m)          
All of the Pledged Equity is presently owned by the applicable Grantor as set forth in Schedule IV free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, and is presently represented by the certificates listed on Schedule IV hereto (if applicable).  As of the date hereof, there are no existing options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to the Pledged Equity other than as contemplated and permitted by the Transaction Documents.  Each Grantor is the sole holder of record and the sole beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity, as applicable.  None of the Pledged Equity has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject.  The Pledged Equity constitutes 100% or such other percentage as set forth on Schedule IV of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the applicable Pledged Entity. All of the Pledged Equity has been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuer thereof and in the case of Pledged Equity (other than Pledged Equity consisting of limited liability company interests or partnership interests which, pursuant to the relevant organizational or formation documents, cannot be fully paid and non-assessable), is fully paid and non-assessable.

(n)          
Such Grantor (i) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, (ii) has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Grantor is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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(o)          
The execution, delivery and performance by each Grantor of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Grantor is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, (ii) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws, limited liability company or operating agreement, certificate of partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on such Grantor or its properties, (iii) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to any Transaction Document) upon or with respect to any of its assets or properties, and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to it or its operations or any of its assets or properties, except, in the case of clause (iv) as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(p)          
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Grantor and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or other similar laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law). Each of the other Transaction Documents to which any Grantor is or will be a party, when delivered, duly executed and delivered by such Grantor and the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or other similar laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

SECTION 6.          Covenants as to the Collateral.  Until all of the Obligations shall have been fully performed and Paid in Full, unless the Collateral Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (in its sole and absolute discretion):

(a)          
Further Assurances.  Each Grantor will, at its expense, at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to: (i) perfect and protect the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Agent created hereby; (ii) enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral, including, without limitation, the Controlled Accounts; or (iii) otherwise effect the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation: (A) marking conspicuously all Chattel Paper and, at the request of the Collateral Agent, each of its Records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating that such Chattel Paper or Collateral is subject to the Lien and security interest created hereby, (B) delivering and pledging to the Collateral Agent each Promissory Note, Security (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3), Chattel Paper or other Instrument, in each case having a value in excess of $100,000, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, duly endorsed and accompanied by executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (C) executing and filing (to the extent, if any, that any Grantor’s signature is required thereon) or authenticating the filing of, such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, as may be necessary or  that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect and preserve the security interest created hereby, (D) furnishing to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral in each case as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail, (E) if any Collateral shall be in the possession of a third party, notifying such Person of the Collateral Agent’s security interest created hereby and obtaining a written acknowledgment from such Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that such Person holds possession of the Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders), (F) if at any time after the date hereof, any Grantor acquires or holds any Commercial Tort Claim having a value in excess of $100,000, promptly notifying the Collateral Agent in a writing signed by such Grantor setting forth a brief description of such Commercial Tort Claim and granting to the Collateral Agent a Lien and security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, which writing shall incorporate the provisions hereof and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (G) taking all actions required by the Code or by other law, as applicable, in any relevant Code jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction.

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(b)          
Location of Collateral.  Each Grantor will keep the Collateral (i) at the locations specified therefor on Schedule III hereto, or (ii) at such other locations set forth on Schedule III or in transit with common carriers or temporarily out for repair or in the possession of contract manufacturers and other service providers or in the temporary possession of employees outside of such locations under the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (and with respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon), or (iii) at such other locations in the United States, provided that thirty (30) days prior to any change in the location of any Collateral to such other location, or upon the acquisition of any Collateral to be kept at such other locations, the Grantors shall give the Collateral Agent written notice thereof and deliver to the Collateral Agent a new Schedule III indicating such new locations and such other written statements and schedules as the Collateral Agent may require.

(c)          
Condition of Equipment.  Each Grantor will maintain or cause to be maintained and preserved in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted, the Equipment (necessary or useful to its business) and will forthwith, or in the case of any loss or damage to any such Equipment of any Grantor within a commercially reasonable time after the occurrence thereof, make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith which are necessary or desirable, consistent with past practice, or which the Collateral Agent may request to such end.  Any Grantor will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail any such loss or damage in excess of $50,000 per occurrence to any Equipment.

(d)          
Each Grantor agrees to pay promptly when due all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all material claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the Equipment and Inventory, except to the extent the validity thereof is being contested in good faith by proper proceedings

(e)          
Insurance.

(i)          
Each Grantor will, at its own expense, maintain insurance (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks, in such form and with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations as is required by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and in any event, in amount, adequacy and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(ii)          
To the extent requested by the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time, each such policy shall (A) name the Collateral Agent as an additional insured party and/or loss payee, as applicable, thereunder (without any representation or warranty by or obligation upon the Collateral Agent) as its interests may appear, and (B) provide that at least 30 days’ (or 10 days in the case of non-payment of premium) prior written notice of cancellation, lapse, expiration or other adverse change shall be given to the Collateral Agent by the insurer.  Any Grantor will, if so requested by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent original or duplicate policies of such insurance (including certificates demonstrating compliance with this Section 6(e)) and, as often as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance. Any Grantor will also, at the request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance policies and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the respective insurers to acknowledge notice of such assignment.

(iii)          
Following and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all insurance payments in respect of each Grantor’s properties and business shall, at the written request of the Collateral Agent, be paid to the Collateral Agent and applied as specified in Section hereof.

(f)          
Provisions Concerning Name, Organization, Location, Accounts and Licenses.

(i)          
Each Grantor will (A) give the Collateral Agent at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of any change in such Grantor’s name, identity or organizational structure, (B) maintain its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation as set forth in Schedule I hereto, (C) promptly notify the Collateral Agent upon obtaining an organizational identification number, if on the date hereof such Grantor did not have such identification number, and (D) keep adequate records concerning the Collateral and permit representatives of the Collateral Agent during normal business hours on reasonable notice to such Grantor, to inspect and make abstracts from such records.

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(ii)          
The Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to notify the Account Debtors or obligors under any Accounts of the assignment of such Accounts to the Collateral Agent and to direct such Account Debtors or obligors to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to any Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or its designated agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of any Grantor and to the extent permitted by applicable law, to enforce collection of any such Accounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as any Grantor might have done.  After receipt by any Grantor of a notice from the Collateral Agent that the Collateral Agent has notified, intends to notify, or has enforced or intends to enforce any Grantor’s rights against the Account Debtors or obligors under any Accounts as referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, (A) all amounts and proceeds (including, without limitation, Instruments) received by any Grantor in respect of the Accounts shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder (for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders), shall be segregated from other funds of any Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied as specified in Section hereof, and (B) no Grantor will adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Account or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor or obligor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon.  In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) direct any or all of the banks and financial institutions with which any Grantor either maintains a Deposit Account or a lockbox (including, without limitation, any Controlled Account) or deposits the proceeds of any Accounts to send promptly to the Collateral Agent by wire transfer (to such deposit account as the Collateral Agent shall specify, or in such other manner as the Collateral Agent shall direct) all or a portion of such Securities, cash, investments and other items held by such institution.  Any such Securities, cash, investments and other items so received by the Collateral Agent shall be applied as specified in accordance with Section hereof

(iii)          
Each Grantor will duly perform and observe all of its material obligations under each material License and will take commercially reasonable actions to maintain such Licenses in full force and effect.

(g)          
Other Liens.  No Grantor will create, suffer to exist or grant any Lien upon or with respect to any Collateral other than a Permitted Lien.

(h)          
Intellectual Property.

(i)          
If applicable, each Grantor shall duly execute and deliver the applicable Intellectual Property Security Agreement.  Each Grantor will, and will use  commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees to, maintain the Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business in full force and effect; provided, however, that no Grantor shall have an obligation to use or to maintain any Intellectual Property (A) that relates solely to any product or work, that is no longer necessary or material or has been, or is in the process of being, discontinued, abandoned or terminated in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the exercise of reasonable business judgment, (B) that is being replaced with Intellectual Property substantially similar to the Intellectual Property that may be abandoned or otherwise become invalid, so long as the failure to use or maintain such Intellectual Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of such replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such replacement Intellectual Property is subject to the Lien created by this Agreement and does not have a material adverse effect on the business of any Grantor or (C) that is substantially the same as other Intellectual Property that is in full force, so long the failure to use or maintain such Intellectual Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of such replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such other Intellectual Property is subject to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement and does not have a material adverse effect on the business of any Grantor.  Each Grantor will take commercially reasonable actions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof to maintain each registration of the Intellectual Property and application for registration of Intellectual Property that is owned by the Grantor and necessary for the conduct of its business (other than the Intellectual Property described in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence), including, without limitation, filing of renewals, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings and payment of maintenance fees, filing fees, taxes or other governmental charges or fees.  If any Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of the Grantor’s business (other than Intellectual Property described in the proviso to the second sentence of subsection (i) of this clause (h)) is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated in any material respect by a third party, each Grantor shall (x) upon learning of such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, promptly notify the Collateral Agent and (y) promptly take such actions as such Grantor shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.  Each Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time upon its reasonable request statements and schedules further identifying and describing any registrations or applications of Patent, Trademark or Copyright newly filed or acquired by the Grantor, following receipt by the Collateral Agent of any such statements or schedules, each Grantor shall modify this Agreement by amending Schedule II hereto, as the case may be, to include any Intellectual Property, as the case may be, which is or hereafter becomes part of the Collateral under this Agreement and shall execute and authenticate such documents and do such acts as shall be necessary or, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent, desirable to subject such Intellectual Property and Licenses to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Grantor may abandon, surrender or cancel or otherwise permit any material Intellectual Property to become abandoned, surrendered, cancelled or invalid without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent (in its sole and absolute discretion), and if any material Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated in any material respect by a third party, each Grantor will take such reasonable action as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.

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(ii)          
Upon request of the Collateral Agent, any Grantor shall execute, authenticate and deliver any and all assignments, agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest hereunder in any registrations or applications of Patents, Trademark or Copyright newly filed or acquired by the Grantor and the General Intangibles of any Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and/or authenticate and file all such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed, and such power (being coupled with an interest) shall be irrevocable until all Obligations are fully performed and Paid in Full.

(i)          
[Reserved]

(j)          
Pledged Accounts. Section 14(p) of the Notes is hereby incorporated by reference.

(k)          
Control.  Each Grantor hereby agrees to take any or all action that may be reasonably necessary or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order for the Collateral Agent to obtain “control” in accordance with Sections 9-105 through 9-107 of the Code with respect to the following Collateral:  (i) Electronic Chattel Paper, (ii) Investment Property, and (iii) Letter-of-Credit Rights, in each case, having a value in excess of $250,000.

(l)          
Inspection and Reporting.  Each Grantor shall permit the Collateral Agent, or any agent or representatives thereof or such attorneys, accountant or other professionals or other Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate (at Grantors’ sole cost and expense), in each case (except during the continuation of an Event of Default) during normal business hours on reasonable notice to such Grantor and in a manner that will not unreasonably burden the business operations of any Grantor,  (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from any Grantor’s Records and books of account, (ii) to visit and inspect its properties, (iii) to verify materials, leases, Instruments, Accounts, Inventory and other assets of any Grantor from time to time, and (iv) to conduct audits, physical counts, appraisals, valuations and/or examinations at the locations of any Grantor.  Each Grantor shall also permit the Collateral Agent, or any agent or representatives thereof or such attorneys, accountants or other professionals or other Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate to discuss such Grantor’s affairs, finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers, attorneys, or independent accountants.

(m)          
Future Subsidiaries.  If any Grantor hereafter creates or acquires any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), within thirty (30) days following the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary, such Grantor shall (i) if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to become a party to this Agreement as an additional “Grantor” hereunder, (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent updated Schedules to this Agreement, as appropriate (including, without limitation, an updated Schedule IV to reflect the grant by such Grantor of a Lien on and security interest in all Pledged Debt and Pledged Equity now or hereafter owned by such Grantor), (iii) if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver a guaranty of the Obligations in favor of the Collateral Agent in form and substance acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (iv) deliver to the Collateral Agent the stock certificates representing all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, along with undated stock powers for each such certificates, executed in blank (or, if any such shares of Capital Stock are uncertificated, confirmation and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the security interest in such uncertificated securities has been transferred to and perfected by the Collateral Agent, in accordance with Section 8-106 of the Code or any other similar or local or foreign law that may be applicable), and (v) duly execute and/or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, in form and substance acceptable to the Collateral Agent, such opinions of counsel and other documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto; provided, however, that no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Excluded Collateral.  Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach such updated Schedules to this Agreement and agrees that all Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt listed on any updated Schedule delivered to the Collateral Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Collateral. The Grantors agree that the pledge of the shares of Capital Stock acquired by a Grantor of a Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) may be supplemented by one or more separate pledge agreements, deeds of pledge, share charges, or other similar agreements or instruments, executed and delivered by the relevant Grantor in favor of the Collateral Agent, which pledge agreements will provide for the pledge of such shares of Capital Stock in accordance with the laws of the applicable foreign jurisdiction.  With respect to such shares of Capital Stock, the Collateral Agent may, at any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion, take actions in such foreign jurisdictions that will result in the perfection of the Lien created in such shares of Capital Stock.

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SECTION 7.          Additional Provisions Concerning the Collateral.

(a)          
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and for the purpose of taking any action that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, each Grantor hereby (i) authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file, one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation, any such financing statements that (A) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” (or words of similar effect) or that describe or identify the Collateral by type or in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may determine regardless of whether any particular asset of such Grantor falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code or whether any particular asset of such Grantor constitutes part of the Collateral, and (B) contain any other information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment, including, without limitation, whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor) and (iii) ratifies such authorization to the extent that the Collateral Agent has filed any such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, prior to the date hereof.  A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.

(b)          
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, in the Collateral Agent’s discretion, solely following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) to obtain and adjust insurance required to be paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section hereof, (ii) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any Collateral, (iii) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper in connection with clause (i) or (ii) above, (iv) to file any claims or take any action or institute any action, suit or proceedings which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders with respect to any Collateral, (v) to execute assignments, licenses and other documents to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders with respect to any Collateral, and (vi) to verify any and all information with respect to any and all Accounts.  This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until all of the Obligations are fully performed and Paid in Full.

(c)          
For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies hereunder, at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable (but terminable in accordance with this clause (c)), non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Grantor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property in which such Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest, wherever the same may be located, including, without limitation, in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, to the extent that such license is permissible under the Grantor’s agreements with third parties regarding such Intellectual Property and applicable law; provided that (i) such license may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, only when an Event of Default exists and is continuing, and (ii) any license or sublicense granted by the Collateral Agent to a third party with respect to such Intellectual Property shall include reasonable and customary terms and conditions necessary to preserve the existence, validity and value of the affected Intellectual Property, including provisions requiring the continuing confidential handling of trade secrets, provisions requiring the use of appropriate notices and prohibiting the use of false notices, quality control and inurement provisions with regard to Trademarks, patent designation provisions with regard to Patents, copyright notices and restrictions on decompilation and reverse engineering of copyrighted software.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement that limit the right of any Grantor to dispose of its property, and Section and Section hereof, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Grantor may exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of its business and as otherwise expressly permitted by any of the other Transaction Documents.  In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall from time to time, upon the request of any Grantor, execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, which such Grantor shall have certified are appropriate (in such Grantor’s judgment) to allow it to take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license provided pursuant to this clause (c) as to any Intellectual Property).  Further, upon the full performance and Payment in Full of all of the Obligations, the Collateral Agent (subject to Section hereof) shall release and reassign to any Grantor all of the Collateral Agent’s right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property, and the Licenses, all without recourse, representation or warranty whatsoever.  The exercise of rights and remedies hereunder by the Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights of the holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by each Grantor in accordance with the second sentence of this clause (c).  Each Grantor hereby releases the Collateral Agent from any claims, causes of action and demands at any time arising out of or with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent under the powers of attorney granted herein other than actions taken or omitted to be taken through the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction no longer subject to appeal.

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(d)          
If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein beyond the expiration of any applicable cure period, the Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation, in the name of such Grantor or the Collateral Agent, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Grantor pursuant to Section 9 hereof and such obligation shall be secured by the Collateral.

(e)          
The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.  Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.

