CONSENT, FORBEARANCE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CONSENT, FORBEARANCE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This CONSENT, FORBEARANCE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 31, 2017 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among ALLIQUA BIOMEDICAL, INC., a Delaware Corporation (the “Borrower”), AQUAMED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”; the Borrower and the Guarantor are each also referred to herein individually as a “Loan Party” and collectively as the “Loan Parties”) and PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement (defined below).
Article
I
definitions
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not highlighted in bold and/or italics) when used in this Agreement, including its preamble, recitals and exhibits, shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):
“Action” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Agreement” is defined in the preamble.
“Agreement Effective Date” is defined in Article V.
“Borrower” is defined in the preamble.
“Business” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Cash” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Contract” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Credit Agreement” is defined in first recital.
“Disposed Assets” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Excluded Assets” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Governmental Authority” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Guarantor” is defined in the preamble.
“Healthcare Laws” is defined in Exhibit A.
“HIPAA” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Intellectual Property” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Law” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Lender” is defined in the preamble.
“Loan Party” is defined in the preamble.
“Order” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Proposed Disposition” is defined in the second recital.
“Purchase Agreement” is defined in the second recital.
“Purchaser” is defined in the second recital.
“Specified Defaults” is defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Tax” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Tax Return” is defined in Exhibit A.
“Termination Date” is defined in Section 3.1(b).
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Article
II
CONSENT, ETC.
SECTION 2.1. Consent. Notwithstanding the prohibition of the Proposed Disposition under Section 8.9 of the Credit Agreement and the terms and provisions of Sections 3.2(c) and 3.4 of the Credit Agreement, the Lender hereby consents to the Borrower’s Proposed Disposition; provided that simultaneously with the closing of the Proposed Disposition, an amount equal to $1,650,000 shall be paid directly to the Lender on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and applied as follows:
(a) $1,617,647 shall be used to prepay a portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loan, pursuant to Section 3.2(b) of the Credit Agreement;
(b) $32,353 shall be used to pay the Early Prepayment Fee in connection with the amount prepaid in clause (a) above, pursuant to Section 3.2(h) of the Credit Agreement;
provided, further, that the balance of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Disposition after the application of clauses (a) and (b) above will be applied as set forth in Section 3.4 of the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 3.7(b) of the Credit Agreement, Interest accrued on the Loan, including Interest accrued as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) on the principal amount to be prepaid pursuant to this Agreement, shall be payable in cash on the last day of the Interest Period ending on August 31, 2017 pursuant to Section 3.7(c) of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2.2. Payment Instructions. On the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) the amounts described in Sections 2.1(a) and (b) hereof shall be paid to the Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the following account of the Lender:
Bank: Bank of America, N.A. NY
ABA: 000-000-000 or SWIFT: BOFAUS3N
A/C Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Professional Clearing Corp., New York, NY
A/C: 0000000000
FFC: Perceptive Credit Holdings, LP
A/C: 143-36315-D4
SECTION 2.3. Release of Liens. Following the Lender’s receipt of the amounts described in Sections 2.1(a) and (b) hereof in immediately available funds on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) as described in Section 2.2 hereof, (i) the Lender’s Liens and security interests on the Disposed Assets are and shall be deemed to have automatically and unconditionally be released and terminated and (ii) the Lender shall take such actions reasonably requested by the Borrower to release the Liens on the Disposed Assets, including the filing of UCC-3 termination statements and intellectual property releases to be filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office, and other releases, terminations and satisfactions of Lender’s Liens and security interests with respect to such Disposed Assets, in each case at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower (including attorneys’ fees and expenses).
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SECTION 3.1. Forbearance, etc.
(a) The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that a Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of the Borrower’s failure to comply with (i) Section 8.4(a) of the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof and (ii) Section 8.4(b) of the Credit Agreement as of each of (w) September 30, 2016, (x) December 31, 2016, (y) March 31, 2017 and (z) June 30, 2017 (such Defaults being herein referred to as the “Specified Defaults”). The Lender hereby agrees that, with respect to the Specified Defaults (but only the Specified Defaults), it will refrain and forebear from exercising or pursuing any rights or remedies under the Credit Agreement or otherwise (including imposing a default rate of interest in respect of the Specified Defaults pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Credit Agreement) or any other Loan Document until (but only until) the Termination Date. Any term or provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lender is not waiving any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Specified Defaults or any other Default, but instead is simply agreeing not to take remedial action with respect to the Specified Defaults until the Termination Date.
