Cayman Islands
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001-40122
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98-1574672
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
New York, NY
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10003
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Title of each class
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Trading
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Name of each exchange
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Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share
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ARYD
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The Nasdaq Capital Market
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(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;
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(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
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(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.
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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2.1†
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Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among ARYA, ListCo, ARYA Merger Sub, Company Merger Sub and Adagio.
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Sponsor Letter Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among ARYA, the Sponsor, ListCo, Adagio and the other parties thereto.
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Form of Adagio Stockholder Transaction Support Agreement.
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PIPE Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and among the Perceptive PIPE Investor, ListCo and ARYA. |
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Form of Non-Redemption Subscription Agreement. |
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10.5 | Form of Open Market Purchase Subscription Agreement |
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10.6 | Form of Subscription Agreement with Pre-Funded Warrant and Warrant. |
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Form of Convertible Security Subscription Agreement.
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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.
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Form of Convert Warrant Agreement.
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Form of Convert Guaranty.
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Form of Convert Security Document.
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Form of Convert Registration Rights Agreement.
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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.
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Amendment to the Second Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between ARYA and the Sponsor.
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Amended and Restated Third Promissory Note, dated as of February 13, 2024, by and between ARYA and the Sponsor.
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Form of New Adagio Convertible Promissory Note. |
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† 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.
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ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV
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By:
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/s/ Adam Stone
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Name:
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Adam Stone
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Title:
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Exhibit A
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Form of Sponsor Letter Agreement
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Exhibit B
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Form of Company Shareholder Transaction Support Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Forms of PIPE Subscription Agreements
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Exhibit D
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Form of Convertible Security Subscription Agreement
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Exhibit E
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Form of Investor Rights Agreement
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c/o ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
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51 Astor Place, 10th Floor
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New York, NY 10003
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Attention:
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Adam Stone
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Konstantin Poukalov
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Michael Altman
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E-mail:
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adam@perceptivelife.com
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konstantin@perceptivelife.com
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michael@perceptivelife.com
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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601 Lexington Avenue
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New York, NY 10022
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Attention:
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Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
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Ryan K. Brissette, P.C.
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Daniel Daines
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E-mail:
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jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
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ryan.brissette@kirkland.com
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daniel.daines@kirkland.com
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Adagio Medical, Inc.
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26051 Merit Circle, Suite 102
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Laguna Hills, CA 92653
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Attention:
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Olav Bergheim
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E-mail:
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obergheim@fjordventures.com
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Reed Smith LLP
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1901 Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
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Los Angeles, CA 90067
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Attention:
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Michael Sanders
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E-mail:
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MSanders@ReedSmith.com
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Reed Smith LLP
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599 Lexington Avenue
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New York, NY 10022
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Attention:
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Jennifer W. Cheng
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Susan K. Nieto
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E-mail:
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JCheng@reedsmith.com
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SNieto@reedsmith.com
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ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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AJA HOLDCO, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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AJA MERGER SUB 1
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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AJA MERGER SUB 2, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ John Dahldorf
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Name: John Dahldorf
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Attention:
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Adam Stone
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Email:
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adam@perceptivelife.com
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Attention:
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Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.
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Email:
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jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
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Attention:
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Michael Sanders
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E-mail:
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MSanders@ReedSmith.com
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Attention:
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Jennifer W. Cheng
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E-mail:
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JCheng@reedsmith.com
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ARYA SCIENCES HOLDINGS IV
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By:
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/s/ Adam Stone
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Name: Adam Stone
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ John Dahldorf
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Name: John Dahldorf
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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AJA HOLDCO, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Name: Michael Altman
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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OTHER CLASS B SHAREHOLDERS:
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/s/ Todd Wider
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Todd Wider
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/s/ Michael Henderson
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Michael Henderson
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/s/ Leslie Trigg
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Leslie Trigg
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OTHER INSIDERS:
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/s/ Joseph Edelman
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Joseph Edelman
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/s/ Adam Stone
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Adam Stone
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/s/ Michael Altman
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Michael Altman
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/s/ Konstantin Poukalov
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Konstantin Poukalov
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Class B Shareholder
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ARYA Shares
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ARYA Sciences Holdings IV
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3,647,500 Class B ordinary shares (prior to forfeiture)
499,000 Class A ordinary shares
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Todd Wider
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30,000 Class B ordinary shares
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Leslie Trigg
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30,000 Class B ordinary shares
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Michael Henderson
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30,000 Class B ordinary shares
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Attention:
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Adam Stone
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Email:
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adam@perceptivelife.com
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Attention:
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Jonathan Davis, P.C.