(f)          
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding (i) each Grantor shall remain liable under the Licenses and otherwise with respect to any of the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights or remedies hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its obligations under the Licenses or otherwise in respect of the Collateral, and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or liability by reason of this Agreement under the Licenses or with respect to any of the other Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder

SECTION 8.          Remedies Upon Event of Default; Application of Proceeds.  If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a)          
The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to any other rights and remedies provided for herein, in any other Transaction Document or otherwise available to it, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and also may (i) take absolute control of the Collateral, including, without limitation, transfer into the Collateral Agent’s name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to the extent the Collateral Agent has not theretofore done so) and thereafter receive, for the ratable benefit of itself and the Noteholders, all payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof, (ii) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of its respective Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place or places to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and the Collateral Agent may enter into and occupy any premises owned or leased by any Grantor where the Collateral or any part thereof is located or assembled for a reasonable period in order to effectuate the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to any Grantor in respect of such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below and without any obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale, (A) sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale (including, without limitation, by credit bid), at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable.  Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale or any other disposition of its respective Collateral shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to any Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of its respective Collateral is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition of any Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders arising by reason of the fact that the price at which its respective Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, and waives all rights that any Grantor may have to require that all or any part of such Collateral be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of its respective Collateral by the Collateral Agent shall be made without warranty, (ii) the Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, and (iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale of Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, (1) upon written notice to any Grantor from the Collateral Agent after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall cease any use of the Intellectual Property including in the Collateral for any purpose described in such notice; (2) the Collateral Agent may, at any time and from time to time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon ten (10) days’ prior notice to such Grantor, license, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a non-exclusive basis, any of the Intellectual Property, throughout the universe for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (3) the Collateral Agent may, at any time, pursuant to the authority granted in Section 7 hereof or otherwise (such authority being effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of such Grantor, one or more instruments of assignment of the Intellectual Property (or any application or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing, recording or registration in any country.

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(b)          
Any cash held by the Collateral Agent as Collateral and all Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale or disposition of or collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied as follows (subject to the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement): first, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, those described in Section 9 hereof); second, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Noteholders, on a pro rata basis; third to pay interest due under the Notes owing to the Noteholders, on a pro rata basis; fourth, to pay or prepay principal in respect of the Notes, whether or not then due, owing to the Noteholders, on a pro rata basis; fifth, to pay or prepay any other Obligations, whether or not then due, in such order and manner as the Collateral Agent shall elect, consistent with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Any surplus of such cash or Cash Proceeds held by the Collateral Agent and remaining after the full performance and Payment in Full of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

(c)          
In the event that the proceeds of any such sale, disposition, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders are legally entitled, each Grantor shall be, jointly and severally, liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the highest rate specified in the Notes for interest on overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs, expenses and other charges of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency.

(d)          
To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is commercially reasonable for the Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the Collateral Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to transform raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as any Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of brokers, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys and other professionals to assist the Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent would be commercially reasonable in the Collateral Agent’s exercise of rights and remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this section.  Without limitation of the foregoing, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on the Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this section.

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(e)          
The Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising.  To the extent that any Grantor lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

SECTION 9.          Indemnity and Expenses. Section 9(k) and Section 4(v) of the Securities Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 10.          Notices, Etc.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed (by certified mail, first-class postage prepaid and return receipt requested), telecopied, e-mailed or delivered, if to any Grantor, to the Company’s address, or if to the Collateral Agent or any Noteholder, to it at its respective address, each as set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement; or as to any such Person, at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to all other parties hereto complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 10.  All such notices and other communications shall be effective (a) if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, when received or five Business Days after deposited in the mails, whichever occurs first, (b) if telecopied or e-mailed, when transmitted (during normal business hours) and confirmation is received, and otherwise, the day after the notice or communication was transmitted and confirmation is received, or (c) if delivered in person, upon delivery.  For the avoidance of doubt, all Foreign Subsidiaries, as Grantors, hereby appoint the Company as its agent for receipt of service of process and all notices and other communications in the United States at the address specified below.

SECTION 11.          Miscellaneous.

(a)          
No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by each Grantor and the Required Holders (or Collateral Agent as approved by the Required Holders), and no waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by each Grantor therefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by each Grantor and the Required Holders (or Collateral Agent as approved by the Required Holders), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  No amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to fewer than all of the holders of Notes or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any holder of Notes without such holder’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such holder’s sole and absolute discretion).

(b)          
No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Noteholder provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Noteholder under any of the other Transaction Documents against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by such Person to exercise any of its rights or remedies under any of the other Transaction Documents against such party or against any other Person, including but not limited to, any Grantor.

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(c)          
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(d)          
This Agreement shall create a continuing Lien on and security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the Payment in Full of the Obligations, and (ii) be binding on each Grantor and all other Persons who become bound as debtor to this Agreement in accordance with Section 9-203(d) of the Code and shall inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders hereunder, to the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders and their respective permitted successors, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, without notice to any Grantor, solely in connection with a transfer of the Notes permitted by the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders may assign or otherwise transfer their rights and obligations under this Agreement and any of the other Transaction Documents, to any other Person and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all of the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders herein or otherwise.  Upon any such assignment or transfer, all references in this Agreement to the Collateral Agent or any such Noteholder shall mean the assignee of the Collateral Agent or such Noteholder.  None of the rights or obligations of any Grantor hereunder may be assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, and any such assignment, delegation or transfer without such consent of the Collateral Agent shall be null and void.

(e)          
Upon the Payment in Full of the Obligations, (i) this Agreement and the security interests created hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the respective Grantor that granted such security interests hereunder, and (ii) the Collateral Agent will, upon any Grantor’s request and at such Grantor’s expense, (A) return to such Grantor such of the Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms hereof and (B) execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination, all without any representation, warranty or recourse whatsoever.

(f)         
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.

(i)          All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule of law (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(ii)          Each Grantor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim, defense or objection that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Collateral Agent or the Noteholders from bringing suit or taking other legal action against any Grantor in any other jurisdiction to collect on a Grantor’s obligations or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Collateral Agent or a Noteholder.

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(iii)          
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC. EACH GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

(iv)          
Each Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages.

(g)          


Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

(h)          
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together constitute one and the same Agreement.  Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by pdf, facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(i)          
This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Collateral Agent, any Noteholder or any other Person (upon (i) the occurrence of any Insolvency Proceeding of any of the Company or any Grantor or (ii) otherwise, in all cases as though such payment had not been made).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 
GRANTORS
 
 
 
 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.
     
  By:
 
    Name:
    Title:
     
     
  ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
     
  (F/K/A ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV)
     
  By:

    Name:
    Title:
     

ACCEPTED BY:
 
   
   
   
   
ALLEGRO MANAGEMENT LLC,
as Collateral Agent
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
  Name:
 
  Title:
 
     
     




EXHIBIT A

FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, this “IP Security Agreement”), dated [      , 2024], is made by the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Allegro Management LLC, in its capacity as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the Noteholders.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto in the Security Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS, AJA Holdco, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”) and each party listed as a “Buyer” therein (collectively, the “Buyers”) are parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated [      , 2024], pursuant to which the Company shall be required to sell, and the Buyers shall purchase or have the right to purchase, the “Notes” (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, collectively, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the purchase of the Notes under the Securities Purchase Agreement that each Grantor has executed and delivered that certain Security and Pledge Agreement, dated [      , 2024], made by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent (as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Security Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, a Lien on and security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this IP Security Agreement for recording with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and other governmental authorities.

WHEREAS, the Grantors have determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this IP Security Agreement directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, the Grantors.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement, each Grantor agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, as follows


SECTION 1.  Grant of Security.  As collateral security for the due and punctual payment and performance in full of the Obligations, as and when due, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Noteholders, a continuing Lien on and security interest in,  all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (the “Collateral”):

(i)          
the Patents and Patent applications set forth in Schedule A hereto;

(ii)          
the Trademark and service mark registrations and applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (provided that no security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant, attachment or perfection of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications or any registrations resulting therefrom under applicable federal law), together with the goodwill symbolized thereby;

(iii)          
all Copyrights, including without limitation the copyright registrations and applications and exclusive copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto;

(iv)          
all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto;

(v)         
any and all claims for damages and injunctive relief for past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages; and

(vi)          
any and all Proceeds, including without limitation Cash and Noncash Proceeds of, collateral for, income, royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to, and Supporting Obligations relating to, any and all of the collateral of or arising from any of the foregoing;

provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Collateral” as used herein shall not include any Excluded Collateral.

SECTION 2.  Security for Obligations.  The grant of a Lien on and security interest in, the Collateral by each Grantor under this IP Security Agreement constitutes continuing collateral security for the payment and performance of all Obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Notes and the Note Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise.

SECTION 3.  Recordation.  Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents and the Commissioner for Trademarks and any other applicable government officer record this IP Security Agreement.


SECTION 4.  Execution in Counterparts.  This IP Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 5.  Grants, Rights and Remedies.  This IP Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the Lien and security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 6.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.

(i)          
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule of law (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(ii)          
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim, defense or objection that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Collateral Agent or the Noteholders from bringing suit or taking other legal action against any Grantor in any other jurisdiction to collect on a Grantor’s obligations or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Collateral Agent or a Noteholder.

(iii)          
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC. EACH GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

(iv)          
Each Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 
AJA Holdco, Inc.
     
  By:
 
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Address for Notices
     
  26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102,
  Laguna Hills, California, 92653


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 
Adagio Medical, Inc. (f/k/a ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV)
     
  By:
 
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Address for Notices
     
  26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102,
  Laguna Hills, California, 92653



Schedules

Attached.



EX-10.12 14 ny20020899x3_ex10-12.htm EXHIBIT 10.12
 

Exhibit 10.12

 

FORM OF CONVERT

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [___], 2024, is by and among Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at [ADDRESS] (the “Company”), and the undersigned buyers (each, a “Buyer,” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.          In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto and Perceptive Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Perceptive”), dated as of ______, 2024 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer and Perceptive (i) the Notes (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) which will be convertible into Conversion Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Notes and (ii) the Warrants (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) which will be exercisable to purchase Warrant Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

 

B.          To induce the Buyers to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “1933 Act”), and applicable state securities laws.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

(b)          “Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(c)          “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(c)          “Effective Date” means the date that the applicable Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(d)          “Effectiveness Deadline” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the earlier of the (A) 90th calendar day after the Closing Date and (B) 2nd Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review and (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the earlier of the (A) 90th calendar day following the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement and (B) 2nd Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review.

 

(e)          “Filing Deadline” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 45th calendar day after the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)          “Investor” means any Buyer or any transferee or assignee of any Registrable Securities, Notes originally issued to any Buyer or Warrants originally issued to any Buyer, as applicable, other than any transferee or assignee upon a registered offering or sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act, to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee of any such Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants, as applicable, assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.

 

(g)          “Investor Rights Agreement” means that certain investor rights agreement, dated [__], 2024, by and among the Company, ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV (the “SPAC”), ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, certain directors of the SPAC named therein (the “Independent Directors”), Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd. (“Perceptive”), and certain shareholders of Adagio Medical, Inc. named therein (the “Adagio Shareholders”).

 

(h)          “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(i)          “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

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(j)          “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Conversion Shares, (ii) the Warrant Shares and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Notes or the Warrants, including, without limitation, (1) as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Notes) are converted or exchanged and shares of capital stock of a Successor Entity (as defined in the Warrants) into which the shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged, in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants; provided, solely for the purposes of this Agreement, the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of Notes originally issued to Perceptive and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of Warrants originally issued to Perceptive shall not be “Registrable Securities” hereunder.

 

(k)          “Registration Statement” means any registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering Registrable Securities.

 

(l)          “Required Holders” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

m)          “Required Registration Amount” means, as of any time of determination, the sum of (i) 200% of the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes originally issued to any Buyer (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such Notes are convertible at the Alternate Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) assuming an Alternate Conversion Date (as defined in the Notes) as of such time of determination, (y) interest on such Notes shall accrue through the second anniversary of the Closing Date and will be converted in shares of Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price assuming an Alternate Conversion Date as of such time of determination and (z) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of such Notes set forth in the Notes) and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants originally issued to any Buyer (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of such Warrants set forth therein), all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(d) and/or Section 2(f).

 

(n)          “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration.

 

(o)          “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the SEC providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(p)          “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

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2.            Registration.

 

(a)          Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities, provided that such initial Registration Statement shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Registration Amount as of the date such Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC; provided further that if Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is required by Section 2(c). Such initial Registration Statement, and each other Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such initial Registration Statement, and each other Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement.

 

(b)          Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel solely to the lead investor (“Legal Counsel”) shall review and oversee, as outlined in Section 3(c), any registration, solely on behalf of the lead investor, pursuant to this Section 2.

 

(c)          Ineligibility to Use Form S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of all Registration Statements then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and the prospectus contained therein is available for use.

 

(d)          Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the event the number of shares available under any Registration Statement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor’s allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(h), the Company shall amend such Registration Statement (if permissible), or file with the SEC a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises (but taking account of any Staff position with respect to the date on which the Staff will permit such amendment to the Registration Statement and/or such new Registration Statement (as the case may be) to be filed with the SEC). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to such Registration Statement and/or such new Registration Statement (as the case may be) to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC, but in no event later than the applicable Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities” if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under the applicable Registration Statement is less than the product determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants (and such calculation shall assume (A) that the Notes are then convertible in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes), (B) the initial outstanding principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding through the scheduled Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) and no redemptions of the Notes occur prior to the scheduled Maturity Date and (C) the Warrants are then exercisable in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants)).

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(e)          Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of any Registration Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline for such Registration Statement (a “Filing Failure”) (it being understood that if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording each Investor and Legal Counsel the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(c) hereof, the Company shall be deemed to not have satisfied this clause (i)(A) and such event shall be deemed to be a Filing Failure) or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness Deadline for such Registration Statement (an “Effectiveness Failure”) (it being understood that if on the Business Day immediately following the Effective Date for such Registration Statement the Company shall not have filed a “final” prospectus for such Registration Statement with the SEC under Rule 424(b) in accordance with Section 3(b) (whether or not such a prospectus is technically required by such rule), the Company shall be deemed to not have satisfied this clause (i)(B) and such event shall be deemed to be an Effectiveness Failure), (ii) other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined below), on any day after the Effective Date of a Registration Statement sales of all of the Registrable Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely list) the shares of Common Stock on the Principal Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other limitations imposed by the Principal Market, or a failure to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or by reason of a stop order) or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use for any reason (a “Maintenance Failure”), or (iii) if a Registration Statement is not effective for any reason or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use for any reason, and either (x) the Company fails for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1), including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (y) the Company has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a “Current Public Information Failure”) as a result of which any of the Investors are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions), then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in, or reduction of, its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1%) of such Investor’s original principal amount stated in such Investor’s Note on the Closing Date (1) on the date of such Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure, Maintenance Failure or Current Public Information Failure, as applicable, and (2) on every thirty (30) day anniversary of (I) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure is cured; (II) an Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; (III) a Maintenance Failure until such Maintenance Failure is cured; and (IV) a Current Public Information Failure until the earlier of (i) the date such Current Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such public information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144 (in each case, pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days). The payments to which a holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(e) are referred to herein as “Registration Delay Payments.” Following the initial Registration Delay Payment for any particular event or failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or failure, as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such event or failure, then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on the third (3rd) Business Day after such cure. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner in accordance with the foregoing, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Registration Delay Payments shall be owed to an Investor (other than with respect to a Maintenance Failure resulting from a suspension or delisting of (or a failure to timely list) the shares of Common Stock on the Principal Market) with respect to any period during which all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Investor without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable).

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(f)           Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to the payment of the Registration Delay Payments pursuant to Section 2(e), in the event the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) or the SEC seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities by, or on behalf of, the Company, or in any other manner, such that the Staff or the SEC do not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and used for resales in a manner that does not constitute such an offering and that permits the continuous resale at the market by the Investors participating therein (or as otherwise may be acceptable to each Investor) without being named therein as an “underwriter,” then the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be included in such Registration Statement by all Investors until such time as the Staff and the SEC shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective as aforesaid. In making such reduction, the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be included by all Investors on a pro rata basis (based upon the number of Registrable Securities otherwise required to be included for each Investor) unless the inclusion of shares by a particular Investor or a particular set of Investors are resulting in the Staff or the SEC’s “by or on behalf of the Company” offering position, in which event the shares held by such Investor or set of Investors shall be the only shares subject to reduction (and if by a set of Investors on a pro rata basis by such Investors or on such other basis as would result in the exclusion of the least number of shares by all such Investors); provided, that, with respect to such pro rata portion allocated to any Investor, such Investor may elect the allocation of such pro rata portion among the Registrable Securities of such Investor. In addition, in the event that the Staff or the SEC requires any Investor seeking to sell securities under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement to be specifically identified as an “underwriter” in order to permit such Registration Statement to become effective, and such Investor does not consent to being so named as an underwriter in such Registration Statement, then, in each such case, the Company shall reduce the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of such Investor, until such time as the Staff or the SEC does not require such identification or until such Investor accepts such identification and the manner thereof. Any reduction pursuant to this paragraph will first reduce all Registrable Securities other than those issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. In the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, an affected Investor shall have the right to require, upon delivery of a written request to the Company signed by such Investor, the Company to file a registration statement within twenty (20) days of such request (subject to any restrictions imposed by Rule 415 or required by the Staff or the SEC) for resale by such Investor in a manner acceptable to such Investor, and the Company shall following such request cause to be and keep effective such registration statement in the same manner as otherwise contemplated in this Agreement for registration statements hereunder, in each case until such time as: (i) all Registrable Securities held by such Investor have been registered and sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor or (ii) all Registrable Securities may be resold by such Investor without restriction (including, without limitation, volume limitations) pursuant to Rule 144 (taking account of any Staff position with respect to “affiliate” status) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or (iii) such Investor agrees to be named as an underwriter in any such Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor as to all Registrable Securities held by such Investor and that have not theretofore been included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement (it being understood that the special demand right under this sentence may be exercised by an Investor multiple times and with respect to limited amounts of Registrable Securities in order to permit the resale thereof by such Investor as contemplated above).