(b) The “Termination Date” means the earlier of (i) October 13, 2017 and (ii) the date when the Lender becomes aware that any other Default (other than any Specified Default) has occurred and is continuing. Upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, the Lender may, with respect to any or all of the Specified Defaults, pursue any rights and remedies available to it under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or pursuant to law or otherwise, with respect to any Defaults that have then occurred and are outstanding (including the Specified Defaults), including, but not limited to, declaring all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loan and other Obligations to be immediately due and payable, imposing a default rate of interest in respect of the Obligations in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Credit Agreement, or pursuing any or all other rights and remedies of the Lender as a secured party under the UCC, the Pledge and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, due to the occurrence and ongoing continuance of the Specified Defaults, the re-investment option set forth in Section 3.4 of the Credit Agreement is not available to any Loan Party, and no Loan Party may re-invest or use any Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition or Event of Loss as would otherwise be permitted under Section 3.4 of the Credit Agreement if no Default or Event of Default had occurred and was continuing; provided that the re-investment option set forth in Section 3.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be available to the Loan Parties for re-investing the Net Cash Proceeds from the Proposed Disposition in excess of $1,650,000 after the Lender has received payment of the amounts described in Section 2.1 hereof.
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Article
IV
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
The provisions of the Credit Agreement referred to below are hereby amended in accordance with this Article IV. Except as expressly so amended, the parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that all other terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document shall continue in full force and effect without amendment or other modification of any type.
(a) On the last Business Day of each calendar month commencing on January 31, 2018, the Borrower shall make a scheduled principal payment on the Loan of $225,000, with any remaining unpaid balance of the Loan being payable in cash on the Maturity Date.
Article
V
conditions precedent
This Agreement shall become effective upon, and shall be subject to, the prior or simultaneous satisfaction of each of the following conditions in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lender (the date when all such conditions are so satisfied being the “Agreement Effective Date”)
SECTION 5.1. Counterparts. The Lender shall have received counterparts of this Agreement executed on behalf of the Borrowers, the Guarantor, and the Lender.
SECTION 5.2. Effective Date Certificate. The Lender shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Agreement Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each Guarantor certifying as to the matters set forth in Articles VI and VII hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
SECTION 5.3. Purchase Agreement. (a) The Purchase Agreement shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and (b) the Borrower and the Lender shall have entered into such Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 5.4. Consummation of Proposed Disposition. The Proposed Disposition shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, without any amendment or waiver that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.
SECTION 5.5. Receipt of Net Cash Proceeds. The Lender shall have received on the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds equal to $1,650,000 resulting from the Proposed Disposition as described in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof.
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SECTION 5.6. Costs and Expenses, etc. The Lender shall have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement (including without limitation the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Lender), if then invoiced, together with any other fees separately agreed to by the Borrower and the Lender, such fees, costs and expenses; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be not be required to reimburse the Lender for fees and expenses of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP in excess of $8,000.
SECTION 5.7. Satisfactory Legal Form, etc. All legal matters incident to the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel.
Article
VI
Representations and Warranties
To induce the Lender to enter into this Agreement, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lender as set forth below.
(a) the representations and warranties set forth in each Loan Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall, in each case, be, in the case of representations and warranties qualified as to knowledge, materiality, Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or any similar qualification, true and correct in all respects, and, in the case of those representations and warranties that are not so qualified, in all material respects, with the same effect as if then made (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
(b) no Default (other than the Specified Defaults) shall have then occurred and be continuing.