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Email:
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jonathan.davis@kirkland.com
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Attention:
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Olav Bergheim
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Email:
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obergheim@fjordventures.com
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Attention:
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Michael Sanders
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E-mail:
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MSanders@ReedSmith.com
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Attention:
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Jennifer W. Cheng
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E-mail:
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JCheng@reedsmith.com
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Acknowledged and Agreed to by the Shareholder’s spouse for the
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1.
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Third Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company Shareholders
party thereto.
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2.
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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.
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Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2020, by and among the Company and the Company
Shareholders party thereto.
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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; provided, however, 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.”
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; provided, however, 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
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(Address)
HOLDER:
By: |
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.”
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; provided, however, 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. | ||
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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
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HOLDER: | |
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Name: | |
Title: | |
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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.”
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; provided, however, 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.
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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
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.
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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:
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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. |
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant) | ||
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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.”
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Peter Seligson,P.C.,
Mathieu Kohmann, Esq.
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peter.seligson@kirkland.com;
mathieu.kohmann@kirkland.com
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Attention:
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Whitney Bosworth, Esq.
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whitney.bosworth@kirkland.com
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Attention:
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Peter Seligson,P.C.,
Mathieu Kohmann, Esq.
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AJA HOLDCO, INC.
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ADAGIO MEDICAL, INC.
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ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
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ALLEGRO OPPORTUNITIES LLC
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PERCEPTIVE LIFE SCIENCES MASTER FUND LTD.
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Buyer
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Mailing Address and E-mail Address
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Original Principal Amount of Notes
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Aggregate
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$7,500,000
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562,500
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$12,500,000
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937,500
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$20,000,000
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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.
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.
(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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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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:
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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 |
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Attn: Michael Altman | ||
Email: | ||
Michael@perceptivelife.com |
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
Address: |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
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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 |
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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 |
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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).
(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.
(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.
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;
(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.
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.
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.
(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.
(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]
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.]
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.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $24.00, 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 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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
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 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.
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.
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).
(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).
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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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.
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EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
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[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:
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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:
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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 _______________.
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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.
(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.
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)).
(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).
(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).
(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.
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
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.
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.
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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:
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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
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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.
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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__.
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[ISSUER’S COUNSEL] | |
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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.”
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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.
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.
“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.
“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; provided, however, 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.
“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.
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; provided, however, 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; provided, further, however, 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.
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.
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.
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; provided, however, 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; provided, however, 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.
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; provided, however, 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”); provided, however, 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.
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; provided, however, 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;
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; provided, however, 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);
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.
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; provided, however, 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 (provided, however, 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.
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; provided, however, 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 4.1.1, 4.1.2 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”).
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; provided, however, 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; provided, however, 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;
provided, however, 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.
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.
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; provided, however, 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.
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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Telephone No.: | N/A | |||
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Email: | [***] |
Schedule A
Adagio Shareholders
Olav Bergheim
John Dahldorf
Hakon Bergheim
CVF, LLC
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ARYA SCIENCES ACQUISITION CORP IV
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ARYA SCIENCES HOLDINGS IV | ||
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/s/ Sam Cohn
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Name: | Sam Cohn |
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Title: | Secretary | |
Total Principal Amount: up to $900,000
(as set forth on the Schedule of Borrowings attached hereto)
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Dated as of February 13, 2024
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ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV | |
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Name: | Michael Altman | |
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ARYA Sciences Holdings IV |
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Date of Increase or Decrease
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Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Promissory Note
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Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Promissory Note
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Principal Amount of this Promissory Note following such decrease or increase
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October 2, 2023
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$140,000
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$140,000
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November 2, 2023
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$165,000
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$305,000
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December 2, 2023
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$165,000
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$470,000
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January 2, 2024
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$240,000
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$710,000
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February 2, 2024
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$190,000
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$900,000
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Issuance Date: [●] 2024__
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Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[●]
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☐ If this Conversion Notice is being delivered with respect to an Alternate Conversion, check here if Holder is electing to use the
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Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows: |
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