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(g)          Piggyback Registrations.

 

i)              Piggyback Rights. Without limiting any obligation of the Company hereunder or under the Securities Purchase Agreement, if there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement or offering statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other than a registration statement (i) solely registering the resale and/or issuance of securities of employees, officers and/or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or rights offering to all, or substantially all, of the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) filed on Form S-4 (as promulgated under the 1933 Act) related to any merger, acquisition or business combination or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall deliver to each Investor a written notice of such determination and, if within seven (7) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement or offering statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(g) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without restriction (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or that are the subject of a then-effective Registration Statement.

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ii)            Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing underwriter(s) in an underwritten registration that is to be a piggyback registration pursuant to this Section 2(g), in good faith, advises the Company, the Investors participating in the piggyback registration and the holders of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that are requesting such securities to be sold pursuant to the piggback registration rights under the Investor Rights Agreement, if any (the “IRA Investors” and such securities, the “IRA Registrable Securities”), in writing, that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) Registrable Securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof, (ii) IRA Registrable Securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 of the Investor Rights Agreement, (iii) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Investors and the IRA Investors, and (iv) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price (the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then:

 

1)              If the registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the IRA Registrable Securities of IRA Investors exercising their rights to register their IRA Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 of the Investor Rights Agreement and the Registrable Securities of the Investors exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof, pro rata based on the respective number of IRA Registrable Securities and Registrable Securities that each IRA Investor and each Investor has requested be included in such registration and the aggregate number of IRA Registrable Securities and Registrable Securities that the IRA Investors and the Investors have requested be included in such registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

2)              If the registration is undertaken pursuant to a request by the IRA Investors, the Company shall include in any such registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that the IRA Investors desire to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of the Investors exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof, pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Investor has requested be included in such registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Investors have requested be included in such registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

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3)              If the registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the IRA Investors and the Investors, then the Company shall include in any such registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Investors and the IRA Investors, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the IRA Registrable Securities of the IRA Investors exercising their rights to register their IRA Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 of the Investor Rights Agreement and the Registrable Securities of the Investors exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof, pro rata based on the respective number of IRA Registrable Securities and Registrable Securities that each IRA Investor and each Investor has requested, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

(h)         Allocation of Registrable Securities. The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement other than a piggyback registration pursuant to Section 2(g) hereof (the allocations of which shall be made pursuant to Section 2(g)(ii)) and any increase in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time such Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, each transferee or assignee (as the case may be) that becomes an Investor shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then-remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor or assignee (as the case may be). Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement.

 

(i)           No Inclusion of Other Securities. The Company shall in no event include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement filed in accordance with Section 2(a) or Section 2(d) above without the prior written consent of the Required Holders. Until the Applicable Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company shall not enter into any agreement providing any registration rights to any of its security holders, other than the Investor Rights Agreement and PIPE Subscription Agreement and except as otherwise permitted under the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Investor Rights Agreement.

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3.            Related Obligations.

 

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

 

(a)          The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to all the Registrable Securities (but in no event later than the applicable Filing Deadline) and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). Subject to Allowable Grace Periods, the Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective (and the prospectus contained therein available for use) pursuant to Rule 415 for resales by the Investors on a delayed or continuous basis at then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices) at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all of the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement (disregarding any reduction pursuant to Section 2(f)) without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall ensure that, when filed and at all times while effective, each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) and the prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used in connection with such Registration Statement (1) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading and (2) will disclose (whether directly or through incorporation by reference to other SEC filings to the extent permitted) all material information regarding the Company and its securities. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within one (1) Business Day after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the Staff or that the Staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement (as the case may be) and (ii) the consent of Legal Counsel is obtained pursuant to Section 3(c) (which consent shall be promptly sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than twenty-four (24) hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective.

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(b)         Subject to Section 3(r) of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and supplements to each Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with each such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep each such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period for such Registration Statement, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company required to be covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement; provided, however, by 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day immediately following each Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement (whether or not such a prospectus is technically required by such rule). In the case of amendments and supplements to any Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Company shall, if permitted under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

 

(c)          The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor to review and comment upon (i) each Registration Statement at least three (3) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the prospectus contained therein) (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel or any legal counsel for any other Investor reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or to any prospectus contained therein without the prior consent of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall promptly furnish to Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the Staff to the Company or its representatives relating to each Registration Statement, provided that such correspondence shall not contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one (1) copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.

 

(d)         The Company shall promptly furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one (1) copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time) and (iii) such other documents, including, without limitation, copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

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(e)         The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(f)          The Company shall notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, may include an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement and such prospectus contained therein to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor or such Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor by e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), and when the Company receives written notice from the SEC that a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment will be reviewed by the SEC, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate; and (iv) of the receipt of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for any additional information relating to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related prospectus. The Company shall respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (it being understood and agreed that the Company’s response to any such comments shall be delivered to the SEC no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the receipt thereof).

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(g)         The Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of each Registration Statement or the use of any prospectus contained therein, or the suspension of the qualification, or the loss of an exemption from qualification, of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and (ii) notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(h)         If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in any Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an underwriter, at the request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.

 

(i)           If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in any Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an underwriter, upon the written request of such Investor, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) legal counsel for such Investor and (iii) one (1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by such Investor (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, each Inspector shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure (except to such Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (1) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (2) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (3) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). Such Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and such Investor, if any) shall be deemed to limit any Investor’s ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

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(j)           The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required to be disclosed in such Registration Statement pursuant to the 1933 Act, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at such Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

 

(k)         Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, (ii) secure designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement on an Eligible Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), or (iii) if, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts to satisfy the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) as such with respect to such Registrable Securities. In addition, the Company shall cooperate with each Investor and any broker or dealer through which any such Investor proposes to sell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by such Investor. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 3(k).

 

(l)           The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts (as the case may be) as the Investors may reasonably request from time to time and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

 

(m)        If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable after receipt of notice from such Investor and subject to Section 3(r) hereof, (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement or prospectus contained therein if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

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(n)         The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(o)         The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of each Registration Statement.

 

(p)         The Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

(q)         Within one (1) Business Day after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(r)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to the last sentence of this Section 3(r)), at any time after the Effective Date of a particular Registration Statement, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the board of directors of the Company, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “Grace Period”), provided that the Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of the (i) existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each such notice the Company shall not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to any of the Investors) and the date on which such Grace Period will begin and (ii) date on which such Grace Period ends, provided further that (I) no Grace Period shall exceed ten (10) consecutive Trading Days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period all such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of ninety (90) days, (II) the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period and (III) no Grace Period may exist during the sixty (60) Trading Day period immediately following the Effective Date of such Registration Statement (provided that such sixty (60) Trading Day period shall be extended by the number of Trading Days during such period and any extension thereof contemplated by this proviso during which such Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) (each, an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, such Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) above and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of each Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3(r), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, prior to such Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

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(s)         The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by each Investor of its Registrable Securities pursuant to each Registration Statement.

 

(t)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Principal Market or any Eligible Market and any Buyer being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement.

 

(u)         Except for the Investor Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

4.            Obligations of the Investors.

 

(a)          At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of each Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor with respect to such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

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(b)         Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of each Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c)         Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(c), the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) and for which such Investor has not yet settled.

 

5.            Expenses of Registration.

 

All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions and brokerage fees, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, FINRA filing fees (if any) and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall reimburse Legal Counsel for its fees and disbursements in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $10,000 for each such registration, filing or qualification.

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6.            Indemnification.

 

(a)         To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor and each of its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) and each Person, if any, who controls such Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act and each of the directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents, advisors, representatives (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding the lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling Persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, obligations, claims, damages, liabilities, contingencies, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs (including, without limitation, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of defense and investigation), amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an Indemnified Person is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

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(b)         In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case, to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c) and the below provisos in this Section 6(b), such Investor will reimburse an Indemnified Party any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided further that such Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the applicable sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

(c)         Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party (as the case may be); provided, however, an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the indemnifying party if: (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Claim and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to any such Claim (including, without limitation, any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) and the indemnifying party, and such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party (in which case, if such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, then the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party, provided further that in the case of clause (iii) above the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be). The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

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(d)         The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

(e)          The indemnity and contribution agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7.            Contribution.

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however: (i) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (iii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the applicable sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Investor shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Investor from the applicable sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Claim exceeds the amount of any damages that such Investor has otherwise been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under Section 6(b), by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

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8.            Reports Under the 1934 Act.

 

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144, the Company agrees to:

 

(a)          make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

 

(b)         file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood and agreed that nothing herein shall limit any obligations of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

(c)          furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting, submission and posting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company with the SEC if such reports are not publicly available via EDGAR, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

9.            Assignment of Registration Rights.

 

All or any portion of the rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by each Investor to any transferee or assignee (as the case may be) of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants, other than any transferee or assignee upon a registered offering or sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act, if: (i) such Investor agrees in writing with such transferee or assignee (as the case may be, a “Permitted Tranferee”) to assign all or any portion of such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment (as the case may be); (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment (as the case may be), furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee (as the case may be), and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned (as the case may be); (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment (as the case may be) the further disposition of such securities by such transferee or assignee (as the case may be) is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws if so required; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence such transferee or assignee (as the case may be) agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; (v) such transfer or assignment (as the case may be) shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants (as the case may be); and (vi) such transfer or assignment (as the case may be) shall have been conducted in accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

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10.          Amendment of Registration Rights.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders; provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the foregoing, but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Investor relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Investors shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Investor; provided further that no modification, amendment or waiver of Section 2(g)(ii) hereof shall be effective without the prior written consent of the persons required to amend the Investor Rights Agreement (the “IRA Parties”) and such persons shall consistute third party beneficiaries of this Agreement. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company, provided that no such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less than all of the holders of Registrable Securities or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any Investor without such Investor’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Investor’s sole discretion). No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

11.          This Agreement shall terminate upon the date on which neither the Holders nor any of their Permitted Transferees hold any Registrable Securities, Notes or Warrants. This Agreement shall only become effective upon the Closing Date, and prior to such date and time this Agreement shall be of no force effect.

 

12.          Miscellaneous.

 

(a)         Solely for purposes of this Agreement, a Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns, or is deemed to own, of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

(b)         Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The mailing addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Aja Holdco, Inc..
________________________
________________________
Telephone: (___) ___-____
Facsimile: (___) ___-____
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Email:

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With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

________________________
________________________
________________________
Telephone: (___) ___-____
Facsimile: (___) ___-____
Attention: _____________
Email:

 

If to the Transfer Agent:

 

______________________
______________________
______________________
Telephone: (___) ___-____
Facsimile: (___) ___-____
Attention: _____________
Email:

 

If to Legal Counsel:

 

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Telephone: (212) 808-7540
Facsimile: (212) 808-7897
Attention: Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.
E-mail: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

 

If to a Buyer, to its mailing address and/or email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other mailing address and/or email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Kelley Drye & Warren LLP shall only be provided notices sent to the lead investor. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s e-mail containing the time, date and recipient’s e-mail or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by e-mail or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

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(c)          Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof. The Company and each Investor acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each party hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement by any other party hereto and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof (without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required), this being in addition to any other remedy to which any party may be entitled by law or equity.

 

(d)         All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(e)          If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

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(f)           This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto solely with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto solely with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements any Investor has entered into with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Investor in the Company, (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any rights of or benefits to any Investor or any other Person in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any Investor and all such agreements shall continue in full force and effect or (iii) limit any obligations of the Company under any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

(g)         Subject to compliance with Section 9 (if applicable), this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto. This Agreement is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any Person, other than the parties hereto, their respective permitted successors and assigns and the Persons referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof.

 

(h)         The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

 

(i)           This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an email which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page 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 signature page were an original thereof.

 

(j)           Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)         The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10, terms used in this Agreement but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by each Investor.

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(l)          All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the outstanding Notes then held by the Investors have been converted for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on redemption, amortization and/or conversion of the Notes and the outstanding Warrants then held by Investors have been exercised for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.

 

(m)         Except as set forth in Section 10 with respect to the IRA Parties, this Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, and the parties hereto acknowledge that the IRA Parties are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

(n)         The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained herein was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Investor, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Investor. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and an Investor, solely, and not between the Company and the Investors collectively and not between and among Investors.

 

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:  
       
  AJA HOLDCO, INC.  
       
  By:    
 

Name:

 
    Title:  
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:  
       
  [LEAD INVESTOR]  
       
  By:    
 

Name:

 
    Title:  
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

       
  [OTHER BUYERS]  
       
  By:    
 

Name:

 
    Title:  
 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

______________________
______________________
______________________
Attention: _____________

 

Re:      Aja Holdco, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[We are][I am] counsel to Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders senior secured convertible notes (the “Notes”) convertible into the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2024, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form [S-1][S-3] (File No. 333-_____________) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling stockholder thereunder.

 

In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that [a member of the SEC’s staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that [the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS]] [an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS]] has been posted on the web site of the SEC at www.sec.gov] and [we][I] have no knowledge, after a review of information posted on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

This letter shall serve as our standing opinion to you that the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and Warrants are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of such shares of Common Stock to the Holders as contemplated by the Company’s Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated _________ __, 20__.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [ISSUER’S COUNSEL]
   
  By:_____________________
   
CC: [LEAD INVESTOR]

[OTHER BUYERS]

 

EXHIBIT B

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The shares of common stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those issuable to the selling stockholders upon conversion of the notes and exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuance of the notes and the warrants, see “Private Placement of Notes and Warrants” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the notes and the warrants issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the selling stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder) of the shares of common stock held by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholders, based on their respective ownership of shares of common stock, notes and warrants, as of ________, 20__, assuming conversion of the notes and exercise of the warrants held by each such selling stockholder on that date but taking account of any limitations on conversion and exercise set forth therein.

 

The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders and does not take in account any limitations on (i) conversion of the notes set forth therein or (ii) exercise of the warrants set forth therein.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the holders of the notes and the warrants, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) 200% of the maximum number of shares of common stock issued or issuable pursuant to the Notes, including payment of interest on the notes through [DATE], and (ii) the maximum number of shares of common stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the warrants, in each case, determined as if the outstanding notes (including interest on the notes through [DATE]) and warrants were converted or exercised (as the case may be) in full (without regard to any limitations on conversion or exercise contained therein solely for the purpose of such calculation) at an alternate conversion price or exercise price (as the case may be) calculated as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC. Because the conversion price and alternate conversion price of the notes and the exercise price of the warrants may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the notes and the warrants, a selling stockholder may not convert the notes or exercise the warrants to the extent (but only to the extent) such selling stockholder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own a number of shares of our common stock which would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The number of shares in the second column reflects these limitations. The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Number of Shares of
Common Stock Owned
Prior to Offering
Maximum Number of Shares
of Common Stock to be Sold
Pursuant to this Prospectus
Number of Shares of
Common Stock of
Owned After Offering

[LEAD INVESTOR] (1)
     
[OTHER BUYERS]      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
(1) [                          ]

 

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes and exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders of the notes and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the shares of common stock, although we will receive the exercise price of any Warrants not exercised by the selling stockholders on a cashless exercise basis. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock.

 

The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock held by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, pursuant to one or more of the following methods:

 

on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;

 

in the over-the-counter market;

 

in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;

 

through the writing or settlement of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

privately negotiated transactions;

 

short sales made after the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC;

 

broker-dealers may agree with a selling security holder to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if available, rather than under this prospectus. In addition, the selling stockholders may transfer the shares of common stock by other means not described in this prospectus. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

 

The selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the notes, warrants or shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending, if necessary, the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

To the extent required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed, which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling stockholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to broker-dealers.

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

The selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholders and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[     ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, a selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act in accordance with the registration rights agreements or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

 

EX-10.13 15 ny20020899x3_ex10-13.htm EXHIBIT 10.13

 

Exhibit 10.13

 

Investor Rights Agreement

 

 This Investor Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 13, 2024, is among Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “SPAC”), ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (the “Sponsor”), the Independent Directors (as defined herein), Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Perceptive”), and the Adagio Shareholders (each a “Holder” and collectively with the Sponsor, the Independent Directors and Perceptive, the “Holders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Business Combination Agreement dated as of February 13, 2024 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), among the Company, the SPAC, Adagio Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Adagio”), Aja Merger Sub 1, Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned Subsidiary of ARYA (“ARYA Merger Sub”) and, Aja Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (“Adagio Merger Sub”).