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SECTION 8.8. Governing Law. This AGREEMENT shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
[Signature pages to follow]
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BORROWER: | ||
ALLIQUA BIOMEDICAL, INC., | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: CFO | ||
GUARANTOR: | ||
AQUAMED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: CFO |
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LENDER: | ||
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS, LP | ||
By Perceptive Credit Opportunities GP, LLC, | ||
its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Credit Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Portfolio Manager |
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Exhibit A
to Consent, Forbearance and Amendment Agreement
EXHIBIT A
DEFINITION OF “DISPOSED ASSETS” AND RELATED DEFINITIONS
1. “Disposed Assets” means all of the assets owned, leased or licensed by or to the Borrower (wherever located) that are primarily used in, or primarily related to, the Business, except for the Excluded Assets. The Disposed Assets include all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following that are used in, or related to, the Business:
2. “Action” means any (a) Order, suit, litigation, proceeding, hearing, arbitration, action, settlement agreement, corporate integrity agreement or audit or (b) claim, charge, complaint, demand, investigation or dispute.
3. “Business” means the silver-based, antimicrobial business and TheraBond and TheraBond 3D product lines of the Borrower.
4. “Cash” means for the Borrower, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of unencumbered cash of the Borrower.
5. “Contract” means any contract, lease, commitment, sales order, purchase order, agreement, indenture, mortgage, note, bond, instrument, plan or license.
6. “Excluded Assets” means the following assets retained by the Borrower that are not being sold or assigned to the Purchaser under the Purchase Agreement:
(b) Cash. All Cash, bank accounts and lockboxes;
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7. “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any foreign country or any state or political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government entities established to perform such functions.
8. “Healthcare Laws” means mean any and all applicable Laws, Actions, and Orders relating to the regulation of the health care industry, including to the extent applicable any of the following: (a) Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395-1395hhh (the Medicare statute) (b) any joint federal or state health care or health insurance program, including, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396-1396v (the Medicaid statute); (c) TRICARE, 10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.; (d) the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act or “XXXXX” law, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, (e) the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), (f) the Federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733), (g) the Federal Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812), (h) the Federal Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 U.S.C. §§ 51-58), (i) the Federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b), (j) the Exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), (k) the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h) and any similar state laws and regulations; (l) HIPAA and similar applicable federal and state laws; (m) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 11-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 11-152); (n) United States Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder; (o) the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq. and the rules, regulations and directives promulgated thereunder; (p) any other state or federal law, rule or regulation issued by any Governmental Authority which regulates kickbacks, fee-splitting, patient or program charges, claims submissions, reimbursement, recordkeeping, referrals, the hiring of employees or acquisition of services or supplies from those who have been excluded or debarred from government health care programs, quality, safety, privacy, security, licensure or any other aspect of providing health care; and (q) any state, local, international, or foreign equivalents to any of the foregoing.
9. “HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and their implementing regulations.
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10. “Intellectual Property” means all worldwide (a) trade names, trademarks, service marks, certification marks, trade dress, Internet domain names and social media accounts, all applications and registrations for any of the foregoing, all renewals and extensions thereof and all goodwill of the Business associated with any of the foregoing (“Trademarks”); (b) patents, utility models and industrial design registrations and applications for any of the foregoing, including all provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, reexaminations, extensions and renewals; (c) works of authorship and copyrights, including software and databases, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, all renewals and extensions thereof and all moral rights associated with any of the foregoing; (d) trade secrets and proprietary information, including confidential and proprietary information and know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, algorithms, designs, drawings, prototypes, business methods, processes, discoveries, ideas, formulae, manufacturing techniques, specifications, and engineering data, (e) all moral and economic rights of authors or inventors, however denominated, (f) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing throughout the world, (g) all copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium), and (h) all rights to xxx and recover damages for past, present and future infringement, misappropriation or other violations of any of the foregoing.
11. “Law” means any law, statute, regulation, ordinance, rule, rule of common law, order, decree, judgment, consent decree, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated, entered into, agreed or imposed by any Governmental Authority, including state, federal and foreign criminal and civil laws and/or related regulations.
12. “Order” means any judgment, order, direction, decree, stipulation, injunction, writ, charge or other restriction of any Governmental Authority.
13. “Tax” means any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes, charges, fees, duties, levies, or other assessments, including gross income, net income, gross receipts, net receipts, capital gains, gross proceeds, net proceeds, ad valorem, profits, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, lease, occupation, equalization, premium, windfall profits, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property (whether tangible or intangible), sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax, charges or fees of any kind whatsoever, whether computed on a separate or consolidated, unitary or combined basis or in any other manner, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
14. “Tax Return” means any return (including estimated), declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, filed, or to be filed, with a Governmental Authority, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
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