 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, (a) on the Closing Date at the ARYA Merger Effective Time, ARYA Merger Sub will merge with and into ARYA , with ARYA as the surviving company of such merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (b) on the Closing Date at the Acquisition Effective Time, Adagio Merger Sub will merge with and into Adagio, with Adagio as the surviving company of such merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and (c) as a result of the foregoing transactions, each of the Adagio Shareholders, the Sponsor and the Independent Directors will be issued shares of Common Stock;

 

 WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Perceptive will be issued shares of Common Stock and Warrants in a private placement transaction pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024;

 

WHEREAS, the SPAC, the Sponsor and the Independent Directors are parties to the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2021 (the “Prior Agreement”); and

 

 WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to terminate the Prior Agreement with this Agreement and to provide for certain rights and obligations included herein and to include the Adagio Shareholders and Perceptive.

 

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1           Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and variations thereof have the meanings set forth below:

 

Adagio” shall have the meaning given in Preamble hereto.

 

Adagio Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Adagio Shareholders” means certain former shareholders of Adagio listed on Schedule A hereto and their respective Permitted Transferees.

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public. 

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Antitrust Laws” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.2.

 

ARYA Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Block Trade” means any non-marketed underwritten offering taking the form of a block trade to a financial institution, “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or institutional “accredited” investor (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), bought deal, over-night deal or similar transaction through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal, that does not include “road show” presentations to potential investors requiring substantial marketing effort from management over multiple days, the issuance of a “comfort letter” by the Company’s auditors, or the issuance of a legal opinion by the Company’s legal counsel.

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Bridge Note Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Note Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2024, by and between the Company, Adagio and Perceptive and pursuant to which Convertible Notes and Convertible Note Warrants may be issued to Perceptive on the Closing Date.

 

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Change in Control” means the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, stock purchase, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of outstanding voting securities of the Company (or surviving entity) or would otherwise have the power to control the board of directors of the Company or to direct the operations of the Company.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Convertible Notes” shall mean the senior secured convertible notes issuable on the Closing Date pursuant to the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement and the Bridge Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Convertible Note Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2024, by and between the Company, Perceptive and certain investors, and pursuant to which the Convertible Notes and Convertible Note Warrants are issued.

 

Convertible Note Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable from time to time upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.

 

Convertible Note Warrants” shall mean the warrants that are issuable pursuant to the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement or the Bridge Note Purchase Agreement and that are exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

 

Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

2

Demand Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Demanding Holders” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Exempt Holders” means CVF, LLC.

 

Form S-1” means a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.

 

Form S-3” means a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any comparable successor form or forms thereto.

 

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Independent Directors” means Todd Wider, Michael Henderson and Leslie Trigg.

 

Liquidation Event” shall mean any of the following : (i) the acquisition of the Company by another entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is party (including, without limitation, any stock acquisition, reorganization, sale of voting control, merger or consolidation but excluding any sale of stock for capital raising purposes) other than a transaction or series of related transactions in which the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions retain, immediately after such transaction or series of related transactions, as a result of shares in the Company held by such holders prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, at least a majority of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity (or if the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary immediately following such acquisition, its parent); (ii) a sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole by means of any transaction or series of related transactions, except where such sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition is to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.

 

Lock-Up Parties” means the Holders other than the Exempt Holders.

 

Lock-Up Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.

 

New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.

 

Perceptive” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Perceptive Holders” means the Sponsor and Perceptive and their respective Permitted Transferees.

 

“Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning given in subsection 7.4.2.

 

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

PIPE Shares” means shares of Common Stock purchased or otherwise acquired pursuant to those certain Subscription Agreements dated on February 13, 2024.

 

Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

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Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2021, by and between the SPAC and the Sponsor.

 

Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

Registrable Security”, “Registrable Securities” shall mean (a) any outstanding share of Common Stock held by a Holder as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (including, without limitation, the PIPE Shares and any other shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), (b) any shares of Common Stock issued to, and held by, Holders from time to time following the Closing Date (including, without limitation, any Warrant Shares and Earn-Out Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Letter Agreement) and Convertible Note Shares), and (c) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such shares of Common Stock by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; providedhowever, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company to the transferee, and are no longer restricted securities or control securities, each as defined under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (D) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration or Underwritten Offering, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(A)         all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

 

(B)          fees and expenses of compliance with securities or Blue Sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C)          printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(D)          fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(E)          reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration or Underwritten Offering; and

 

(F)          reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders or the majority-in interest of the Takedown Requesting Holders (including if such Underwritten Shelf Takedown is in the form of a Block Trade), as applicable.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement by and among the Company and the buyers named therein and which will be executed pursuant to the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement at Closing.

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Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Resale Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1.

 

RRA Investors” means the buyers named in the Registration Rights Agreement and any transferees or assignee to whom such buyers assign their rights under the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

RRA Registrable Securities” means the equity securities constituting “Registrable Securities” as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

SEC Guidance” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.4.

 

SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Sponsor Letter Agreement” shall mean that certain Sponsor Letter Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among the Company, the Sponsor, the SPAC, Adagio and the other signatories thereto.

 

Subscription Agreements” shall mean the Subscription Agreements between certain Holders, the Company and the SPAC dated February 13, 2024 and pursuant to which the PIPE Shares and Warrants have been issued.

 

Takedown Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.5.

 

Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any interest owned by a person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in, or the ownership, control or possession of, any interest owned by a person.

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public, including for the avoidance of doubt an Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.5.

 

Warrants” shall mean the Warrants (as defined in the Subscription Agreements).

 

Warrant Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants or the Convertible Note Warrants.

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ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION

 

Section 2.1           Demand Registration.

 

2.1.1       Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time (but subject to Article V), (i) each of the Adagio Shareholders or (ii) the Perceptive Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities held by all Perceptive Holders (as the case may be, the “Demanding Holders”), may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Demanding Holders), which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within forty-five (45) days of the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “Demand Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Demand Requesting Holder(s) to the Company, such Demand Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and the Company shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than thirty (30) days immediately after the Company’s receipt of the Demand Registration, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders and Demand Requesting Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 if the Demanding Holders and Demand Requesting Holders propose to sell Registrable Securities with aggregate proceeds of less than $10,000,000.

 

2.1.2        Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; providedhowever, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency, the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective for purposes of counting Registrations under subsection 2.1.1 above unless and until (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election; providedfurtherhowever, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or has been terminated.

 

2.1.3       Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders advise the Company as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or Demand Requesting Holder (if any) to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders, such Underwriter(s) to be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

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2.1.4       Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Common Stock, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Demand Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Demand Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Demand Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), Common Stock or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.1.5       Demand Registration Withdrawal. Each Adagio Shareholder or a majority-in-interest of the Perceptive Holders, as the case may be, in the case of a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 initiated by an Adagio Shareholder or the Perceptive Holders, as the case may be, or any Demand Requesting Holders (if any) shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter(s) (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration (or after such Registration Statement has been declared effective and is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency).

 

Section 2.2           Piggyback Registration.

 

2.2.1       Piggyback Rights. If the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (other than pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 of this Agreement), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) filed on Form S-4 related to any merger, acquisition or business combination, or (v) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or applicable Prospectus, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter(s), if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter(s) of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.

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2.2.2       Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2.1 hereof, and (iii) the shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(i)  If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, and RRA Registrable Securities of the RRA Investors exercising their rights to register their RRA Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(g) of the Registration Rights Agreement, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities and RRA Registrable Securities that each Holder and each RRA Investor has so requested be included in such Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities and RRA Registrable Securities that the Holders and the RRA Investors have requested be included in such Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(ii)  If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities and holders of the RRA Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, and RRA Registrable Securities of the RRA Investors exercising their rights to register their RRA Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(g) of the Registration Rights Agreement, pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities and RRA Registrable Securities that each Holder and RRA Investor has requested be included in such Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities and RRA Registrable Securities that the Holders and the RRA Investors have requested be included in such Registration, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.2.3       Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration, or, if such Piggyback Registration is in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, then prior to the public announcement of such offering. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

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Section 2.3           Resale Shelf Registration Rights.

 

2.3.1       Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no later than forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date, a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act or any successor thereto registering the resale from time to time by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not available to be used by the Company at such time, on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable Securities for resale). If the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is initially filed on Form S-1 and thereafter the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause such Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is on Form S-3. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible after filing; providedhowever, that the Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities held by a Holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement are contingent upon such Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Holder, the securities of the Company held by the Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and the Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations. Once effective, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus included therein continuously effective and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to ensure that another Registration Statement is available, under the Securities Act at all times until the earliest of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1 shall contain a prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement (subject to lock-up restrictions provided in Section 5.1 of this Agreement), and shall provide that such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, Holders.

 

2.3.2       Notification and Distribution of Materials. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as soon as practicable, and in any event within one (1) Business Day after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments, supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein (including each preliminary prospectus and all related amendments and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.3.3       Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3.1 above, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities. If any Resale Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.3.1 is filed on Form S-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3 for secondary sales, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders of such ineligibility and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration on an appropriate form as promptly as practicable to replace the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and have such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities; providedhowever, that at any time the Company once again becomes eligible to use Form S-3, the Company shall cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is once again on Form S-3.

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2.3.4       SEC Cutback. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.3, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”) on Form S-3, or if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company for such registration statement, on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; providedhowever, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to further limit its Registrable Securities to be included on the Registration Statement, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced on a Pro Rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement.

 

2.3.5       Underwritten Shelf Takedown. At any time and from time to time after a Resale Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Holders may request to sell all or any portion of the Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); providedhowever, that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include securities with a total offering price (including piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts or commissions) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $10,000,000. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company at least five (5) days prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Except in the case of a requested Underwritten Shelf Takedown in the form of a Block Trade, following receipt of a request for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Company shall promptly notify the other Holders of the request and of their right to participate in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which shall specify the anticipated public announcement date. The Company shall include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown the securities requested to be included by any Holder (each a “Takedown Requesting Holder”) at least 48 hours prior to the anticipated public announcement date of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown set forth in the Company notice pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of such Holder (including those set forth herein). All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under this subsection 2.3.5 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Holders initiating the Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

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2.3.6       Reduction of Underwritten Shelf Takedown. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advise(s) the Company and the Takedown Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Takedown Requesting Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Takedown Requesting Holders, on a Pro Rata basis, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (ii) and (iii) the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, for the account of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.3.7       Block Trades. If the Company shall receive a request from a Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities with an estimated market value of at least $5,000,000 that the Company effect the sale of all or any portion of such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown in the form of a Block Trade, then the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, cooperate and effect the offering in such Block Trade of the Registrable Securities for which such requesting Holder has requested such offering, without giving any effect to any required notice periods or delivery of notices to any other Holders.

 

ARTICLE III
COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

Section 3.1          General Procedures. If at any time the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

 

3.1.1       prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;

 

3.1.2       prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

3.1.3       prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriter(s), if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 

3.1.4       prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; providedhowever, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

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3.1.5       cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.6       provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7       advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

 

3.1.8      advise each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any Prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed;

 

3.1.9       at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, furnish a draft copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel;

 

3.1.10     notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;

 

3.1.11     permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriter(s), if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter(s) to participate, at each such person’s own expense (except as otherwise set forth herein), in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; providedhowever, that such representatives or Underwriter(s) enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

3.1.12     obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter(s) may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders and such managing Underwriter;

 

3.1.13     on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, if requested by the Underwriter(s), if any, obtain an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration addressed to the Underwriter(s) covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion and negative assurance letter are being given as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters;

 

3.1.14     in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter(s) of such offering;

 

3.1.15     make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);

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3.1.16     if a Registration, including an Underwritten Offering, involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter(s) in any Underwritten Offering; and

 

3.1.17     otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

 

Section 3.2          Registration Expenses. All Registration Expenses shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

Section 3.3           Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

Section 3.4          Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement or until he, she, or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, provided that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file any required supplement or amendment correcting any Misstatement promptly after the time of such notice and, if necessary, to request the immediate effectiveness thereof. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement or Prospectus included in any Registration Statement at any time (a) would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, or (b) would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company shall have the right to defer the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of any Registration Statement pursuant to (a), (b) or (c) for a period of not more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than one hundred and twenty (120) total calendar days in any 12-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.

 

Section 3.5           Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any customary legal opinions as reasonably requested. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

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Section 3.6          Limitations on Registration Rights. Other than the registration rights granted to the purchasers under the Subscription Agreements as provided for in the Business Combination Agreement, the Company represents and warrants that no person or entity, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person or entity. The Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant rights to register any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) pursuant to the Securities Act that are more favorable, pari passu or senior to those granted to the Holders hereunder without (a) the prior written consent of (i) Perceptive Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities held by all Perceptive Holders in their capacity as Perceptive Holders (provided the Perceptive Holders hold Registrable Securities at such time) and (ii) the Adagio Shareholders (provided the Adagio Shareholders hold Registrable Securities at such time); or (b) granting economically and legally equivalent rights to the Holders hereunder such that the Holders shall receive the benefit of such more favorable or senior terms and/or conditions. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of any conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

Section 4.1           Indemnification.

 

4.1.1       The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and agents and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers and directors and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 

4.1.2       In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) the Company against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; providedhowever, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriter(s), their officers, directors and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriter(s) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

4.1.3       Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (providedhowever, that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement 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 to such claim or litigation.

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4.1.4       The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution (pursuant to subsection 4.1.5) to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

 

4.1.5       If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; providedhowever, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds actually received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.14.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

4.1.6       Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in any underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

ARTICLE V
LOCK-UP

 

Section 5.1          Lock-Up. Except as permitted by Section 5.2, each Lock-Up Party agrees solely and not jointly with, and for the benefit of, the Company not to Transfer any shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, the PIPE Shares and any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), beneficially owned or owned of record by such Lock-Up Party until the date that is the earlier of (i) 365 days after the Closing Date (or 6 months after the Closing Date in the case of a Lock-Up Party that is an Adagio Shareholder or an Independent Director) or (ii) the first date subsequent to the Closing Date with respect to which the closing price of Common Stock has equaled or exceeded $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share consolidations, share capitalizations, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date (the “Lock-Up Period”).

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Section 5.2           Exceptions. The provisions of Section 5.1 shall not apply to the Lock-Up Parties in connection with any of the following:

 

5.2.1       transactions relating to shares of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions;

 

5.2.2       Transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution;

 

5.2.3       Transfers of shares of Common Stock to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of the undersigned or any other person with whom the undersigned has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin;

 

5.2.4       Transfers by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned;

 

5.2.5       the Transfer of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement;

 

5.2.6       if the Lock-Up Party is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (i) Transfers to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Lock-Up Party, or (ii) distributions of shares of Common Stock to partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the Lock-Up Party, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Lock-Up Party is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership;

 

5.2.7       if the Lock-Up Party is a trust, Transfers to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust;

 

5.2.8       Transfers to the Company’s officers, directors or their affiliates;

 

5.2.9       Transfers to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under Sections 5.2.2 through 5.2.8;

 

5.2.10     pledges of shares of Common Stock or other Registrable Securities as security or collateral in connection with any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by any Lock-Up Party;

 

5.2.11     Transfers pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction involving a Change in Control of the Company; providedhowever, that in the event that such tender offer, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Common Stock subject to this Agreement shall remain subject to this Agreement; or

 

5.2.12     the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act; providedhowever, that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period;

 

providedhowever, that in the case of any Transfer pursuant to Sections 5.2.2 through 5.2.10, each donee, distribute, pledgee or other transferee shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, provided further, however, that the foregoing requirement shall not apply with respect to the incurrence of any indebtedness by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.3          Termination of Existing Lock-Up. The lock-up provisions in this Article V shall supersede the lock-up provisions contained in Section 5 of the Sponsor Letter Agreement and Section 1.C.(i) of the Private Placement Shares Purchase Agreement, which provisions shall be of no further force or effect as of the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.4          Release of Lock-Up Restrictions. Notwithstanding the other provisions set forth herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine to waive, amend, or repeal the restrictions set forth in Section 5.1 above, whether in whole or in part; provided, that any such waiver, amendment or repeal shall (i) not make such restrictions more restrictive or apply for a longer period of time, (ii) apply to each Lock-Up Party, and (iii) require the unanimous approval of the directors present at any duly called meeting at which a quorum is present.

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ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION

 

Section 6.1          Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the date on which neither the Holders nor any of their Permitted Transferees hold any Registrable Securities or instruments convertible into or exercisable for Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, the Warrants, Convertible Note Warrants or the Convertible Notes) and (ii) a Liquidation Event. The provisions of Section 3.5, Article IV and Section 7.2 shall survive any termination.

 

Section 6.2           Effect of Business Combination Termination. This Agreement shall only become effective upon the ARYA Merger Effective Time, and prior to such date and time this Agreement shall be of no force and effect.

 

ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.1           Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by e-mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses or e-mail addresses (or at such other address or email address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1):

 

If to the Company, to it at:

 

Adagio Medical, Inc.

26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

Attention: Olav Bergheim

E-mail:  obergheim@fjordventures.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Reed Smith LLP

1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention:    Michael Sanders

E-mail:         MSanders@ReedSmith.com

 

If to a Holder, to the address or email address set forth for Holder on the signature page hereof.

 

Section 7.2          Antitrust Filings. In the event that any filing or other action is required to be made or taken, as applicable, by Perceptive or its affiliates or by the Company under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or under any other applicable antitrust or competition Laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any other merger control or investment Laws (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”), including as described in Section 2.3.2 of the Warrants that Perceptive may hold from time to time, the Convertible Note Warrants that Perceptive may hold from time to time or the Convertible Notes that Perceptive may hold from time to time, the Company shall bear and promptly pay all of the filing (or similar) fees or costs incurred in connection with such filing or other action.

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Section 7.3          Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

Section 7.4           Entire Agreement; Assignment.

 

7.4.1       This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7.4.2       This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise), by any Holder without the prior express written consent of the Company, except that (i) any Holder may, without consent, assign such Holder’s rights under this Agreement to any transferee of Common Stock permitted under Section 5.2 and (ii) after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, any Holder may, without consent, assign its rights, in whole and not in part, to any transferee of its Registrable Securities provided that such transferee continues to hold Registrable Securities or Warrants following such Transfer (any such transferees in each of clause (i) and (ii), a “Permitted Transferee”). This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. Any assignment made other than as provided in this Section 7.4 shall be null and void.

 

Section 7.5          Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto (and its respective successors and permitted assigns), and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.6          Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State. All legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; providedhowever, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b) agree not to commence any action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (x) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (y) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (z) that (i) the action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

Section 7.7          Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.6.

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Section 7.8           Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If any ambiguity or question of intent arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, use of the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa, and the definitions of terms contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms. The words “includes” or “including” shall mean “including without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “hereby,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular section or article in which such words appear, the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.” Any reference to a law shall include any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall mean such law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented. References herein to any contract (including this Agreement) mean such contract as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 7.9          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 7.10         Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereby further waives (a) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement under any law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

Section 7.11        Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by (i) the Company, (ii) Perceptive Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities held by all Perceptive Holders in their capacity as Perceptive Holders (provided the Perceptive Holders hold Registrable Securities or Warrants at the time of such amendment), and (iii) the Adagio Shareholders (provided the Adagio Shareholders hold Registrable Securities at the time of such amendment); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of Registrable Securities, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected.

 

Section 7.12        Waiver. At any time, (i) the Company may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any Holder, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any Holder contained herein or in any document delivered by such Holder pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any agreement of such Holder or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. At any time, (i) the Holders may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the Company, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in any document delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any agreement of the Company or any condition to their own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

 

Section 7.13        Further Assurances. At the request of the Company, in the case of any Holder, or at the request of any Holder, in the case of the Company, and without further consideration, each party shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional documents and instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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Section 7.14        Prior Agreement Superseded. Pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Prior Agreement, the undersigned parties who are parties to such Prior Agreement hereby terminate the Prior Agreement upon the consummation of the transactions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, with the intent and effect that the Prior Agreement shall hereby be replaced and superseded in its entirety by this Agreement.

 

Section 7.15         No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

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

 

  COMPANY: Aja Holdco, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Michael Altman  
  Name:  Michael Altman
  Title: Authorized Signatory
 

  SPAC: ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
   
  By: /s/ Michael Altman  
  Name:  Michael Altman
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
         
  By: /s/ Adam Stone  
  Name:  Adam Stone
  Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  Address for Notice:
   
  51 Astor Pl 10th floor, New York, NY 10003
   
  Telephone No.: [***]
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

  

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd.
         
  By: /s/ Joseph Edelman  
  Name:  Joseph Edelman
  Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  Address for Notice:
   
  51 Astor Pl 10th floor, New York, NY 10003
   
  Telephone No.: [***]
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Todd Wider
         
  By: /s/ Todd Wider   
  Name:  Todd Wider
  Title: Holder / Independent Director of ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
   
  Address for Notice:
   51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003
   
  Telephone No.: [***]
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Michael Henderson
         
  By: /s/ Michael Henderson  
  Name:  Michael Henderson
  Title: Holder / Independent Director of ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
   
  Address for Notice:
  51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003
   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Leslie Trigg
         
  By: /s/ Leslie Trigg   
  Name:  Leslie Trigg
  Title: Holder / Independent Director of ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
   
  Address for Notice:
  51 Astor Place, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003
   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Olav Bergheim
         
  By: /s/ Olav Bergheim  
  Name:  Olav Bergheim
  Title: Holder / Chief Executive Officer
   
  Address for Notice:
 

26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: John Dahldorf
         
  By: /s/ John Dahldorf  
  Name:  John Dahldorf
  Title: Holder / Chief Financial Officer
   
  Address for Notice:
 

26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: Hakon Bergheim
         
  By: /s/ Hakon Bergheim  
  Name:  Hakon Bergheim
  Title: Holder / Chief Operating Officer
   
  Address for Notice:
 

26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

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

 

  HOLDER:
   
  Name: CVF LLC
         
  By: /s/ Richard H. Robb  
  Name:  Richard H. Robb
  Title: Manager
   
  Address for Notice:
 

222 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60601

   
  Telephone No.: N/A
   
  Facsimile No.: N/A
   
  Email:     [***]
 

Schedule A

 

Adagio Shareholders

 

Olav Bergheim

John Dahldorf

Hakon Bergheim

CVF, LLC

 

 

EX-10.14 16 ny20020899x3_ex10-14.htm EXHIBIT 10.14

Exhibit 10.14

AMENDMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE
This amendment (this “Amendment”) to the convertible promissory note (the “Promissory Note”), dated February 28, 2023, by and between ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV., a Cayman Islands exempted company and blank check company (the “Maker”) and ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Payee”) is made as of February 13, 2024, by and between the Maker and the Payee.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Promissory Note, the failure by the Maker to perform its obligations with respect to the conversion of up to $1,380,000 of the Total Principal Amount of the Note, in whole or in part at the option of the Payee, into Private Placement Shares, shall constitute an Event of Default (the “Conversion Event of Default”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Promissory Note, the Payee shall have the option, but not the obligation, to convert up to $1,380,000 of the Total Principal Amount of the Note, in whole or in part at the option of the Payee, into Class A ordinary shares of the Maker, at a conversion price of $10.00 (the “Conversion”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 17 of the Promissory Note, any amendment to the Promissory Note may be made with, and only with, the written consent of the Maker and the Payee; and
WHEREAS, the Maker and the Payee now wish to enter into this Amendment to the Promissory Note (i) to revise the terms of the Conversion Event of Default and (ii) to revise the terms of the Conversion.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual promises contained herein and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Maker and the Payee hereby agree to amend the Promissory Note as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 6(a) of the Promissory Note.  Section 6(a) of the Promissory Note is hereby amended and restated as follows:
6. Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”):
(a) Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by the Maker to pay all or a portion of the Total Principal Amount due pursuant to this Note (to the extent such amount is payable in cash) within five (5) business days of the Maturity Date and/or, if applicable, failure by the Maker to perform its obligations with respect to the conversion up to the Total Principal Amount of this Note, in whole or in part at the option of the Payee, into Private Placement Shares pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

2. Amendment to Section 8(a) of the Promissory Note.  Section 8(a) of the Promissory Note is hereby amended and restated as follows:
8. Conversion
(a) Optional Conversion. Upon consummation of a Business Combination, the Payee shall have the option, but not the obligation, to convert up to the Total Principal Amount of this Note, in whole or in part at the option of the Payee, into Class A ordinary shares in the capital of the Maker (each, an “Ordinary Share”), at a conversion price of $10.00 per Ordinary Share. The Ordinary Shares shall be identical to the private placement shares issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Maker’s IPO (the “Private Placement Shares”). As promptly as reasonably practicable after notice by the Payee to the Maker to convert the principal balance of this Note, in whole or in part, into Private Placement Shares, which notice must be made at least five (5) business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, and after the Payee’s surrender of this Note, the Maker shall have issued and delivered to the Payee, without any charge to Payee, a share certificate or certificates (issued in the name(s) requested by the Payee), or shall have made appropriate book-entry notation on the books and records of the Maker, in each case for the number of Private Placement Shares of the Maker issuable upon the conversion of this Note. The conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the surrender of this Note and the person or persons entitled to receive the Private Placement Shares upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Private Placement Shares as of such date. Each such newly issued Private Placement Share shall include a restricted legend that contemplates the same restrictions as the Private Placement Shares that were issued to Payee in connection with the IPO. The Private Placement Shares issuable pursuant to this Note shall constitute “Registrable Securities” pursuant to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated March 2, 2021, by and among the Maker, the Payee and certain other security holders named therein.
3. Note.  The term “Note” as used in the Promissory Note shall hereafter mean the Promissory Note as amended by this Amendment.
4. Effect of Amendment.  Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Promissory Note is not being amended or modified hereby and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with all of the terms and conditions thereof and is hereby ratified and confirmed. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment will not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the parties under, the Note or any other document relating to the Promissory Note.
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5. Miscellaneous.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker and Payee, intending to be legally bound hereby, hereby consent to this amendment and have caused this amendment to be executed by the undersigned to be effective as of the day and year first above written.
 
Maker:
 
     
 
ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
   
 
By:
/s/ Adam Stone
  Name:
Adam Stone
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
     
  Payee:  
     
  ARYA SCIENCES HOLDINGS IV
     
  By:
/s/ Sam Cohn
  Name: Sam Cohn
  Title: Secretary
     


EX-10.15 17 ny20020899x3_ex10-15.htm EXHIBIT 10.15

Exhibit 10.15
THIS CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE (“NOTE”) AND THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH IT MAY BE CONVERTED HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. THE MAKER MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE MAKER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
AMENDED AND RESTATED PROMISSORY NOTE
Total Principal Amount: up to $900,000
(as set forth on the Schedule of Borrowings attached hereto)
 Dated as of February 13, 2024
This Amended and Restated Promissory Note (this “Note”) amends and restates the promissory note dated September 27, 2023, issued by ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company and blank check company (the “Maker”) and payable to the order of ARYA Sciences Holdings IV, a Cayman Islands exempted company, or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), to provide for the conversion of the Total Principal Amount (as defined below) into Private Placement Shares (as defined below), on the terms and conditions described below. All payments on this Note shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds or as otherwise determined by the Maker to such account as the Payee may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note.
1. Principal. The principal balance of this Note (the “Total Principal Amount”) shall be payable by the Maker on the effective date of the consummation of the Maker’s initial merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”, and such date, the “Maturity Date”), unless accelerated upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined below). Any principal balance under the Note may be prepaid at any time; provided, however, that the Payee shall have a right to first convert such balance pursuant to Section 8 hereof upon notice of such prepayment. Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited to any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Maker, be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Maker hereunder. The Payee understands that if a Business Combination is not consummated, this Note will be repaid solely to the extent that the Maker has funds available to it outside of its trust account established in connection with its initial public offering of its securities (the “Trust Account” and such offering, the “IPO”), and that all other amounts will be contributed to capital, forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven or eliminated.
2. Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
3. Drawdown Requests. Maker and Payee agree that Maker may request up to nine hundred thousand U.S. dollars ($900,000) under this Note. The principal of this Note may be drawn down from time to time prior to the effective date of the Business Combination, upon written request from Maker to Payee (each, a “Drawdown Request”). Each Drawdown Request must be for $140,000 or such other amount agreed upon by Maker and Payee. Payee shall fund each Drawdown Request no later than five (5) business days after receipt of a Drawdown Request. Once an amount is drawn down under this Note, it shall not be available for future Drawdown Requests even if prepaid. No fees, payments or other amounts shall be due to Payee in connection with, or as a result of, any Drawdown Request by Maker.

4. Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorney’s fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note.
5. Purpose. The Maker shall apply all the amounts advanced by the Payee under this Note towards the Maker’s general working capital requirements or deposits that Maker is required to make pursuant to its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as amended and/or restated from time to time) and following the request of Payee in connection with an optional monthly extension of the time period during which Maker may consummate a Business Combination.
6. Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”):
(a) Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay all or a portion of the Total Principal Amount due pursuant to this Note (to the extent such amount is payable in cash) within five (5) business days of the Maturity Date and/or, if applicable, failure by the Maker to perform its obligations with respect to the conversion of up to the Total Principal Amount of this Note, in whole or in part at the option of the Payee, into Private Placement Shares pursuant to Section 5 hereof.
(b) Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by the Maker of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of the Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
(c) Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Maker in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days.
7. Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 6(a) hereof, Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due immediately and payable, whereupon the unpaid Total Principal Amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6(b) and 6(c), the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and all other sums payable with regard to this Note, shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee.
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8. Conversion.
(a) Optional Conversion. Upon consummation of a Business Combination, Payee shall have the option, but not the obligation, to convert up to the Total Principal Amount of this Note, in whole or in part at the option of Payee, into Class A ordinary shares in the capital of the Maker (each, an “Ordinary Share”), at a conversion price of $10.00 per Ordinary Share. The Ordinary Shares shall be identical to the private placement shares issued to the Sponsor at the time of Maker’s IPO (the “Private Placement Shares”). As promptly as reasonably practicable after notice by Payee to the Maker to convert the principal balance of this Note, in whole or in part, into Private Placement Shares, which notice must be made at least five (5) business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, and after Payee’s surrender of this Note, Maker shall have issued and delivered to Payee, without any charge to Payee, a share certificate or certificates (issued in the name(s) requested by Payee), or shall have made appropriate book-entry notation on the books and records of Maker, in each case for the number of Private Placement Shares of Maker issuable upon the conversion of this Note. The conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the surrender of this Note and the person or persons entitled to receive the Private Placement Shares upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Private Placement Shares as of such date. Each such newly issued Private Placement Share shall include a restricted legend that contemplates the same restrictions as the Private Placement Shares that were issued to Payee in connection with the IPO. The Private Placement Shares issuable pursuant to this Note shall constitute “Registrable Securities” pursuant to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated March 2, 2021, by and among Maker, Payee and certain other security holders named therein.
(b) Fractional Shares; Effect of Conversion. No fractional Private Placement Shares shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional Private Placement Shares to the Payee upon conversion of this Note, the Maker shall pay to the Payee an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Conversion Price by the fraction of a Private Placement Share not issued pursuant to the previous sentence. Upon conversion of this Note in full, this Note shall be cancelled and void without further action of the Maker or the Payee, and the Maker shall be forever released from all its obligations and liabilities under this Note.
9. Covenants of the Maker. The Maker covenants that any Private Placement Shares issuable upon conversion of the Note, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof.
10. Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee.
11. Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to Maker or affecting Maker’s liability hereunder.
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12. Notices. All notices, statements or other documents which are required or contemplated by this Note shall be: (i) in writing and delivered personally or sent by first class registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission to the address designated in writing, (ii) by facsimile to the number most recently provided to such party or such other address or fax number as may be designated in writing by such party and (iii) by electronic mail, to the electronic mail address most recently provided to such party or such other electronic mail address as may be designated in writing by such party. Any notice or other communication so transmitted shall be deemed to have been given on the day of delivery, if delivered personally, on the business day following receipt of written confirmation, if sent by facsimile or electronic transmission, one (1) business day after delivery to an overnight courier service or five (5) days after mailing if sent by mail.
13. Construction. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
14. Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
15. Trust Waiver. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any monies in, or any distribution of or from, the Trust Account, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The Payee hereby agrees not to make any Claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such Claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Note, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such Claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability. To the extent the Payee commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to the Maker (including this Note), which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against the Maker, the Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that its sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such Claim shall not permit the Maker (or any person claiming on its behalf or in lieu of it) to have any Claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein.
16. Tax Treatment. In each case for U.S. federal income tax and all other applicable tax purposes, the Maker and the Payee agree to treat this Note as an equity interest in the Maker (and not as indebtedness), and shall take no contrary position on any tax return or before any taxing authority (unless otherwise required by law). The Maker and the Payee shall reasonably cooperate to structure (i) any conversion of this Note in connection with a Business Combination and (ii) any contribution, forfeiture or elimination of this Note pursuant to Section 1 in a manner that is tax-efficient for the Maker and the Payee, taking into account the terms of any Business Combination.
17. Amendment; Waiver. Any amendment hereto or waiver of any provision hereof may be made with, and only with, the written consent of the Maker and the Payee.
18. Successors and Assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer in Section 18 and Section 19, the rights and obligations of Maker and Payee hereunder shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of any party hereto (by operation of law or otherwise) with the prior written consent of the other party hereto and any attempted assignment without the required consent shall be void.
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19. Transfer of this Note or Securities Issuable on Conversion. With respect to any sale or other disposition of this Note or securities into which this Note may be converted, Payee shall give written notice to Maker prior thereto, describing briefly the manner thereof, together with (i) except for a Permitted Transfer, in which case the requirements in (i) shall not apply, (A) a written opinion (unless waived by Maker) reasonably satisfactory to Maker in form and substance from counsel reasonably satisfactory to Maker to the effect that such sale or other distribution may be effected without registration or qualification under any U.S. federal or state law then in effect and (B) a written opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to Maker or a certificate signed by at least one director of Payee (in either case, unless waived by Maker), reasonably satisfactory to Maker in form and substance that such sale or other distribution does not violate, contravene, or result in a default by Payee of, any agreement or instrument entered into by Payee in connection with the IPO or the Business Combination, including but not limited to the Letter Agreement (as defined below), and (ii) a written undertaking executed by the desired transferee reasonably satisfactory to Maker in form and substance agreeing to be bound by the restrictions on transfer contained herein. Upon receiving such written notice, reasonably satisfactory opinion and/or certificate (unless waived by Maker), or other evidence, and such written acknowledgement, Maker, as promptly as practicable, shall notify Payee that Payee may sell or otherwise dispose of this Note or such securities, all in accordance with the terms of the note delivered to Maker. If a determination has been made pursuant to this Section 19 that the opinion of counsel for Payee, the certificate of Payee, or other evidence, or the written acknowledgment from the desired transferee, is not reasonably satisfactory to Maker,  Maker shall so notify Payee promptly after such determination has been made. Each Note thus transferred shall bear a legend as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act, unless in the opinion of counsel for Maker such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act. Maker may issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent in connection with such restrictions. Subject to the foregoing, transfers of this Note shall be registered upon registration on the books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of Maker. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, Maker shall treat the registered holder hereof as the owner and holder of this Note for the purpose of receiving all payments of principal hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note shall be overdue and Maker shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. For purposes hereof, “Permitted Transfer” shall have the same meaning as any transfer that would be permitted for the Private Placement Shares under the Letter Agreement, dated February 25, 2021, by and among Maker, Payee and the other parties thereto (the “Letter Agreement”).
20. Acknowledgment. The Payee is acquiring this Note for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws. The Payee understands that the acquisition of this Note involves substantial risk. The Payee has experience as an investor in securities of companies and acknowledges that it is able to fend for itself, can bear the economic risk of its investment in this Note, and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment in this Note and protecting its own interests in connection with this investment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
 
ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
 
 
 
 
   
  By:
/s/ Michael Altman
  Name: Michael Altman
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Agreed and Acknowledged as of the date first written above:
ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
 
 
 
 
 
   
By:
/s/ Sam Cohn
 
Name: Sam Cohn  
Title: Secretary
 

SCHEDULE OF BORROWINGS
The following increases or decreases in this Promissory Note have been made:
Date of Increase or Decrease
 
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Promissory Note
 
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Promissory Note
 
Principal Amount of this Promissory Note following such decrease or increase
October 2, 2023
     
$140,000
 
$140,000
November 2, 2023
     
$165,000
 
$305,000
December 2, 2023
     
$165,000
 
$470,000
January 2, 2024
     
$240,000
 
$710,000
February 2, 2024
     
$190,000
 
$900,000


EX-10.16 18 ny20020899x3_ex10-16.htm EXHIBIT 10.16

Exhibit 10.16

EXHIBIT A

 [FORM OF SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE]

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.  ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 19(a) HEREOF.  THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.

THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”).  PURSUANT TO TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1), JOHN DAHLDORF, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY HEREOF WILL, BEGINNING TEN DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS NOTE, PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER UPON REQUEST THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN TREASURY REGULATION §1.1275-3(b)(1)(i).  JOHN DAHLDORF MAY BE REACHED AT TELEPHONE NUMBER (916)-337-8356.

Aja Holdco, Inc.

Senior Secured Convertible Note

Issuance Date:  [●] 2024__
Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[●]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay [BUYER] or its registered assigns (“Holder”) the amount set forth above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date, or upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate (as defined below) from the date set forth above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon the Maturity Date or upon acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof).  This Senior Secured Convertible Note (including all Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February [      ], 2024 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Notes”, and such other Senior Secured Convertible Notes, the “Other Notes”).  Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 32.

1.          PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL.  On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest on such Principal and Interest.    The Company may prepay/redeem pursuant to a Company Optional Redemption, all or any portion of the outstanding Principal, or accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, in accordance with the terms hereof.


2.          INTEREST; INTEREST RATE.

(a)         Interest on the Principal of this Note outstanding from time to time shall commence accruing at the Interest Rate on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year.  On the first Trading Day of each Fiscal Quarter (each, an “Interest Date”), any accrued and unpaid Interest shall, at the Company’s option, either be (i) paid in cash to the Holder (a “Cash Interest Payment”) or (ii) compound and become additional Principal outstanding hereunder as of such Interest Date (each, a “Quarterly Compounding”).  The Company may elect to effect a Cash Interest Payment with respect to an Interest Date by delivering to the Holder a written notice (each, an “Cash Interest Election Notice”) on or prior to the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to such applicable Interest Date (the “Interest Election Deadline”) electing to pay such Interest, in whole, or in part, in cash as specified in such Cash Interest Election Notice.  If the Company fails to deliver a Cash Interest Election Notice to the Holder on or prior to the applicable Interest Date (or such Cash Interest Election Notice elects in part, to pay such Interest in cash), such Interest (or such unpaid portion of Interest on such Interest Date, as applicable) shall be subject to Quarterly Compounding on such Interest Date.

(b)         Prior to a Cash Interest Payment and/or Quarterly Compounding, as applicable, Interest shall also be payable by way of inclusion of the Interest in the Conversion Amount on each Conversion Date in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) or upon any redemption in accordance with Section 12 or any required payment upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default.  From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall, (i) in the case of a Payment Event of Default or a Bankruptcy Event of Default, automatically, and (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default, upon prior written notice by the Holders to so increase, be increased by two percent (2.0%) per annum to a total effective rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum (the “Default Rate”).  For the avoidance of doubt, at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder, notwithstanding that all, or any part, of this Note is subject to redemption and/or conversion hereunder, all of the Conversion Amount of this Note (including, without limitation, such portion of the Conversion Amount of this Note then subject to a redemption and/or conversion hereunder, as applicable) shall continue to accrue Interest hereunder at the Default Rate, and such Interest shall only cease to accrue hereunder with respect to such underlying Conversion Amount subject to such redemption and/or conversion, as applicable, at the time the Company has paid the applicable Redemption Price with respect to such redemption and/or delivered the required shares of Common Stock due hereunder with respect to such conversion, as applicable.  In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured (and no other Event of Default then exists, including, without limitation, for the Company’s failure to pay such Interest at the Default Rate on the applicable Interest Date), the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the calendar day immediately following the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default.

3.           CONVERSION OF NOTES.  At any time after the Issuance Date, this Note shall be convertible into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

(a)        Conversion Right.  Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below).  The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion.  If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.  The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent (as defined below), but excluding any income tax) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

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(b)         Conversion Rate. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).

(i)         Conversion Amount” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal of this Note to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal of this Note, and (D) any other unpaid amounts pursuant to the Transaction Documents, if any.

(ii)         Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date or other date of determination, $10,00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(c)          Mechanics of Conversion.

(i)         Optional Conversion.  To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall deliver (whether via electronic mail or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (each, a “Conversion Notice”) to the Company.  If required by Section 3(c)(iii), within two (2) Trading Days following a conversion of this Note as aforesaid, the Holder shall surrender this Note to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction as contemplated by Section 19(b)).  On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by electronic mail an acknowledgment, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II, of confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice and representation as to whether such shares of Common Stock may then be resold pursuant to Rule 144 or an effective and available registration statement (each, an “Acknowledgement”) to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein.  On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received a Conversion Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the applicable Conversion Date of such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Conversion Notice) (the “Share Delivery Deadline”), the Company shall (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (“FAST”), credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such conversion.  If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted.  The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note or the Registration Rights Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled.

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(ii)         Company’s Failure to Timely Convert.  If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of this Note (as the case may be) and such failure is not cured within two (2) Trading Days or (II) if the Registration Statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock that are the subject of the Conversion Notice (the “Unavailable Conversion Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Conversion Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the shares of Common Stock electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such conversion to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system and such failure is not cured within two (2) Trading Days (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Conversion Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (1) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after such Share Delivery Deadline that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is not timely effected an amount equal to 1% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Deadline and (2) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned (as the case may be) any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice, provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise.  In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Share Delivery Deadline either (A) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in FAST, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in FAST, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (II) below or (B) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Deadline the Holder acquires (in an open market transaction, stock loan or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Conversion Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either: (I) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, stock loan costs and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so acquired (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (II) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (x) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (y) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (II) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”).  Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(iii)        Registration; Book-Entry.  The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error.  The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes (including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest hereunder) notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  A Registered Note may be assigned, transferred or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register.  Upon its receipt of a written request to assign, transfer or sell all or part of any Registered Note by the holder thereof, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 19, provided that if the Company does not so record an assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be) of all or part of any Registered Note within two (2) Business Days of such a request, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3, following conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted (in which event this Note shall be delivered to the Company following conversion thereof as contemplated by Section 3(c)(i)) or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal and Interest converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of such conversions, and/or payments (as the case may be) or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.  If the Company does not update the Register to record such Principal and Interest converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of such conversions, and/or payments (as the case may be) within two (2) Business Days of such occurrence, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such occurrence.

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(iv)        Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes.  In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date.  In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 24.

(d)         Limitations on ConversionsThe Company shall not effect the conversion of any portion of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Note and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including, without limitation, the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 3(d).  For purposes of this Section 3(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act.  For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the conversion of this Note without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”).  If the Company receives a Conversion Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Conversion Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(d), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to such Conversion Notice.  For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported.  In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion of this Note results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares.  Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Notes that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder.  For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Note in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act.  No prior inability to convert this Note pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility.  The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(d) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 3(d) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.  The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.

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(e)          Right of Alternate Conversion Upon an Event of Default.

(i)         General.  Subject to Section 3(d), upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Company may irrevocably elect in the Event of Default Notice (or otherwise in a writing to the Holder) to permit the Holder to effect Alternate Conversions pursuant to this Section 3(e) during such applicable Event of Default Redemption Right Period (as defined below) with respect thereto (each, an “Alternate Conversion Election”).  For the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Conversion Election with respect to a prior Event of Default Redemption Right Period shall not constitute an automatic election for a future Event of Default Redemption Right Period (any Alternate Conversion Election must be made in writing by the Company and specific to an applicable Event of Default Redemption Right Period). If the Company has made an Alternate Conversion Election with respect to an Event of Default Redemption Right Period (but regardless of whether the Holder has delivered an Event of Default Redemption Notice to the Company or, if applicable, whether the Company has cured such Event of Default prior to the applicable Event of Default Redemption Right Expiration Date (as defined below)), the Holder may, at the Holder’s option, convert (each, an “Alternate Conversion”, and the date of such Alternate Conversion, each, an “Alternate Conversion Date”) all, or any part of, the Conversion Amount (such portion of the Conversion Amount subject to such Alternate Conversion, the “Alternate Conversion Amount”) into shares of Common Stock at a conversion rate equal to the quotient of (x) the product of (A) the Redemption Premium and (B) the Conversion Amount (the amount in this clause (x) being the “Redemption Premium of the Conversion Amount”), divided by (y) the Alternate Conversion Price (the “Alternate Conversion Rate”).  Any Alternate Conversion with respect to such Alternate Conversion Amount shall be in lieu of redemption of such Alternate Conversion Amount to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 4 below.

(ii)       Mechanics of Alternate Conversion.  On any Alternate Conversion Date, the Holder may voluntarily convert any Alternate Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(c) at the Alternate Conversion Rate (for the avoidance of doubt, with “Alternate Conversion Price” replacing “Conversion Price” for all purposes hereunder with respect to such Alternate Conversion and, solely with respect to the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount in an Alternate Event of Default Conversion, with “Redemption Premium of the Conversion Amount” replacing “Conversion Amount” in clause (x) of the definition of Conversion Rate with respect to such Alternate Conversion) by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered pursuant to this Section 3(e) of this Note that the Holder is electing to use the Alternate Conversion Price for such conversion.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(e), but subject to Section 3(d), until the Company delivers shares of Common Stock representing the applicable Alternate Conversion Amount to the Holder, such Alternate Conversion Amount may be converted by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(c) without regard to this Section 3(e).  In the event of an Alternate Conversion pursuant to this Section 3(e) of all, or any portion, of this Note, the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.  Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 3(e), together the Alternate Conversion Price used in such Alternate Conversion, as applicable, is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of, the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

4.           RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

(a)          Event of Default.  Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” and each of the events in clauses (viii), (ix) and (x) shall constitute a “Bankruptcy Event of Default” and each of the events in clause (vi) shall constitute a “Payment Event of Default”:

(i)          the failure of the applicable Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) to be filed with the SEC on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) days after the applicable Filing Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or the failure of the applicable Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date that is  fifteen (15) days after the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement);

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(ii)        while the applicable Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or such Registration Statement (or the prospectus contained therein) is unavailable to any holder of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for sale of all of such holder’s Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) Trading Days in any 365-day period (excluding days during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement));

(iii)        the suspension from trading or the failure of the Common Stock to be trading or listed (as applicable) on an Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

(iv)        the Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure or a Delivery Failure (as defined in the Warrants) by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within five (5) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date or exercise date (as the case may be) or (B) notice to any holder of the Notes or Warrants, including, without limitation, by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply, as required, with a request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock that is requested in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, other than pursuant to Section 3(d), or a request for exercise of any Warrants for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Warrants;

(v)         except to the extent the Company is in compliance with Section 11(b) below, at any time following the tenth (10th) consecutive day that the Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation (as defined in Section 11(a) below) is less than the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or otherwise), and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon exercise in full of the Holder’s Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants);

(vi)       the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without limitation, the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder) or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest when and as due, in which case only if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least five (5) Trading Days;

(vii)       the Company fails to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or any shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion or exercise (as the case may be) of any Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) acquired by the Holder under the Securities Purchase Agreement (including this Note) as and when required by such Securities or the Securities Purchase Agreement, unless otherwise then prohibited by applicable federal securities laws, and any such failure remains uncured for at least five (5) days;

(viii)      bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Material Subsidiary and, if instituted against the Company or any Material Subsidiary by a third party, shall not be dismissed within forty-seven (47) days of their initiation;

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(ix)        the commencement by the Company or any Material Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Material Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a Uniform Commercial Code foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign law;

(x)         the entry by a court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any Material Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary under any applicable federal, state or foreign law or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of forty-seven (47)  consecutive days;

(xi)       a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $2,000,000 are rendered against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within forty-seven (47) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged, settled or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within forty-seven (47) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, any judgment which is bonded or covered by insurance or indemnity from a credit worthy party as to which the insurer or indemnitor has been notified and not denied coverage shall not be included in calculating the $2,000,000 amount set forth above;

(xii)      the Company and/or any Subsidiary, individually or in the aggregate, either fails to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace period, any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of $1,000,000 due to any third party (other than, with respect to unsecured Indebtedness only, payments contested by the Company and/or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) in good faith by proper proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP) or is otherwise in breach or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in an amount in excess of $1,000,000, which breach or violation permits the other party thereto (and/or any other parties pursuant to such Indebtedness and/or any other Indebtedness, as applicable) to accelerate, in the aggregate, at least $1 million in amounts due thereunder;

(xiii) other than as specifically set forth in another clause of this Section 4(a), the Company or any Subsidiary breaches any representation or warranty in any material respect (other than representations or warranties subject to material adverse effect or materiality, which may not be breached in any respect), or any covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, only if such breach remains uncured for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

(xiv)      a materially and intentionally false certification (including a materially and intentionally false deemed certification) by the Company as to whether any Event of Default has occurred;

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(xv)       any breach or failure in any respect by the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any provision of the covenants in Section 14(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (m) and (q) of this Note;

(xvi)     any material provision of any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Security Documents and the Guaranties) shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested in writing by any party (other than the Holder) thereto, any , or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Security Documents and the Guaranties);

(xvii)    any Security Document shall for any reason fail or cease to create a separate valid and perfected Lien (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) on the Collateral (as defined in the Security Documents) in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any material provision of any Security Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested in writing by any party thereto (other than the Holder), or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof; or

(xviii)    any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.

(b)         Notice of an Event of Default; Redemption Right.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within two (2) Business Day (each, an “Event of Default Notice Due Date”) deliver written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier (with next day delivery specified) (each, an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder.  At any time after the earlier of (x) the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and (y) the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default for which no Event of Default Notice has been previously delivered (such earlier date, each, an “Event of Default Right Commencement Date”) and ending (such ending date, each, an “Event of Default Right Expiration Date”, and each such period, an “Event of Default Redemption Right Period”) on (i) if the Company has delivered an Event of Default Notice to the Holder on or prior to the applicable Event of Default Notice Due Date, the date such Event of Default has been cured or (ii) if the Company has failed to deliver the Event of Default Notice on or prior to the applicable Event of Default Notice Due Date, as applicable, either (x) if the Company has made an Alternate Conversion Election in such applicable Event of Default Notice with respect thereto, the later of (A) the tenth (10th) Trading Day following the date of delivery of such Event of Default Notice to the Holder and (B) the date such Event of Default has been cured or (y) if the Company has not made an Alternate Conversion Election in such applicable Event of Default Notice with respect thereto, the later of (A) the twentieth (20th) Trading Day following the date of delivery of such applicable Event of Default Notice to the Holder and (B) the date such Event of Default has been cured, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (regardless of whether such Event of Default has been cured on or prior to the Event of Default Right Expiration Date) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (each, an “Event of Default Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem.  Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the greater of (i) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by (B) the Redemption Premium and (ii) the product of (X) the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice multiplied by (Y) the product of (1) the Redemption Premium multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 4(b) (each, an “Event of Default Redemption Price”).  Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.  To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of this Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.  Subject to Section 3(d), until the Event of Default Redemption Price is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 4(b) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note.  In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.  Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.  Any redemption upon an Event of Default shall not constitute an election of remedies by the Holder, and all other rights and remedies of the Holder shall be preserved.

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(c)       Mandatory Redemption upon Bankruptcy Event of Default.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and notwithstanding any conversion that is then required or in process, upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default, whether occurring prior to or following the Maturity Date, the Company shall immediately pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing (i) all outstanding Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest, multiplied by (ii) the Redemption Premium, in addition to any and all other amounts due hereunder, without the requirement for any notice or demand or other action by the Holder or any other person or entity, provided that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, waive such right to receive payment upon a Bankruptcy Event of Default, in whole or in part, and any such waiver shall not affect any other rights of the Holder hereunder, including any other rights in respect of such Bankruptcy Event of Default, any right to conversion, and any right to payment of the Event of Default Redemption Price or any other Redemption Price, as applicable.

5.           RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION.

(a)         Assumption.  The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts then outstanding and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, having similar conversion rights as the Notes and having similar ranking and security to the Notes, and satisfactory to the Holder and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market.  Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.  Upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 6 and 16, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Note been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 5(a) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Note.  The provisions of this Section 5 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note.

(b)         Notice of a Change of Control; Redemption Right.  No sooner than the public announcement of a Change of Control, nor later than ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control (the “Change of Control Date”), the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control Notice”).  At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice or the Holder becoming aware of a Change of Control if a Change of Control Notice is not delivered to the Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence (as applicable) and ending on fifteen (15) days after the later of (A) the date of consummation of such Change of Control or (B) the date of receipt of such Change of Control Notice or (C) the date of the announcement of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem.  The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greatest of (i) the product of (w) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (y) the Conversion Amount being redeemed, (ii) the product of (x) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (1) the consummation of the applicable Change of Control and (2) the public announcement of such Change of Control and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Change of Control Redemption Notice by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect and (iii) the product of (y) the Change of Control Redemption Premium multiplied by (z) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the aggregate cash consideration and the aggregate cash value of any non-cash consideration per share of Common Stock to be paid to the holders of the shares of Common Stock upon consummation of such Change of Control (any such non-cash consideration constituting publicly-traded securities shall be valued at the highest of the Closing Sale Price of such securities as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control) divided by (II) the Conversion Price then in effect (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”).  Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with such Change of Control.  To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of this Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control Redemption Price is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.  In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.  Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

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6.           RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

(a)         Purchase Rights.  In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 7 or 16 below, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all or substantially all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note and assuming for such purpose that the Note was converted at the Alternate Conversion Price as of the applicable record date) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance (and, if such Purchase Right has an expiration date, maturity date or other similar provision, such term shall be extended by such number of days held in abeyance, if applicable) for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance (and, if such Purchase Right has an expiration date, maturity date or other similar provision, such term shall be extended by such number of days held in abeyance, if applicable)) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation); provided that any such period of abeyance shall not exceed ninety (90) Trading Days after the later of (x) the expiration date of such Purchase Right and (y) the Applicable Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

(b)         Other Corporate Events.  In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, at the Holder’s option  (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Holder.  The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

7.           RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES.

(a)        Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock.  Without limiting any provision of Section 6 or Section 16, if the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced.  Without limiting any provision of Section 6 or Section 16 if the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.  Any adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.  If any event requiring an adjustment under this Section 7(a) occurs during the period that a Conversion Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Conversion Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

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(b)         Calculations.  All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

(c)        Voluntary Adjustment by Company.  Subject to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Note, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Conversion Price of each of the Notes to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

8.           ASSET SALE OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

(a)         General.  At any time from and after the earlier of (x) the date the Holder becomes aware of the occurrence of an Asset Sale (including any insurance and condemnation proceeds thereof) (the “Holder Notice Date”) and (y) the time of consummation of an Asset Sale (other than sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business and amounts reinvested in assets to be used or useful in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ business within twelve months of the date of consummation of such Asset Sale), in each case only to the extent the gross proceeds of such Asset Sale exceeds $1,000,000 (each, an “Eligible Asset Sale”), the Holder shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require that the Company redeem (each an “Asset Sale Optional Redemption”) all, or any portion, of the Conversion Amount under this Note not in excess of (together with any Asset Sale Optional Redemption Amount (as defined in the applicable other Notes issued to purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement) the Holder’s Holder Pro Rata Amount of 25% of the gross proceeds (with any non-cash proceeds valued at the fair market value thereof as reasonably determined) of such Eligible Asset Sale (the “Eligible Asset Sale Optional Redemption Amount”) by delivering written notice thereof (an “Asset Sale Optional Redemption Notice”) to the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Redemption Premium or other premium or penalty is required to be paid hereunder in connection with an Asset Sale Optional Redemption.

(b)         Mechanics.  Each Asset Sale Optional Redemption Notice shall indicate that all, or such applicable portion, as set forth in the applicable Asset Sale Optional Redemption Notice, of the Eligible Asset Sale Optional Redemption Amount the Holder is electing to have redeemed (the “Asset Sale Optional Redemption Amount”) and the date of such Asset Sale Optional Redemption (the “Asset Sale Optional Redemption Date”), which shall be the later of (x) the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date of the applicable Asset Sale Optional Redemption Notice and (y) the date of the consummation of such Eligible Asset Sale.  The portion of the Conversion Amount of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 8 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 100% of the applicable Asset Sale Optional Redemption Amount (the “Asset Sale Optional Redemption Price”).  Redemptions required by this Section 8 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.

9.           NONCIRCUMVENTION.  The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, undertake any such action for the purpose of avoiding or seeking to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Note or the other Transaction Documents, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon conversion of this Note above the Conversion Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note.

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10.          COMPANY OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

(a)         Company Optional Redemption.  At any time, the Company shall have the right to redeem all, or any portion, of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note (the “Company Optional Redemption Amount”) on the Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below) (a “Company Optional Redemption”).  The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 10(a) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price (the “Company Optional Redemption Price”) equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date and (ii) the product of (1) the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount being redeemed as of the Company Optional Redemption Date multiplied by (2) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding such Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 10(a).  The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under this Section 10(a) by delivering a written notice thereof by electronic mail and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes (the “Company Optional Redemption Notice” and the date all of the holders of Notes received such notice is referred to as the “Company Optional Redemption Notice Date”).  The Company may deliver only one Company Optional Redemption Notice hereunder in any twenty (20) Trading Day period and each such Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.  The Company Optional Redemption Notice shall (x) state the date on which the Company Optional Redemption shall occur (the “Company Optional Redemption Date”) which date shall not be less than fifteen (15) Trading Days nor more than twenty-five (25) Trading Days following the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date, and (y) state the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which is being redeemed in such Company Optional Redemption from the Holder and all of the other holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) on the Company Optional Redemption Date.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time prior to the date the Company Optional Redemption Price is paid, in full, the Company Optional Redemption Amount may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.  All Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after the Company Optional Redemption Notice Date shall reduce the Company Optional Redemption Amount of this Note required to be redeemed on the Company Optional Redemption Date.  Redemptions made pursuant to this Section 10(a) shall be made in accordance with Section 12.  In the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of this Note under this Section 10(a), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.  Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 9 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no right to effect a Company Optional Redemption if any Event of Default has occurred and continuing, but any Event of Default shall have no effect upon the Holder’s right to convert this Note in its discretion.

(b)         Pro Rata Redemption Requirement.  If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 10(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action with respect to all of the Other Notes.

11.          RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.

(a)         Reservation.  So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall at all times reserve at least 200% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion, including without limitation, Alternate Conversions, of all of the Notes then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversions and assuming such Notes remain outstanding until the Maturity Date) at the Alternate Conversion Price then in effect (the “Required Reserve Amount”).  The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Notes based on the original principal amount of the Notes held by each holder on the Closing Date or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”).  In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation.  Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Notes, pro rata based on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such holders.

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(b)          Insufficient Authorized Shares.  If, notwithstanding Section 11(a), and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Notes remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Notes at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Notes then outstanding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.  In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.  In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorized Failure Shares”), in lieu of delivering such Authorized Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the redemption of such portion of the Conversion Amount convertible into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorized Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Conversion Notice with respect to such Authorized Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 11(a); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorized Failure Shares, any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith.  Nothing contained in Section 11(a) or this Section 11(b) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

12.         REDEMPTIONS.

(a)         Mechanics.  The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder in cash within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Event of Default Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 4(b).  If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder in cash concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of such notice otherwise.  The Company shall deliver the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price to the Holder in cash on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date.  The Company shall deliver the applicable Asset Sale Optional Redemption Price to the Holder in cash on the applicable Asset Sale Optional Redemption Date.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any redemption hereunder at a time the Holder is entitled to receive a cash payment under any of the other Transaction Documents, at the option of the Holder delivered in writing to the Company, the applicable Redemption Price hereunder shall be increased by the amount of such cash payment owed to the Holder under such other Transaction Document and, upon payment in full or conversion in accordance herewith, shall satisfy the Company’s payment obligation under such other Transaction Document.  In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed.  In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price has not been paid.  Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, and (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)), to the Holder, and in each case the principal amount of this Note or such new Note (as the case may be) shall be increased by an amount equal to the difference between (1) the applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be, and as adjusted pursuant to this Section 12, if applicable) minus (2) the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption.

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(b)         Redemption by Other Holders.  Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b) or Section 5(b) (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by electronic mail a copy of such notice.  If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.

13.         VOTING RIGHTS.  The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law (including, without limitation, the Delaware General Corporation Law) and as expressly provided in this Note.

14.         COVENANTS.  Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms:

(a)         Rank. All payments due under this Note (i) shall rank pari passu with all Other Notes, (ii) junior to Permitted Senior Indebtedness and any Liens securing such Permitted Senior Indebtedness and (iii) shall be senior to all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(b)         Incurrence of Indebtedness.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (other than (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes and (ii) other Permitted Indebtedness).

(c)         Existence of Liens.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”) other than Permitted Liens.

(d)         Restricted Payments and Investments.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, voluntarily directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any voluntary payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than the Notes and Permitted Senior Indebtedness) whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness or make any Investment, as applicable, if at the time such payment with respect to such Indebtedness and/or Investment, as applicable, is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, (i) an event constituting an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) an event that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Absent such events in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), such payments with respect to such Indebtedness and/or Investment, as applicable, are permitted, except to the extent prohibited by the terms of any applicable intercreditor agreements, subordination agreements and/or any other similar agreement.

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(e)         Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on any of its capital stock, except (i) distributions by and between the Company and its Subsidiaries or between Subsidiaries, (ii) with respect to any capital stock of a wholly-owned Subsidiary owned by the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, redeem or repurchase capital stock of present and former employees, officers, directors or consultants (or their family members or trusts or other entities for the benefit of any of the foregoing) for tax payment purposes or make severance payments to such Persons in connection with the death, disability or termination of employment or consultancy of any such officer, employee, director or consultant, in each case, in the ordinary course of business at no greater than the fair market value of such securities.

(f)          Restriction on Transfer of Assets.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, spin-off, split-off, close, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (each, an “Asset Sale”), other than (i) sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice including by and between the Company and its Subsidiaries or between Subsidiaries and (ii) sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business, (iii) sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of assets or rights by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in arms-length transactions with non-affiliates for fair value, the net proceeds of which are used (1) for acquisitions of assets to be used in the Company’ s business, (2) for investments in the Company’s assets or (3) to redeem all, or a portion of, the Notes in accordance with this Agreement, (iv) dispositions of used, damaged, obsolete, worn out or surplus inventory, equipment or product and other assets no longer used or useful in the business (including, the abandonment or disposition of Intellectual Property), in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (v) dispositions of assets or property subject to foreclosure, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof or any similar proceeding) or similar event of loss, or (vi) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business not interfering with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in any material respect.

(g)         Change in Nature of Business.  The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by or publicly contemplated to be conducted by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries on the Subscription Date or any business substantially related, complimentary or incidental thereto.

(h)         Preservation of Existence, Etc.  The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i)         Maintenance of Properties, Etc.  The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j)          Maintenance of Intellectual Property.  The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take commercially reasonable actions to maintain all of the Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary to the conduct of its business in full force and effect.

(k)        Maintenance of Insurance.  The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated.

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(l)         Transactions with Affiliates.  The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except (i) transactions in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an affiliate thereof, (ii) employment, indemnity and severance arrangements between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, (iii) payment of reasonable compensation to officers and employees for actual services rendered to the Company and its Subsidiaries and for the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by such officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, or (iv) payment of reasonable directors’ fees and reimbursement of actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending board of director meetings,

(m)        Restricted Issuances.  The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (i) issue any Notes (other than as contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes) or (ii) issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes or the Warrants.

(n)         New Subsidiaries.  Simultaneously with the acquisition or formation of each New Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Security Agreement)), the Company shall cause such New Subsidiary to execute, and deliver to each holder of Notes, all Security Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and Guaranties (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) as requested by the Collateral Agent or the Required Holders, as applicable.  The Company shall also deliver to the Collateral Agent an opinion of counsel to such New Subsidiary that is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Holders covering such legal matters with respect to such New Subsidiary becoming a guarantor of the Company’s obligations, executing and delivering the Security Document and the Guaranties and any other matters that the Collateral Agent or the Required Holders may reasonably request.  The Company shall deliver, or cause the applicable Subsidiary to deliver to the Collateral Agent, each of the physical stock certificates of such New Subsidiary, along with undated stock powers for each such certificates, executed in blank (or, if any such shares of capital stock are uncertificated, confirmation and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Holders that the security interest in such uncertificated securities has been transferred to and perfected by the Collateral Agent, in accordance with Sections 8-313, 8-321 and 9-115 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any other similar or local or foreign law that may be applicable).

(o)         Change in Collateral; Collateral Records.  The Company shall (i) give the Collateral Agent not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice (or such other notice the Collateral Agent may accept) of any change in the location of any Collateral (as defined in the Security Documents), other than to locations set forth in the Perfection Certificate (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) hereto or in transit with common carriers or out for repair or in the possession of contract manufacturers and other service providers or in the possession of employees and with respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon, (ii) advise the Collateral Agent promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change relating to the Lien granted on the Collateral and (iii)  execute and deliver, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holder and holders of the Other Notes from time to time, solely for the Collateral Agent’s convenience in maintaining a record of Collateral, such written statements and schedules as the Collateral Agent or any Holder may reasonably require, designating, identifying or describing the Collateral.

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(p)         Controlled Accounts.

(i)        General.  On or prior to the sixtieth (60th) calendar day after the Closing Date, the Company shall establish and maintain cash management services of a type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Holder at and each bank listed on Schedule 14(p)(i) attached hereto (each a “Controlled Account Bank”) and cause all cash and cash equivalents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to be held in Accounts (as defined in the Security Agreement) at one or more Controlled Account Banks in accordance therewith.  Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall establish and maintain Controlled Account Agreements with the Collateral Agent (as each such term is defined in the Security Agreement) and each Controlled Account Bank, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Required Holders, with respect to each account maintained at such bank on behalf of Company and/or its Subsidiaries (each such account a “Controlled Account” and collectively, the “Controlled Accounts”), including, without limitation, the Operating Accounts (as defined below).  Each such Controlled Account Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (A) the Controlled Account Bank will comply with any and all instructions originated by the Collateral Agent directing the disposition of the funds in the Controlled Accounts without further consent by the Company or any such Subsidiaries, (B) the Controlled Account Bank waives, subordinates or agrees not to exercise any rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Controlled Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Controlled Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (C) with respect to each Controlled Account (collectively, the “Operating Accounts”), upon the instruction of Collateral Agent (an “Activation Instruction”), the Controlled Account Bank shall not comply with any instructions, directions or orders of any form with respect to the Operating Accounts other than instructions, directions or orders originated by Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent shall not issue an Activation Instruction with respect to the Operating Accounts unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction is issued.

(ii)         Additional Controlled Account Agreements.  If at any time on or after the Closing Date, the average daily balance of any Account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not subject to a Controlled Account Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Holders, in favor of the Collateral Agent exceeds $250,000 (the “Maximum Per Account Free Cash Amount”) during any calendar month (including the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs), the Company shall either (x) within twenty-one (21) calendar days following the last day of such calendar month, deliver to the Collateral Agent a Controlled Account Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, duly executed by the Company and the depositary bank in which such Account is maintained or (y) within two (2) Business Days following such date, effect a transfer to a Controlled Account of a cash amount sufficient to reduce the amount of the Company’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s cash held in such Account to an amount not in excess of the Maximum Per Account Free Cash Amount.

(iii)        Maximum Free Cash Amount.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 14(p)(ii) above, and without limiting any of the foregoing, if at any time on or after the date that is twenty-one (21) calendar days following the Closing Date, the total aggregate amount of the Company’s and any of its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, cash that is not held in a Controlled Account exceeds $1,000,000 (the “Maximum Free Cash Amount”), the Company shall within two (2) Business Days following such date, effect a transfer to a Controlled Account of a cash amount sufficient to reduce the total aggregate amount of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’, as applicable, cash that is not held in a Controlled Account to an amount not in excess of the Maximum Free Cash Amount.

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(q)         Financial Covenants; Announcement of Operating Results.

(i)         The Company shall maintain, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter (and/or Fiscal Year, as applicable) a balance of Available Cash in an aggregate amount equal to or exceed, as applicable: $4 million (the “Financial Test”).

(ii)         Operating Results Announcement.  Commencing on the Issuance Date, the Company shall publicly disclose and disseminate (such date, the “Announcement Date”), if the Financial Test fails to be satisfied (each such failure, a “Financial Covenant Failure”), a statement to that effect no later than the tenth (10th) day after the end of such Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, and such announcement shall include a statement to the effect that a Financial Covenant Failure by the Company exists (or does not exist, as applicable) for such Fiscal Quarter.  On the Announcement Date, the Company shall also provide to the Holder a certification, executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying that the Company satisfied the Financial Test for such Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, if that is the case.  If a Financial Covenant Failure by the Company exists for a Fiscal Quarter, on or prior to the Announcement Date, the Company shall provide to the Holders a written certification, executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying that a Financial Covenant Failure exists for such Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable (a “Financial Covenant Event Notice”).  Concurrently with the delivery of each Financial Covenant Event Notice to the Holders, the Company shall also make publicly available (as part of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K or on a Current Report on Form 8-K, or otherwise) the Financial Covenant Event Notice and the fact that an Event of Default has occurred under the Notes.

(r)        PCAOB Registered Auditor.  At all times any Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall have engaged an independent auditor to audit its financial statements that is registered with (and in compliance with the rules and regulations of) the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(s)          Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Holder by this Note, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

(t)          Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all material state and federal taxes, fees or other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or upon their ownership, possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon their rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom (except where the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). The Company and its Subsidiaries shall file on or before the due date therefor all personal property tax returns (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may contest, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, taxes for which they maintain adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.

15.         SECURITY.  This Note and the Other Notes are secured to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the Security Agreement, the other Security Documents and the Guaranties), but subject to any intercreditor or similar agreement that may be executed and delivered by the Holder or the Collateral Agent with respect to Permitted Senior Indebtedness from time to time.

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16.         DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS.  In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Sections 6(a) or 7, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the “Distributions”), then the Holder will be entitled to such Distributions as if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note and assuming for such purpose that the Note was converted at the Alternate Conversion Price as of the applicable record date) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

17.         AMENDING THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE.  Except for Section 3(d), which may not be amended, modified or waived without the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the Company shall be required for any amendment, modification or waiver to this Note.  Any amendment, modification or waiver so approved shall be binding upon all existing and future holders of this Note and any Other Notes; provided, however, that no such change, waiver or, as applied to any of the Notes held by any particular holder of Notes, shall, without the written consent of that particular holder, (i) disproportionally and adversely affect any rights under the Notes of any holder of Notes; or (ii) modify any of the provisions of, or impair the right of any holder of Notes under, this Section 17.

18.         TRANSFER.  This Note and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject only to the provisions of Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

19.         REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

(a)         Transfer.  If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iii) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

(b)         Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

(c)         Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations.  This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 19(d) and in principal amounts of at least $1,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

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(d)         Issuance of New Notes.  Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 19(a) or Section 19(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

20.         REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note.  No failure on the part of the Holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Holder of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  In addition, the exercise of any right or remedy of the Holder at law or equity or under this Note or any of the documents shall not be deemed to be an election of Holder’s rights or remedies under such documents or at law or equity.  The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein.  Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof).  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.  The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 7).

21.          PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS.  If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.  The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no amounts due under this Note shall be affected, or limited, by the fact that the purchase price paid for this Note was less than the original Principal amount hereof.

22.          CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS.  This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the initial Holder and shall not be construed against any such Person as the drafter hereof.  The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof.  The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Note instead of just the provision in which they are found.  Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all section references are to sections of this Note.  Terms used in this Note and not otherwise defined herein, but defined in the other Transaction Documents, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

23.          FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER.  No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.  No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 23 shall permit any waiver of any provision of Section 3(d).

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24.          DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a)         Submission to Dispute Resolution.

(i)          In the case of a dispute relating to a Closing Bid Price, a Closing Sale Price, a Conversion Price, an Alternate Conversion Price, a VWAP or a fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of a Conversion Rate, or the applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via electronic mail (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute.  If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Closing Bid Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Conversion Price, such Alternate Conversion Price, such VWAP or such fair market value, or the arithmetic calculation of such Conversion Rate or such applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2nd) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

(ii)         The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 24 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline).  Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

(iii)        The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline.  The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(b)        Miscellaneous.  The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 24 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under § 7501, et seq.  of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 24, (ii) the terms of this Note and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Note and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iii) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 24 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 24 and (iv) nothing in this Section 24 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 24).

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25.          NOTICES; CURRENCY; PAYMENTS.

(a) Notices.  Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly following any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, or (B) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

(b)         Currency.  All dollar amounts referred to in this Note are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Note shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.  All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation.  “Exchange Rate means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Note, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date of such period of time).

(c)         Payments.  Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a certified check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Buyers, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement), provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions.  Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

26.          CANCELLATION.  After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

27.          WAIVER OF NOTICE.  To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby irrevocably waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

28.          GOVERNING LAW.  This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Except as otherwise required by Section 24 above, the Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  Nothing contained herein (i) shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder or (ii) shall limit, or shall be deemed or construed to limit, any provision of Section 24. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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29.          JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

(a)         If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 29 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in U.S. dollars under this Note, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

(i)         the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

(ii)        the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 29(a)(ii) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

(b)         If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 29(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

(c)         Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Note.

30.          SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Note is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Note so long as this Note as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.  The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

31.          MAXIMUM PAYMENTS.  Without limiting Section 9(d) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law.  In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

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32.          CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)         1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(b)         1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(c)          Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

(d)          Alternate Conversion Price” means, with respect to any Alternate Conversion that price which shall be the lowest of (i) the applicable Conversion Price as in effect on the applicable Conversion Date of the applicable Alternate Conversion, and (ii) 85% of the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock during the five (5) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice (such period, the “Alternate Conversion Measuring Period”).  All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such Alternate Conversion Measuring Period.

(e)          Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act.  For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

(f)         Available Cash” means, with respect to any date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Cash of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding for this purpose cash held in restricted accounts or otherwise unavailable for unrestricted use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any reason) as of such date of determination held in bank accounts of financial banking institutions in the United States of America.

(g)         Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

(h)        Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee”  or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

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(i)          Cash” of the Company and its Subsidiaries on any date shall be determined from such Persons’ books maintained in accordance with GAAP, and means, without duplication, the cash, cash equivalents and Eligible Marketable Securities accrued by the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on such date.

(j)        Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) to Permitted Holders (other than in connection with the consummation of a “take-private” transaction), (ii) any merger of the Company or any of its, direct or indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiaries with or into any of the foregoing Persons, (iii) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the shares of Common Stock in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, are, in all material respects, the holders of the voting power of the surviving entity (or entities with the authority or voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities) after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification, (iv) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) the Business Combination (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

(k)          Change of Control Redemption Premium” means 115%.

(l)         Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).  If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price (as the case may be) of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 24. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.

(m)       Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(n)          Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

(o)         Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

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(p)         Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

(q)        Current Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company on the Subscription Date, directly or indirectly, (i) owns more than 20% of the outstanding capital stock or holds more than 20% of an equity or similar interest of such Person or (ii) controls or operates all or substantially all of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and all of the foregoing, collectively, “Current Subsidiaries”.

(r)         Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market.

(s)          Eligible Marketable Securities” as of any date means marketable securities which would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and which are permitted under the Company’s investment policies as in effect on the Issuance Date or approved thereafter by the Company’s Board of Directors.

(t)          Fiscal Quarter means each of the fiscal quarters adopted by the Company for financial reporting purposes that correspond to the Company’s fiscal year as of the date hereof that ends on December 31.

(u)         Fundamental Transaction” means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Note calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

(v)          GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

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(w)         Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

(x)         Holder Pro Rata Amount” means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the original Principal amount of this Note on the Closing Date and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate original principal amount of all Notes issued to the initial purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date.

(y)          Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(z)         Interest Rate” means, as of any date of determination, thirteen (13%) per annum, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with Section 2.

(aa)        Investment” means any beneficial ownership (including stock, partnership or limited liability company interests) of or in any Person, or any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person or the acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the assets of another Person or the purchase of any assets of another Person for greater than the fair market value of such assets.

(bb)        Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary.

(cc)       Maturity Date” shall mean [            ]1; provided, however, the Maturity Date may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or any event shall have occurred and be continuing that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default or (ii) through the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction in the event that a Fundamental Transaction is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice is delivered prior to the Maturity Date, provided further that if a Holder elects to convert some or all of this Note pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and the Conversion Amount would be limited pursuant to Section 3(d) hereunder, the Maturity Date shall automatically be extended until such time as such provision shall not limit the conversion of this Note.

(dd)        New Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Person in which the Company after the Subscription Date, directly or indirectly, (i) owns or acquires any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person, (ii) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and all of the foregoing, collectively or (iii) any Subsidiary that after the date hereof ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, “New Subsidiaries”.

(ee)        Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(ff)        Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(gg)      Permitted Holder” means (i) Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd., (ii)  RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P., (iii) RA Capital Nexus Fund II, L.P., and (iv) Olav Bergheim and any of their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates.


1          Insert forty-five month anniversary of the Issuance Date.
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(hh)       Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, (ii) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3(s) to the Securities Purchase Agreement, as in effect as of the Subscription Date, (iii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens or unsecured but as described in clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens, (iv) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, (v) Permitted Senior Indebtedness, (vi) unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business, (vii) Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of business, (viii) Indebtedness arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue title insurance policies; (ix) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeals bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations, or (x) Indebtedness incurred in order to finance the payment of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business.

(ii)          Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment or real property acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or real property or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment or real property, or (B) existing on such equipment or real property at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the equipment or real property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment or real property, in either case, with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods, and (vii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section  (viii) Liens with respect to the Permitted Senior Indebtedness, (ix) Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (x) Liens to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeals bonds, bids, leases, governmental contract, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) or to secure liability to insurance carriers in the ordinary course of business, (xi) Liens securing this Note and the Other Notes, (xii) easements, covenants, conditions, rights of way, servitudes, zoning and other restrictions, minor defects or other irregularities in title, and other similar encumbrances which, either individually or in the aggregate, do not secure Indebtedness, and which do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary course of business, (xiii) Liens arising from precautionary uniform commercial code financing statements or similar filings under applicable laws filed under any lease not prohibited by this Note, (xiv) licenses (including licenses of Intellectual Property), sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Note, (xv) Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank, intermediary or other depository institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits and/or created pursuant to any agreement (including Controlled Account agreements hereunder), or (xvi) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business.

(jj)         Permitted Senior Indebtedness” means any existing and future Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are used to finance equipment, working capital, capital leases, operating leases or for other general corporate purposes, not at any time to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.

(kk)       Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness” means unsecured Indebtedness (other than Convertible Securities) incurred by the Company that is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement reasonably acceptable to the Holder, which does not include any equity or equity-linked features or the issuance or transfer of any securities (including, with limitation, any Options or the right to convert, exchange or otherwise satisfy the payment of such Indebtedness with any equity security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for (1) the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until at least ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date and (2) total interest and fees at a rate in excess of 12% per annum.

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(ll)        Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(mm)      Principal Market” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

(nn)        Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, the Asset Sale Optional Redemption Notices, Company Optional Redemption Notices and the Change of Control Redemption Notices, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Notice.”

(oo)        Redemption Premium” means 115%.

(pp) Redemption Prices” means, collectively, Event of Default Redemption Prices, the Change of Control Redemption Prices, the Asset Sale Optional Redemption Prices, Company Optional Redemption Prices and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Price.”

(qq)        Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, as may be amended from time to time.

(rr)         SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

(ss)        Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of the Subscription Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes, as may be amended from time to time.

(tt)         Security Agreement” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

(uu)        Subscription Date” means February [__], 2024.

(vv)        Subsidiaries” means, as of any date of determination, collectively, all Current Subsidiaries and all New Subsidiaries, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Subsidiary.”

(ww)      Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

(xx)       Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

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(yy)      Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

(zz)       VWAP means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded), during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “VAP” function (set to 09:30 start time and 16:00 end time) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).  If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 24. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

(aaa)       Warrants  has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

33.          DISCLOSURE. Upon delivery by the Company to the Holder (or receipt by the Company from the Holder) of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall on or prior to 9:00 am, New York city time on the Business Day immediately following such notice delivery date, publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise.  In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder explicitly in writing in such notice (or immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder, as applicable), and in the absence of any such written indication in such notice (or notification from the Company immediately upon receipt of notice from the Holder), the Holder shall be entitled to presume that information contained in the notice does not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  Nothing contained in this Section  shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of the Holder, under Section 4(i) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

34.          ABSENCE OF TRADING AND DISCLOSURE RESTRICTIONS.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not a fiduciary or agent of the Company and that the Holder shall have no obligation to (a) maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Company or (b) refrain from trading any securities while in possession of such information in the absence of a written non-disclosure agreement signed by an officer of the Holder that explicitly provides for such confidentiality and trading restrictions.  In the absence of such an executed, written non-disclosure agreement, the Company acknowledges that the Holder may freely trade in any securities issued by the Company, may possess and use any information provided by the Company in connection with such trading activity, and may disclose any such information to any third party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:

Senior Secured Convertible Note - Signature Page

EXHIBIT I

AJA HOLDCO, INC.
CONVERSION NOTICE

Reference is made to the Senior Secured Convertible Note (the “Note”) issued to the undersigned by Aja Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Note.

Date of Conversion:
 

Aggregate Principal to be converted:
 

Aggregate accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such portion of the Aggregate Principal and such Aggregate Interest to be converted:


AGGREGATE CONVERSION AMOUNT
 TO BE CONVERTED:
 

Please confirm the following information:

Conversion Price:
 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
 

☐           If this Conversion Notice is being delivered with respect to an Alternate Conversion, check here if Holder is electing to use the following Alternate Conversion Price:____________

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

  Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

Issue to:
 
   
   

 
Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

DTC Participant:
               

DTC Number:
 

Account Number:
 

Date: _____________ __,          

Name of Registered Holder
____________________
 

By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax ID:
 
 

E-mail Address:

Exhibit II

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby (a) acknowledges this Conversion Notice, (b) certifies that the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock [are][are not] eligible to be resold by the Holder either (i) pursuant to Rule 144 (subject to the Holder’s execution and delivery to the Company of a customary 144 representation letter) or (ii) an effective and available registration statement and (c) hereby directs _________________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated _____________, 20__ from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by ________________________.

 
AJA HOLDCO, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title: